- Bypoll in YSR's constituency to be held on Dec 19
- Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India issued the schedule in
this regard today, while the notification for the bypoll will
be issued on November 25.
- UP STF arrests two persons involved in visa racket
- Lucknow: Acting on a tip off, STF team arrested two persons
Mohd Hasan Abbas of Azamgarh and Maksood Alim of Jaunpur from
Naka Police station area yesterday with 19 passports and other
documents through which they used to prepare visas for sending
people abroad illegally.
- Decision on sending Misbah to NZ after first Test: PCB
- Karachi: Pak captain for the series Mohammad Yousuf wanted Misbah to boost the team's batting department after regular skipper Younus' opted out of the three Test series for a break.
- PCB yet to seek IPL clearance from government
- Karachi: Pakistan Sports Minister Aftab Shah Jillani told PTI that
until now the Pakistan Cricket Board had not approached the
Ministry for clearance.
- FIFA ban Iraq from international football
- Paris: "In accordance with FIFA statutes, the clubs and
representative teams of Iraq are no longer permitted to take
part in international matches, whether friendly or
competitive," read a statement on the FIFA website yesterday.
- US still hopes Iran will change mind on nuclear deal
- Washington: Meeting in Brussels yesterday, the six powers expressed
disappointment that Iran has "not responded positively" to a
deal to ship low-grade nuclear fuel abroad or agreed to new
talks.
- Astronaut counts down to daughter's birth
- Washington: The 42-year-old Marine and his five Atlantis crew members
eagerly listened for word from Bresnik's wife, Rebecca Burgin,
who is due to give birth to the couple's second child, the US
space agency said.
- Road accident related deaths a 'global crisis': UN chief
- "Each year, more than one million people are killed in
traffic accidents ? more than deaths from malaria or diabetes.
- Ricky Martin to host telethon for charity
- London: The 'Livin' la Vida Loca' hitmaker is teaming up with
broadcaster RTL to host the money-raising special on Friday,
to raise cash to build a youth centre in the north-eastern
town of Loiza, Contactmusic reported.
- Hugh Grant wants to be a father
- London: The 49-year-old bachelor, whose relationships with
actress Elizabeth Hurley and socialite Jemima Khan reportedly
broke down because he didn't want to settle down now feels he
is qualified to be a dad, Parade magazine reported.
- India, China 'very important' global players: US
- Washington: "India and China are two rising powers, very important
players on the global scene," State Department Deputy
Spokesman, Robert Wood, said at a news briefing yesterday.
- Tentative recovery raises questions about reforms
- Dubai: "We've got a window of opportunity," Sharan Burrow,
President of the International Trade Union Confederation, told
reporters here.
- India third largest economy by 2050
- New York: An article "The G20 in 2050", carried in November
bulletin of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
said, "China, India, and the United States will emerge as the
world?s three largest economies in 2050. Their total GDP, in
real US dollar terms, will be over 70 per cent
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