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Doda water crisis, a cause of worry for locals

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

The acute water crisis in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir has added to the worries of local residents, who have been forced to face numerous problems due to it....

Hamilton rubbishes claims that Pussycat Doll girlfriend ordered him to sack dad

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

British Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has dismissed reports that his Pussycat Doll girlfriend ordered him to sack his dad Anthony as manager....

Malaysian Indian businesses in dire need of 100,000 foreign workers

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Malaysian Association Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI) President K.K. Eswaran has said the Malaysian Indian business community is facing an acute foreign workers' shortage because of the government's restrictive policies....

Lord Swaraj Paul repays 38,000-pound 'admission-of-guilt' expenses

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

In order to clear his name from a House of Lords investigation into an MPs expenses scam, Indian-born Lord Swaraj Paul has voluntarily repaid the controversial amount of 38,000 pounds that was at the centre of the probe....

Another Take That star, Howard Donald, exposed as a 'love rat'

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

After Mark Owen, it is now the turn of his fellow Take That member Howard Donald to be exposed as a love rat following reports he bedded a married Dutch beauty while dating his girlfriend....

Brits 'among the least likely to suffer from food sensitivity reactions'

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Britons are some of the least likely people to have problems with foods such as apples, peaches, shrimp and wheat, says a study....

Jordan 'eyes £1m mag deal for second wedding with Alex Reid'

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Jordan is reportedly looking to strike a million pound deal with a magazine by selling the coverage of her second wedding with Alex Reid, it has been claimed....

Robert Pattinson has 5 bodyguards!

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Robert Pattinson travels with five minders who guard him from fans....

Katherine Jenkins' onstage boob flash

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Singer Katherine Jenkins ended up revealing more than she intended during a performance at Manchester MEN Arena....

Secret world of honeybees' heat revealed

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

A new research by scientists in Germany has shown that honeybees precisely control the temperature inside their hives to determine which job their young will perform in the colony when mature....

Reality TV shows 'leading youngsters to have cosmetic surgery'

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Reality TV shows featuring cosmetic surgery could be leading young people to alter their own appearance, according to a new research....

Justin Timberlake slams break-up reports

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

A spokesperson for Justin Timberlake has trashed reports claiming the actor has split from Jessica Biel....

Obesity, climate change "great threats'' to civilisation, say Oz docs

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Australian doctors and scientists have warned that obesity rates and climate change are the two great threats to today's civilization....

'Cheryl Cole chucks love rat hubby out of their house after 20mins of talks'

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Cheryl Cole demanded husband/footballer Ashley to leave the house within 20 minutes when he came to apologize for cheating on her, sources say....

Deep Purple to perform in Malaysia in May

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Deep Purple are set to rock Malaysia when they croon at the Genting Arena of Stars on May 16 as part of their Asia/Australia tour 2010....

Prada manager 'who was asked to fire ugly staff' loses case for unfair dismissal

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

A senior manager at Prada in Japan, who had alleged that the company had asked her to get rid of "old, fat and ugly" staff, has lost her case of unfair dismissal in the court....

When Kris Smith tagged pregnant Dannii Minogue Monsters Inc's Sully

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Dannii Minogue's boyfriend Kris Smith was caught in a fit of laughter when the pregnant singer showed off her baby bump dressed in a furry outfit, it has emerged....

1 in 10 Brit pupils thinks Disney's Buzz Lightyear was first man on Moon!

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

One in ten school going kids in the UK believes Buzz Lightyear, the animated Toy Story hero, was the first man to set foot on the Moon rather than Neil Armstrong, a new study has revealed....

Good-old hug best present on Mother's Day: Poll

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Brit mums voted the good-old hug as the best present on Mother's Day, according to a new poll....

Berlusconi 'asked mafia godfather for protection'

Mar 14, 2010 3:40am

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi once met a mafia godfather to ask for his family's protection, according to testimony collected by crime prosecutors....

Georgian opposition to sue TV channel over fake invasion report

Mar 14, 2010 3:30am

A leading Georgian opposition party Sunday said it was preparing a lawsuit against a television channel over a fake news report about a supposed Russian invasion and murder of President Mikheil Saakashvili....

Jnanpith Award winner Vinda Karandikar dead

Mar 14, 2010 3:30am

Eminent Marathi litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner Govinda Vinayak Karandikar died here Sunday morning, a family member said. He was 92....

How a Chinese name agonised the life of an Indian man in Malaysia

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

The life of a 28-year-old Indian-origin men living in Malaysia has been agonised just because he has a Chinese name....

Fake Cristiano Ronaldo uses Facebook to lure glamour models

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

A stalker posed as footie ace Cristiano Ronaldo on Facebook to lure glamour models....

Bond all set to play in Indian Premier League

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond looks set to lead the way for the Black Caps heading to the Indian Premier League, and join his team the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)....

Pakistan's name must be removed from full body scanning list: Haqqani

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani has urged the Obama Administration to remove Islamabad's name from the list of country's whose citizens have to go through full body scanning at American airports....

