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Exchange RatePatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday won the trust vote in the assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the BJP. A total of 126 legislators voted for the motion moved by the chief minister while 24 voted against. The house has 243 members. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out before the special session [...]
Archive for May 29th, 2012
Unexpected diagnosis
Man goes to hospital for kidney stone, finds out he’s a woman Colorado photographer Steve Crecelius was admitted to the hospital five years ago for a kidney stone and received surprising news from the nurse, who told him he was actually a woman. Crecelius, who now goes by Stevie, found out she was born intersex, [...]
Runaway penguin suffering from pink-eye
TOKYO: A plucky penguin that was recaptured last week after nearly three months at large in the polluted waters of Tokyo Bay has conjunctivitis, an aquarium official said on Monday. The Humboldt penguin, one of 135 kept at Tokyo Sea Life Park, was taken back into captivity after 82 days of freedom following a breakout [...]
Now an app that makes haj easier
A German computer scientist has come up with a smartphone app to help Muslims navigate in Mecca BERLIN: Every able Muslim is required to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia — known as the haj — at least once in their life. But the journey to Mecca can be an overwhelming experience. Over [...]
Cong slams removal of Azad’s house
Bhopal: Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh today strongly opposed the move to remove freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad’s ‘kutia’ (small thatched house) in Bhabhra town in Alirajpur district in the state. The state government is constructing ‘Azad Mandir’, a grand memorial dedicated to him on the premises where the ‘kutia’ stands, and the district administration [...]
When outfit turned fatal
Rome: A 37-year-old Indian migrant in Italy killed his pregnant wife because she loved wearing western clothes and he wanted to punish her for going against Indian traditions. The Indian — whose name was given as Singhj Kulbir — told police in Piacenza city in northern Italy that he strangled to death his 27-year-old wife [...]
Pandey bares all for KKR win
Mumbai: Poonam Pandey had promised she will strip if superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL). And the controversial model kept her word. Post the KKR win, she posted her nude pic on twitter. In the picture update, Poonam lies nude on her stomach, [...]
Anshu Jain to take over Deutsche Bank reins this week
From K Mammen Mathew Berlin: Marking the ascendence of another Indian in the global financial system, well known investment banker Anshu Jain will take over the reins of German banking giant Deutsche Bank as co-CEO on Friday. The 49-year-old banker, well-respected for maintaining high profits at Deutsche Bank’s investment banking operations during the 2008 financial meltdown, would [...]
BJP now terms Jagan’s arrest as delayed action, demands probe
New Delhi: A day after it termed YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s arrest as political vendetta, BJP today appeared to change its stand, saying action against him was much delayed and demanded that “cover-up of big-ticket” corruption in Andhra Pradesh between 2004-09 be exposed. In an ostensible bid to clarify that it had no sympathies for Jagan [...]
Handing over the baton
Dharamsala: “He’s my boss,” the Dalai Lama said last week of Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, adding “Although, when it comes to spiritual affairs, I’m still his boss.” He made the remark while introducing Sangay, democratically elected to the office last year, to the press in Austrian capital Vienna. “This young man was born in [...]
New therapy helps tinnitus sufferers
PARIS: Tinnitus, an incurable ringing in the ears that can wreck the lives of those that suffer from it, can be significantly eased by a new combination of therapies, The Lancet reported on Friday. The approach uses psychological training and audio therapy in small groups to reduce distress and refocus the mind so that it [...]
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