Europe
Month: February 2013
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Doctors ‘Freeze’ Baby To Save His Life
LONDON (TIP): In a pioneering treatment, UK doctors have given a new lease of life to a baby suffering from a fatal heart condition by ‘freezing’ his body for four days. Edward Ives was born […]
Europe
Tests Find Horse Drug Has Entered Food Chain In EU
LONDON (TIP): Europol – the Europeancounterpart of Interpol that is in charge oflaw enforcement over all European Unioncountries – has finally kicked off a massiveinvestigation into the horse meat scandalthat originated in the UK, after […]
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Basant Panchami Divine Occasion, Holy Awakening
Basant Panchami, the fifth day of spring, is celebrated by propitiating Goddess Saraswati. As she symbolizes the constant flow of wisdom, she also represents the full blossoming of multi-hued Nature, kindling the light of inspiration […]
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Bhaja Govindam At The Kumbh
At the Purnakumbh at Prayag, with its millions of pilgrims, Adi Sankara’s Bhaja Govindam verse 17 suddenly comes to mind: “One may go to the Ganga Sagar on pilgrimage or undertake severe fasts or perform […]
India
Want US Out, Taliban Okay: Afghan Women Senators
Women senators from Afghanistan say they want US troops out of their country andwill not mind having the Taliban in the government if they respected the constitution NEW DELHI (TIP):Women senators fromAfghanistan have said they […]
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Antony Took No Action On Bribery Charges
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rs 3,546-crore contract for 12 AW-101helicopters, inked in February 2010,has emerged as a test case for defenceminister A K Antony, who has builthis entire political career on areputation for honesty, governmentcircles […]
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‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): South African “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Thursday with shooting dead his girlfriend at his upscale home in […]
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Mukerji To Succeed Puri As India’s Ambassador To UN
NEW DELHI / NEWYORK (TIP): Asoke KumarMukerji has been appointedas the next PermanentRepresentative of India tothe United Nations at NewYork. The announcementwas made in New DelhiFebruary 13. Mukerji replacesHardeep Singh Puri, whoretires this month after […]
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Anand Jon Admits To Molesting Would-Be Model In NYC
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American celebrity fashiondesigner Anand Jon Alexander pleaded guilty in a NewYork City court Thursday, February 15 to one count of acriminal sexual act. He admitted to molesting a woman hebaited with the […]
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Obama State Of The Union Speech Demands Vote On Gun Control Bills
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama on February 12 called for Congress to vote on a variety of gun control proposals that are currently up for debate, and heoffered a heartfelt, but not sharply political, endorsement […]
Business & Economics
Valentine’s Day
Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious […]
Business & Economics
Movie Review- Special 26
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee,Jimmy Sheirgill, Kajal Aggarwal, Divya Dutta Direction: Neeraj Pandey Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes STORY: Four feisty heroes posing as a CBI team, fifty heists and one […]
Business & Economics
Incredible India
Kodaikanal Princess Of South-Indian Hill Stations
Kodaikanal is the most beautiful and popular hill station in Tamil Nadu. It is located in the famous Palani Hills in Western Ghats and is known as the Princess of hill stations. Kodaikanal is situated […]
Entertainment
Zeta-Jones Had No Issues With Husband’s Gay Kiss
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones says she was not worried one bit when her husband Michael Douglas informed her that he was going to kiss co-actor Matt Damon in a new project. “I’m kissing Matt Damon,” Douglas […]
Entertainment
Moview Review- Parker
Cast: Jason Statham, Michael Chiklis, Jennifer Lopez Direction: Taylor Hackford Genre: Action Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes STORY: For a thief, Parker is quite a stickler for rules. He doesn’t kill, takes only what he […]
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Modi ‘A State Leader’ For Congress
RSS drops hints of backing him NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite a section ofthe BJP seeing him as the PM candidate,the Congress has sought to project Gujaratchief minister Narendra Modi as a stateleader and dismissed suggestion […]
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U.S. Reps. Maloney And Meng, Leaders Of South Asian Communities Rally Support
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan andQueens) joined Congresswoman GraceMeng (D-Queens) and South Asiancommunity leaders led by Ranju Batra,President of the Association of Indians in America-NY to rally grass-roots supportto press the Citizens Stamp […]
Entertainment
Kim Stressed, Worried
Socialite Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child in July with rapper boyfriend Kanye West, is under stress because of her divorce battle with estranged husband Kris Humphries. She is worried it could have […]