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No mixing drinking and driving, revellers warned
Continuing their campaign against drunken driving, Delhi Police Saturday warned the denizens of the city to obey rules on New Year’s Eve and strictly eschew drunken driving. “We are prepared to come down heavily
Read More »President greets the nation for New Year
President Pratibha Patil Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of New Year. She expressed the hope that 2012 would bring happiness to the nation. “On the joyous occasion of the New Year, I
Read More »Cancer-causing chemical found in peanuts, cooking oil
Food safety regulators in a Chinese province have detected carcinogenic substance Aflatoxin in peanuts and cooking oil. The chemical was found in the food items in Shenzhen city of Guangdong province, reported. The cancer-causing
Read More »No white New Year’s Eve for Himachal’s hill stations
Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh will miss a white New Year’s Eve as hardly any snow has fallen in the past few days. In the state capital, a bright, sunny but bone-chilling Saturday dashed
Read More »6 held for sex attack on teenaged Chinese girls
Six men have been arrested in China for breaking into a school dormitory and sexually assaulting teenage girls. Police in Pubei county of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region said that nine men scaled a wall
Read More »Rat-borne disease kills 10 in China
A fatal disease spread by rats has claimed 10 lives in an eastern Chinese province this year, officials said. Between October and November alone, around 140 people in Qingdao of Shandong province were diagnosed
Read More »Russell Brand files for divorce from Katy Perry
Comedian Russell Brand, who married Katy Perry in India in 2010, has filed for divorce from his singer wife. But he has vowed they will remain friends forever. “Sadly, Katy and I are ending
Read More »Kashmir in deep freeze, Leh records minus 18
As scores of tourists arrived in picturesque Kashmir to usher in the new year, the temperatures continued their free fall with Jammu and Kashmir summer capital recording a bone-schilling minus 4.3 degrees Celsius Saturday.
Read More »Tunisian swimmer Mellouli voted Arab sportsman of the year
Beijing Olympic swimmer Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia was voted the best Arab sportsman of the year 2011 by the Egyptian magazine, Al Ahram al Arabi. Mellouli, who recently won 15 gold medals at the
Read More »15 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
At least 15 suspected Taliban militants have been killed and 55 arrested in a countrywide crackdown in Afghanistan by police, army and NATO forces, the government said Saturday. The Afghan National Police, Afghan National
Read More »Passengers at Raipur airport more than double
The Raipur airport recorded a passenger flow of over 70,000 people per month in 2011 as compared to 30,000 a month in 2010, airport officials said Saturday. “The monthly movement of passengers from Raipur
Read More »Heavy rains leave four dead in Thiruvananthapuram
Heavy rains and floods here Saturday have left four people dead and one missing in the aftermath of cyclone Thane which hit the Tamil Nadu coast near Cuddalore Friday. At least 33 people were
Read More »Police check-post set ablaze protesting man’s killing
A police check-post in Pakistan was Saturday set on fire by an angry family protesting the death of one of its members in police firing. The man was killed in a gun-battle in Faisalabad
Read More »Omar compliments people for peace in 2011
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday complimented the people of the state for making 2011 one of the most peaceful years in decades. “As 2011 draws to a close, my heartfelt gratitude
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