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Beijing, Sept 1 (ANI): China”s special envoy for Korean peninsula affairs Wu Dawei, who is on a visit to Japan, has said that Beijing plans to put forward “new proposals” to the countries involved in the six-party talks on North Korea”s nuclear disarmament. Wu, who chairs the six-party talks involving Democratic People”s Republic of Korea, [...]

Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Arbaaz Khan is expanding his horizon. The actor debuts as producer with upcoming ‘Dabangg’, starring elder brother Salman Khan and introducing Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi, and says he might venture into direction one day. Arbaaz says he was dilly-dallying with his next career choice of opening up a production company when [...]

Kathmandu, July 26 (ANI): The Government of Nepal is likely to approve a proposal forwarded by its Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation for introducing a free visa regime by 2011 in a bid to attract more foreign tourists. According to a Republica report, 2011 is being observed as Nepal Tourism Year and MoTCA has [...]

Cape Town, July 22(ANI): A group of South African entrepreneurs are pressing ahead with an Indian Premiere League (IPL)-style rugby union, with the first tournament planned for January 2012. Eight private franchises will own teams and players will be part of an auction, as in the IPL. The matches will be played with two 20-minute [...]

Washington, July 15 (ANI): The United States has made it clear that it would consider Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s proposal to remove the names of some of the former Taliban leaders from the UN’s terror blacklist on a case-to-case basis only. President Obama’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said that the terror [...]

Canberra, July 11 (ANI): The Australian Government is making progress in the proposal made by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to create a new Asia-Pacific community, which aimed to bring together the United States, Australia and Asian nations in a new forum. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said that the ‘Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ is [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): High School Musical star Zac Efron is planning to pop the question to girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens, according to reports. Insiders have revealed that Efron has selected a ring and will go down on his knees shortly. “The proposal has been something [Zac] has been thinking about for a while,” Showbiz Spy [...]

Islamabad, June 26 (ANI): Even as the Interior Ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations meet here to bridge the gap amongst them and enhance cooperation, the massive trust deficit between India and Pakistan is said to be obstructing the proposal to set up a regional police network. All SAARC members, [...]

New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the amendment in the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994, by introducing the New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Bill, 2010 in the Parliament. The Bill shall be introduced in the next Session of the Parliament. The Bill seeks to amend the provisions relating to [...]

Melbourne, June 17 (ANI): American actress Megan Fox has reportedly got engaged to actor Brian Austin Green for the second time. The date for the wedding has not been decided yet. According to US Weekly, Fox lost the two-carat engagement ring in the excitement of the beachside proposal on the Big Island in Hawaii. “Security [...]

Sydney, Jun 12 (ANI): Skipper Ricky Ponting has said that players will need to be convinced about Cricket Australia’s attempt to change the 50-over ODI format by introducing a new 40-over competition. Cricket Australia had proposed a new 40-over competition, in which teams would bat for two innings of 20 overs each. Cricket Australia’s experimentation [...]

June 10 (Reuters) – India’s cabinet did not discuss any proposal to raise fuel prices or reform the sector, Ambika Soni, information and broadcasting minister, told reporters on Thursday. “It didn’t come up for discussion,” she said after the cabinet meeting. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma)

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Planning Commission”s proposal to place before the National Development Council the mid-term appraisal of the document of the 11th five year plan. The Mid Term Appraisal is a report card on the achievements midway during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period. The appraisal gives [...]

Latehar (Jharkhand), June 10 (ANI): The residents of several villages in Jharkhand”s Latehar District are facing severe water crisis, as the water level of river basin areas is reportedly depleting. The residents have dig deep in the river sand, and collect drinking water. Due to the decreasing water level, even the hand pumps fail to [...]

New Delhi, June 10(ANI): Union Home Secretary G K Pillai has said the Home Ministry insists that state police should play a key role with assistance from central security forces to tackle the Maoists menace. In an interview to a private news channel, Pillai said: “I think basically the whole strategy has been to strengthen [...]

New York, June 8 (ANI): Sandra Bullock loved kissing Scarlett Johansson at the MTV Movie Awards. “Ryan is right, Scarlett is a great kisser,” she told UsMagazine.com. Johannson, 25, filled in Sunday night for hubby Ryan Reynolds, who was scheduled to present the 45-year-old actress with the Generation Award, MTV”s spin on a lifetime achievement [...]

New York, June 6 (ANI): United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for a New Zealand-led committee investigation into Israel’s Gaza flotilla raid. Ban called for the commission to be lead by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and advised that Israeli and Turkish deputies join, The Jerusalem Post reports. The UN has [...]

June 3 (Reuters) – G20 countries need to “keep our eye on the ball” in reforming the financial sector, focus on capital requirements and steer clear of a global bank levy, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday. Global Markets Flaherty, speaking at a forum in Beijing, said that he had written his G20 [...]

Citizens are resisting the proposal of the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) to increase the property tax by 10-25 percent. The KCB has received objections from 200 people in response to its proposal to increase the Annual Rateable Value (ARV) of nearly 1,000 residential and commercial establishment in the cantonment area. The cantonment board had proposed [...]

London, May 27 (ANI): Sarah Ferguson a.k.a. Fergie has turned down a five-figure offer to star on Strictly Come Dancing, it has emerged. BBC bosses were very keen to sign the Duchess of York after a “lacklustre” line-up last season, said a source. However, Fergie snubbed the proposal. “Despite a really big offer way above [...]