UPA calls States to help out public in handling price rise
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday asked the State governments to come forward and share the likely burden of todays price rise of oil and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG). ANI
India opens new consulate general in Chinas richest province
Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today visited the site and unveiled the logo of Indias new consulate general in Guangzhou, the capital of Chinas richest province Guangdong. ANI
Monsoon toll rises in Sri Lanka
The death toll from floods and landslides in Sri Lanka on Wednesday crossed 19, official said. ANI
Largest Cambodian Buddha resurrected in Siem Reap
) The largest reclining Buddha in Cambodia, part of the Baphuon Temple at Angkor in Siem Reap province, has just opened to the public, the Mekong Times newspaper said Wednesday. ANI
Kayani will be sucked into playing Pakistan political game, says Military Inc. author
Pakistans Chief of Army Staff, General Asfaq Parvez Kayani may have taken some steps to pull the Pakistan Army out of the countrys seamy and uncertain political cauldron, but sooner than later, he will be sucked into the thick of politics, believes Ayesha Siddiqa, the author of Military Inc., the controversial book on the Pakistan armed forces. ANI
Nepali Government gives Nagarjun palace to former King Gyanendra
Nepali Government today decided to give Nagarjun Palace to former King Gyanendra Shah and his family. ANI
Pranab to be feted in Beijings Forbidden City
China has said that it attaches great importance to the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and this is will be reflected when Beijing not only rolls out the red carpet for the visiting dignitary, but by also making elobarate arrangements to pamper Mukherjees taste buds. ANI
Private turned public sex MMS lands Malaysian man in a soup
A Malaysian man who made recordings of his sexual acts with a woman for his own viewing pleasure is in a psoup after the clips went public and ended in the hands of the cops ANI
The most expensive loo job in the universe comes with a 30 mln pounds price tag!
The Discoverys 30-million-pound lift off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Saturday may be described as the most expensive plumbing call-out in history, as it took along a replacement pump for the orbital outposts toilet. ANI
Bad diet, stress ruining sex lives of 15 million Brits!
A new survey has revealed that poor diets and stressful lifestyles are ruining the sex lives of 15 million Brits. ANI
Most UK teachers not qualified in specialist subject
A new survey has revealed that most secondary school teachers in the UK do not have a degree in their own subject. ANI
A busty underground railway pole dancer is on the loose in Bucharest!
Police in Bucharest are hunting for a busty pole dancer who performs her routines on the citys underground railway. ANI
Rudd snubbing India due to China obsession, claims Oz opposition
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudds obsession with China and snubbing of key Asian allies like India, has damaged important regional relationships, the countrys opposition has claimed. ANI
Out of control driver finds parking slot on top of another car!
A crowd in a busy supermarket car park was left stunned when a driver lost control of his vehicle and ended up parked on top of another car. ANI
Brits making beeline for breaking into cushy UK prisons!
Prisoners in the UK certainly dont look forward to the day they will be released - for that means leaving behind a very cushy cell and all its amenities. In fact, UK prisons are so comfortable, that dozens of people have been caught trying to break into them instead of out of them. ANI
Nepali leaders positive about giving Nagarjuna palace to former King
The request of former King Gyanendra to use Nagarjuna Palace for the time being has received positive response from the Nepali Congress (NC), the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and the Maoists. ANI
Communists and Congress unable to resolve conflict in Nepal
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to renew his warning to launch street protest if a clear political understanding to transfer power to the Maoists does not evolve. ANI
BJP is anti-Nepalese say Maoists
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) leader Ram Bahadur Thapa has termed the latest derision by Indias main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as purely anti-Nepalese. ANI
Zardari a more important surname than other Pak VVIPs!
Names and surnames matter a lot when it comes to treatment extended to the politicians, particularly in the Indian subcontinent. These days Zardari appears to be the highest surname in Pakistans polity. ANI
Women MNAs slug it out over Musharraf in National Assembly
Female MNAs from the PML-N and the PML-Q indulged in a war of words inside the National Assembly yesterday over President Pervez Musharraf. While those belonging to the PML-Q defended Musharraf, the lady MNAs from the PML-N demanded his immediate removal from the office. ANI
Oz artist sucks out own blood to use as paint!
Rebecca Cunningham, a well-known Aussie artist, is pushing the boundaries in a bid to make people think by sucking out her own blood and then painting with it. ANI
Couple caught having sex in church confession box!
A couple has been caught having sex in a cathedral confession box during a 7am mass. ANI
Prince Williams punishment for messing up task - buy mates a drink!
