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Dubai jails two airline staff for sexting
Two Emirates airlines cabin crew including an Indian have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against foreigners, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.The pair, an Indian flight attendant and her cabin services supervisor, were convicted of coercion to commit sin over the messages and initially sentenced to six months in jail,...
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Judge blames Pak Hindus for Terror Financing
Lawmakers belonging to Pakistans minority Hindu community walked out of Parliament to protest a top judges remarks that Hindus might be financing terrorist attacks in the country.Ramesh Lal, a lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, raised the issue in the National Assembly on Tuesday, saying the sentiments of an estimated four million Pakistani Hindus...
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Ramdev joins politics, claims to "cleanse" syst..
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev launched his own political party. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev marked his entry into politics on Tuesday in New Delhi by launching his own political party, which he claimed would cleanse the political system.Next Lok Sabha elections will have candidates from Bharat Swabhimaan contesting elections in all 545 Lok Sabha seats, said Baba Ramdev in New Delhi....
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Hyderabad "free zone", says SC; dismisses Andhr..
Amidst Telangana agitation, the Supreme Court has held that Hyderabad would be a free zone entitling people from other parts of the state to compete in police and certain other important government jobs.A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and Mukundakam Sharma dismissed the review petition filed by Andhra Pradesh government challenging its October 9, 2009, judgement holding th...
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BSP defiant, gifts Maya Rs 18 lakh garland
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Anil Kumble"s cherished passion revealed
Legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble released a rare coffee table book called the Wide Angle - Candid moments from my playing days....
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3 Indians jailed in Dubai for lewd texting
A 42-year-old flight attendant and a 47-year-old cabin services supervisor -- both unidentified -- of Emirates Airline were convicted of coercion to commit sin after sending each other sexually-themed SMS messages, the National newspaper reported court documents as saying....
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Rao downplays nuke bill delay; US firms dismaye..
The uncertainty over the fate of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament has caused a considerable amount of concern to members of the United States-India Business Council, as some of them had lobbied feverishly in the US Congress to get the agreement approved.USIBC President Ron Somers voiced his concerns at an interaction with Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, during her six-day visit to the United States...
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US intelligence head meets Chidambaram
Prior to his meeting with Chidambaram, Blair held a meeting with Intelligence Bureau Director Rajiv Mathur about the scenario of threat posed by terrorists and ways to counter these....
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Big B for Kerala"s ambassador? CPM says NO
Partys politburo member Sitaram Yechury [ Images ], speaking to media persons in New Delhi [ Images ] -- said the party central leadership would not allow the Kerala government to sign contract with Bachchan.Yechury clearly said that as Bachchan was the brand ambassador of BJP-ruled Gujarat, he cannot be made Keralas brand ambassador....
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"Top-secret" CBI official to retire
Deen Nath Kapur, after serving as private secretary to eight CBI directors since 1983, will demit office on March 31....
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PDP leader Madani sent me for training in LeT: ..
The arrested Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Thadiyantavida Naseer has revealed to the investigating officers that the terror outfit has made Hyderabad as its headquarters for all its operations in India and the LeT bosses in Karachi were directly monitoring the base....
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Maya has competition: Bihar MP gets Rs 1 lakh g..
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