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Taliban has reached out to Afghan Government for reconciliation: Gen Petraeus

New York, Sep 28 (ANI): To starting reconciliation discussions that could pave the way to end the fighting in Afghanistan, the high level leadership of Taliban has reached out to senior Afghan Government officials, according to top US commander operating in Afghanistan. For months, efforts at reconciliation have been stalled at every level, and this [...]

India, UK to work together in road sector

London, Sep 28 (ANI): India and the United Kingdom here on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on matters of road transport, highways and related services. The Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath signed the MOU on behalf of India while the Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond [...]

Kim Kardashian says ”I”m happily single and having fun”

Melbourne, Sep 27 (ANI): TV star Kim Kardashian has revealed that she is not averse to being in a relationship with a man but it is not a necessity for her happiness. The 29-year-old star recently split with NFL footballer Miles Austin. She has earlier dated NFL player Reggie Bush, football player Cristiano Ronaldo, pop [...]

Hooper courts controversy on the eve of Commonwealth Games

New Delhi, Sep. 27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper”s remarks on Delhi”s population are “very unkind”. In an interview with a New Zealand TV channel, Hooper said that India”s considerable population was to blame for traffic problems in Delhi for the CWG, an NDTV [...]

Airhostess jailed for smuggling £300K worth cocaine in knickers and bra

London, Sept 27 (ANI): An airhostess was caught trying to smuggle cocaine worth nearly 300,000 pounds into the UK, in her knickers and bra. In echo of the movie ‘Jackie Brown’, Elphia Dlamini of the South African airlines arrived at Heathrow from Johannesburg with 1.64 kilos, reports the Daily Express. However, after a drugs dog [...]

Aliens ”hit our nukes” claim US airmen

London, Sep 27 (ANI): Aliens have been hovering over US and UK since 1948 and hitting weapons-a scene, which seems straight from a sci-fi movie is actually a reality, only if US airmen are to be believed. The researchers have claimed that since 1948, aliens have been hovering over UK and U.S. nuclear missile sites [...]

MQM chief murdered in London was about to join Musharraf’s party

London, Sep 27(ANI): Scotland Yard that is investigating the murder of leading Pakistani politician Dr. Imran Farooq has been told that rows within his Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party may have led to his assassination. Farooq was stabbed to death earlier this month during a knife attack near his home in Edgware, London. The 50-year-old [...]

Actors unions tell members to avoid new Hobbit movies

London, Sep 27 (ANI): Global actors” unions have advised their members to avoid taking roles in the new Hobbit movies amid a row over pay. Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are among the stars who have been linked with the two big-budget ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequels. But seven unions in the [...]

Vinyl record made from ashes to help you ”live from beyond the groove!”

Melbourne, Sep 27 (ANI): Now, get an ultimate final send off, with vinyl records made out of your ash. And Vinyly, the creation of English record label boss Jason Leach, offers the service for around 3500 dollars so you can “live on from beyond the groove!” Customers can supply audio, or choose music from the [...]

No issue flying national flags at Games venues: Oz Commonwealth chief

Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Rubbishing security concerns over Australia’s warnings that its citizens in Delhi should not fly national flags, Australian Commonwealth Games Federation chief Perry Crosswhite has said the Games venues are secure and there would be no issue there. Security experts warned Australians travelling to India not to wear Aussie colours or T-shirts, [...]

Pak-UK relations ‘on solid ground’ despite cricket-fixing row: Pak envoy to UK

London, Sep 21(ANI): Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Wajid Hasan, has said that the relations between Pakistan and Britain would not be damaged by the cricket-fixing row. “Will this row sour our relationship? My answer is certainly no. This is a separate matter. Our relationship with the UK was not made overnight. It [...]

Volcano breath test could offer early warning of eruption

London, Sep 21 (ANI): Predicting a volcanic eruption just got easier, thanks to a process similar to a breath tester, which allows researchers to pick up changes in the composition of gases spewing from its vent and make a forecast based on periodic gas sampling. Most instruments would melt if placed inside the mouth of [...]

Arctic bacteria may have the longest life cycle on Earth

London, Sep 21 (ANI): Bacteria discovered on the Arctic sea floor may have longest life cycle of any known organism, as it has a hibernation period of up to 100 million years. Casey Hubert from the Geosciences Group at Newcastle University, UK, and colleagues came across the bacteria while studying biological activity in sediment samples [...]

Briton arrested at Amsterdam airport on suspicion of involvement in terrorism

Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): A British man, who is of Somali decent, has been arrested at Amsterdam”s Schiphol airport on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. According to The Telegraph, the man was travelling from John Lennon Airport in Liverpool, via Schiphol, to Entebbe in Uganda. He was seized on an aircraft that was ready to [...]

Australia, US, UK issue terror alert advisories to citizens ahead of Delhi CWG

Canberra/London/New Delhi, Sept.20 (ANI): Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the United States have all issued travel advisories for their citizens who are planning to visit India, and specifically New Delhi during the duration of the XIXth Commonwealth Games”. The travel advisories have been issued after Sunday’s attack on two Taiwanese citizens outside a [...]

Scotland Yard called in to investigate Pak politician Dr Farooq’s assassination

Edinburgh, Sept 18 (ANI): Scotland Yard counter-terrorism police have reportedly been called in to lead the assassination probe into the killing of a Pakistani politician and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founding leader, Dr Imran Farooq, in London, after politicians in Islamabad raised suspicion that his death is a result of a conspiracy. Mohamad Anwar, a [...]

Soon, smart cars to intimate emergency services in case of crash

London, Sep 18 (ANI): Cars are set to get smarter in case of a crash, for they could soon be ringing the emergency services themselves if involved in a crisis. In fact, sensors embedded in future vehicles could also let emergency services work out the severity of the crash and how many people were involved. [...]

40pc of women who cheat tell at least one friend about it: UK study

London, Sept 17 (ANI): A new UK study has found that women are more likely to gossip about an affair they have had than men would, with 43 percent of them admitting they have told at least one friend about it. The new research, carried out by dating website IllicitEncounters.com, also found that 15 percent [...]

Aid for maternal, newborn and child health doubled over 5yrs

London, Sep 17 (ANI): New statistics have revealed that the amount of official development assistance (ODA) to maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in developing countries has apparently doubled between 2003 and 2008, but its ratio to overall aid for health has remained static. The US, UK, EU, GAVI and the Global Fund have made [...]

Avoiding exercise ‘can prematurely age your face’

Sydney, Sept 17 (ANI): UK researchers have warned that avoiding exercise can prematurely age your face. Researchers at the University of St Andrews created the images of how three people would look in five years, 10 years and 20 years if they did less than 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five times a week. [...]