Man refused job because he’s too clever
June 9th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 9 (IANS) An unemployed man in Britain has been refused work because he is too clever for the job, a media report said Saturday.Mark Schwalbe, 52, from Barnsley, ... Read more...
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Hundreds of Myanmar nationals seek refugee status (With Images)
April 21st, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Making pavements as their homes, over 500 hundred Myanmar nationals, among them women and children, have camped for the past 12 days near ... Read more...
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Child trafficker nabbed in Lucknow, minors rescued
November 30th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 30 (IANS) Four children, being taken to Punjab to work as labourers, were rescued from a train in the Uttar Pradesh capital, police said Wednesday. A man has ... Read more...
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Lucknow celebrates as Hazare leaves Tihar Jail
August 19th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Dancing to the beats of drums and singing patriotic songs amidst ecstatic shouts of "Anna nahin ye aandhi hai, aaj ka yug ka Gandhi hai (He ... Read more...
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NGO member held for rape
August 4th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) A member of an NGO which offered help to girls suffering from trauma was arrested in west Delhi for raping a teenaged tribal girl three ... Read more...
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A man and his motley troupe perform for justice (Feature)
July 31st, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, July 31 (IANS) Rickshaw pullers, vegetable vendors, mechanics and tailors - they are members of his theatre group. With their help, Sanjeeba, the owner of a picture frames shop, ... Read more...
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Transgender held for begging set free by court
June 18th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) After months of detention at a beggars' home, a transgender caught seeking alms in south Delhi was allowed to walk free after the intervention of ... Read more...
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Drunken son kills father
June 8th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) A drunken man stabbed his 70-year-old father after an argument over disposing off their land and for not supporting him against his wife, who was ... Read more...
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Abducted toddler rescued; maid arrested (Roundup)
April 27th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A toddler from a businessman's family here abducted Sunday was rescued with the arrest of the child's maid and three others who were desperate to ... Read more...
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Rescued Delhi toddler’s mother accepts mistake
April 27th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) She kept rocking him in her lap and ran her fingers through his hair...Gayatri Singh, who was united with her 18-month-old son three days after ... Read more...
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Kidnapped toddler rescued, maid and accomplices arrested (Second Lead)
April 27th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Five men and women with no criminal background but fed up of their menial jobs decided to kidnap the 18-month-old son of a south Delhi ... Read more...
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Kidnapped Delhi toddler rescued, four arrested (Lead)
April 27th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) An 18-month-old Delhi boy has been rescued from the clutches of his abductors, police said Wednesday adding that the kidnapping-for-ransom plan was hatched by a ... Read more...
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Obsessed youth held for raping minor
March 23rd, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Mohammad Idrish, 21, was so obsessed with a 14-year-old girl in his neighbourhood that he slit his wrist several times to convince her of his ... Read more...
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Migrant bunkers in the heart of Delhi (Feature, With Images)
March 10th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Tucked above the 1,200-odd shops in old Delhi's Bhagirath Place, Asia's largest electrical goods market, are matchbox-size hutments that house hundreds of workers, mostly migrants ... Read more...
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Meerut jail inmates to churn out sports goods
February 9th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 9 (IANS) From behind bars, they will churn out cricket pads, footballs and badminton racquets. Inmates of Meerut District Jail will now produce sports goods, gaining ... Read more...
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A rickshaw puller and an author of four books
January 16th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) Rehman Ali Rehman, a rickshaw puller in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, doesn't mind if has to wait long for a customer. He uses the time to ... Read more...
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Why no night shelters for street kids, NHRC asks Delhi
December 24th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an explanation from the Delhi government over the plight of homeless children in the capital and the lack ... Read more...
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Afghan Government falling short of filling key Kandahar positions
November 3rd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Nov.3 (ANI): The Afghan government has failed to fill dozens of key positions in Kandahar, leaving an ineffectual local administration that U.S. officials fear will cripple the battlefield progress ... Read more...
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Frank Sinatra’s ‘domineering’ mother drove him to stardom
October 31st, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by ANI
London, Oct 31 (ANI): A biography on late singer/actor Frank Sinatra has revealed that his mother's domineering and ambitious attitude was what drove him to stardom.Sinatra had been born in the ... Read more...
