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Scarlett Johansson denies links with any UK reality show

June 24th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 24 (ANI); Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has slammed reports of her granting a TV channel access to her day-to-day life for a new reality show. The 'Lost In Translation' actress was ...

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UN upgrades security for staff, offices in Pakistan

June 19th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) The UN has upgraded security for its staff and offices in Pakistan amid heightened tensions in the wake of terror attacks, a media report said Friday. The families ...

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Shiney has been framed up, says wife

June 17th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) Anupam Ahuja, the wife of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja who is in police custody on the charge of raping his teenaged maid, maintains he has been framed up. "I ...

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Wrong timing given by aide created confusion about Zardari’s address

June 15th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, June 15 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's address to the nation was regarded as delayed because a close aide announced the timing of the address without consulting the president. Sources said ...

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Train blast kills one, injures 35 in Pakistan city

Train blast kills one, injures 35 in Pakistan city

June 11th, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, June 11(ANI): At least one person was killed and 35 left injured on Thursday in a bomb explosion in a train in Quetta city of Pakistan. According to a railway ...

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Gunmen kill 10 in Thai mosque

June 9th, 2009 - 5:55 am ICT by IANS -
Bangkok, June 9 (Xinhua) At least 10 people have been killed and 13 others wounded when gunmen opened fire indiscriminately inside a mosque in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat, officials said. Five ...

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Mayawati reverses move to ban information disclosure

June 7th, 2009 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) In the face of protest threats, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday partially reversed her move to deny certain disclosures under the Right to Information Act. The reversal followed ...

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One killed in Islamabad bomb blast

June 6th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, June 6 (Xinhua) One person was killed when a bomb exploded near a police building here Saturday, Dawn News TV channel reported. Several people were injured in the explosion and police have ...

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Withdrawing support on Nuke-deal issue wasn’t right: Bardhan

Withdrawing support on Nuke-deal issue wasn’t right: Bardhan

June 5th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, June 5 (ANI): Communist Party of India's General Secretary A. B. Bardhan on Friday admitted withdrawing support to Dr. Manmohan Singh Government on nuclear deal issue was not a ...

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Pakistani police trainees released by abductors, say reports (Lead)

Pakistani police trainees released by abductors, say reports (Lead)

June 2nd, 2009 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, June 2 (Xinhua) Forty police trainees who were abducted by suspected militants Monday in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan have been released, TV reports said. The forty students and six ...

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Media frenzy must end: Australia not an unsafe place for Indians (Comment)

June 1st, 2009 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS -
By Rajni Luthra Most Indian homes in Australia have had this phone call from concerned family in India by now. "Are you alright? What are they doing to you guys over there?" It's almost ...

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Varun Gandhi misbehaves with journalist in Pilibhit

Varun Gandhi misbehaves with journalist in Pilibhit

May 19th, 2009 - 10:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Pilibhit, May 19 (ANI): After being in the limelight for his hate speech against a minority community, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Tuesday allegedly misbehaved with a journalist ...

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More than a third of Brits lie about age, sex, money

May 19th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI -
London, May 19 (ANI): More than a third of Britons lie about their age, salary and sexual history, a poll of 2,000 people has revealed. The study for TV channel Really found age ...

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YSR’s son elected to Lok Sabha

May 16th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Saturday won the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat with a huge majority of over 100,000 votes. Jaganmohan, an ...

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Congress-led UPA slightly ahead of BJP led NDA in exit polls

Congress-led UPA slightly ahead of BJP led NDA in exit polls

May 13th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA is trailing behind the Congress-led UPA in the projections given by different exit polls in the Lok Sabha elections. The ...

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Congress asks spokesman Moily to take a break

Congress asks spokesman Moily to take a break

May 9th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Congress spokesman Veerappa Moily has been asked to step down from his post as head of Congress media cell, party sources said here Saturday, a day ...

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Newspapers, Cable TV services shut down in Swat

May 7th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI -
Peshawar May 7 (ANI): The prevailing precarious security conditions in the Swat Valley have forced media houses to suspend publication and distribution of news papers in the valley. Due to the curfew imposed ...

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Fawlty Towers will never return because cast members are “too old, tired”: Cleese

May 7th, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI -
London, May 7 (ANI): John Cleese has ruled out return of Fawlty Towers, insisting that the castmembers are "too old and tired." The 69-year-old said "everyone would be excited if we did" but ...

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10 security personnel kidnapped in Pakistan

10 security personnel kidnapped in Pakistan

May 1st, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, May 1 (Xinhua) Ten security personnel were kidnapped Friday by militants in northwestern Pakistan, a media report said. The security men were kidnapped in Upper Dir district of North West Frontier ...

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Taliban commander killed in Pakistan’s military offensive

Taliban commander killed in Pakistan’s military offensive

April 27th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, April 27 (Xinhua) A Taliban commander has been killed in the military offensive launched by Pakistan's security forces Sunday in a northwestern district, a media report said Monday. "Maulana Shahid is ...

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Pakistan’s Taliban agrees to leave Buner

Pakistan’s Taliban agrees to leave Buner

April 24th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, April 24 (Xinhua) Pakistan's Taliban has agreed to move out of Buner district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), a media report said Friday. Fear spread among local people in Buner ...

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Pakistan for talks with India on countering terror

April 23rd, 2009 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday that Pakistan was keen to hold talks with India on countering terrorism and widening their anti-terror mechanism. "We are ready to ...

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Pakistan accuses India of backing Baloch terror group

April 23rd, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday accused India of backing a Baloch terror group that it says is a remnant of the Soviet-Afghan war. India was backing the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) for ...

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Silvio Berlusconi, female minister laid bare in painting

April 21st, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Apr 21 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and one of his female ministers, whom he once said he would like to marry, have been painted nude by an artist. Two years ...

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Tytler seeks CBI probe into shoe attack on Chidambaram

Tytler seeks CBI probe into shoe attack on Chidambaram

April 20th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Former central government minister Jagdish Tytler Monday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the shoe attack by a journalist on Home Minister ...

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Amar Singh-Azam Khan spat out in open at Samajwadi Party event

Amar Singh-Azam Khan spat out in open at Samajwadi Party event

April 20th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) Bringing his rift with senior party colleague Mohammad Azam Khan in the open, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Monday lashed out at him at ...

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Tytler asks for CBI probe into shoe-throwing on Chidambaram

Tytler asks for CBI probe into shoe-throwing on Chidambaram

April 20th, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler on Monday asked for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident of shoe-throwing by a journalist on Home ...

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Nitish Kumar describes Lalu’s remarks about Advani ‘clear’

April 19th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Patna, Apr 19 (ANI): Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that there was nothing wrong in Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's statement ...

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Suicide blast kills five policemen in Pakistan (Lead)

April 18th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, April 18 (Xinhua) Five policemen were killed Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a media report said. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives laden vehicle ...

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Blast in Pakistan, several injured

April 18th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, April 18 (Xinhua) Several people were injured in a blast in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, a TV channel reported. The blast occurred in a house in Hangu district of North West Frontier ...

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