Ghana spent $1.8 mn on late president’s funeral
August 28th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Aug 28 (IANS) Ghana spent a total of 3.6 million Ghana cedis ($1.8 million) on the funeral of former president John Evans Atta Mills, who died late July and ... Read more...
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Ghanaian president finally moving into Indian-financed, rebuilt residence? (With Image)
August 27th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Aug 27 (IANS) Is the Ghanaian head of state finally planning to move into Flagstaff House, the presidential palace that has a colonial past and has been rebuilt with ... Read more...
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Facing flak over price-rise remark, Beni now bats for retail FDI (Second Lead)
August 20th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Yet drawing flak for his remark that he was "happy" with price-rise as it was beneficial for farmers, union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma ... Read more...
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Minister says price rise helps farmers, draws flak (Lead)
August 20th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Monday stoked a controversy with his comment that he was "happy" with price rise as it was beneficial ... Read more...
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Minister says price rise beneficial for farmers, criticised
August 20th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Union Minister for Steel Beni Prasad Verma Monday stoked a controversy with his comment that price rise was beneficial for farmers. The opposition pounced ... Read more...
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Clinton to attend late Ghanaian president’s funeral
August 10th, 2012 - 6:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the funeral of late Ghanaian president John Evans Atta Mills who died July 24 following illness ... Read more...
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Obama mourns Ghanian president’s death
July 25th, 2012 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 25 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has mourned the death of his Ghanian counterpart John Evans Atta Mills at the age of 68, praising his role in ... Read more...
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Ghana President John Atta Mills dead (Lead)
July 25th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Accra, July 24 (IANS) Ghanian President John Evans Atta Mills died at a military hospital Tuesday after falling ill, Xinhua reported.Chief of Staff of the Presidency Henry Martey Newman said ... Read more...
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Ghana president backs soccer team to fight back
February 17th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Feb 17 (IANS) Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills has assured players and handlers of the national football team, the Black Stars, that the government would support them to ... Read more...
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Sonia questions Akalis on Punjab’s poor (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kapurthala (Punjab), Jan 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday questioned the development claims of the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government in Punjab, pointing out that over ... Read more...
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Pact signed to sponsor 5,000 Indonesian orphans
October 22nd, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Oct 21 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has signed an agreement with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to jointly sponsor 5,000 Indonesian children orphaned by ... Read more...
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Kuttu atta leaves 60 in hospital in Panipat
September 29th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) Nearly 60 people have been hospitalised in Haryana's industrial city of Panipat after consuming kuttu atta (buckwheat flour), health officials said Thursday.Those affected since Wednesday were ... Read more...
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FMCG business to be profitable in six years: ITC
July 29th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) Multi-business conglomerate ITC Limited aims to turn its non-tobacco fast moving consumer goods business profitable by 2017 as it eyes the country's number one position in ... Read more...
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10 fall ill after eating adulterated food
June 13th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), June 13 (IANS) Ten people, from two different families, fell ill and had to be admitted to hospital in this Haryana district after consuming chapatis made of "kuttu ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan foreign secretary talks June-end, terror tops agenda
June 9th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Against the backdrop of disclosures by David Coleman Headley linking the ISI spy agency to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, the foreign secretaries of India ... Read more...
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Six securitymen among 17 killed in Baghdad prison fight
May 9th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 8 (IANS) Six security personnel, including a brigadier, and 11 terrorists were killed in a gunfight at a detention centre in Baghdad Sunday, Xinhua reported.The fighting started when ... Read more...
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Ash, fungus in Delhi’s fasting flour samples
April 14th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Nearly a week after 222 people were hospitalised and one died after consuming buckwheat flour (kuttu ka atta), the Delhi government Wednesday said that 15 ... Read more...
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58-year-old man dies of food poisoning in Delhi
April 6th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A 58-year-old man has died of food poisoning after he ate food items prepared from buckwheat flour in east Delhi, police said Wednesday. At ... Read more...
