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Tibet turns 50, in IndiaMCLEODGANJ - Tibetans have come of age - 50 years to be precise - not in their homeland, the ‘Roof of the World’ Tibet, but in India, the home for thousands of them for the last five decades. Miracle births stoke debates over fertility treatmentLOS ANGELES - A single mother of six has octuplets in California. A 60-year-old Canadian gives birth to twins after going to India to have two embryos from another woman implanted in her womb. Manmohan Singh undergoing heart surgery at AIIMSNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was wheeled into the operation theatre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Saturday morning for a heart surgery that could last several hours, hospital authorities said. Zardari, Gilani discuss Durrani’s dismissalISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday evening during which they discussed the dismissal of Mahmud Ali Durrani as national security advisor, news reports said. Delhi Police makes first arrest in DDA scamNEW DELHI - The Economics Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police Friday registered its first case in the alleged scam in the allotment of over 5,000 flats by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and arrested a man from Rajasthan, officials said. |
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NEW DELHI - The world is growing more interested in literature from Pakistan and Afghanistan because it wants to understand certain events that have taken place in the two countries, says Pakistani author Ali Sethi, 24, one of the youngest literary sensations from the sub-continent.
