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Yeppoon Hospital officially opens

The Premier has officially opened Yeppoon’s new 26-million dollar hospital.
The new facility has been taking patients since last month, and has an expanded emergency department and 22 in-patient beds.
Anna Bligh says Yeppoon now has one of the best hospitals for a town of its size and it allows for future growth.
“It has almost four times [...]

RSS irked by Jaswant’s mention of India being a country of many nationalities

New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): It is learnt that the Sangh leadership has revisited Jaswant Singh’s controversial book — Jinnah – India, Partition, Independenc-and has raised severe objections to many of its contents other than the eulogizing of Jinnah and the denigration of India’s first Home Minister [...]

Illegal Indian, Chinese temples to be demolished in Kedah: DAP chief

Ipoh (Malaysia), July 6 (ANI): The Democratic Action Party chief of Malaysia’s Kedah state, Thomas Su, has claimed that illegal Hindu and Chinese temples are about to be demolished in the state, and he has evidence to back his claim.

His revelation is set to widen [...]

Kalyan Singh ready to face charges in Babri mosque case

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh today said that he is ready to face charges levelled against him in the Liberhan Commission report.

Speaking to reporters here, Singh said, “I am ready to face whatever charges have been levelled against me. It is untrue that I did not co-operate [...]

Liberhan report should be made public soon: Lalu

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday called upon the government to make the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition public at the earliest.

“The report is already delayed. It should be tabled in the present [...]

Murli Manohar Joshi questions timing of Liberhan Commission report

New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has questioned the timing of the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition.

“I don’t want to comment as the contents of the report are not known yet, but one thing is for certain the timing [...]

I’m ready to own responsibility for Babri mosque demolition: Uma Bharti

Bhopal, June 30 (ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday volunteered to own responsibility for the demolition of Babri mosque at Ayodhya and said that she would have no problem even if she was hanged on the issue.

Reacting to [...]

Chidambaram refuses to comment on Liberhan Commission report

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram refused to comment on Justice M.S. Liberhan commission report on Babri mosque demolition in Uttar Pradesh.

“Justice Liberhan has submitted his report to the Prime Minister this morning. I believe that the report will be forwarded to the [...]

Government will take appropriate action on Liberhan report: Congress

New Delhi, June 30(ANI): The Congress on Tuesday said the government would take appropriate action on the Liberhan Commission report, which was appointed to probe the December 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

“The [...]

Liberhan Commission submitted its report after long delay: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission submitted its report after a long delay.

“It would have been good if such a long time had not been taken. It [...]

Liberhan Commission head refuses to divulge report’s details

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Justice M.S. Liberhan, the one man Commission probing the 1992 demolition of Babri mosque at Ayodhya, on Tuesday refused to divulge details of the much-awaited report, until the report or the [...]

Liberhan Ayodhya Commission submits report to Prime Minister

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): The Liberhan Commission, which is inquiring into the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, on Tuesday submitted its report to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Established on December 16, 1992, ten days after the demolition that triggered widespread communal violence, the panel [...]

Mahant Gyandas statement on Ram Mandir triggers tension in Ayodhya

Ayodhya, May 22 (ANI): The convener of the ‘religion protection organization’, Mahant Gyandas, has triggered a fresh controversy in Ayodhya by saying that the Ram temple will be built in the city.

He said a final decision about what approach to take [...]

‘Slumdog millionaire’s child star loses shanty home in demolition

Mumbai, May 20 (ANI): Shanty home of Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire’s child star Rubina Ali was brought down by the civic authorities in Mumbai, an action which brought her family on road months after gaining a global appreciation.

Rubina’s house in a teeming slum was one of several settlements that were [...]

Slumdog child star back in his bulldozed shanty home

Washington, May 17 (ANI): Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, child star of hit film “Slumdog Millionaire,” and his family have more or less rebuilt their shanty home after officials in Mumbai, India, demolished it.

The ten-year-old and his family moved back into what was left of their home on May 15.

Azharuddin, who played the young Salim in the [...]

Mumbai’s civic authorities render ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids homeless

Mumbai, May 14 (ANI): Nearly 20 children who acted in the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire”, including Azharuddin Ismail, got a shock when civic authorities on Thursday demolished the polythene sheet-covered roof which used to house them in Garib Nagar slum area of Mumbai.

Ismail shot to fame after his role as Salim, the young [...]

Jayaprada accuses Azam Khan of launching a cheap campaign against her

New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Samajwadi party candidate from the Rampur Lok Sabha seat Jayaprada has accused her fellow SP leader Azam Khan of being involved in cheap campaigning against her, and added that she would take the matter to the Election Commission.

The actress-turned politician, who is seeking re-election from Rampur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, [...]

Flower believes Poms will spin the Aussies out during Ashes

London, May 11 (ANI): England ’s new coach Andy Flower has wasted little time publicly backing his troops in their bid to reclaim the Ashes following the three-day demolition of the West Indies at Lord’s, and off-spinner Graeme Swann is seen as the man most likely to trouble Australia’s top order.

While Cricket Australia is forced [...]

Amar Singh denies role in Samajwadi Party’s friendship with Kalyan Singh

Dehradun, May 10 (ANI): Senior Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Sunday denied having played any role in the decision taken over getting close to Bharatiya Janata Party’s rebel leader Kalyan Singh.

“I want to make this clear that I have nothing to do with the decision taken on Kalyan Singh,” Amar Singh said here.

“Kalyan [...]

Pak Sunni parties want treason case against TNSM chief

Lahore,May 6 (ANI): The Pakistan Ahl-e-Sunnah parties have asked the government to file a case of treason against the Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad.

Declaring Sufi Muhammad a ‘rebel of sharia and the constitution’, the religious parties asked the government to establish its control in Swat as soon as possible.

Issuing a declaration at the conclusion [...]