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Ex-Indian president frisked at US airport
Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by US authorities at New York airport for explosives on September 29 before boarding an Air India flight, Geo News reported quoting Indian media.Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna spoke to Indian Ambassador to US Nirupama…
Aishwarya Rai gives birth to Baby Girl
A girl was born to star couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan at a private hospital here Wednesday morning.The baby, their first child, was born at the Seven Hills Hospital. Mother and daughter were both doing fine.Proud grandfather Amitabh Bachchan too couldn’t control…
Plea Filed In Court Seeking Criminal Charges Against Ramdev
A petition has been filed against yoga guru Ramdev in a local court, seeking registration of a criminal case against him for his alleged statement over organising a revolt against the government on the lines of Libya and Syria.Additional Civil Judge Bhagirathi Varma, while…
Dengue rules Lahore, kills 4 more
Dengue has claimed four more lives including two women in Lahore, Geo News reported Saturday.In Lahore alone the total dengue death toll now stands as high as 236, whereas 265 deaths have been registered in overall Punjab.With 242 more confirmed cases the tally…
Mohammad Azharuddin's son Ayazuddin dies after road accident
Hyderabad: Ayazuddin, son of former cricketer and Moradabad MP Mohammad Azharuddin, passed away on Friday, five days after being critically injured in a road accident in Hyderabad. The 19-year-old was critically injured when the Suzuki GSX-R1000 superbike he was riding on the Outer Ring Road,…
Anna and Hazare-ism are here to stay
As Team Anna and tens of thousands celebrated Sunday after Anna Hazare broke his hunger strike for strong anti-corruption legislation, it was clear that more battles are around the corner. Hazare himself and his confidants said in speeches at the Ramlila ground that people should…
Rainfall batters interior Sindh
HYDERABAD: The power supply to various grid stations suspended following the continued heavy rainfall across the Sindh province that has also damaged vast farmlands.Rainfall affected hundreds of acres of standing crops in Badin district only. More than 700 coastal villages were cut off from…
520,000 pilgrims already – Amarnath set for a record
Just three weeks into the annual Amarnath yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, the number of pilgrims visiting the cave shrine is heading for a record after crossing the half-a-million mark Friday.The previous record of 537,0000 pilgrims of 2008 can be broken any time now…
Nearly 70 percent of Indians live in villages: Census
Over 68 percent, or 833 million, of Indians still live in villages despite a sharp decline recorded for the first time in the overall growth rate of the country’s rural population, according to the census data released Friday.According to the rural urban distribution of…
TRS MPs, another minister from Telangana quit
Resignations of members of parliament, ministers and legislators from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh continued for the second consecutive day Tuesday.Intensifying the movement for a separate state of Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao and his colleague Vijayshanti faxed their resignations…