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Hindus raise money for Muslim girl’s wedding
May 24th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) It was more than a wedding since it also symbolised celebration of unity and communal harmony when Hindus in an Uttar Pradesh village raised money for a poor ... Read more...
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JLo’s ex Ojani Noa to start reality show ‘I Owe J.Lo’
April 30th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 30 (ANI): Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband Ojani Noa is starting a new reality show titled, 'I Owe J.Lo', to help him avoid bankruptcy, it has emerged.Noa will look to ... Read more...
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College girls spur literacy drive in Uttar Pradesh villages
February 17th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) Over 1,500 girls from a private college here have been busy shaping up the careers of illiterate and unemployed villagers in eastern Uttar Pradesh.Students of the ... Read more...
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21-year-old marries grandma bride in Uttar Pradesh
November 12th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 12 (IANS) Even an age gap of almost 36 years could not come between their love. Twenty one-year-old Abhimanyu Kumar married 57-year-old Suneeta Devi, who is a grandmother, in Uttar ... Read more...
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Students turn teachers to spread literacy
October 17th, 2009 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Ralpur, Oct 17 (IANS) Other children of their age play video games or surf the internet in their spare time, but a group of students in this Uttar Pradesh village ... Read more...
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Director Rituparno Ghosh on a weight loss spree to look Gay
September 9th, 2009 - 3:19 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh is a true professional. The director who will be debuting as an actor in Kaushik Ganguly's Chhaya Chhobi, has taken a lot of trouble to get into the skin ... Read more...
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Brit women outnumber men in ‘high status’ professions
August 11th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 11 (ANI): Cambridge University researchers in Britain have found in a new study that women these days outnumber men in the most high status professions.They have found that more women ... Read more...
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Allahabad Railway begins first ever recruitment for women porters
July 30th, 2009 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
Allahabad, July 30 (ANI): First ever lot of women candidates appeared for the physical aptitude test conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board at Allahabad on Thursday for the post of porters.This is ... Read more...
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An android toll collector: How cool would that be?
July 17th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 17 (IANS) Scientists say humanity is still 50 years from developing robots that will be able to speak in 'human-like' voices, mimic our motions and interact with us. How will ... Read more...
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Vienna killing sullied our image, say Indians in Austria (Diaspora Watch)
May 29th, 2009 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
By Kul Bhushan
The good image of Indians in Austria has been damaged by the killing of a Sikh leader in Vienna, say members of the 15,000 strong community in the European nation."Sikhs, ... Read more...
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Ignorance and stereotypes still trouble the enlarged EU
April 24th, 2009 - 8:57 am ICT by IANS
By Peter Mayer and Ben Nimmo
Brussels/Rome, April 24 (DPA) Slovenian footballers had an unusual welcome when they visited Belgium for a friendly game Feb 1. As they stood to attention before the ... Read more...
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‘Chandni Chowk…’ gaffe fuels demand for ‘Greater Nepal’
January 27th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 27 (IANS) The anti-Indian sentiments triggered by banned Bollywood film "Chandni Chowk to China" has stoked fresh demands for the recovery of the land acceded to India by Nepal nearly ... Read more...
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I could never find true love in India: Prince of Rajpipla
January 14th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) British princes aren’t the only royals making news here: a gay Indian price told television interviewers Wednesday he could never find true love in India.Manvendra Singh Gohil, crown ... Read more...
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Youth can be in vanguard of change: Kashmiri woman leader
October 1st, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Zahra Banoo looked demure in her white salwar kurta, her head covered and a soft smile never leaving her face. However, behind this facade is the first ... Read more...
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Dirt on black robes of judiciary’s high priests
July 27th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A damming deposition by a former Ghaziabad court clerk has thrown mud on the Indian judiciary's high priests. He claims simple day-to-day household items like ... Read more...
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In Assam, Bodo looms are now weaving success stories
June 30th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Maitreyee Boruah
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) Till two years ago, 45-year-old Motori Brahma, a Bodo woman from Rowmari village in Assam, was doing menial jobs to feed her family of five, including ... Read more...
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