South Asians fear racial profiling over US court ruling
June 26th, 2012 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 26 (IANS) South Asian and other immigrant groups have joined the White House in warning that a US Supreme Court decision upholding a controversial provision of Arizona's ... Read more...
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US apex court sides with Obama on immigration law
June 25th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 25 (IANS) Handing US President Barack Obama a partial victory in an election year, the Supreme Court Monday largely sided with his administration to strike down key ... Read more...
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How minorities lead to mass uprisings
July 26th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 26 (IANS) A strong opinion of a mere 10 percent of a population will always be adopted by a majority and can lead to uprisings as witnessed in ... Read more...
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US Supreme Court overturns California video game law
June 28th, 2011 - 5:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (IANS) US Supreme Court Monday ruled against a California law that would have banned the sale or renting of violent video games to children, Xinhua ... Read more...
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PAC vs JPC: Joshi on the mat
December 1st, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Is the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) more effective than a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for a probe into the spectrum allotment scandal? BJP leader Murli Manohar ... Read more...
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People stick to strong views more in case of opposition
August 3rd, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) People holding strong views tend to stick to them, more so if the majority disagreed with them.
It was earlier thought that in the face of opposition, a person ... Read more...
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KG basin gas row: SC to deliver verdict today
May 7th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): A three judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan will deliver its verdict on the Ambani gas sharing dispute involving the ... Read more...
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Shashi Tharoor resigns over the IPL Kochi scandal, his website tharoor.in goes down
April 19th, 2010 - 2:45 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Delhi, Apr 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Indian state minister for external affairs Shashi Tharoor was forced to resign by the Congress party, because of his involvement in the IPL Kochi ... Read more...
Will Shashi Tharoor resign tonight?
April 18th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Delhi, Apr 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is mounting speculation that state minister Shashi Tharoor may resign tonight. It is also been reported that in a short while, the Indian Prime ... Read more...
Arnie wants Polanski to be “treated like everyone else”
October 2nd, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 2 (ANI): California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has said that Roman Polanski should not get any special privileges because of his contribution to cinema and must be "treated like everyone ... Read more...
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SC decision may save top Bush officials from terror lawsuits
May 19th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court of United States has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to hold FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft responsible for wrongful detention of ... Read more...
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Pak Army must end India-driven strategy to avoid becoming al Qaeda, Taliban caliphate
April 23rd, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr 23 (ANI): The Pakistani Army must end its age old anti-India strategy and try to save Pakistan from becoming the caliphate of al Qaeda and the Taliban, according to ... Read more...
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When it comes to decision-making, preschoolers follow the crowd
March 15th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): When faced with a decision, preschoolers prefer to go by majority opinion, says a new study.Psychologists Kathleen H. Corriveau, Maria Fusaro, and Paul L. Harris of Harvard ... Read more...
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Researchers explain why herd mentality governs most of us
January 16th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) Social conformity or the tendency to follow the crowd tends to originate in the brain, according to the latest findings.A new study provides intriguing insight into how the ... Read more...
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`Death deprived Mahatma Gandhi of Nobel Peace Prize’
July 22nd, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi did not get the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948, the year he was supposed to after being shortlisted five times, because he was assassinated, said Ole ... Read more...
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US Supreme Court eases visa rules
June 17th, 2008 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (IANS) In a development that could help green card seekers, the US Supreme Court has made it easier for some foreigners who overstay their visas to seek to remain ... Read more...
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Windies board mulls suspended sentence for Samuels
May 13th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by admin
Port of Spain, May 13 (IANS) West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels may be given a suspended sentence instead of a ban after being found guilty of hobnobbing with a bookmaker January last ... Read more...
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N-deal with US on unequal terms: Advani
March 14th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India's proposed nuclear deal with the US was on "unequal terms" and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was opposed to it as it "compromised" the country's sovereignity, ... Read more...
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Choose between n-deal and government, CPI-M warns UPA
March 6th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday issued a fresh warning on the India-US nuclear deal stating that the future of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ... Read more...
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Left Parties criticise Government of Indias move to seek consensus on nuclear deal
March 3rd, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 3 (ANI): Reacting to the statement made by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday said that ... Read more...
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