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New Delhi, Sept 16 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed the good showing of Trinamool Congress in civic polls in Darjeeling district as victory over state-sponsored terrorism.

In the 47-member district council, the Trinamool Congress and the Congress combine bagged 15 seats each. The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxists) won [...]

Washington, July 16(ANI): Ukraine has banned Sasha Baron Cohen’s new comedy film ‘Bruno’ claiming that it will “damage the morality” of locals.

The movie that has been a huge hit in both US and UK has come under fire in the [...]

London/Sangin (Helmand, Afghanistan), July 12 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that the British troop offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan is showing signs of success, despite the force losing fifteen troopers over the last month.

In an interview with the British Forces Broadcasting Service, Brown paid tribute to the “sacrifice” of the [...]

London, May 18 (ANI): An American company is gearing up to replace black and white e-book readers with a colour version, expected to be on the market by the end of 2010.

E Ink Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, says that it will be demonstrating a colour version of its e-paper at the Society for Information [...]

Chennai, May 17 (ANI): Having played a key role in ensuring a United Progressive Alliance’s success in Tamil Nadu, the M.Karunanidhi-led Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam is likely to ask seven cabinet berths in the new set up [...]

Colombo – A provincial poll in Sri Lanka’s Western Province which consists of the capital Colombo and two adjoining districts opened Saturday, election officials said, despite a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the north of the country as government forces keep up their campaign to crush Tamil rebels. Some 3.8 million voters in the Colombo, Kalutara [...]

London, Apr 23 (ANI): Amy Winehouse’s mother has accused Blake Fielder-Civil of being a gold-digger.

Fielder Civil had filed for divorce from the ‘Back To Black’ hitmaker on the grounds of adultery, after he saw pictures of her canoodling with another man in St. Lucia.

However, his case weakened after recent reports revealed that he has impregnated [...]

Zagreb – In the midsts of the global economic meltdown, tourism-dependent Croatia is anxiously awaiting the first results of the Easter holiday break. With holiday-makers to the former Yugoslav republic providing nearly a quarter of the country’s GDP, tourism figures aren’t just of interest to the hotel and catering trade – they could well affect [...]

London, Apr 9 (ANI): Spock actor Leonard Nimoy gave his fans a pleasant surprise when he screened the new ‘Star Trek’ film for audiences, who had come to watch 1982’s ‘Wrath of Khan’ on April 6.

Sci-fi enthusiasts in Austin, Texas, came to watch the classic film, [...]

Malaysia’s new prime minister suffered an early blow after just four days in power when the opposition scored a big win in a tense by-election that was billed as a referendum on his premiership.
Facing the worst recession since the Asian financial crisis of a decade ago, voters turned out in large numbers in the poor [...]

Indian corn exports may reach 800,000 tonnes in the marketing year ending September, higher than expected, helped by a a global supply crunch and rising prices in the US, a trade official said on Friday.
“Exports now look better than previously expected. It can be around 0.7 – 0.8 million tonnes (in the corn marketing year),” [...]

Toronto, April 3 (IANS) Canadian plane maker Bombardier, which is the third largest aircraft company in the world, Thursday joined giant Boeing in axing 3,000 jobs worldwide citing sagging demand for its business jets.
Boeing has already announced to lay off 10,000 staff as the global downturn takes toll on the aviation sector.
Surprisingly, job cuts at [...]

Islamabad, Mar 24 (ANI): Pakistan’s chief selector Abdul Qadir has said that pacer Shoaib Akhtar can return to Pakistan duty if he proves his fitness over the next few days.

He said the selectors have been keeping an eye on Akhtar’s performance to [...]

London, January 14 (ANI): The classic British bulldog is to lose its Churchillian jowl because of a change in breeding standards effected by the Kennel Club.

The shake-up means that the dog will have a shrunken face, a sunken nose, longer legs, and a leaner body.

The British Bulldog Breed Council is unhappy with the change, [...]

Last month federal government announced, in its budget, the formation of the Canadian Secured Credit Facility under which Ottawa will purchase up to $12 billion in securities from financial institutions including banks.
The securities would be supported by loans and leases on vehicles and equipment. This would enable the automakers to offer financing to more consumers [...]

Dubai, Feb.9 (ANI): India has slipped back to third in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table following defeat in the fifth and final match of its away series against Sri Lanka.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team had moved ahead of Australia and to within four ratings points of leader South Africa when it went 4-0 up [...]

Karachi, Feb.7 (ANI): Pakistan’s cricket coach Intikhab Alam has warned his players against any complacency during the forthcoming Test series with Sri Lanka, that might creep- up due to the islander team’s drubbing by India in the on-going ODI series.

Alam said that Test matches are different from one day games, and Sri Lanka was capable [...]

Hong Kong – The Hong Kong pop star at the centre of a sex photos scandal is to testify against the man accused of downloading pictures from his computer in Canada, a news report said Wednesday.
Edison Chen, 28, has refused to return to Hong Kong for court proceedings surrounding the pictures showing him with a [...]

Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Unlike many women, Jada Pinkett-Smith actually encouraged her actor husband Will to shed all fears and get as hot and heavy as possible in his love scene for film ‘Seven Pounds’.
She did so because she wanted to protect her own reputation.
The ‘I Am Legend’ actor could be seen doing a racy [...]

Washington, January 8 (ANI): Rapper Kanye West has confirmed that he will launch his own sneaker designs with top brand Louis Vuitton.
The ten-time Grammy Award-winner had recently stated his plans for his line of clothes, Pastelle and his teaming up with Nike for the Air Yeezy sports shoe.
And now the singer has decided to step [...]