West Indies had hammered Australia out of the T20 World Cup by mauling them in an unprecedented manner. First they went on to score a huge total of more than 200 runs (a first in the tournament) and then maimed Australian batsmen by taking regular wickets. It was a superb win that is still to [...]
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Kolkata, (IANS) The Congress in West Bengal is set for an “all-out political attack” on the Trinamool Congress by launching a campaign focussed on the all-round benefits of foreign investment in multi-brand retail and was ready to play the role of an opposition against the Mamata Banerjee-led state government. Terming the Trinamool chief’s staunch opposition [...]
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Purnia: Contrary to the rosy pictures being painted of Bihar’s economic rise, the reality is that shoddy implementation of government schemes has led to anger among the people, a BJP MP in the state who is part of the ruling alliance says. The frustration is particularly acute among the young, Uday Singh told IANS here, [...]
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Islamabad, (IANS) Security was beefed up in Islamabad Sunday after the Taliban vowed to attack the participants of an anti-drone rally currently underway in Pakistan. Interior Minister Rahman Malik has directed the officials to strengthen security at the entry and exit points of the city, Geo TV reported. Security at five-star hotels and the diplomatic [...]
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Khartoum, (IANS) At least 17 soldiers were killed in Sudan Sunday when their plane crashed near Khartoum, Xinhua reported. The aircraft, carrying 21 soldiers, crashed in Omdurman city. Four others were injured.
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Islamabad, (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that things had became unbearable for him to continue living at the presidency after his son was “held” at the gate. Gilani was reportedly living in a presidential suite of four bedrooms on the sixth floor of the Aiwan-e-Sadr since his ouster in July. [...]
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New York, Oct 7 (IANS) Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been presented before a federal judge here following his extradition from Britain to face terror charges. Abu Hamza faces 11 terror charges and is one of the five men who left England Friday, hours after the London High Court ruled they could be extradited [...]
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No one gave it much of a chance when it was launched in the market, but features have made phablet very popular. Here is a short comparison of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Apple iPhone 5 One of the surprises in the gadget world has been the success of Galaxy Note. When the first iteration [...]
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Tehran, (IANS) The Iranian oil ministry has played down the recent threat by the European Union (EU) to ban Iran’s natural gas exports, Xinhua reported. The EU threat is a “propaganda campaign,” Fars news agency quoted oil ministry spokesperson Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar as saying. He was responding to EU diplomats’ recent remarks that the latter was [...]
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Moscow, (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede is to fine workers who light up a cigarette outside official breaks 100 euros for each offence. Repeat offenders may miss out on their profit share of some 2,400 euros, the Dutch daily AD reported. The plan has been approved by the company’s works council. Merwede has a [...]
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Kochi, (IANS) While for the first time in the history of marine product exports in the last fiscal, India’s export earnings had crossed $3.5 billion, this fiscal till the end of August, exports have dropped to the extend of 30 per cent. Speaking to IANS, a top official of the industry said the primary reason [...]
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Malappuram (Kerala), The first batch of Haj pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia from here Saturday. The 300 pilgrims were seen off by Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed from the airport here. The state Haj Committee had selected 8,229 pilgrims from 49,403 applicants this season. The committee has also provided an ATM and [...]
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London, (IANS) Albert Einstein’s handwritten letter in which he calls religion “childish” is to be auctioned on Monday. The letter with a starting price of 1.85 million pounds (about $3 million), is expected to go for as much as 3.7million pounds (about $ 6 million). In the letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind in 1954, the [...]
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Abu Dhabi, (IANS/WAM) To help people travel by land to Mecca from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Haj pilgrimage, the Abu Dhabi police will flag off a mobile garage to help repair vehicles carrying pilgrims. The Workshop on Wheels is filled with spare parts and will have on board a number of skilled mechanical [...]
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