Facebook debate over Goa official’s remarks on girl’s rape

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 22 views

Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS) A senior Goa tourism official’s remarks to a Delhi-based newspaper over the rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl on Republic Day has triggered a debate on popular social networking website Facebook.
‘The Blank Noise project’ (TBNP), a popular community-public art project which seeks to confront street harassment, has written an open letter [...]


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We were too poor to buy shoes: Courtney Love

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 5 views

London, Feb 7 (IANS) Singer Courtney Love claims she was defrauded out of so much money that she didn’t have enough cash to buy shoes for herself or her daughter Frances Bean.
Love, window of late Nirvana star Kurt Cobain, says her new song “Never Go Hungry” was written about her time of hardship when she [...]


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Five-day cultural bonanza begins in Manali

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 8 views

Manali, Feb 7 (IANS) The five-day-long winter carnival, one of the biggest cultural festivals of Himachal Pradesh, began here Sunday amidst fanfare.
“The 12th Manali Winter Carnival of dance and music began today (Sunday). Around 100 troupes from across the country would perform during the cultural bonanza,” Manali’s Sub-Divisional Magistrate Rajeshwar Goel, who is also in [...]


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Coastal security India’s major focus: PM

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 11 views

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A major thrust is being given to strengthen the country’s coastal security after the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes “made us painfully aware” of the need to do so, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday.
“The terrorist strikes in Mumbai in November 2008 had made us painfully aware of the need to [...]


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Maoist strike hits rail, road services in Jharkhand

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 4 views

Ranchi, Feb 7 (IANS) Rail and road traffic in Jharkhand was badly hit Sunday due to a 72-hour strike called by the Maoists to protest a proposed offensive against them, officials said.
Railway authorities decided to cancel seven train services and divert five others, including the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, in the wake of the Moaist [...]


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Ukrainians vote in presidential runoff

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 6 views

Kiev, Feb 7 (RIA Novosti) Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine’s presidential runoff, with Ukrainians having to choose between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a bitterly fought election.
Yanukovych enjoys support of mainly Russian-speaking south-eastern regions. He won the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections Jan 17 with 35 percent of vote [...]


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In India, machines are preferred to manmade craft (Feature)

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 4 views

By Shweta Srinivasan
Porbandar (Gujarat), Feb 7 (IANS) Leaving his family\’s tradition of carving idols of Lord Jagannath, Manmohan Mahapatra turned to the sands at Orissa\’s beaches 30 years ago. Now known the world over for his magnificent sand creations, he says it\’s a struggle to promote the art in India where \”machines are preferred\”.
A pioneer [...]


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Drew Barrymore not losing sleep over wrinkles

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 4 views

London, Feb 7 (IANS) Drew Barrymore is having the “best time” of her life and says she isn’t worried about having wrinkles.
Barrymore, 34, recently made her directorial debut with “Whip It!” and claims if ageing will take its toll on her body, she’ll just stay behind the camera.
“It’s the best time of my life – [...]


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Snake charmer girls study, usher in winds of change (Feature)

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 6 views

By Azera Rahman
Sapera Basti (Haryana), Feb 7 (IANS) Promila is pursuing her graduation and is a role model for her entire village. Considering she hails from a snake charmers’ community where education is hardly a priority, and for women a taboo, this feisty 19-year-old’s achievement is a big deal.
“I am the only girl in my [...]


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Lunch scoreboard: India vs South Africa, first cricket Test, second day

Date: 7 Feb 2010 Comments:0 8 views

Nagpur, Feb 7 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and South Africa here Sunday.
South Africa (overnight 291)
Graeme Smith b Khan 6
Ashwell Prince c Dhoni b Khan 0
Hashim Amla batting 170
Jacques Kallis c Vijay b Harbhajan Singh 173
AB de Villiers batting 17
Extras (b-4, lb-4, nb-5) 13
Total (for [...]


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