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130 people suffer from food poisoning in Delhi
April 5th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) At least 130 people were suffering from suspected food poisoning after they ate food items made from buckwheat flour in east Delhi, police said Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Reverse swing will be a key factor: Donald
February 17th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 17 (IANS) Former South African paceman Allan Donald provided a fresh bowling perspective to the Cricket World Cup when he asserted that reverse swing will play as big a role ... Read more...
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Pak won’t face any negative outcome if it doesn’t free Davis despite US pressure: Gul
February 15th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 15(ANI): Pakistan will not have to face any kind of negative consequences in case it refuses to release double murder-accused American official Raymond Davis despite growing US pressure, former Inter-Services ... Read more...
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Food prices stable in Delhi Jan 14-20: Government
January 21st, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The government said Friday that the prices of main food commodities were stable in Delhi during the week Jan 14-20."As per data compiled by the Price Monitoring ... Read more...
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Prices remain high in Delhi
January 21st, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Prices of edible oil increased and those of essential food commodities remained high in the national capital despite a slew of anti-inflationary measures undertaken by the ... Read more...
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US did share intelligence information, says Chidambaram
November 1st, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the United States did share intelligence information before the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, but David Coleman Headley was not ... Read more...
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Row over Indian funding in Ghana presidential palace
October 13th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Francis Kokutse
Accra (Ghana), Oct 13 (IANS) The Indian government's funding for the construction of a presidential palace in the Ghanaian capital has caused a row with a former Ghana president commending ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss Enters Into Its Second Week, Open Nomination This Time!
October 13th, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 12, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): After an eventful first week in the Bigg Boss house, the second week started with the second nomination process in ‘Bigg Boss 4’. Bigg Boss made ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda claims Baghdad blast
August 21st, 2010 - 5:54 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 21 (IANS/AKI) The Al Qaeda terror network has claimed responsibility for a suicide blast at an army recruitment centre in Baghdad that killed at least 59 people and wounded over ... Read more...
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Bombings kill 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
July 27th, 2010 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
Karbala/Baghdad, July 27 (DPA) At least 40 people were killed and 68 injured in two bomb attacks Monday in the Shiite holy city of Karbala as large crowds gathered for a religious ... Read more...
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Four killed in Baghdad suicide blast
July 26th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 26 (DPA) At least four people were killed and 10 injured Monday in a suicide bombing near the Baghdad office of the al-Arabiya satellite television station.
The interior ministry said the ... Read more...
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Link talks to credible action by Pakistan: BJP
July 20th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday called upon the government to link talks with Pakistan to credible action by it against terrorist elements and said that ... Read more...
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How ants maintain stability while carrying heavy loads
June 21st, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 21 (ANI): The use of high-speed video cameras has enabled scientists to understand how the ants use controlled head movements to maintain their stability as their carry heavy loads.The ... Read more...
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Prisoners released by US troops joining Al Qaeda: Iraq
May 19th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 19 (IANS/AKI) Iraqi security forces are concerned that many of the prisoners released by US troops are joining Al Qaeda terror network, according to local news site, Al-Sumaria News.
"Most of ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda plot to attack FIFA WC unearthed
May 18th, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
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al-Zawahiri is planning to carry out a terror strike at the eagerly awaited
FIFA World Cup 2010, a recently arrested Al Qaeda ... Read more...
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Saudi army officer held in Iraq for World Cup terror plot
May 17th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 17 (DPA) A Saudi army officer was arrested in Iraq Monday for past attacks and for involvement in an alleged Al Qaeda plot targeting the World Cup events in South ... Read more...
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Explosions rock Bangkok’s financial district
May 14th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, May 14 (DPA) Six explosions rocked Bangkok's financial district on Silom Road Friday as troops and protesters clashed to control the heart of the capital.
Unknown assailants fired M79 grenades at ... Read more...