Saudi envoy praises India for continuing dialogue with Pakistan

Friday, February 19th, 2010

New Delhi, Feb.19 (ANI): Saudi Arabia''s envoy to India has praised New Delhi for taking the initiative to talk to Pakistan, saying peace between the two countries is important for peace in South West Asia. Talking exclusively to ANI, Ambassador Faisal Hassan Trad said:"We praise the Indian Government for the decision ...

Child trafficking racket busted in Tamil Nadu

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Kanyakumari (TM), Jan 27 (ANI): Around 76 children hailing from Manipur and Assam were recently rescued from a home at Kulitorai in Tamil Nadu''s Kanyakumari district. Prabhakaran, a member of the Child Welfare Committee, which rescued the children, said the young kids were forced to live in appalling conditions. "Children hailing from ...

Enhanced integrity measures for India, Pak immigrants to Australia

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Melbourne, Jan 27 (ANI): Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is applying enhanced integrity measures to applicants from India, Mauritius, Nepal, Brazil, Zimbabwe and Pakistan in order to check infiltration related fraud. The infiltration of Australia’s 16 billion dollars foreign education sector by organised crime has been exposed in a ...

Peter Jackson confirms ‘The Hobbit’ will be split into two parts

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Melbourne, May 11 (ANI): Kiwi screenwriter Peter Jackson has confirmed that the next Middle Earth saga, The Hobbit, will be split into two parts because the whole story cannot be put into just one movie. The Hobbit story had previously been incorporated into the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings double-movie ...

Tottenham Spurs join in the bidding race for Argentine Tevez

Monday, May 11th, 2009

London, May 11 (ANI): Tottenham Hotspurs are fighting Manchester City, Chelsea and Real Madrid to land Argentine forward Carlos Tevez. The Argentinian striker believes his time is up at Manchester United but wishes to stay in the Premier League. Sources close to Tevez have told SunSport that Spurs boss Harry Redknapp ...

Gibson’s kids to hire lawyers over Oksana Grigorieva pregnancy rumours

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Melbourne, May 11 (ANI): Hollywood actor Mel Gibson's adult kids are, reportedly, planning to hire lawyers to protect their inheritance after knowing that his Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is pregnant. According to the National Inquirer, Gibson's twins Edward and Christian, 26, are seeking legal help after he apparently told his seven ...

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Darra Adam Khel

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Peshawar, May 11 (ANI): Ten people have been killed and more than 15 including were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car near a Frontier Constabulary security checkpoint in tribal area of Darra Adam Khel in northwestern Pakistan. The attack hit the outskirts of Darra Adam Khel, a town ...

4,000 yr old tenon heads discovered in Peru

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Lima (Peru), May 11 (ANI): Authorities in the Peruvian department of Ancash have announced the discovery of a number of tenon heads believed to be some 4,000 years old. According to the Mayor of Huaylas district, Jose Espinoza Caballero, these ancient stone carvings were found in the Chupacoto town and ...

City-dwellers more likely to develop late-stage cancer than rural residents

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Washington, May 11 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people who live in urban areas are at higher risk of developing late-stage cancer than those who live in suburban and rural areas. The findings indicate a need for more effective urban-based cancer screening and awareness programs. To explore the rural ...

BBC show finds “passport” signed by Charles I in 1641

Monday, May 11th, 2009

London, May 11 (ANI): A BBC Show has come across a "passport" dating back to 1641 in Sunderland, UK, which was signed by Charles I. According to a report by BBC News, the program, known as 'Flog It', has put a price of up to 20,000 pounds on a "passport" ...