The first thing which Prince William will have to do as a part of naval lieutenants duties is to buy a crate of beer for colleagues after messing up the traditional task of slipping a ships anchor.Sub-Lieutenant Wales as he is known to his naval colleagues is undergoing three weeks of intensive training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon, where his father, the Prince of Wales, and his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, also learnt the ropes as young officers. ANI
Malaysian Indian Congress wants 250 scholarships for Malay Indians
The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has demanded a fixed number of Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for Malay Indians. ANI
US Congress approves 10 F-16s sale to Pak, 4 to reach by June-end
Pakistan will receive four F-16s later this month from the United States, which had in 2005 promised to supply it with 12 such aircraft. ANI
Why new CEOs last less than three years
Heres the reason why more than 25 pct of the new CEOs last less than three years - information asymmetry. ANI
Journalists flay Musharraf for targeting Pak media
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf came under fire from journalists from different nations for banning TV news channels and not controlling the illegal FM radio stations run by the Taliban in the tribal areas, during his nine-year long regime. ANI
Outrage over Bharatnatyam recital without Natarajas prayer in Malaysia
A Bharatanatyam recital was performed at the Taman Budaya public auditorium in Malaysia on the condition that prayers to Lord Nataraja would not be carried out on stage as is the common practice at the start of the performance. ANI
MIC to continue aid to Tamil schools, temples
The Malaysian Indian Congress would continue to extend aid to Tamil schools, temples and other organisations, said Deputy Territories Minister M. Saravanan. ANI
UNDP for early recovery activities in Burma
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today presented a comprehensive early recovery package aimed at immediately re-establishing livelihoods for communities in Burmese villages. ANI
Kiyanis allegations against Musharraf childish
Presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi has termed the charges leveled by Lt Gen (Retd) Gulzar Kiyani against President Pervez Musharraf over the Kargil conflict and the Lal Masjid operation as childish and unbecoming of a retired Army officer of the rank of lieutenant general. ANI
Broad aim of The Love Guru protests is protecting minorities
Indo-American leader Rajan Zed has said the broader aim of the worldwide Hindu protests against The Love Guru is to protect various minorities from future ridicule. ANI
Brave Musharraf can handle pressure from political parties
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would not resign because he was a brave man capable of handling pressure from political parties, the countrys former minister Nisar Memon said here last evening. ANI
Gershon lets loose her lawyers on Vanity Fair over Clinton sexcapade story
Actress Gina Gershon has let loose her lawyers on Vanity Fair magazine for publishing a major profile on Bill Clinton in which writer Todd Purdum suggested the two had a torrid love affair. ANI
World Youth Day to boost Australian sex industry
The Australian sex industry will see an upsurge in customers thanks to the most unlikely of sources - World Youth Day, predicts a new report by Industry analysts IBISWorld. ANI
Dungeon dad acted alone, say Austrian cops
Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, acted alone, say police officials. ANI
McCain blasts Obama as out-of-touch liberal who offers false promise of change
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain wasted no time in launching his first general-election attack against Democrat Barack Obama, and said that the Illinois Senator is out-of-touch liberal who offers a false promise of change. ANI
PPP package may empower Musharraf to indemnify any act rather than weaken him: Expert
Amid rumours that the PPPs draft constitutional package is aimed at weakening the post of President of Pakistan, one of the amendments proposed in the package empowers the President to indemnify any illegal acts of treason, even those committed in the past, including done by himself too. ANI
Bill Clinton goes ballistic over blatant sex slur lies
Bill Clinton lost his cool on Vanity Fair and its writer Todd Purdum, who recently wrote major profile piece on him in the magazine, suggesting he had not only had an inappropriate relationship with actress Gina Gershon, but that the former US President was a man of abiding anger. ANI
Hillary Clinton still refusing to throw in the towel
New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who sought to be the first woman President of US, refused to withdraw from the race, after Senator Barak Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. ANI
Dr Khan says false confessions made in national interest and under US pressure
Dr AQ Khan, the founder of Pakistans nuclear programme, has denied that he ever transferred nuclear technology to other countries, and said that he had confessed to this in 2004 in national interest and under huge pressure from Washington. ANI
Obama clinches Democratic presidential nomination
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the Americas first black President. ANI
Dungeon dad deluged with love letters from lonely women
Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has been sent 200 letters from lonely women around the world offering him love and affection. ANI
Western Union Appoints Stewart A. Stockdale EVP and President-US and Canada
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