Thursday, September 9, 2010

CWG: 24-hour helpline, website for tourists launched

CWG: 24-hour helpline, website for tourists launched

CWG: 24-hour helpline, website for tourists launched

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As the city prepares to host Commonwealth Games, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday launched a new 24-hour helpline and a tourism website providing a range of services to the tourists.


Woman delivers stillborn after hospital denies admission

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A woman delivered a stillborn child after a government hospital in Ghaziabad allegedly refused to admit her as she was not carrying her identity proof.


Mumbai cricket club's fight for survival

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Over the years Mumbai has been the breeding ground for one of India's finest cricketing talents. Many such players which include former greats like Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar learnt and polished their cricketing skills at the Dadar Union Club, which is fighting for its survival today.


Digital Green catalyses a quiet revolution in India

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Farmers are improving crop yields, using new technologies besides learning video-making skills - thanks to Digital Green which is catalyzing a quiet revolution in the little hamlets of India. Its founder, Rikin Gandhi, has been named as a top young innovator by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


Empowering girls around world with an Indian scholarship

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Flora Aduk finished her graduation in Uganda but realised that her dream of pursuing an MBA would be impossible to fulfill due to financial constraints. She had almost given up when one day she got a scholarship letter from India.


Canada wants more talented Indians: Minister

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India has emerged as one of the top source countries of immigration to Canada and Ottawa is looking forward to more number of talented Indians who can contribute to its development.


Sohrabuddin killing accused cop shifted out of jail

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The Gujarat High Court Thursday ordered the transfer of suspended police officer N.K. Amin, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case, from a prison in Sabarmati to Vadodara jail.


'Cuban model doesn't work': Fidel Castro

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Fidel Castro, the man who transformed Cuba into a communist economy 50-year-ago, seems to be disillusioned by the cash-strapped system he pioneered saying it no longer works. In a blunt assessment of the island's economy, former President Castro has said "the Cuban model doesn't even work for us any more."


US pastor may halt Quran burning if asked by White House

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A US Pastor, who is at the centre of a global outrage over his plans to burn the Quran, on Thursday suggested he might reconsider his inflammatory decision on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 if asked by the White House.


World's most expensive book going on sale in Britain

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A copy of the world's most expensive book, which features life-sized prints of flamingoes and swans, is tipped to fetch up to six million pounds at auction in Britain, Sotheby's said on Thursday.


Manipur: Cops charged with fake encounter

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The CBI has filed chargesheets against nine Manipur policemen in a fake encounter case that had caused huge public outrage last year. The policemen had shot dead a pregnant woman and an ex-militant on a busy highway in Imphal.


Halal food expands reach in France

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For years, Anissa Benchamacha bought her meat in a parking lot, from vendors hawking near-expired products to Muslims eager to find food that met their religious requirements.


Apple lifts restrictions for app approvals

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In an about-face, Apple announced Thursday that it would change some of the strict and perplexing rules for developers creating content for the iTunes App Store. It is unclear why Apple abruptly decided to change the guidelines.


Woman spectator gored to death in Spanis

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A running bull gored and killed a woman spectator who poked her head through the barrier during a town bull run in central Spain today, authorities said. "After poking her head through the bars she received a fatal blow to the head from a bull at the back of the herd," said a statement by the town hall of Arganda del Rey near Madrid.


Outsourcing ban: India hits back at US

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India will formally convey its disappointment to the US over the ban imposed by the state of Ohio on offshore outsourcing at the high-level bilateral Trade Policy Forum meeting in Washington later this month.


Most Facebook users have low self-esteem: Study

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Facebook is used mostly by narcissists and those with low self-esteem, says a Canadian study. These type of people use Facebook as a self-promotional tool, says psychology researcher Soraya Mehdizadeh of York University.


Ghaziabad: Engineering student commits suicide

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A 21-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her rented accommodation in Ghaziabad, police said on Thursday. Pushpa Rani, who hailed from Gorakhpur district, was a first year student at a local engineering college and staying in Kavinagar. She allegedly hanged herself to death on Wednesday evening, police said.


Kerala college in trouble for sacking lecturer

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There is some relief for lecturer TJ Joseph whose hand was cut off by radicals because of his comments on the Prophet Mohammed. Days after he was sacked by the Newman College for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, the University has called the action illegal. It says the college did not follow proper procedure.


Home Ministry to hire MI-17 choppers for Naxal operations

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Having decided to use choppers for non-combat operations in Naxal-affected areas, the Home Ministry has invited expressions of interest (EoI) from MI-17 operators for "wet lease" of their helicopters for an initial period of one year, extendable up to three years.


Car bomb sets Russian market ablaze

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A car loaded with explosives blew up in a central market in Russia's restive North Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens more, according to Russian media outlets.


Pak asks Interpol to stop Quran-burning

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Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned an American pastor's plans to burn copies of the Quran to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks and asked Interpol to stop the "insane" man from going ahead with the move.


No conflict of interest: New CVC Thomas to NDTV

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The new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), PJ Thomas, has spoken for the first time since his appointment, as the top watchdog sparked off a political controversy. Speaking to NDTV, PJ Thomas denied any conflict of interest involved in his new job.


He drove 1,400 miles without refuelling

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Craig Henderson of Bellingham, Washington, which is about 90 miles north of Seattle, planned to drive his home-built car from the Canadian border to the Mexican border without stopping for fuel.


Britain fines Goldman Sachs £17.5 million

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The British securities regulator said Thursday that it had fined Goldman Sachs £17.5 million, or nearly $27 million, for failing to disclose the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into the synthetic collateralized debt obligation known as Abacus.


Trials in CWG lanes lead to traffic snarls

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Commuters had another harrowing day as Delhi Police on Thursday continued with the trials on exclusive lanes for Commonwealth Games vehicles on two stretches in the national capital. The trials were conducted on Nizamuddin Bridge, Ring Road, Captain Gaur Marg upto Kalkaji Mandir and Sardar Patel Marg, Mother Teressa Crescent Road from 12 noon to 2 PM, which led to traffic snarls on both the stretches.


Case asserting torture by CIA dismissed

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that former prisoners of the C.I.A. could not sue over their alleged torture in overseas prisons because such a lawsuit might expose secret government information.


Obama implores minister to call off Quran burning

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US President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.


Two Trinamool supporters killed in West Bengal

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Two Trinamool Congress supporters have been killed in separate incidents in Maoist-affected areas of West Midnapore and Bankura districts, police said on Thursday. Trinamool Congress leaders have pointed fingers at the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for the killings.


Madhya Pradesh based pharma company raided

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Income Tax sleuths on Thursday raided ten premises of a local leading drug company Plethico Pharma in three states including Madhya Pradesh, officials said. A senior official of the Income Tax Department said the raids were carried out at 10 premises of the firm whose registered office is in Madhya Pradesh.


Gaya: Maoists loot, torch houses

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Armed Maoists burnt several houses, including that of a BJP leader, and looted valuables worth Rs 50 lakh in Imamganj area of Naxal hit Gaya district in Bihar early on Thursday, the police said. The Maoists held a kangaroo court that passed an order for 'attachment of properties' of Dhanraj Sharma, BJP's Gaya district vice-president and a close aide of the Bihar Assembly Speaker U N Choudhury, and eight others at Kotiya village for working against them.


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