Raipur, Sep 30 – Ending 12 days of a hostage drama, Maoists Thursday night released four policemen they had abducted in a forested location in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region. The policemen were handed over to the crew of a local news channel in Bijapur district close to the Andhra Pradesh border. ‘All the four policemen [...]
Raipur, Sep 30 – Maoists Thursday night freed four policemen, 12 days after taking them hostage in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, police said. The release has come as a relief for the families of the four policemen as well as for the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that was under tremendous pressure since Sep 19 [...]
Los Angeles, Sep 30 – Time flies even if you are a prehistoric cartoon caveman. The Flintstones celebrated their 50th anniversary Thursday, and how fitting it was that the ancients’ birthday should be marked by that icon of modernity, a tribute doodle on Google’s homepage. The doodle is one of the most colourful and well-disguised [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – India Inc Thursday hoped that peace would continue to prevail and normal life will not be disrupted in the wake of the Allahabad High Court ruling on the Ayodhya dispute. ‘Following the ruling by the Allahabad High Court we hope that peace and order would be maintained and no disruption [...]
London, Sep 30 – Justin Bieber fans now have an opportunity to take him home, as the teen singing sensation is launching his own range of dolls. The 16-year-old star has teamed up with merchandising company Bravado to release a line of lifelike singing figurines, which show off his famous floppy hairstyle and taste for [...]
London, Sep 30 – Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has praised her husband Michael Douglas for the bravery, ‘great strength and dignity’ he has shown in his battle against cancer. The 41-year-old actress said her 66-year-old actor-husband – who is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy – is ‘holding up very, very well’ despite the severity of [...]
London, Sep 30 – ‘Harry Potter’ actress Emma Watson has been voted Britain’s best-dressed female, while ‘Twilight’ star Robert Pattinson was named the best-dressed man in a poll by Glamour magazine. Watson topped the poll of 25,000 people, beating off stiff competition from a host of British stars. The 20-year-old star, who once modelled for [...]
Chennai, Sep 30 – AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa has termed the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ayodhya dispute as an admirable verdict. In a statement issued here Thursday, Jayalalithaa, the leader of the opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly, said: ‘I feel that the learned judges have delivered an admirable verdict considering the extremely [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – Around 850 people have been fined for entering into the exclusive Games lanes since Monday, the Delhi Traffic Police said Thursday. ‘A total of around 850 challans have been issued, out of which 215 were issued today (Thursday),’ Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg said. Traffic police issued 190 [...]
London, Sep 30 – A collection of 16 watercolours attributed to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler sold for 104,800 pounds ($164,800) at an auction in Britain Thursday, and were snapped up by buyers from emerging economies. Richard Westwood-Brookes of Mullock’s Auctioneers in Shropshire, northwest of London, said it was an ‘interesting trend’ that the works had [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – Popular TV actor Shabbir Ahluwalia has emerged the winner of the third season of ‘Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi’ after weeks of gruelling tasks involving underwater stunts, fighting off creepy crawlies and jumping off dangerous heights. Shabbir succeeded squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya, after facing two risky stunts on the grand finale, [...]
Washington, Sep 30 – The US House of Representatives has approved a budget for NASA that would provide money to allow the space agency to make an additional space shuttle flight before the programme is shut down. The 304-118 vote late Wednesday provides NASA with $19 billion for 2011 and endorses much of President Barack [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – In a worrying trend, more students in the age group 10-14 are taking to smoking and girls are increasingly getting hooked to the habit, said an NGO Thursday two days before a ban on smoking in public places completes two years. Hriday-Shan, an NGO working on tobacco control in schools, [...]
Copenhagen, Sep 30 – A new book containing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed went on sale Thursday in Denmark, on the fifth anniversary of their original publication. The 12 cartoons were initially published by the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in September 2005, sparking violent protests a few months later in several Muslim countries. Jyllands-Posten culture editor [...]
Lucknow, Sep 30 – Justice S.U. Khan of the Allahabad High Court in his Ayodhya judgment Thursday said that no temple was demolished for constructing a mosque, differing with his two colleagues on the bench. The other two judges on the bench were of the view that the Babri mosque was constructed after demolition of [...]
Hyderabad, Sep 30 – Majlis Ittehadul-e-Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said Thursday the Allahabad High Court judgment on Ayodhya was not against Muslims but his party would challenge the judgment in the Supreme Court. He called upon the community members not to get agitated. ‘Whatever evidence was not accepted by the Allahabad High Court would [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday urged people to maintain peace and harmony in the wake of the Ayodhya verdict and also said the Allahabad High Court order needed to be examined ‘carefully’ and ‘status quo’ at the disputed site will be maintained until the cases are taken up by the [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 – Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi with a triumphant look announced that world-class infrastructure and fantastic facilities built for the Oct 3-14 event have put Delhi a decade ahead as the Queen’s Baton Relay reached the host city. The Games festivities will kick off Friday with schools [...]
Lucknow, Sep 30 – Justice D.V. Sharma, one of the three judges who delivered the Ayodhya verdict, based his order on the findings of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to say that the disputed site is the birthplace of Lord Ram. The property in the suit is the site of the birthplace of Lord [...]
London, Sep 30 – Socialite Khloe Kardashian who is married to basketball player Lamar Odom says getting pregnant is a ‘much harder’ process. ‘I thought I’d be pregnant by now. We’ve been working at it all year,’ femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying. ‘Getting pregnant is much harder than we thought – but practising making babies [...]
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