| Where orphaned HIV kids love to live With images |
| NAT6National/Health/SocietyWhere orphaned HIV kids love to live With imagesBy Madhusree ChatterjeeJaipur, Oct 16 IANS In an innocuous double-storey house on JLN Marg, a quiet residential neighbourhood in the Rajasthan capital, life is a daily celebration for 10 children aged 4 to 12.These children are constantly caught between a sapping disease and sunny health. For, Kajal, Kishna, Yogi, Deep, Govardhan, Aaman, Vikram, Bunty, Akash and Suman names changed are the inmates of what is perhaps Rajasthan's read more |
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Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 17 |
| Asia-Pacific markets in free fall over bailout doubts Lead |
| BUS6Business/EconomyAsia-Pacific markets in free fall over bailout doubts LeadTokyo, Oct 16 DPA Markets across Asia plummeted on opening Thursday, dragged down by US retail sales data and concerns about whether bank bailouts would be able to rescue financial markets and avert a recession. The Tokyo stock market plummeted in early trading after Wall Street's blue-chip Dow Jones industrials lost nearly eight percent overnight amid growing recession fears in the US and worldwide. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average plunged 911 read more |
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Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 17 |
| Madrid, Oct 16 IANS India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian |
| SPO8SportsBhupathi-Knowles in Madrid quarter-finals by defaultMadrid, Oct 16 IANS India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles entered the quarter-final of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament after local favourites Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya withdrew from their second round match.Fourth seeds Bhupathi and Knowles were to play Nadal and Moya Wednesday afternoon, but were given a walkover after world number one Nadal complained of a pain in his lower back. Bhupathi and Knowles are yet to play a match in the tournament as they were given a bye in the first round read more |
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Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 17 |
| SRK in award controversy |
| Shah Rukh Khan has been awarded with the title of ‘Datuk’, an award given by the Malaysian Government. The grandeur of the award is as prestigious as the knighthood award in Britain read more |
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Posted by subhasis on Thursday Oct 16 |
| Man who killed property dealer shot dead |
| NAT27National/CrimeMan who killed property dealer shot deadLucknow, Oct 12 IANS A man wanted in over a dozen cases was killed here in a shoot-out with the police, barely 24 hours after he had shot dead a property dealer, the police said Sunday.Jogeshwar was shot dead Saturday night in Kakori locality.On Friday night, Jogeshwar, along with two other men, shot dead Devesh Yadav, a property dealer, on the Shaheed Path when he was returning home at around 9 p.m."A couple of years ago, Jogeshwar read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 14 |
| Uttar Pradesh withdraws land for rail coach factory Lead |
| NAT49National/Politics/EconomyUttar Pradesh withdraws land for rail coach factory LeadLucknow, Oct 12 IANS In a major development ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to her constituency of Rae Bareli this week, the Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn the land it had sanctioned for an ambitious rail coach factory project of the party-led United Progressive Alliance central government.The Bahujan Samaj Party BSP government in the state has withdrawn 400 acres land it had given for the proposed factory, which was slated to come up on 1,200 acres read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 14 |
| Anti-mining protests in south Goa |
| NAT65National/Environment/Rights/CrimeAnti-mining protests in south GoaPanaji, Oct 12 IANS A fresh mining lease in the south Goan region of Quepem has led to a resurgence in anti-mining protests, even as police arrested seven people after villagers and activists came out on the streets and blocked the passage of trucks carrying iron ore, officials said Sunday. Those arrested include Seby Rodrigues, a civil rights researcher, and an 85-year-old woman, on charges of rioting. Inspector General of Police read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 14 |
| Chirag hold Churchill goalless |
| NAT67National/SportsChirag hold Churchill goallessKolkata, Oct 12 IANS Local outfit Chirag United played their hearts out to hold formidable Churchill Brothers of Goa to a goalless draw in an I-League encounter at Barasat near here Sunday.League debutants Chirag controlled the show, particularly in the second session, and their defenders gave little manouvering space to the Churchill forwards in a match played under lights at Vidyasagar stadium. After two matches, Churchill are now at the fifth spot with four points read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 14 |
| Deities under 'house arrest' for Kullu Dussehra finale |
| NAT2National/ReligionDeities under 'house arrest' for Kullu Dussehra finaleKullu Himachal Pradesh, Oct 13 IANS Two important local deities of Himachal Pradesh have been placed under 'house arrest' to prevent their followers from participating in the finale of the centuries-old Kullu Dussehra festival because every year the two sides clash with each other.The district administration has imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code and asked the followers of Shringa Rishi and read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 14 |
| China at crossroads as world economy wobbles |
| ECO1Economy/EconomyChina at crossroads as world economy wobblesBeijing, Oct 13 Xinhua The global credit crisis freezing up the world's finances may be a blessing in disguise for China as it aims to modify its economic structure after three decades of breakneck growth.With its banks shielded from the worst effects of the crisis by its capital account control, plenty of liquidity and limited exposure to sophisticated derivatives, China still faces the effects of recession on its main export markets, the United States and Europe read more |
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