Balanced lifestyle secret to healthy life later
September 21st, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 21 (IANS) A British study has found that a healthy old age depends on how much balanced lifestyle we maintain during prime years of life.It says careful eating, ... Read more...
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Assam’s most celebrated voice to come alive on screen
September 13th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 13 (IANS) The voice of Assam's most celebrated singer and balladeer Bhupen Hazarika will come alive on screen on Friday with the release of the feature film "Akhon ... Read more...
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Stressful pregnancy could harm child
August 1st, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) A study in Britain has revealed that stress during pregnancy could have its affect on the unborn child's health in years to come and researchers suggest ... Read more...
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Gehlot cancels Ajmer visit after security concerns
July 31st, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has reportedly been forced to cancel his two days tour of Ajmer following security concerns, informed sources said Monday. Gehlot's ... Read more...
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Anna to reach Delhi July 24, team gears up for agitation (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Activist Anna Hazare will arrive in Delhi Tuesday to participate in the scheduled indefinite fast announced by his team from July 25 at Jantar ... Read more...
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Team Anna volunteers gear up for fast
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Two days to go for the fast, volunteers of India Against Corruption (IAC) here are gearing up for agitation against corruption from July 25 ... Read more...
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A Pakistani train that broke down seven times
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 23 (IANS) The ill-health of Pakistan Railways was highlighted when a train broke down seven times and reached its destination a staggering 35 hours late.Jaafar Express, which began ... Read more...
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Trinamool’s Suman abstains from presidential polls
July 19th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Dissident Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman Thursday abstained from voting in the presidential election, citing ill-health and expressing fears that he would be heckled by ... Read more...
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Ethiopian PM misses AU summit, health rumours float
July 17th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, July 17 (IANS) It's a mystery absence that has created a lot of hush-hush talk here. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been missing from the African ... Read more...
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Poland’s former boxing champion Kulej dies
July 14th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, July 14 (IANS) Poland's Jerzy Kulej, a former double Olympic boxing champion, has died at the age of 71.Kulej won a gold medal in the light welterweight at the ... Read more...
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Maharashtra cops explain terror suspect’s absence (Lead)
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra Police told a Delhi court Tuesday that it could not present on May 29 suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, found ... Read more...
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Warden booked for sodomising mentally disabled in Haryana
July 2nd, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 2 (IANS) Close on the heels of the revelation of sexual abuse, mental and physical torture of inmates at Apna Ghar shelter home here, Haryana Police have ... Read more...
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Rajesh Khanna fine, undergoing tests
June 30th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Yesteryear's superstar Rajesh Khanna, who is being treated in Lilavati Hospital for the past week, is fine but is undergoing some tests, according to hospital sources."Rajesh ... Read more...
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Suspended judge sent to police custody in bribery scam
June 29th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 29 (IANS) A special court in Andhra Pradesh Friday sent suspended judge T. Pattabhirama Rao to police custody for two days in connection with the cash-for-bail bribery scandal ... Read more...
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Trinidad’s Indian-origin ex-PM freed of corruption charges
June 28th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, June 28 (IANS) Basdeo Panday, Trinidad and Tobago's first Indian-origin prime minister, has been acquitted of charges of failing to declare his assets in a London bank.Panday ... Read more...
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Ailing Rajesh Khanna admitted to hospital
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Veteran film star Rajesh Khanna was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here Saturday afternoon, said a hospital source."Rajesh Khanna has been admitted here today (Saturday) ... Read more...
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Rajesh Khanna unwell, stops food intake
June 20th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) All's not well with Hindi filmdom's original superstar Rajesh Khanna. The actor, recently seen in a TV ad, has stopped intake of food the past ... Read more...
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Offspring of older fathers may live longer
June 12th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 12 (IANS) If your father and grandfather waited until they were older before reproducing, you might experience life-extending benefits.
"If your father and grandfather were able to live ... Read more...
