Obama says tightly focused war strategy in Afghanistan key to finding elusive Osama bin LadenSeptember 20th, 2009 Obama: focused war plan key to getting bin LadenWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a tightly focused war strategy in Afghanistan will help with the hunt for the elusive Osama bin Laden. Obama says that when he took office, the U.S.
Creature dubbed 'Loch Ness monster of the Vosges' threatens French villageJune 22nd, 2009 LONDON - An elusive creature that has been dubbed the "Loch Ness monster of the Vosges" is being hunted by the French police, after residents reported seeing it on several occasions in a local pond. The creature, said to be a crocodile, was sighted in Xertigny, a village of some 3,000 inhabitants in the Vosges region in eastern France.
Three women in Manmohan Singh's cabinetMay 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 19-member cabinet includes three women - Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar - who took oath of office here Friday. While Soni and Meira Kumar were also ministers in the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee has been a central minister though in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
Blame genes for adolescents' antisocial behaviour, victimisationMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - Genes are to blame for some adolescents being victimised by crime more than others, a new research has shown. The study, led by criminologist Kevin M.
Extremely shy? You need therapyMay 1st, 2009 SYDNEY - Extreme shyness can hold people back in social situations, prevent them from meeting other people or even going on a date. Such people need cognitive behaviour therapy, say researchers.
Text of Justice Souter's retirement letter to President Barack ObamaMay 1st, 2009 Text of Souter letter to ObamaText of Justice Souter's retirement letter on Supreme Court stationery, dated May 1:
Dear Mr. President:
When the Supreme Court rises for the summer recess this year, I intend to retire from regular active service as a Justice, under the provisions of 28 US.C.
Chiranjeevi's party embarks on campaign by trainApril 11th, 2009 HYDERABAD - A special train hired by actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party Saturday began its three-day journey from here to showcase its election symbol 'rail engine' to the people. Chiranjeevi flagged off the train with 15 bogies at Secunderabad railway station.
Dance your way to healthy, happy ageingApril 11th, 2009 LONDON - The elderly can dance their way towards improved health, happiness and well being, besides staving off illnesses. A new study by Jonathan Skinner from Queen's University, Belfast, demonstrates the social, mental and physical benefits of social dancing for older people.
'No guidelines for regulating NGOs in Himachal Pradesh'March 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - The failure of the Himachal Pradesh government to frame guidelines to monitor working of the NGOs and rehabilitation centres was one of the reasons for the shocking case of four teachers sexually exploiting six girls at a centre-cum-hostel here, claims an NGO. Shimla-based Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS) has claimed that the National Policy For Persons with Disability Act requires the states to frame guideline to regulate NGOs.
Gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai weds police constable in her antive villageMarch 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Mukhtaran Mai, the woman who was gang-raped by tribals in 2002 for seeking to safe her brother from radical Islamic justice, has married a police constable from her native village in Muzaffargarh, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. According to The News, Mai married to Nasir Abbas Gabol.
Five new high court chief justices appointedMarch 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday appointed five chief justices of high courts across the country. 'The president is pleased to appoint Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad of the Patna High Court as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,' said a statement by the ministry of law and justice here.
'Give Muslims jobs, development benefits to bridge alienation'January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former chief justice A.M. Ahmadi said Muslims in India were victims of 'discrimination', as a convention here Sunday recommended job reservations and other developmental benefits for bridging the 'alienation' of the country's largest minority community.
Over 100,000 people gather in Brazil for world social forumJanuary 27th, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Over 100,000 people from 150 countries have gathered at the ninth session of the World Social Forum (WSF) being held in Belem, Para state, in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region. The forum, which will be on till Feb 1, is an annual meeting to discuss the world's social and political order.
Government honours eminent citizensJanuary 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eight eminent senior citizens including national tennis champion Sumant Misra, cabinet secretary B.G. Deshmukh and prominent Bharatanatyam exponent Saroja Vaidyananthan were conferred the Vayoshrestha awards by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar here Monday.
Beckham picks his favourite goalsJanuary 8th, 2009 LONDON - British football star David Beckham says he doesn't have one favourite 'goal' in his career, but quite a few. Thesun.co.uk quoted him as saying: 'I've been lucky enough in my career to score quite a few important goals and big goals.
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