Sunday, September 26, 2010

Back to school in Kashmir after 4 months

Back to school in Kashmir after 4 months

Back to school in Kashmir after 4 months

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Srinagar is on the move after standing still for almost four months. The first day after the Centre announced its eight point peace formula for Kashmir, curfew was lifted from many parts of the Valley.


Ex-CIA spy now on Hollywood red carpet

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Valerie Plame Wilson, America's best-known ex-spy, was looking chic in black bustier and flowing white pants, posing for paparazzi on the red carpet earlier this month at a film festival in Deauville, France.


Ex-Armyman arrested for molesting 14-year-old girl

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A retired Lieutenant Colonel has been arrested by the Pune police on charges of molesting a 14-year-old girl who was a student in his coaching classes. According to police, 48-year-old Tejinder Singh runs a coaching institute by the name of Aroha classes in Pune's NIBM Road area. He first misbehaved with the girl, a Class IX student who studies Mathematics at the institute, on September 12, but the victim ignored.


What our solar system would look like to aliens

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Scientists relied on a NASA supercomputer to figure out how our solar system would look like to aliens looking for other planets. New simulations have tracked the interactions of myriads of dust grains to show that this view might have changed as our planetary system matured.


Iraqi women embrace mothers of American martyrs

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Nine American mothers whose children died fighting in Iraq were embraced today by dozens of Iraqi women who lost their own children during decades of war and violence in a meeting participants said brought them a measure of peace.


Afghan election commission orders recount

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Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a recount of votes in some areas for recent parliamentary elections, a senior official said on Sunday, raising further concerns of misconduct and fraud during the polls. Election commission Chairman Fazel Ahmad Manawi said recounts have been ordered in parts of at least seven provinces.


Fight over property, builder 'kidnaps' doctor

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Opposition over formation of a housing society led to a 50-year-old doctor from Thane getting kidnapped for two days. According to police, the incident occurred with Dr Jayant Desai, resident of Purushottam Plaza at Kasarwadvali in Thane who had apparently taken the lead in registering his building as a housing society. The move faced stiff opposition from developer of the building Dharmendra Jindal.


Reprimanded for watching TV, girl commits suicide

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A 14-year-old schoolgirl in Kanpur committed suicide on Saturday by hanging herself after she was allegedly scolded for watching a TV serial, police said. Menaka, a Class IX student, committed suicide at her residence in Tejabmill colony, after her father Surendra Singh, a railway employee, reprimanded her for watching a TV serial.


Realty dealer shot at, survives

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Two unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire on 46-year-old estate agent Rohit Chheda on Saturday morning. Chheda was shot at from point blank range near Deepak Hospital on Mira Road. He was admitted to Tunga Hospital and is out of danger.


Egypt and thirsty neighbours are at odds over Nile

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One place to begin to understand why this parched country has nearly ruptured relations with its upstream neighbours on the Nile is ankle-deep in mud in the cotton and maize fields of Mohammed Abdallah Sharkawi. The price he pays for the precious resource flooding his farm? Nothing.


Bringing order to the chaos of a business card collection

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There are probably people who take every new business card they receive and log its information into a database of some kind. Those people deserve a prize — and a clinical diagnosis.


These digital trainers know how to motivate

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Sticking to exercise and weight-loss goals can be tough. But new computer-based products can help you along the road to fitness, offering steady electronic encouragement and suggestions.


Metro to reserve coach for women from October 2

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One coach in all Delhi Metro trains will be reserved for women from October 2 in order to decongest the bogies. The reserved ladies' coach will be the first after the driver's cab in every train. Children up to 12 years, accompanied by women passengers, will also be allowed to travel in the reserved coach, said a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) statement.


CWG setbacks: Snake found in Games Village, athletes pull out

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The Commonwealth Games will begin in exactly a week from now and a lot hinges on these seven days. But the troubles, it seems, have no end. African nations are the latest to join the chorus of discontent over the 'unlivable' Village. The strongest criticism came from the South African envoy on Sunday after a snake was found in the athletes' village.


