April 30th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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Noida, April 30 (IANS) The Noida police have recovered the credit card of Sheeba Thomas, a former air hostess who was gunned down by criminals here earlier this month. A third accused in the case has, meanwhile, surrendered before a city court. The main accused, Mukesh alias Mukhia, during police ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:55 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, April 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka Wednesday said its troops battling the Tamil Tiger rebels had captured a rebel base in the northwestern Mannar district after fierce clashes killed 40 rebels. The defence ministry here said the advancing troops backed by artillery and aerial bombardment had "captured the ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by admin
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New York, April 30 (DPA) Time Warner, the world's largest media company, said Wednesday that it planned to divest its lucrative cable TV unit as first quarter profits slid by 36 percent to $771 million. "Our results this quarter, particularly the underlying operating strength at our cable, networks and filmed-entertainment ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 30 (IANS) Even as several international terror organisations including Al Qaeda (AQ) operated and carried out attacks in Pakistan in 2007, Islamabad took steps to prevent support to the Kashmiri militancy, according to the US State Department. "Pakistan's leaders took steps to prevent support to the ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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Prague, April 30 (DPA) The lower house of Czech parliament Wednesday agreed to deploy a special-forces unit to Afghanistan for the rest of 2008. The deployment was already cleared in the Senate, upper houser of parliament, and it does not require a presidential approval.
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by admin
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New York, April 30 (DPA) Time Warner, the world's largest media company, said Wednesday that it planned to divest its lucrative cable TV unit as first quarter profits slid by 36 percent to $771 million. "Our results this quarter, particularly the underlying operating strength at our cable, networks and filmed-entertainment ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:49 pm ICT by admin
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Johannesburg/Zimbabwe, April 30 (DPA) The Zimbabwean Army is responsible for a new wave of brutal attacks against opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members and supporters throughout Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. The Malawian HRW delegate told South African radio that military forces were providing trucks and ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A patient's relatives Wednesday alleged that doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here wrongly operated upon her for breast cancer, but hospital authorities have denied the charge. Kumud Devi from Bihar was operated upon at AIIMS April 3 after two reports ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by admin
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By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 30 (IANS) India continues to rank among the world's most terror-afflicted countries with terrorist strikes by Islamic and other extremists taking more than 2,300 lives in 2007, according to the US State Department. The conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, attacks by extreme leftist Naxalites and Maoists ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The media should move beyond merely reporting "the here and now" and present the larger view of daily events and shape public opinion in a constructive manner, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday. "If the media is confined only to 'the here and now', ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2007, which aims to enhance the compensation package for international travellers in the event of death or injury and for loss or damage to baggage. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told the house that ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Propelled by Gautam Gambhir's 86, Delhi Daredevils scored 191 for five against Bangalore Royal Challengers in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Wednesday. Shikhar Dhawan (50) was the other main contributor with the bat. For Challengers, Jacques Kallis took two for 39.
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:31 pm ICT by admin
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Vienna, April 30 (DPA) Austrian police Wednesday said investigations confirmed their theory that Josef Fritzl had acted alone when he imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years. They also released further details on how the incest case unravelled. Tipped off by an anonymous caller, police detained Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by admin
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By Zofeen T. Ebrahim
Karachi, April 30 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board media advisor Wednesday said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) doors are closed for Shoaib Akhtar as the contract clearly mentions that a player who has been banned from his respective board cannot appear in the IPL. "They (IPL) ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:19 pm ICT by admin
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Amritsar, April 30 (IANS) Nearly 12 kg of heroin was recovered here Wednesday from three people, including a woman, following a tip-off. The drug haul is valued at nearly Rs.120 million in the international market. All the three were arrested.
