Intellectuals call for support for Irom Sharmila
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) A panel of intellectuals including actors, filmmakers and journalists have appealed to the people to join activist Irom Chanu…
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Manmohan is neither leader of party nor country: BJP
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) As the UPA got down to celebrating its fourth anniversary, the BJP Wednesday trained its guns on Prime Minister…
Bridegroom shot dead before wedding in Bihar
byPatna, May 22 (IANS) A bridegroom was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a Bihar village late Tuesday, minutes before he was to be…
Karthik fined 5 percent for dissent
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Mumbai Indians’ wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik was fined five percent of his match fees for showing dissent during the first…
Six Chinese indicted for sex scandal
byBeijing, May 22 (IANS) Six people have been prosecuted for allegedly working together to blackmail government officials in the Chinese city of Chongqing with…
Violence in Stockholm suburbs: Indians affected
byStockholm, May 22 (IANS) More than 40 Indian families in densely populated Stockholm suburbs are worried over explosive protests in the past week, which…
180,000 online publications halted for porn
byBeijing, May 22 (IANS) Chinese authorities have halted 180,000 online publications for spreading pornographic content since the country launched an Internet clean-up campaign in…
Women’s Asia Cup qualifier: Myanmar edge past India 2-0
byWest Bank, May 22 (IANS) Myanmar rode two first half goals from Naw Phaw and Khin Moe Wai to edge past India in their…
UPA-II needs course correction: Praful Patel
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The UPA-II government needs course correction in the remaining year of its term, says union minister and NCP leader…
Puerto Rico teacher, prison guard held for child porn
bySan Juan, May 22 (IANS/EFE) A teacher and a prison guard were arrested in Puerto Rico in separate cases of child pornography, the US…