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Jharkhand minister’s children fail again in plus-2 exam
June 1st, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 1 (IANS) Jharkhand Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Baijnath Ram's son and daughter have failed in their intermediate examinations for the second consecutive year, according to results declared ... Read more...
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Assam’s abducted engineer rescued
May 28th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 28 (IANS) More than three weeks after his abduction, Assam's agriculture department official Faizul Islam was rescued from near Bongaigaon town in Lower Assam.Islam and his senior ... Read more...
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Assam’s anti-dam activist threatens indefinite fast
May 18th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 18 (IANS) Assam's farmer leader and anti-dam activist Akhil Gogoi has decided to start an indefinite hunger-strike here from Sunday to pressurize the state government to stop what ... Read more...
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Singhvi seeks leave for rest of budget session
May 4th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Allegedly caught on CD with a woman, former Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi has taken leave for the entire second half of parliament's budget session ... Read more...
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Big B’s commitment bowls over Gulshan Grover
May 3rd, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Gulshan Grover is quite impressed with Amitabh Bachchan's commitment and praises him for shooting for his make-up man Deepak Sawant's Bhojpuri film "Gangadevi" despite his ... Read more...
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Rajasthan legislator to get special facilities in jail (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A Rajasthan court Friday directed the Jaipur Central Jail authorities to provide facilities like mattresses, blankets, pillows, an air cooler and mosquito repellent to legislator ... Read more...
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Pakistani prisoner Khalil Chisti steps out of jail
April 11th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, April 11 (IANS) Octogenarian Pakistani prisoner Mohammad Khalil Chisti, serving a life sentence for murder, stepped out of the Ajmer Central Jail in Rajasthan Wednesday on conditional bail, his ... Read more...
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CPI-M limits three terms to its leaders
April 5th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 5 (IANS) The CPI-M has decided to limit the term of its leadership to three terms, but this is not linked to squabbles within, general secretary ... Read more...
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Your popular snack could be making you ill: Study
March 30th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Most junk foods, including your favourite brand of noodles, burgers and aloo bhujia, contain very high levels of trans fats, salt and sugar, which inevitably ... Read more...
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Courageous Class 12 girl helps bust sex racket
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, March 23 (IANS) The bravery of a class 12 school girl resulted in the busting of a sex racket and the arrest of four people, including a married couple, ... Read more...
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Miley Cyrus falls sick
March 23rd, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 23 (IANS) Singer-actress Miley Cyrus, scheduled to perform on former American boxer Muhammad Ali's birthday, is suffering from a bout of ill health.Cyrus willl hit the stage ... Read more...
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AIADMK leading in Sankarankoil bypoll
March 21st, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 21 (IANS) V. Muthuselvi of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK was Wednesday way ahead of his nearest DMK rival in the Sankarankoil assembly constituency by-election with an impressive lead ... Read more...
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Around 75 percent voting in Tamil Nadu assembly by-poll (Second Lead)
March 18th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Voting for the by-poll in Sankarankoil assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district came to an end Sunday with around 75 percent of the voters ... Read more...
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Brisk polling in Tamil Nadu bypoll (Lead)
March 18th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Brisk voting was witnessed in the bypoll to the Sankarankoil assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu Sunday.Voting began at 8 a.m. in 242 polling booths in ... Read more...
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Polling begins for Tamil Nadu assembly by-poll
March 18th, 2012 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Voting for the by-poll in Sankarankoil assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district began amid tight security at 8 a.m. Sunday.Thirteen candidates, including six independents, ... Read more...
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Stage set for Tamil Nadu assembly by-poll Sunday
March 17th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) The stage is set for Sunday's by-poll in the Sankarankoil assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district.Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray ... Read more...
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‘Tamil Nadu power situation to ease from June’
March 14th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said Wednesday that the electricity supply situation in the state would improve from June, when 1,950 MW of capacity would ... Read more...
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