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:17 pm ICT by admin
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Ludhiana, April 30 (IANS) A young couple was arrested from this industrial city in Punjab Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a non-resident Indian (NRI) 39 times earlier this week with the intention of looting him. Britain-based NRI Jasmer Singh, 60, was stabbed at his own house in Gurmel Park here Sunday ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A day after her first wedding anniversary, a 24-year-old woman was Wednesday found hanging at her home in northwest Delhi, and her parents alleged she was murdered by her "dowry greedy" husband and in-laws. As a mob of nearly 250 surrounded the house in Pitampura ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) The worldwide release rights of Rajinikanth-starrer "Kuselan", a bi-lingual in Tamil and Telugu, has gone to Pyramid Saimira Entertainment Ltd, Singapore, the company said here Wednesday. A re-make of Malayalam movie "Katha Parayumbol", starring Mammootty and Sreenivas, the bi-lingual "Kuselan" has been directed by P. Vasu ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:00 pm ICT by admin
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New York, April 30 (IANS) A prominent Hindu religious leader with a worldwide following and a huge ashram complex in the US, who was detained on charges of indecency with minor girls, is carrying on with his scheduled programme after he was released on bail. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, 79, founder ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad/Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Pakistan's fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar's international career lay in tatters after an appellate tribunal in Islamabad Wednesday upheld the five-year ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The tribunal, however, kept Akhtar's options of playing in Indian Premier League open by allowing him to ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:52 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, April 30 (IANS) A Sri Lankan national working with the World Food Programme (WFP) of the UN was arrested Wednesday with a micro pistol in his possession at a security roadblock in the north of the island nation. "The suspect was travelling from Kilinochchi to Batticaloa when he was ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Planning Commission Wednesday approved a plan outlay of Rs.15 billion for Meghalaya for 2008-09 following a meeting between the plan panel's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Donkupar Roy. After the meeting, Ahluwalia told reporters the state was showing a healthy trend ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A code of conduct should be formulated to improve standards of behaviour in the Lok Sabha, a committee inquiring into the misconduct of parliamentarians has said in its report. The 11-member committee, headed by V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo, has in its report tabled in ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The start of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Delhi Daredevils and Bangalore Royal Challengers was delayed by 10 minutes due to a power snag at the Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium here Wednesday. Just before the start of the match, there was a power ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Insistence upon the return of Rs.10 balance has cost a young Dalit man heavy - he is now battling for survival at a hospital after reportedly being doused in petrol and torched in a remote Etawah district village. Police Wednesday said Vinod Kumar Jatav, 22, purchased ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 30 (ANI): Newly appointed ambassadors for Nepal from five different countries on Wednesday submitted their letter of credentials to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
According to Kantipur, PM Koirala, who has been bestowed with the responsibility of the head-of-state after the April 10 movement, received credential letters from ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 30 (ANI): Foreign Affairs Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Wednesday said that India was willing to review the 1950 Indo-Nepal peace and friendship treaty under the present circumstances.
According to Kantipur, Menon said that the Indian government was ready to amend the 1950 treaty as per the present ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by admin
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Berlin, April 30 (DPA) Foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are to meet Friday in London in a bid to bring Iran's nuclear programme under international supervision, a German foreign ministry official said. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's meeting with his Chinese, ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
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By Pankaj Yadav
New Delhi, Apr. 30 (ANI): Contrary to press reports that suggested that skimpily-dressed cheerleaders would be conspicuously absent at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds during the match between the Delhi Daredevils and Bangalore Royal Challengers, a group of girls emerged fully charged up in their "normal" attire.
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi/Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) The fourth review meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) in Vienna has praised India's record of nuclear safety - a significant endorsement that could help New Delhi in winning sceptics in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for global civil nuclear cooperation. "Our report ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 30 (ANI): As the deadline for submitting the names of the representatives for the Proportional Representation (PR) nears, Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary committee meeting to finalise the list of the nominees for Constituent Assembly (CA) is underway at the Prime Ministers official residence at Baluwatar here on ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Saurabh Singh and Yuki Bhambri Wednesday carried the Indian junior Davis Cup team to the knockout stage of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup, blanking Thailand at the DLTA complex here. The Indians, playing their last Group 3 pool match, won through 3-0 without dropping a ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by admin
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Mohali (Punjab), April 30 (IANS) A private school in Mohali town in Punjab Wednesday backtracked from its decision to turn out from their class three Sikh students who had worn turbans. Principal Veena Malhotra of Lawrence Public School tendered an unqualified apology to the three Sikh students and their parents ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Pharma major Nicholas Piramal India has inked a long-term strategic partnership with DxTech LLC, a US-based company specializing in putting high-quality diagnostic information in the hands of physicians in real time. According to an official release by Nicholas Piramal Wednesday, following the agreement, DxTech, an 83.5 ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Providing temporary relief to a senior citizen, Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to supply him drinking water as long as there was water shortage in the capital. Justice Kailash Gambhir directed DJB to supply water to Nawal Singh, 68, who ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 30 (ANI): United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief Ian Martin on Wednesday called on CPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda at the latters residence at Naya Bazaar in the capital.
According to Kantipur, the duo discussed the countrys current political situation and army integration process during the meeting this morning.
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by admin
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Muzaffarabad, Apr.30 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said that the people of Kashmir have sacrificed their lives and livelihood in their quest for self-determination, and therefore, his government is committed to ensuring that these sacrifices are not in vain.
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, Apr.30 (ANI): The Chief of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Muttahida-Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Qazi Hussain Ahmad, on Wednesday announced countrywide Black Day protests on May 12 if the sacked judiciary was not restored.
Addressing a news conference in Mansoora today, the Qazi said the coalition PPP-PML-N Government had not ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Acclaimed Indian origin Hollywood director Manoj 'Night' Shyamalan will be in Mumbai May 5 to promote his new film "The Happening". Shyamalan's forthcoming movie is a co-production between 20th Century Fox and UTV Motion Pictures. The director, known for films like "The Sixth Sense" and "The ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, Apr.30 (ANI): A second round of talks between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chief Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief, Nawaz Sharif, has begun.
After a first round of talks, both parties have agreed to keep their coalition intact.
Asif Zardari said their coalition has even got stronger ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani Wednesday justified his populist electoral sop like setting up a full-fledged cyber caf
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is set to expand her ministry Thursday evening with the induction of four new ministers. Those likely to be inducted are Rajpal Tyagi, Puja Pal, Shyam Sunder Sharma and Jugal Kishore, sources in the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party here Wednesday said. ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 10:01 pm ICT by admin
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