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Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday said that though he was happy that the Maoists have freed three abducted Bihar policemen, ‘no one should take credit’ for their release. ‘We are happy that the three policemen were released, but no one should take credit for it,’ Lalu Prasad told [...]

Patna, Sep 1 (IANS) Bihar reported its first dengue death when a 60-year-old man succumbed to the disease in a private hospital here, an official said Wednesday. Subodh Prasad Das, a resident of Begusarai, died Tuesday, Begusarai District Magistrate Jitendra Prasad Srivastava said. Another patient, Anita Devi, of Begusarai has also been diagnosed with dengue. [...]

Mumbai /Jaipur, July 16 (ANI): Vegetable prices have soared across the country on the heels of the much-decried hike in fuel prices. The petroleum price hike has added to the consumers” and distributors” agony as transporters bringing in vegetables from other states, have increased their fares, affecting the cost of the vegetables in turn. “It [...]

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Queen’s Baton for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games has reached Bihar. It was greeted by tens of thousands of people and heavy showers. From the time the baton entered Bihar and till the time it reached Gaya, which was almost 200 kms, no street was left abandoned. People from [...]

Raipur/ Kawardha, June 17 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti”s move to travel with senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani in a special plane to Raipur on Wednesday has fuelled speculation about her possible return to the party. Bharti travelled along with Advani, former BJP President Rajnath Singh and party spokesperson Ravi [...]

Bangalore, June 5 (ANI): Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Ajai Kumar Singh on Saturday said the bullet that was fired from a country made weapon was not aimed at Art of Living (AoL) founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. “The firing was done to scare away the wild dogs,” added Singh. The Karnataka Polive quizzed [...]

Beijing/Luoyang, May 29 (IANS) The inability of Indian MP Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to handle an electronic key to the executive floor and his room at the luxury hotel where he was staying delayed President Pratibha Patil’s flight from Beijing to Luoyang by 20 minutes Saturday. The former minister was late in boarding the special Chinese [...]

Beijing/Luoyong, May 29 (ANI): Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s flight from Beijing to Luoyong, the capital of China’s Henan Province, was delayed by 20-minutes this morning owing to an unexpected breach of protocol. The flight’s scheduled take-off was delayed because of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Parliament Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s late arrival at [...]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the death sentence of Dubai-based don Aftab Ansari, one of the seven convicted in connection with the attack on the Kolkata American Centre in January 2002. A vacation Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the West Bengal government to respond within four months to [...]

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give urgent hearing to the petition filed by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi challenging Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren for holding the coveted post without being the member of the State assembly. A vacation bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and [...]

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), May 19 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh is facing the threat of the cyclonic storm Laila, as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify. The current environmental conditions and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models suggest that the cyclonic storm Laila, is likely to intensify further and cross Andhra Pradesh [...]

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has apologised to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad for using abusive language against them. Gadkari”s remarks came in the context of his criticism of the two leaders for their not backing the cut motions in [...]

Ghaziabad, May 5 (ANI): A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday fixed May 12 as the next date for announcing the quantum of sentence on Surender Koli, who was found guilty of murdering seven-year-old Aarti in Noida”s Nithari village. “The court has fixed 12th May as the next date for hearing to [...]

Ghaziabad, May 4 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday found Surender Koli guilty of the murder of seven-year-old Aarti, one of the 19 women and children from Noida”s Nithari village whose body parts were found in a drain. Aarti was the last known victim in the Nithari killings, having disappeared [...]

(Reuters) – Smartphone maker Palm Inc is looking to sell itself and is seeking bids for the company as early as this week, Bloomberg said, citing three people familiar with the situation. Technology Palm, which makes the Pre and Pixi phones and develops WebOS phone software, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Qatalyst [...]

April 12 (Reuters) – Smartphone maker Palm Inc (PALM.O) is looking to sell itself and is seeking bids for the company as early as this week, Bloomberg said, citing three people familiar with the situation. Stocks | Mergers & Acquisitions | Funds News | ETFs News Palm, which makes the Pre and Pixi phones and [...]

(Reuters) – Major U.S. banks temporarily lowered their debt levels just before reporting in the past five quarters, making it appear their balance sheets were less risky, the Wall Street Journal said, citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper said on Friday 18 banks, including Goldman Sachs Group (GS.N), Morgan [...]

(Reuters) – U.S. DVD rental company Netflix Inc has reached deals with movie studios Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Studios that will allow it to rent DVDs and Blu-ray discs 28 days after new releases go on sale in stores. The deal with News Corp’s Twentieth Century Fox also involves a first-time streaming license for [...]

* 28-day delay on new releases to Netflix customers Stocks | Media | Cyclical Consumer Goods | Non-Cyclical Consumer Goods * Twentieth Century Fox deal includes streaming license * Netflix to get more Universal films to stream (Adds details, background) April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. DVD rental company Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) has reached deals with [...]

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