Kids’ self-control linked to lower weight
August 16th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) Exercising some self control and delaying gratification for longer periods among children at four years of age is linked with a lower body mass index (BMI) ... Read more...
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Gurdwara chief, priests among US shooting victims
August 6th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Officials investigating Sunday's shooting at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, have declined to release the names of the victims, but media reports have pieced ... Read more...
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Woman who sold child found - still starving
July 19th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 19 (IANS) A destitute Bihar woman who went missing after selling her child to a Nepalese couple for Rs.62 has been finally traced - still starving along with ... Read more...
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Bihar destitute woman is missing
July 17th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 17 (IANS) Several voluntary groups in India and abroad have come forward to support a destitute woman in Bihar who sold her four month old son for Rs.62 ... Read more...
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Bihar woman missing after selling child for Rs.62
July 16th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 16 (IANS) A poverty-stricken woman in Bihar's Araria district, who sold her four-month-old son for just Rs.62 to a Nepalese couple, is missing a day after her plight ... Read more...
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Poor woman in Bihar sells child for Rs.62, cops begin probe
July 15th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 15 (IANS) Police have began an inquiry into a poverty-stricken woman in Bihar's Araria district selling her four-month-old son for just Rs.62 to a Nepalese couple, sources Sunday ... Read more...
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Assad mystery lover to get PhD from British varsity
July 8th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS) A Syrian woman, said to be the mystery lover of embattled President Bashar al-Assad, will soon get a doctorate from a top university in Britain, according ... Read more...
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British homes full of mamma’s boys, daddy’s girls
May 30th, 2012 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) British families have a generation of mamma's boys and daddy's girls with at least 500,000 staying at home till their mid-30s, a study has revealed.According to ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped and killed, family looted by road robbers
March 26th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 26 (IANS) A group of robbers waylaid a car on a Bihar road, gangraped a woman occupant before shooting her dead and looted valuables worth Rs.2 lakh from ... Read more...
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Woman in debt kills self
February 22nd, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A married woman in her mid 30s allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan as she could not pay off her debts, ... Read more...
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Police close to cracking battered baby case (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Delhi Police are questioning a woman, who they claim is key to unravelling the mystery behind who are the parents of two-year-old battered baby Falak, ... Read more...
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5,000 detonators seized in Uttar Pradesh
November 8th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) Three men were arrested Tuesday and around 5,000 electronic detonators seized in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.Rajesh Pal, Ashok and Shekhar - all in ... Read more...
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Back home in Bihar on Chhath
November 1st, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 1 (IANS) Satender Singh and Jagnarain Yadav are happy to be back home to celebrate Chhath, Bihar's most popular festival, with family and friends.In their mid-30s, both left ... Read more...
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Two held with fake currency notes
October 15th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 15 (IANS) Two men working for a Pakistan-based fake currency racket were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district with counterfeit Indian currency with a face value of around ... Read more...
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Nepali women held with Rs.20 lakh drugs
September 29th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 29 (IANS) Two Nepali women in their mid-30s were arrested with drugs worth Rs.20 lakh in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said Thursday.Vimla Giri and Pyarisa were nabbed ... Read more...
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Pirated CDs’ cache seized in Uttar Pradesh
September 15th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, over 40,000 pirated CDs and DVDs of latest Bollywood films and music albums were seized during a raid in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held in Uttar Pradesh
September 9th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Two drug peddlers working for a Nepal-based racket involved in supplying narcotics to various Indian states have been arrested with cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh ... Read more...
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Two arrested with Rs.1 crore-worth heroin
August 20th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Two drug peddlers, who operated in various states of the country, were Saturday arrested in Uttar Pradesh with heroin worth over Rs.1 crore, police said.The two ... Read more...
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Overweight people will stay that way for ever
July 26th, 2011 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) It's bad news for overweight people. A 55-year study in Britain has found out that once people gain weight, they can never return to their original ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Councillor has six kids, loses post
July 22nd, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 22 (IANS) A councillor in a civic body here has lost her post for having more than two children - the maximum limit set under a new ... Read more...
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IGNOU to award skill-recognition degrees to Indian Navy sailors
June 24th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) To improve second-career opportunities, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday launched a programme in association with the Indian Navy to award educational degrees ... Read more...
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Two held for running IPL betting racket
May 25th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 25 (IANS) Two people have been arrested here for accepting bets worth Rs.1.5 crore on matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL), police said Wednesday.Jitendra Bhadauria ... Read more...
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Three Nepali women held with drugs
May 5th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Three Nepali women were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district for carrying cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh, police said Thursday.Vanarmala, Harikama and Sushma Gujel, all in ... Read more...
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Two poachers nabbed with 95 tortoises
May 4th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh), May 4 (IANS) Two woman who worked for a West Bengal-based gang have been arrested here with 95 tortoises, police said Wednesday.Bindo Devi and Prem Lata, in ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Beware, liposucked fat can be back elsewhere
May 4th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
London, May 3 (IANS) Liposuction if fraught with unwanted consequences that can turn other parts of a patient's body fatter.
Even as the fat will not return to the areas ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers nabbed with Rs.1 crore-worth heroin
April 19th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 19 (IANS) Two drug peddlers, who operated in various states of the country, were arrested here Tuesday carrying heroin worth around Rs.1 crore, police said.The two ... Read more...
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Hundreds in Chennai pledge support to Hazare
April 8th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) Describing it as the new IPL - Indian People's League - hundreds of people here Friday pledged support to veteran activist Anna Hazare in the fight ... Read more...
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Woman’s body found in train yard
March 22nd, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) In yet another case of a woman strangulated to death, the body of a woman was found at a train yard here, an official said Tuesday.According ... Read more...
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Three arms smugglers held
March 20th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh), March 20 (IANS) Three men who smuggled arms to various states including Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been arrested, police said Sunday.The men, in their ... Read more...
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Growing number of single professional women having babies alone: Expert
February 27th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Feb 27 (ANI): An expert has revealed that an increasing number of professional women in their 30s are opting to start a family on their own.'The numbers are creeping up. Compared ... Read more...
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David Beckham’s sex-scandal has another ‘witness’
February 21st, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 21 (ANI): There's another witness in the David Beckham's sex scandal case, it has emerged.Irma Nici's former boss Kristin Davis said an unnamed woman was prepared to give testimony ... Read more...
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Parambrata’s Directorial Venture ‘Jiyo Kaka’ Portrays Rituparna Sengupta As A Popular Heroine
January 20th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
, has portrayed actress Rituparna Sengupta as a popular moody heroine, who is also a mother.Param’s movie deals with three normal guys with a dream of making a movie together. Aasif, ... Read more...
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‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’ to be released on Republic Day
January 15th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Realistic film maker Madhur Bhandarkar Saturday confirmed that the release date of his first comedy "Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji" has been brought forward to Jan 26 ... Read more...
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Five men held for firearms racket in Uttar Pradesh
December 17th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) Five men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district Thursday for their involvement in the manufacture and supply of illegal firearms, police said. Several pistols and live cartridges ... Read more...
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Hilary Swank wasn’t allowed to play with other kids as a poor child
December 16th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 16 (ANI): Hilary Swank, whose worth may now be 40-million dollars, was not allowed to play with other children when she was a kid as she belonged to a ... Read more...
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