New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday withdrew support to the Shibu Soren-led government in Jharkhand. The decision was taken at the BJP's parliamentary board meeting held at Parliament House here.
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Lahore, April 28 (IANS) Over 1,000 guests at the wedding reception of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik were served just one dish and the celebrations at a hotel in this Pakistani city came to an end sharp at 10 p.m.
Sania was wearing a white gown
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The biggest compliment Lalit Modi got is from the man he reduced from a king to a commoner in the Indian cricket board, Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Dalmiya may have hated Modi for the methods he has adopted to get rid of him, but after the first year of the Indian Premier League
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Surabaya (Indonesia), April 27 (IANS) More than 4,000 children die every day across the globe due to lack of sanitation and access to clean water, the World Bank said here Tuesday.
The bank's communication officer Chrishtopher M. Walsh said most of the deaths occurred in the developing world, Xinhua reported.
'About 4,000
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New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will speak in the Lok Sabha over allegations of politicians' phones being tapped by government agencies, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the house Monday amid furious protests by opposition MPs.
'PM is ready to speak in the house at 3.30 p.m.,' said
New York, April 26 (IANS) Possibly banned from India for visa violations and her remarks on child labour and from all famous nightclubs in Los Angeles for her drunkenness, Hollywood's once golden girl Lindsay Lohan is broke, $600,000 in debt and spends her time sleeping out her days and
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Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities Monday opened firmly in the positive and was ruling 100 points higher than its previous close, minutes into trade.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,692.26 points, was ruling at 17,794.52 points, 100.32
Washington, April 26 (DPA) Governments Sunday approved nearly $90 billion in extra money for the World Bank and shifted the balance of voting shares in the institution slightly toward developing countries.
Developing countries were granted a 3-percentage-point shift that gives them just over 47 percent of the total votes, while advanced
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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Popular Delhi markets including Connaught Place have been advised by police to remain closed on the opening and closing days of the Commonwealth Games in October and instead remain open on their weekly day off.
The Delhi Police advisory is part of the security arrangements
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Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Tonnes of flowers offered at the Ajmer shrine will now be used to make essence from them, thanks to a project undertaken by an institute here.
'Our project would bring into use several tonnes of flowers that are presently being dumped,' A.K. Singh, technology and business development
