Saturday, July 31, 2010

Chelsea Clinton weds longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky

Chelsea Clinton weds longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky

Chelsea Clinton weds longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky

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Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late on Saturday.


Toddler survives fall from third floor balcony

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A three-year-old child was hospitalised after falling from a three storey balcony in Adiyaman City, Southeast Turkey, the Turkish Dogan news agency reported. Bayram Altinkaya was hanging from the balcony of his house when his hands slipped and he fell.


Getting into medical school without hard sciences

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For generations of pre-med students, three things have been as certain as death and taxes: organic chemistry, physics and the Medical College Admission Test, known by its dread-inducing acronym, the MCAT.


India digs under top of the world to match China

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The name of this white-knuckle pass, one of the highest in the world, means "pile of corpses" in the Tibetan language. Every year a few dozen people die trying to cross these spiky Himalayan peaks.


Mexican chefs prepare world's biggest sandwich

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In what has become a yearly tradition in Mexico City, workers from 45 restaurants on Friday volunteered to prepare a 48-metre (161 feet) long Mexican sandwich, possibly the largest of its kind ever made.


Woman commits suicide with three children

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A woman committed suicide with her three children by jumping into a well alleging torture from husband and in-laws on Saturday, police said.


Amritsar: 15kg of RDX, sub machine gun seized

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Punjab police on Saturday recovered 15 kg of RDX 3 detonators, a sub-machine gun along with its cartridges following the interrogation of an arrested terrorist of Sikh separatist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).


Filing of tax return deadline extended till August 4

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The Income Tax Department on Saturday extended the last date of filing income tax returns to August 4 due to inclement weather and some technical snags. The last date for filing income tax returns was to expire today.


Congress wants CWG irregularities probed

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With controversies dogging Commonwealth Games, a "worried" Congress today said any irregularity should be probed into and the organisers as well as others involved should ensure that the country's prestige does not suffer.


Prajapati case: Supplementary chargesheet names Vanzara

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IPS officers D G Vanzara and Dinesh M N were today charged with criminal conspiracy, murder, destruction of evidence and forgery in the death of Tulsi Prajapati, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.


Millionaire in beggars' home

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He had stepped out of home to go to the bank. Instead, he landed in a home for beggars, thanks to the unnecessary and extra concern shown by a policeman.


India unveils supercomputer Annapurna

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India's latest supercomputer, 'Annapurna', was unveiled at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Chennai on Saturday. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee unveiled the country's seventh fastest high-performance computation (HPC) cluster having 1.5 Tera Byte (TB) memory and 30 TB storage space cluster capacity.


CPM has formed suicide squad to eliminate me: Mamata

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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has alleged that unable to fight her politically, the CPM has hatched a conspiracy to eliminate her and discussed forming a suicide squad for that.


'Rs 10 crore paid to ministers, cops to kill Sohrabuddin'

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Azam Khan, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin encounter probe has told NDTV that politicians, including a Rajasthan BJP leader, were paid 10 crore rupees by the marble mafia to get Sohrabuddin killed.


Hockey India to hold elections on August 5

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Armed with a Supreme Court ruling, Hockey India on Saturday announced that it will hold its much-awaited elections, postponed four times in the past for various reasons, here on August 5.


J&K: Another ceasefire violation at LoC

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Violating the ceasefire once again, Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) on a forward Indian post in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. There was no casualty or injury, defence sources said.


Pakistan flood: More than 800 dead, says official

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Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other waterborne diseases.


Thousands mourn Love Parade victims in Germany

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Thousands of people paid their respects in the German city of Duisburg on Saturday to the 21 people who died in the Love Parade tragedy a week earlier. Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff were among several hundred mourners in a church service beamed onto big screens in and around Duisburg's football stadium.


Kalmadi denies corruption charges, takes on Indian High Commission in London

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Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, has dragged the Indian High Commission in London into the Commonwealth Games corruption controversy by saying a verbal agreement involving payments of two lakh pounds to AM Films, a little known company in London, was decided after the High commission recommended the firm.


Forest fires kill at least 29 in Russia

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Raging forest fires which engulfed parts of Central Russia during the country's hottest summer on record have killed at least 29 and destroyed hundreds of homes, forcing President Dmitry Medvedev to summon the Army to join the rescue effort.


All deals related to CWG should be made public: Gill

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Sports Minister M S Gill on Saturday promised to take "prompt and appropriate" against corruption cases in the Commonwealth Games and said all deals related to the sporting extravaganza should be be tabled in Parliament. Gill said that if any irregularities related to October 3-14 mega event were brought to his Ministry's notice, it would deal with it seriously and swiftly.


IAS couple invested Rs 300 crore in stocks

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Income tax authorities have revealed that a suspended IAS couple - Tinnu Joshi and Arvind Joshi, have invested Rs 300 crore in the share market in the last three years.


'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

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Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said. An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesday into the hills overlooking the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 155 people onboard.


La Martiniere school questions NCPCR investigation

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Kolkata's premier La Martiniere Boys School, under the scanner for the suicide by one of its students in February, allegedly after corporal punishment, has questioned the authenticity of the enquiry team sent by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights to probe the incident. The school says it will not act on the NCPCR recommendations.


US, India sign nuclear reprocessing pact

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The United States and India signed an agreement on Friday enabling the Asian power to reprocess American nuclear material, a key requirement under their landmark atomic energy pact. So far, Washington has reprocessing deals only with European Union members and Japan. The arrangement with India reflects Barack Obama's "strong commitment to building successfully on the landmark US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and is a prerequisite for US nuclear fuel suppliers to conduct business with India," a statement from the State Department said.


In Indonesia, an unabashedly sexy celebrity gets political

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Her left hand flitting between the BlackBerry and Starbucks cappuccino on the table before her, Julia Perez spoke with rising urgency into her cellphone at a shopping mall here one recent afternoon. She took no notice of the passers-by who, sneaking glances her way, found confirmation in her tight-fitting, low-cut dress that it was indeed Julia Perez, the singer, actress, model — and soon, perhaps, politician — whose overt use of sex appeal has won her legions of fans in Indonesia but also condemnation from social conservatives.


21-year-old software engineer found murdered in Pune

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A 21-year-old software engineer working in IBM Yerawada office in Pune was found murdered at 9.15 pm on Friday night. The victim, Darshana Tongare, a resident of Pune, was attacked with a sharp edged weapon near her residence.


Narendra Modi slams the CBI, again!

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has continued with his offensive against the CBI. A day after he lashed out the central investigating agency for being biased, Modi attacked the CBI again for 'targeting' the courts, judges and people of Gujarat.


Downpour floods Delhi roads again

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Heavy rains lashed the national capital on Saturday morning resulting in traffic snarls in many areas due to water logging.


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