Tiwari moves court to keep his DNA test report confidential
July 26th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Challenging the single-judge bench order, veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari Thursday moved the Delhi High Court to keep his DNA test report confidential till the ... Read more...
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Vodka prices set for 30 percent hike in Russia
May 30th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia, a country of vodka drinkers, will increase the minimum price of the drink by around 30 percent this year.According to a draft resolution prepared ... Read more...
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Pursue dialogue, governor tells Jammu and Kashmir people
January 25th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Wednesday urged the people of the state to shed their inhibitions and join hands to seek resolution of issues confronting ... Read more...
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Supreme Court notice to CBI in minister’s killing
December 15th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CBI on a plea seeking quashing of charges and criminal proceedings against accused Ranjan Dwivedi in ... Read more...
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Atomic energy officials hold talks on Kudankulam n-plant
November 4th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 4 (IANS) The two top officials of the Indian nuclear establishment Friday met Tamil Nadu's Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangi and discussed ways to allay the fears of people ... Read more...
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Court rejects policemen’s plea in Benazir’s killing case
October 16th, 2011 - 6:22 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 16 (IANS) A Pakistani court has dismissed application of two senior police officials in former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination case, Xinhua reported.Bhutto was killed in a ... Read more...
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NIA denies reports on Delhi blast leads
September 16th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Terming the probe into the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blasts as "delicately poised", the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday denied various news items regarding ... Read more...
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BJP asks president to intervene in Gujarat Lokayukta issue
September 2nd, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation, led by senior leader L.K. Advani, met President Pratibha Patil Friday and asked her to intervene in the ... Read more...
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Targeted photodynamic therapy offers hope for skin cancer patients
April 12th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 12 (ANI): The latest research by UK and Swiss scientists has concluded that targeted photodynamic therapy could completely eradicate some models of cancer.The team linked light-sensitive molecules with antibodies that ... Read more...
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Bhopal tragedy survivors demand probe into nuke plant projects
March 22nd, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 22 (IANS) Paying homage to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the survivors of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy Tuesday demanded a high level independent ... Read more...
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Opposition parties point out Pak Punjab govt’s crucial role in Davis’ release
March 18th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 18 (ANI): Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly have accused the state government of playing a crucial role in the safe release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis.The Daily Times ... Read more...
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Did Saudi Arabia arrange blood money for Davis’ release?
March 18th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): Saudi Arabia is believed to have arranged the 'blood money', making the release of double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis possible after spending two months in a Lahore ... Read more...
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Obesity can cause irreparable damage to knees
February 14th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Being morbidly obese could permanently damage your knees, says a new study.
The investigation included a group of morbidly obese patients with knee osteoarthritis who were evaluated before ... Read more...
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Young music fans with ‘iPod-itis’ at greater risk of going deaf
February 12th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Youngsters who are 'emotionally attached' to playing their music at full blast on their music players are in for a rude shock.A doctor has revealed that a whole ... Read more...
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Pashupatinath wins first battle against new Nepal government
February 10th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) As Nepal's new Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal Thursday succeeded in swearing in a mini cabinet amidst his allies, the Maoists, refusing to join his government, the new ... Read more...
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Goa Inc quotes Chidambaram to remind Kamat about failed promises
January 25th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 25 (IANS) Goa's industry captains, in their pre-budget memorandum to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, have attached a quote on failed promises from former finance minister P. Chidambaram's budget speech ... Read more...
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Kids offered alcohol by people other than parents ‘6 times likelier to binge’
November 8th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 8 (ANI): A new study has found that teenagers are six times more likely to binge drink if they are given alcohol by someone other than their parents.The research by ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani have disappointed Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif
November 5th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 5(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have disappointed the nation.Addressing party workers in Gujranwala, ... Read more...
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Oz woman blames sex with 9-yr-old son on medication
October 7th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 7 (ANI): An Australian woman, who had sex with her nine-year-old son, has blamed a "cocktail of medication" as being the cause of her incestuous behaviour.At Sydney's Downing Centre District ... Read more...
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Prisoner sued Kim Kardashian and her sisters for emotional distress
September 25th, 2010 - 12:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For being “forced” to watch Keeping Up With The Kardashians and the “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami”, a prison inmate at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ... Read more...
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Danone Declines Ever Approaching Aishwarya
September 10th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): There was report recently that beauty queen turned Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has denied to endorse the products of French Dairy Company Danone. However, the ... Read more...
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Congress MP demands stricter punishment for adulterators
August 3rd, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Congress MP Rajiv Shukla Tuesday said he has urged the government to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act to provide for stricter punishment for offenders ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games: Build morale now, criticize later (Comment)
August 2nd, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjiv Kataria
As the clock gallops closer to Oct 3, the date when the 2010 Commonwealth Games begin at New Delhi, I am amongst the millions of terribly nervous Indians. It ... Read more...
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Review of plea against Nirma plant after apex court ruling
July 1st, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 1 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday said it will take up a review petition by farmers opposing the upcoming Nirma cement plant at Mahuva in Bhavnagar district only after ... Read more...
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Shots fired near G-20 summit venue
June 22nd, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, June 22 (IANS) Shots were fired early Tuesday from a moving vehicle near the venue of this week's G-20 summit here, police said.According to police, three shots ... Read more...
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Delhi Police ordered to apologise, compensate rape accused
March 25th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi Police to apologise, in writing, to an alleged rape accused and his family members for falsely implicating them. The ... Read more...
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Shorten Amarnath Yatra period to save ecology: Geelani
March 19th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 19 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Friday demanded that the annual Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage period be reduced from the present two months to save the delicate ecology of ... Read more...
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Goa businessmen want life imprisonment for illegal mining
February 24th, 2010 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) Worried over rising incidents of illegal mining in the state, the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has demanded life imprisonment for those found guilty.
In its annual ... Read more...
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Caution required in interlinking rivers: PM
October 30th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) While interlinking river systems could help expand the area under irrigation, there was need to exercise caution due to the danger of causing irreparable environmental damage, ... Read more...
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UK court rejects calls for arresting Israel Defence Minister Barak
September 30th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem/London, Sep.30 (ANI): A British court has rejected a petition urging an arrest warrant for Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed "war crimes" during the IDF ... Read more...
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Barack’s earful of ‘disappointment’ to Brown over Lockerbie bomber release decision
September 11th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 11 (ANI): US President Barack Obama reportedly blasted British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the phone for his decision to set the Lockerbie bomber free, indicating that the US-Britain ... Read more...
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1992 military operation against MQM ‘illegal’, ‘cruel’: Imran Khan
September 3rd, 2009 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Sep.3 (ANI): Terming the 1992 military operation against the MQM as 'illegal' and 'cruel', cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has said the offensive conducted by General Naseerullah Khan Babar in Karachi ... Read more...
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No marriages, functions in Delhi parks, orders court
September 2nd, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed concern over the damage done to the parks in the capital due to social gatherings and asked the civic agencies to ... Read more...
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Why older people are more prone to skin problems
August 28th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Scientists from University College London have found why older people are prone to cancer and infections of the skin.They have shown that defective immunity in the skin ... Read more...
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Visa seekers issue: Indian envoy to Dhaka wins unexpected support
July 24th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 24 (IANS) Criticised for his remarks made against Bangladeshi visa seekers, Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty has won approval from an unexpected quarter. State Minister for Foreign affairs ... Read more...
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