Government rubbishes claims that Pohkhran-II was failure

October 12th, 2009 LONDON - Stage hypnotist David Knight claims that he can make women's boobs bigger. The hypnotherapist, of North Allerton, North Yorks, says all women need to do to get bigger breasts is to listen to his CD and he is so confident that he offers a money-back guarantee.

September 23rd, 2009 Report: Too many vets wait a year for claimWASHINGTON — Too many veterans' disability claims take more than a year to process, the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general said Wednesday. An audit released by the VA showed that a year ago, 11,000 veterans had claims pending more than a year.

September 23rd, 2009 VA IG says too many vets wait a year for claimWASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general says too many veterans' disability claims take more than a year to process. An audit released Wednesday has shown that a year ago, 11,000 veterans had claims pending more than a year.

September 23rd, 2009 Chechen leader claims US, Britain back rebelsMOSCOW — The controversial Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya claims that militants in the violence-plagued Russian province are backed by U.S. and British intelligence agencies.

September 15th, 2009 DAV seeks participates in online 'march'WASHINGTON — The Disabled American Veterans service organization is encouraging veterans and others to march in Washington — online at least. In what it dubs the "Million Claims March," the advocacy group is using social networking sites to encourage veterans to participate online in chats starting Tuesday about the backlog in disability claims at the Veterans Affairs Department and other veterans issues.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Indian mothers-in-law have decided to go for an image makeover as they form a union to improve their public image. About 500 mothers-in-law recently met in Bangalore demanding their rights and campaigning for a change in their public image, which has been marred in the wake of a string of torturous murders of some brides.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - Road accident records in the UK show that computer engineers are the worst drivers on the road, while farmers are the best. Authorities at the Churchill Car Insurance say that computer engineers have made maximum claims for road crashes in the past three years.

September 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government has been asked by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights to re-examine the blasphemy law so that incidents like Gojra's anti-Christian riot can be prevented. Human Rights Ministry Secretary Farid Khan told Committee chairman PML-Q member Riaz Fatiyana that the Gojra incident reflected "a complete failure of our system." The Daily Times quoted Punjab Human Rights Minister Kamran Michael as saying that the government should review the blasphemy law.

August 13th, 2009 UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in IranGENEVA — A U.N. anti-torture investigator said Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian protesters detained after the June 12 presidential elections were abused in prison.

August 6th, 2009 NEVADA - Indian American community leader Rajan Zed has criticized Vanity Fair magazine's just released prestigious "2009 International Best-Dressed List", saying that it smelled of unevenness. In a statement issued in Nevada (USA), Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that although the list claimed to be "international", its 53 listed best-dressed people belonged to only ten countries out of total about 195, representing only about ten percent of the world population.

July 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The subsequent release of Lashkar-e-Toiba's (LeT) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the hardcore Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and now the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has cast serious doubts over Pakistan's claims that it is seriously acting against the Taliban and other home grown terror outfits, a senior US intelligence official said. The United States is worried and at the same time skeptical over Pakistan's claims about cracking down on certain banned terror outfits.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi has blasted a call girl who claims she was paid to attend one of his parties, accusing her of being part of a coordinated "mission" to compromise his integrity. Responding to the claims that he slept with escort Patrizia D'Addario at a party at his Rome mansion in November, he said: "Someone gave a very precise and extremely well paid mission to this Miss D'Addario." The Italian Prime Minister gave the response in an interview with magazine, Chi, reports The Telegraph.

June 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Australian UFO spotter has identified what he claims is a skull in NASA's Spirit Space Probe photo of Mars. Michael Middleton had spotted the creepy looking object in an enlarged photo taken by the Space Probe recently, and posted on the organisation's website, reports the Daily Telegraph.

May 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American author, television star and raconteur Stephen Fry has predicted that President Barack Obama will be rocked by a major event as big as the 9/11 terrorist atrocity during his period in power. Fry, 51, was holding court in an hour-long session on the theme of America at the Hay Festival of Literature, in Mid Wales.

May 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has denied any role in the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti, saying he is ready to deal with all the allegations being leveled against him. In an interview to a private television channel, he termed all the allegations as 'baseless' and 'concocted', and said he doesn't consider it necessary to respond to all the charges.