Name change to end confusion
The Department of Environment and Resource Management is hoping the confusion over North Eton and Eton North has now been resolved.
Regional manager Ian Gordon says the two areas will now been known as North Eton after public consultation late last year showed an overwhelming preference for the name.
Mr Gordon says the name change resolves an [...]
Junior doctors’ strike in Bihar, claims 38 lives
Patna, Aug 31(ANI): The outdoor and emergency services at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) continue to be affected for the fifth day on Monday due to an indefinite strike by 800-odd [...]
MJ memorial gig’s $1.4M bill ‘rips off’ LA City Council
London, July 13 (ANI): Los Angeles City Council officials are apparently in talks about who should pay the 1.4 million dollar bill for Michael Jackson’s memorial concert.
The Mayor’s office previously revealed nearly 17, 000 dollars were donated to a website collecting cash before it collapsed.
Councilman Dennis Zine believes that taxpayers, who have been asked to [...]
Drunken Brit carpenter cuts off his own penis during DIY
London, Jul 6 (ANI): A Brit carpenter, who tried doing a DIY job while drunk, is said to have cut off his own penis in the process.
Stuart Keen, 54, suffered horrific injuries after he cut himself with the saw he was using to cut wood for a cabinet he was making in his home workshop. [...]
Jacko’s doctor to miss funeral
Washington, July 4 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s personal doctor will not attend the star’s memorial service on July 7, his spokeswoman has revealed.
Dr. Conrad Murray, who was quizzed by the Los Angeles Police Department in relation to the King of Pop’s death, is allegedly in seclusion.
“He will be mourning in private because he feels his presence [...]
UK police simulate ‘nuclear attack’ exercise
London, July 1 (ANI): More than 1,000 cops, paramedics and firefighters were involved in treating “radioactive casualties”.
According to The Sun, emergency services worked on the scenario that terrorists had set off a radiological device at a college near Dover Castle.
More than 100 actors, some covered in fake blood and pretending to be maimed, were [...]
Now, Deepak Chopra questions actions of Jacko’s doctor
Washington, July 1 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s friend Deepak Chopra has joined other critics in casting a shadow of doubt over the actions of the late singer’s doctor in the star’s finals moments.
Dr. Conrad Murray was said to have spent 30 minutes performing CPR on the unconscious King of Pop before calling 911.
He evoked serious criticism [...]
Prolonged strike by doctors in Lucknow Medical Institute
Lucknow, May 30 (ANI): Hundreds of patients in Lucknow have been forced to suffer as the authorities of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) have shut down the institute due to the prolonged strike by the doctors.
The doctors have gone on [...]
Tyson’s girlfriend desperately tried to save strangled daughter’s life
Phoenix (Arizona), May 30 (ANI): Boxing legend Mike Tyson’s girlfriend desperately tried to save her strangled daughter’s life last Monday.
The transcript of her harrowing emergency phone call was released last night.yson’s four-year-old tot Exodus was found by her brother Miguel, seven, with her neck caught in the cord of an exercise machine.
The girl’s mother [...]
Staff of Uttar Pradesh hospital go on strike
Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) Hundreds of patients suffered following a flash strike by nearly 2,000 employees, including doctors and para-medical staff, of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in this Uttar Pradesh capital demanding pay parity with their counterparts at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
SGPGIMS employees were getting [...]
Now, a food tin that heats contents sans microwave
London, April 30 (ANI): Busy office workers will no longer have to depend on a microwave to rustle up a hot snack, all thanks to a food tin that warms up its contents.
The Hotcan meal, which costs 3.99-pounds, includes beef casserole, vegetable [...]
Workers safely evacuated after fire breaks out in ferry hotel
Stockholm – Over 200 people were safely evacuated overnight after fire broke out onboard a vessel used as sleeping quarters in south-eastern Sweden, police said Friday.
There were no reports of injuries among the 238 people who were ordered to leave the Queen of Scandinavia passenger ferry, docked at the harbour at Oskarshamn.
The ferry is used [...]
Poisonous flowers make yards dangerous for children
Hamburg – Parents should be careful about what they plant in their garden as flowers such as brugmansia, golden chain and nightshade can all lead to serious poisoning among children, reports a German safety organization. Even the small blue berries from ivy are dangerous. Indeed, flowers and berries are especially dangerous for two and three-year- [...]
Italy quake toll reaches 27
Rome, April 6 (DPA) Twenty-seven people were killed Monday when a major earthquake rocked the central Italian region of Abruzzo, media reports quoted hospitals as saying.
The regional capital L’Aquila and the ancient town of Castelnuovo were especially badly hit in the quake, which had a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, and many more [...]
Magnitude-5.8 quake strikes central Italy; deaths feared
magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, causing buildings to collapse in the historic centre of L’Aquila and raising fears of fatalities.
Police reported numerous injuries.
Rome, Abruzzo and other parts of central Italy were hit by the quake, whose epicentre was in the area of Abruzzo’s capital, L’Aquila, at a 5-kilometre depth, Italy’s ANSA news agency [...]
Magnitude-5.8 quake strikes Italy, deaths feared
Rome, April 6 (DPA) A magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, causing buildings to collapse in the historic centre of L’Aquila and raising fears of fatalities.
Rome, Abruzzo and other parts of central Italy were hit by the quake, whose epicentre was in the area of Abruzzo’s capital, L’Aquila, at a five-km depth, Italy’s ANSA [...]
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Princes William, Harry’s heartfelt message for Oz bushfire, flood victims
Melbourne, March 14 (ANI): Prince William and Prince Harry have tried to reach out to Australian victims of the devastating Victoria bushfire and floods with a message broadcast at Melbourne and Sydney fundraisers.
Crowd at the Sydney and Melbourne Sound [...]
Ex-Oz police media chief admits to masturbating before backpackers
Brisbane, Feb.19 (ANI): A former high-profile police and emergency services spokesman who received official honors for his work has admitted to masturbating in front of two male backpackers.
Kevin John Loomes, 58, pleaded guilty before a Brisbane Magistrates Court today to two counts of performing an indecent act.
Loomes entered a backpacker’s hostel on Ann [...]
Soon, Bluetooth technology that blocks talking or texting while driving
London, Feb 05 (ANI): Talking or texting on a cell phone while driving is undoubtedly a deadly mix. Yet many people ignore the fatal risk and do not take precautions. Now, a Utah company is using Bluetooth technology to create a special driving mode that makes it impossible for a driver to talk or text [...]