Varun Gandhi to get married, Maneka says Sonia will be invited

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Rahul Gandhi may be ducking queries on his marriage plans but wedding bells are all set to ring for his cousin and BJP's Young Turk Varun Gandhi. Varun's mother and BJP MP from Aonla parliamentary constituency Maneka Gandhi has said that the 30-year-old leader will tie the nuptial knot with a Bengali girl this year itself.


British monarchy 'stupid, archaic', says Salman Rushdie

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In comments that can rake up yet another controversy, Indian-origin author Salman Rushdie has termed the British monarchy and its traditions as "stupid" and "archaic". The brilliant author, winner of the 'Booker of the Bookers', who has a penchant for controversy said in an interview to The Sunday Times: "The monarchy and its traditions are archaic.. stupid... a British oddity".


Four booked for calling dog 'untouchable'

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In a bizarre incident, three brothers have been booked along with their neighbour for calling their dog "untouchable" after it ate food given by a Dalit woman in Morena's Malikpura area last week.


Snake in athlete's room at Games Village?

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There seems to be no end to the problems confronting the organisers of the Commonwealth Games with the South African envoy here claiming that a snake was found in an athlete's room in the Village.


Musharraf plans to return to Pakistan as its 'saviour'

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Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who calls himself "a born optimist", says he plans to return to Islamabad to enter politics for the "greater cause" of the country, where the leadership has "failed." "I am very comfortable travelling around the world on lectures, but I am going into politics for the greater cause of Pakistan," Musharraf told 'The Sunday Telegraph'.


Air India plane's luggage panel falls off while landing

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Air India flight IC-550 from Port Blair to Chennai on Sunday morning gave some anxious moments to passengers while landing in Chennai. An overhead luggage panel fell down in the plane, narrowly missing the passengers seated below. Fortunately nobody was injured.


10 killed in Berlin bus accident

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German police say at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the highway east of Berlin.


Constable, homeguard arrested for trying to molest woman

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A police constable and a homeguard attached to Medipally police station here were arrested for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a nursing student, police said on Sunday.


Minor raped, strangulated to death

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A 10-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and murdered at a village in Bijnore district, police said on Sunday. The girl had gone missing on September 24 from Jahanabad's Khera village.


Mumbai: Man detained at Airport for carrying Dawood's pics in cellphone

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Authorities detained an Indian national at the Mumbai International airport for carrying pictures of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, 9/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, Azhar Mehmood and also of politicians like Sonia Gandhi and Lalu Yadav in his cellphone on Sunday.


A Thai region where husbands are imported

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The most dazzling creatures Nui Davis saw when she was a child were the village girls who had found foreign husbands, visiting in their Western finery and handing out candies to the children.


Wikipedia to open India office soon

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Wikipedia, the world's free online encyclopedia, will shortly be launching an India office -- probably in Mumbai -- besides setting up an India Chapter of the Wiki Foundation, the owners of Wikipedia and its other arms, in Bangalore said.


Pakistan: Plane arrives after false bomb threat

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Passengers from a Pakistani jet that was diverted to Stockholm for several hours for fear that one of its passengers was carrying explosives arrived safely in Karachi on Sunday. Police evacuated 273 people from the jet and briefly detained a Canadian man, after an anonymous caller in Canada tipped off authorities that the suspect was carrying explosives.


Games Village to be ready by Wednesday: Sheila Dikshit

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Even as more athletes exit the games, the focus is on getting the Games Village ready on time for those who have started arriving. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been spending a considerable amount of time at the Games Village over the last two days, overseeing the massive cleanup operation that is underway.


Battle of Haifa: 23 Sep 1918

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23rd September is annually observed as 'Haifa Day' in commemoration of the capture of that city following a dashing cavalry action by the 15th Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade during the First World War.


A tribute to Indian soldiers on Haifa Day

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A moving ceremony to remember some 900 Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in liberating the Israeli port city Haifa during World War I was held for the first time at the Haifa Cemetery on September 22.


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