Yogananda was India’s greatest gift to West: Kriyananda
October 13th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Paramhansa Yogananda, whose "Autobiography of a Yogi" is considered a spiritual gem, was India's greatest gift to the West, Ananda Sangha founder Swami Kriyananda said ... Read more...
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Warm day ahead for Delhi
October 13th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Delhiites woke up to a warm and sunny Thursday morning with the minimum temperature settling a notch above average at 21.2 degree Celsius.According to the ... Read more...
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Four die in 50-vehicle pile-up in Chile
October 13th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Oct 13 (IANS/EFE) At least four people died and 20 were injured in a 50-vehicle pile-up on the highway linking this Chile capital with its busiest seaport, police ... Read more...
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MJ’s family to stage benefit concert
October 11th, 2011 - 8:12 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) Late pop legend Michael Jackson's family is all set to stage a benefit concert in a bid to help children affected by the Japan quake.Michael's ... Read more...
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MJ’s lead guitarist strums for ‘Rockstar’
September 30th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman roped in Orianthi Panagaris, lead guitarist of the late king of pop Michael Jackson's team, to play for the ... Read more...
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Russia to back bid for Palestinian statehood
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Sep 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will support a Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said."As long ago as 1989, when the Palestinian ... Read more...
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Onion export ban was not panic decision: Minister
September 21st, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Facing flak over the two-week ban on onion exports that was lifted Sep 20, Food Minister K.V. Thomas said it was not a "panic" decision ... Read more...
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Brazil’s president says her cancer has `resolved’
September 13th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Sep 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that her lymphoma, or cancer of the lymph system, is "resolved" and that she is currently in good health."Cancer today ... Read more...
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Janet to give a miss to MJ’s tribute concert
August 30th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 30 (IANS) Janet Jackson says she won't be able to attend the tribute concert of her late brother Michael Jackson.Janet was expected to perform at the show ... Read more...
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Pilot arrested in Madrid for smuggling cocaine
August 24th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 24 (IANS/EFE) An Aeromexico co-pilot was arrested at the Madrid-Barajas International Airport on charges that he smuggled 42 kg of cocaine into Spain on a flight from ... Read more...
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Varun Gandhi to present Jan Lokpal as private member’s bill
August 19th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi Friday said he would introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill, drafted by Team Anna, as a private member's ... Read more...
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Katy Perry equals MJ’s record
August 18th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) Pop singer Katy Perry has become the first woman to have five number one singles from the same album on the US Billboard Hot 100 ... Read more...
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CBI to bring Israeli drug dealer to Goa
August 17th, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 17 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team will head for Peru Thursday to extradite Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala, a crucial link to Goa ... Read more...
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Rise in foreign tourist arrivals in Mexico
August 16th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 16 (IANS/EFE) The number of foreign tourists visiting Mexico reached 11.4 million in the first half of 2011, a 3.3 percent rise compared with the same period ... Read more...
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MJ’s artwork unveiled at children’s hospital
August 10th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 9 (IANS) Late Pop legend Michael Jackson's family unveiled artwork sketched by the singer at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.Dailystar.co.uk reports that Jackson's three children, Prince, ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha members furious at not getting CAG reports
August 5th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Accusing the government of trying to suppress scams, opposition members in the Rajya Sabha were Friday furious at not being given copies of ... Read more...
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Taking apples daily keeps cardio risks at bay
July 8th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 8 (IANS) Taking apples daily is one way of keeping risks linked with cardio health at bay.
Catherine Bondonno, doctoral student in pharmacology at the University of Western ... Read more...
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Broken CFLs can be unsafe
July 7th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 7 (IANS) A broken compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb can be unsafe for human beings because it releases mercury vapour into the air for weeks, even months.The amount ... Read more...
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Cabinet reshuffle soon, says PM
June 29th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A cabinet reshuffle would take place soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday told a group of editors but did not give a date."I cannot ... Read more...
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Recession drives young Italians to smoke: study
May 26th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, May 26 (IANS/AKI) Around 600,000 Italians started smoking in 2011 due to anxiety related to the recession, says a new study.A total of 11.8 million people were found to ... Read more...
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Over 1,400 die trying to reach Italian shores
May 26th, 2011 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 26 (IANS/AKI) Over 1,400 migrants have died this year while trying to reach the Italian shores from conflict-hit North Africa, according to a report.The report was published by ... Read more...
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Nine killed in drug related attacks in Mexico
May 23rd, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 23 (IANS/EFE) Nine people were killed and three injured in two drug-related incidents of violence in Monterrey, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, ... Read more...
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New York town ordered to scrap English-only ordinance
May 20th, 2011 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 20 (IANS/EFE) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has ordered the upstate town of Jackson to "immediately" overturn a local ordinance that made English the town's ... Read more...
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Mexican city fires 400 cops
May 20th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), May 20 (IANS/EFE) Some 400 police officers in this Mexican city have been dismissed since last October on suspicion they had ties to organised crime, Mayor Hector ... Read more...
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‘Sophisticated’ tunnel found under US-Mexico border
May 11th, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Tucson (US), May 11 (IANS/EFE) A "sophisticated" tunnel dug out of solid rock and equipped with electricity and ventilation systems has been found under the border between US' Arizona state ... Read more...
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Japanese royal couple to visit Fukushima
May 11th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Japanese emperor Akihito and empress Michiko will be visiting Fukushima, which was devastated by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, the NHK channel reported Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Paramilitary trooper killed in gunfight with Maoists
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) A paramilitary trooper was killed and another injured in a gunfight with Maoists in Orissa's Kandhamal district, police said Tuesday.The exchange of fire took place in ... Read more...
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Masters degree must for Iran’s lawmakers
April 29th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 29 (IANS/AKI) All candidates running for Iran's parliament must have postgraduate degrees in future, the Guardian Council's spokesman, Abbasali Kadkhodai, was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars ... Read more...
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Joshi walks out of PAC meet
April 28th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi Thursday walked out of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting to discuss the report on the ... Read more...
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Ancient Roman mausoleum found under tonnes of garbage
April 21st, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Pozzuoli (Italy), April 21 (IANS/AKI) Italian police near Naples discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman-era mausoleum buried under tonnes of illegally-dumped garbage.The mausoleum, which dates back to the second century AD, was ... Read more...
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MJ’s jab dabs are not those of Dr. Conrad Murray
April 18th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, April 18 (ANI): Mystery fingerprints on the syringe that killed Michael Jackson are not those of Dr. Conrad Murray or any member of Jacko's family or staff, the investigation has ... Read more...
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Man killed while stealing fuel from Mexico pipeline
April 18th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 18 (IANS/EFE) A man was burnt to death in northwestern Mexico when a tanker truck exploded while he was filling it with fuel siphoned from a pipeline, ... Read more...
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Indian woman killed in Rome accident
April 12th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, April 12 (IANS/AKI) A 39-year-old Indian woman, who was to return to her three children in Kerala shortly, has been killed in a hit and run accident in Rome.Raj ... Read more...
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Russia dreams of conquering other planets: Medvedev
April 12th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hailing Yuri Gagarin's flight into space 50 years ago as a "symbolic" and "revolutionary" event, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country still dreams about ... Read more...
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MJ’s ex-bodyguard helping LiLo to fend off crowd
April 11th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 11 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan is apparently using late Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, Alberto Alvarez, for fending off crowds.And the 'Mean Girls' star is impressed by the way he handled ... Read more...
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