Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Bihar's junior doctors, whose strike for increased stipend entered its 12th day Saturday, have decided to continue the stir despite the state human rights commission's threat to file ...

Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Construction major Gammon Infrastructure has bagged a highway project worth Rs.850 crore from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the company said Friday. NHAI has already given ...

Noida, Nov 18 (IANS) A 24-year-old man here shot dead his cousin sister Wednesday, days before she was to get married. He then turned the gun on himself and was said ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Six swine flu deaths, including two each from Rajasthan and Gujarat, were reported Thursday, pushing the total toll to 514 in India, health authorities said here. Also, a ...

Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) Defending champion Marin Cilic, the 21-year-old from Croatia, ranked 13th, has confirmed his participation in the 2010 ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis to be held January 4-10 here. Also ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Private carrier Jet Airways Wednesday launched a service to enable passengers learn of the lowest prevailing fares on its network from mobile phones on any given day ...

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Beijing, Nov 5 (IANS) Chinese police have fined 148,000 people for driving while drunk as part of a nationwide crackdown launched Aug 15, officials said. Some 20,000 drunk drivers were put under ...

Beijing, Nov 5 (IANS) A 25-year-old man in China has surprised his bosses when he volunteered to do overtime every single day. Zhou said he was only trying to stay away from ...

Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday evening ruled out lifting the ban on pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir in the near future. Addressing a press conference in ...

Almaty (Kazakhstan), Nov 4 (IANS) Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has signed an amnesty, granting freedom to some 10,000 prisoners, officials said Wednesday. The amnesty was passed to mark the 15th anniversary of ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (IANS) Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will operate four flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad every week, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. Etihad is the first ...

Faisalabad (Pakistan), Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan will deploy guards at schools in the Punjab province to boost security against terror attacks, a media report said Tuesday. The local administration has begun a survey ...

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New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the government had appealed to Maoist guerrillas to "halt the violence" and urged them to come forward for a dialogue. "The ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel Friday posted a 43.1 percent increase in net profit to Rs.2,297 crore (Rs.22 billion) for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2009, as against Rs.1,605 ...

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New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Justifying its decision to retain the chief ministers in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh after the assembly polls there, the Congress Monday said the party "rewarded those ...

Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Fifteen more militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in Pakistan's South Waziristan region as the battle rages on in the Taliban heartland, ...

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New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) India has banned the import of CDMA mobile phones that do not have the unique serial number that enables tracking users. "Import of CDMA mobile phones without Electronic ...

Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) State-run heavy electrical equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has posted a 39 percent increase in net profit for the quarter ended Sep 30 at Rs.858 crore, ...

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Hyderabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Diamond Eagles defeated Somerset by five wickets in the Champions League Twenty20 Super Eight match here Friday evening. Chasing 133, the South African side reached the target in 18.4 ...

London Oct 15 (IANS) Welsh actor Michael Sheen wants to play John Lennon in a film about The Beatles. The 40-year-old, who has played a number of British icons on the big screen, ...