Smith expects Black Caps to come strongly at him

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

Leg-spinning all-rounder Steve Smith knows New Zealand's batsmen will employ strong tactics against his brand of bowling during the two-Test series starting in Wellington on Friday....

Mumbai court grants police custody to two terrorists arrested by ATS

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

A Mumbai Court on Sunday granted police custody of two terrorists arrested till March 18 on charges of attempting to blow up the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant here....

Claim that Australia top choice of Indian students given thumbs down

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

The Federation of Indian Students of Australia has disputed the findings of a new research saying that Indian students prefer Australian Universities to Oxford and Cambridge, despite a spate of racial attacks against them in recent past....

Kolkatans protest over Centre's failure to protect Maqbool Fida Husain

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

Painters and intellectuals staged a demonstration in Kolkata criticizing the Central Government for its failure to protect noted exiled painter Maqbool Fida Husain, who has now accepted Qatar citizenship. rtists addressed locals and they signed and wrote solidarity messages on a huge screen erected by the roadside....

Vijender Singh beats Malaysia's Mohammad Harun in Commonwealth meet

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

Olympic bronze medalist, boxer Vijender Singh beat Malaysia's rising boxer Mohammad Farhan Harun at the opening of the 5th Commonwealth Boxing Championships in New Delhi....

No Kiwi player would dare to hurl Bingle taunts Clarke's way: Ex-star Richardson

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

Former New Zealand opening batsman Mark Richardson has said that he would be shocked if any New Zealand cricketer dared to sledge Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke on his separation from model Lara Bingle during the Test series starting on Friday....

India to set up National Green Tribunal: Jairam Ramesh

Mar 14, 2010 3:20am

Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said that the Central Government has mooted a National Green Tribunal for speedy and efficient disposal of cases related to environmental issues....

Hymns to nature at the Golden Temple

Mar 14, 2010 3:00am

Hundreds of Sikhs Sunday recited hymns devoted to the environment in the Golden Temple here to mark the coronation of their seventh guru Har Rai....

ONGC to invest $20 bn on assets abroad

Mar 14, 2010 3:00am

India's energy behemoth, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), will invest $20 billion (Rs.90,000 crore) in assets abroad over the next decade....

Men do more work at home than given credit for

Mar 14, 2010 3:00am

Men do far more household work than they are given credit for, reveals a new study....

Earthquake hits Japan

Mar 14, 2010 3:00am

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted northeastern Japan Sunday, authorities said....

Terrorists planning attack held in Mumbai

Mar 14, 2010 1:50am

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed to have foiled a major terror plot to blow up state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) terminals in south Mumbai and a mall by arresting two people here Sunday. They were sent to police custody till March 18 by a city court....

Mulayam fears an all-women parliament

Mar 14, 2010 1:50am

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said the women's reservation bill was an 'international conspiracy' to weaken Indian democracy and said it would ultimately lead to an all-women parliament that would be 'alarming' for the country....

Sitara Devi's disciple brings adult film to Nepal

Mar 14, 2010 1:10am

Harihar Acharya, a disciple of Indian classical dance doyenne Sitara Devi, is charting a new course for Nepal's film industry by producing the country's first adult movie....

Taliban attacks kill 35 in Kandahar

Mar 14, 2010 1:10am

A series of five explosions and gunfire killed at least 35 people, including police forces in southern city of Kandahar, an interior ministry spokesman said Sunday....

Ex-servicemen hold protest, demand equal pension

Mar 14, 2010 1:10am

Around 1,000 retired defence personnel Sunday gathered for a protest here and demanded 'equal pension for each rank'....

Moderate quake in Himachal, Punjab

Mar 14, 2010 1:10am

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale Sunday struck Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, an official said here....

Two arrested in Mumbai for plot to blow up oil tanks

Mar 14, 2010 1:10am

A Mumbai court granted police custody till March 18 to two terror suspects arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Sunday for allegedly plotting to blow up oil tanks of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)....

Ex-PCB boss lands in trouble for misappropriating 7 billion rupees

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

Pakistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Dr. Naseem Ashraf in connection with misappropriation of the board's funds amounting to seven billion rupees....

French officials lodge protest against Cameron's 'dwarf' jibe at Sarkozy

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

French officials have lodged a protest against British Conservative leader David Cameron for taking jibes at their President Nicholas Sarkozy's "dwarf" height....

Majority of New Zealanders in favour of merger with Australia

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

A recent poll has found that 40 percent of New Zealanders support a debate about becoming a state of Australia....

Imran's ex-wife Jemima buys upmarket Oxfordshire estate for 15 m pounds

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith has bought one of the finest estates in Oxfordshire for 15 million pounds....

Ferdinand calls for MI5 to "debug" England team's hotel for World Cup

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

England skipper Rio Ferdinand wants to call in UK's security agency, MI5, after it was revealed that mischief-makers had managed to tape conversations between players during their team meeting the game against Egypt at Wembley on March 3....

PCB deducts fine amount from players' match fee

Mar 14, 2010 1:00am

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which had slapped hefty fines on several players following a report by the inquiry committee probing the debacle in Australia, has deducted the fine amount from the match fee of the cricketers....