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Bobby Jindal says won’t run for Presidency
Written on 11 Apr, 2010 at 0:38 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
10 Apr : Indian-American Republican Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, has announced that he will not run for Presidency in 2012. “I am not running for President of the United States. I’ve got the job I want,” he said, while hosting... (Continue reading)
PM congratulates Rajapaksa on party’s win in polls
Written on 10 Apr, 2010 at 23:58 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
10 APr : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday congratulated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his party’s convincing win in the Parliamentary elections. Singh spoke to Rajapaksa on phone and congratulated him for his party’s convincing win in the elections, a... (Continue reading)
Scarlet’s mother willing to appear in court as witness: Lawyer
Written on 8 Apr, 2010 at 0:22 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
7 Apr : Fiona Mackeown, mother of the British teenager Scarlet Eden Keeling who was allegedly raped and murdered in Goa nearly two years ago, is willing to present herself as a witness before a court in Goa, her lawyer... (Continue reading)
China agrees to meet world powers on Iran sanctions: France
Written on 8 Apr, 2010 at 0:14 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
7 Apr : China, which has opposed new UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, has agreed to meet world powers Thursday in New York to discuss punitive measures, France said. “The Chinese have agreed to speak tomorrow in New... (Continue reading)
Teenage ‘Black Widow’ confirmed as Moscow metro bomber
Written on 3 Apr, 2010 at 1:31 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
2 Apr : A 17-year-old baby-faced widow of a Caucasus militant was identified as one of the two ‘Black Widows’ involved in Monday’s twin suicide attack on Moscow metro that killed 40 people, as President Dmitry Medvedev ordered broadening of... (Continue reading)
Nepal mourns as Koirala’s body cremated
Written on 22 Mar, 2010 at 1:52 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
21 Mar : Thousands of mourners on Sunday paid their last respect to five-time former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who was cremated here with full State honours at the banks of Bagmati river as per Hindu rituals. In an unusual... (Continue reading)
Holi finds mention in US Congress
Written on 20 Mar, 2010 at 0:50 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
19 Mar : Holi, the festival of colours, has found mention in the US Congress with an American lawmaker from New York terming it as a “visually stunning” event. Holi is a time when communities come together after a long winter... (Continue reading)
Nepal Par committee for scrapping of 1950 treaty with India
Written on 19 Mar, 2010 at 0:36 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
18 Mar :Claiming that India encroached 60,000 hectares of the Nepalese territory, a Parliamentary committee has recommended scrapping of the “unequal” Peace and Friendship Treaty with New Delhi inked in 1950 and signing of a new pact in its place. The... (Continue reading)
Hindus & Jews want EU intervention as USA voices “major concern” on Roma discrimination in Romania
Written on 16 Mar, 2010 at 0:11 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
15 Mar : USA has expressed “major concern” regarding discrimination against Roma in Romania. In its annual “Human Rights Report” about Romania issued recently, US Department of State says: “Roma faced persistent poverty and had poor access to government services, few... (Continue reading)
Upset Hindus ask for immediate withdrawal of Hanuman plush doll
Written on 15 Feb, 2010 at 23:17 in World | viewed times | 0 Comments
15 Feb : Upset Hindus have asked for the immediate recall of the toy “Hanuman as plush doll”, calling it “inappropriate, upsetting, and denigrating”.Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that inappropriate usage of Hindu... (Continue reading)