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Govt to act on people's wishes: Irish PM on abortion bill

Dismissing concerns expressed by Ireland's Roman Catholic leaders over a new abortion bill in the wake of an Indian dentist's death, Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said that it is the government's......

Savita's death leads to abortion law review in Ireland

The Irish cabinet has reached an agreement on a controversial bill on abortion, which for the first time will allow limited legal termination, as part of legislative changes promised after Indian......

Savita's father seeks justice, may sue Irish hospital

The bereaved father of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar has vowed to take legal action against the Irish hospital where his daughter died after being denied an abortion last October, saying he is......

Inquest rules Savita died of 'medical misadventure'

Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who lost her life after being denied an abortion at a hospital in Ireland, died of "medical misadventure", a jury at her inquest ruled unanimously. The ruling at......

Savita's husband too stressed to attend inquest

As the inquest into Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar's death entered its fifth day in an Irish courtroom on Friday, her stressed husband excused himself from attending the hearing. "It's been a......

Indians in US seek speedy green card approvals

Five years after the largely attended rally in Washington, DC, tech people associated with 'Immigration Voice' are scheduled to gather in the heart of Silicon Valley on September 8 to voice their......

Vodafone judgement has set a precedent

The Vodafone judgement delivered by the Supreme Court in January, 2012, has set the cat amongst the pigeons.At a macro level it has the calculated effect of implicitly legitimising tax havens,......

Is a new credit crash looming?

In Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: "Can't you see my signals turn from green to red / And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead."In global financial markets, the signals have......

Why buying a home has nothing to do with high EMIs

The Reserve Bank of India raised interest rates on Tuesday. In response, banks have started raising interest rates and as a result EMIs (equated monthly installments) on various kinds of loans,......

2G: Swan, Zebra, Tiger... and Reliance ADAG's trick

A CBI chargesheet lays bare the extent to which companies associated with the Reliance ADAG allegedly indulged in financial subterfuge through a complex maze of transactions, say Paranjoy Guha......

Frontal nudity, uncensored, at Toronto film festival

Shame, one of the most discussed films at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it shocked many by its frontal nudity and several explicit sex scenes, is never really erotic. And it would......

Back from Cannes, Sonam celebrates with grandmom

Sonam Kapoor and sister Rhea Kapoor celebrated their grandmother's birthday on Sunday, and the latter tweeted a picture with the three of them (left). 'Happy birthday nani!! Love you!' the sisters......

Ameesha turns producer, throws a big bash

Ameesha Patel has gone the Lara Dutta way. The actress, who was last seen in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic back in 2008, has launched her own production house called Patel Productions. To celebrate the......

Penelope Cruz gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Spanish actress Penelope Cruz has been honoured with a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. According to the......

Sivaramakrishnan replaces May in ICC Cricket Committee

In an appointment backed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan replaced Tim May as a players' representative on the ICC Cricket Committee.......

IPL auction: Ponting, Clarke get top base price

They are not exactly Twenty20 stars, but retired Australia skipper Ricky Ponting and his successor Michael Clarke have attracted the highest base price of $400,000 (approx Rs 2.1 crore) among the......

UCI head McQuaid steps down from IOC committee

International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid has stepped down as member of the International Olympic Committee panel evaluating 2020 Games bids, citing time constraints, the IOC said on......

India finish fifth in World Team Squash

India capped off their impressive run in the WSF Women's World Team Squash Championship with a best-ever fifth place finish, defeating Ireland 2-1 in the classification match at the La Parnasse......

Pedro scores hat-trick as Spain rout Belarus

Spain and hat-trick hero Pedro turned on the style in a 4-0 World Cup qualifying win in Belarus amid a television blackout while Germanyhad Irish viewers turning off in droves as they romped to a......

People speak for the irish times

QNA

Q. Irish Doctors in the Galway University hospital refused to abort Indian national Savita Halappanavar, her foetus on grounds that "this is a Catholic country". in spite of her repeated S.O.S submission that she was neither Irish nor catholic. Your take please. A dead foetus was more important than a young mother's life.
Soumyen Sarkar: A. more

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Q. when did iron lady Indira Gandhi die and how ?
RukhsanaSiddiqui: A. have you heard the live discussion with Arnab on TIMES(15&16th Of this month), Even though most of the panelist were condemning the attitude of...... more

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Q. what is the specialty of 04-03?
Hitler: A. 31 October 1984 (aged 66) New Delhi, India.pumped sixteen bullets by her security people. On 31 October 1984, two of Gandhi's Sikh bodyguards,...... more

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Q. How the word BOYCOTT came into practice?
Hitler: A. Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was an Englishman working in Ireland. In the 1870s he was farming at Loughmask in County Mayo and serving as a...... more

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Irish tourist dies in Kochi

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