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London, Mar 20 (ANI): The Federal German Intelligence Service, which is also known as BND, has admitted that it employed about 200 former Nazi criminals for at least 15 years after the Second World War.
Some of these criminals were involved in massacres in Poland and Russia, while the others were Gestapo torturers. All of them [...]

London, Mar 16 (ANI): With injured ace midfielder David Beckham ruled out of this year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Manchester City’s 22-year-old winger Adam Johnson, who caught the eye with a brilliant equaliser against Sunderland, fancies his chances of playing for England.
Johnson’s equaliser against Sunderland in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at the Stadium of [...]

For the first time in four years the Milwaukee Bucks are set to advance to the NBA playoffs, and Australian centre Andrew Bogut is leading the charge.
Bogut, selected first overall in the 2005-06 draft, is in the midst of a career year and has helped the Bucks to a 36-29 record, the fifth-best in the [...]

London, Mar 15 (ANI): Ace midfielder David Beckham, who was a near certainty to become the first England player to appear in four World Cups, is out of the game for 3-4 months after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
The England midfielder, 34, was injured playing for AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo.
An Italian TV reporter said [...]

Sydney, Sep.16 (ANI): Discarded Australian Test dynamo Phillip Hughes will have his first net session with the New South Wales cricket team today as he begins his mission to reclaim the berth taken from him in England.

The Blues will be training for the Champions League, which begins on October 8, and coach Matthew Mott believes [...]

Kathmandu, Aug 25 (ANI): Nepal Vice President Paramananda Jha has said that the Supreme Court (SC) acted out of jurisdiction while issuing the order that said his berth will be automatically inactivated if he failed to retake the oath in Nepali language within seven days.

According to Kantipur, the Vice President-who has been dragged into [...]

New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways has decided to reduce the tatkal charges with effect from October 1.

The new tatkal charges will be at the rate of 10 per cent of basic fare for second class and 30 per cent of basic fare for all other [...]

London, Aug.19 (ANI): There are at least three contenders for the final bowling spot in the Australian line up for the fifth and final Ashes Test to be played at The Oval from Thursday.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and spinner Nathan Hauritz are all vying for the final berth, but [...]

Karachi, Aug.18 (ANI): Tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who is eyeing a place back in the national squad, has impressed chief selector Iqbal Qasim with his form and fitness in a low-profile match.

Qasim along with other member of the selection committee, Saleem Jaffer, watched Asif play during a match between youngsters attending an Under-23 [...]

Chennai, July 4 (ANI): A ship carrying aid for victims of war ravaged Sri Lanka, which had anchored off Chennai for more than a fortnight, has been permitted to berth at Chennai Port.

Authorities granted permission to ‘MV Captain Ali’, also known as ‘Vananga Mann’ vessel, after the ship’s agent submitted documents on Thursday.

“We have received [...]

Railway Budget – Railway Budget 2009 – Highlights Railway Budget 2009 – Rail Budget – Rail Budget 2009 – Railway Budget 2009 to be presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee would present a People’s budget in Parliament on 3rd July 2009.
“It will be a pro-people budget, a simple budget, people’s budget,” [...]

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): The Indian Railways plans to improve the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) in a big way.

In the Railway Budget 2009-10 presented to the Lok Sabha today, Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee said that the initiative would cover 200 new towns [...]

New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): The Government on Wednesday said it would award six shipping projects worth 3,319.14 crore rupees in next 100 days.

These would be developed on the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode.

Minister for Shipping G K Vasan, unveiling agenda of his Ministry in the national capital, said [...]

New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): An agreement has been signed between Paradip Port Trust and Blue Water Iron Ore Terminal Pvt. Ltd for construction of a deep draught iron ore terminal.

K. Raghuramaiah, Chairman, Paradip Port Trust signed the concession agreement on behalf [...]

Islamabad, July 1 (ANI): Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said Shoaib Akhtar must prove his hundred percent fitness if he wants to secure a berth in the national team.

Nawaz said if Akhtar proved his fitness, he would definitely be included in the squad.

With Umar Gul and rookie pace sensation Mohammad Aamir hogging the [...]

Melbourne, June 26 (ANI): Australian coach Tim Nielsen has warned his bowlers to stop bowling no balls or it could cost them a berth in the Ashes Tests.

Nielsen was furious that his players were called for overstepping the mark 22 times in 80 overs during the four-day match [...]

Hamburg – Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen aim to salvage a poor season when they meet in the German cup final on Saturday.
Success in Berlin’s Olympic stadium is imperative for each side as only the winning team will play in Europe next season, in the Europa League.
Leverkusen finished ninth and Bremen 10th in an indifferent [...]

Rome – Serie A side Genoa are close to hiring Hernan Crespo and Ricardo Quaresma from Italian champions Inter Milan after having secured a berth in the next Europa League.
Italian media on Tuesday reported that the arrival of Argentina striker Crespo, 33, and Portuguese Quaresma, 25, follow the sale of Argentine striker Diego Milito [...]

New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): The expansion of the Union Cabinet is likely to be delayed by a day or more reportedly because of Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee demanding a seventh ministerial berth.

Some reports said [...]

Firozabad, May 24 (IANS) Newly-elected Lok Sabha member from Firozabad and Kannauj, Akhilesh Yadav, the son of Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, has decided to vacate the Firozabad seat, a party leader said Sunday.
However, the measure will have to wait till the Lok Sabha elects a new speaker.
According to Udaiveer Singh, chief of [...]