Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Washington, May 9 (ANI): The Southern California wildfire have forced American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey's home to be evacuated.
Sources have revealed that the wildfire has reached within a few miles of Winfrey's coastal ranch.
Winfrey's 50 million-dollar mansion is located just outside of Santa Barbara.
According to reports, movers ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Ambala, May 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday critcised Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for not taking any action over the atrocities committed on Sikh community in Pakistan.
"Atrocities are being committed on Sikhs in Pakistan. They are being asked to pay jazia ...
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Hyderabad, May 2 (ANI): An Indian pharmaceutical company in Hyderabad claims that it can revamp the production of antiviral drugs, which can tackle the swine flu drug as the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of an imminent pandemic.
Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs, the only supplier in India licensed by Swiss-based Roche, could ...
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
London, April 22 (ANI): A fossil found in China, dating from the middle of the Cretaceous period, may belong to a dinosaur that was probably the ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
According to a report by BBC News, uncovered near the city of Jiayuguan, the fossil finds come from a ...
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Islamabad, Apr.16 (ANI): The Sikh community of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Orakzai Agency has conceded to the demand of the Taliban to pay them 20 million rupees as Jiziya (religious tax) in return for 'protection'.
According to the Daily Times, following the community's decision to accept the ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Hangu, Apr 15 (ANI): Pakistan Taliban has forcibly occupied 10 houses of Sikhs in lower Orakzai Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, took their leader as hostage for ransom and demanded Rs.50 million as Jiziya (religious tax) from them.
Residents of Ferozekhel area in Lower Orakzai Agency said on Tuesday ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Hangu, Apr 15 (ANI): Pakistan Taliban has forcibly occupied 10 houses of Sikhs in lower Orakzai Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, took their leader as hostage for ransom and demanded Rs.50 million as Jiziya (religious tax) from them.
Residents of Ferozekhel area in Lower Orakzai Agency said on Tuesday ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Islamabad, Mar. 30 (ANI): United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson, has revealed that 50 million dollars in aid, meant for the rehabilitation and development work in Swat and Northern Areas, were lying unused at the US embassy in Islamabad.
The News quoted Patterson, as telling the former PPP senator ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Washington, March 18 (ANI): Sir Sean Connery has won a multi-million pound legal battle over loaned gems to a late friend.
The 78-year-old had lent 4 million dollars to French-Swiss friend Jean-Ren in 1972, and in exchange received shares, diamonds and property as collateral.
The former James Bond star was accused of ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Jammu, Feb 4 (ANI): Farmers in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir are shifting from traditional crops to cultivation of flowers, as floriculture is proving more lucrative.
Traditional crops are increasingly giving way to floriculture farming in Deora Napa, Sangram Pura and Marh villages of Jammu region because of the rich ...
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