>The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal
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Stress is apparently everywhere and we deal with it at almost every area of our life, but too much of it can be hazardous to our health, according to experts. However, some ideas about stress and its risks are not correct. Read on to learn more.
Along with medication, following a healthy diet along with regular exercise can help you fight the hormonal disorder, suggests gynecologist, obstetrician and IVF expert Dr Amit Patil.
A senior Republican lawmaker, who is the author of a bill in the United States Congress, calls for independence for Baluchistan from Pakistan and says he still strongly supports independence for Kashmir, reports Aziz Haniffa
Kin of victims of the Nigerian Dana Air crash that killed at least 153 passengers and crew on board, including an Indian, have rejected mass burial of corpses.
Pakistan's top leadership reacted angrily on Saturday to a resolution introduced in the United States Congress seeking the right to self-determination for Baloch people, with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani describing the move as an attack on the country's sovereignty. Gilani condemned the resolution moved in the US House of Representatives by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher on Friday.
Alleging that Pakistan has for decades leveraged radical terrorist groups to carry out attacks in India and Afghanistan, a US lawmaker has introduced a bill that proposes to deduct $50 million (Rs 2,681 crore) from the US aid to Islamabad every time an American is killed "as a result of actions of ISI."
Rediff.com takes a look at some of the disastrous air crashes.
The pilot of the flight that crashed in Lagos, killing all 153 people on board including an Indian co-pilot and over 40 others on the ground, reported to the control tower that both of its engines had failed before it went down, the Nigeria's civil aviation chief said.
Over 153 people were feared dead when a passenger plane tragically crashed into a residential building shortly after takeoff in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos on Sunday.
Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 17th Olympic medal to take him closer to the all-time mark, but his US freestyle relay team were upstaged by France as records fell in the pool on Sunday's second day of competition at the London Games.
A look back at a few other occasions Akki bliing-ed it up for the cameras.
The MLS and NBA were paying particularly close attention to Friday's events as many of the positive tests occurred in Florida where both leagues have announced plans to restart their seasons at Orlando's Walt Disney World.
Five people in the know narrate the sordid story that is fast exploding into a pornography scandal, allegedly involving businessman Raj Kundra.
The dramatic scenes, of the young politician and his supporters chasing the official with a bat, took place in full public view, in the presence of policemen and television crews.
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, was accused of 'betraying' America after she directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend Trump's so-called 'Muslim ban' on Monday. She said she was not convinced the order was lawful.
In order to give a boost to its almost stagnant ratings, STAR Plus, the number two Hindi entertainment channel, is betting big on Bollywood films.
An influential Republican Congressman has opposed the idea of sending more troops to Afghanistan, saying this is unlikely to be successful and instead pressed for a more civilian approach with focus on development and democracy in tune with the local culture.
When his former colleagues at the University of Utah came to know early on Wednesday that Venkatraman Ramakrishnan had won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, they celebrated by dancing on the streets."We were dancing in the streets," said Jeannine Marlow, wife of Dana Carroll, professor and former chair of biochemistry at the University of Utah, where Ramakrishnan's prize-winning work began between 1995 and 1999.
Suniel Shetty's father was 93.
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Equating the Palestinian militant group Hamas with the LeT terrorists who attacked Mumbai, the White House has said both were engaged in "despicable" acts in order to achieve their "political objectives."
With tensions mounting between Islamabad and New Delhi over the Mumbai terror attacks, the White House has said it is yet to confront evidence of Pakistan government's involvement and trusts it to cooperate in the investigation.
The White House has said the Indo-US relationship has been exceedingly well in the last eight years of Bush regime and is expected to continue during the incoming Obama Administration.
As rigor mortis had set in, the workers broke the body at the hip, wrapped it in an old sheet, tied it to a bamboo pole, and carried it to the railway station from where it was taken to Balasore by train.
Sanjay Jha, NowPublic's South Asia Bureau Chief, won the award for television programme 'India's Promise', along with PBS Nightly Business Report colleagues Steve Washington, Darren Gersh and Dana Greenspon. "It is a tremendous honour to be the first Indian recipient of the highly-coveted Loeb Award," Jha said.
On whether President Bush will leave this (the agreement) up to the next President -- as far as final bureaucratic things are still on his table -- Perino said, "Well, I think that the next administration will be able to decide for itself whether or not they want to continue that relationship that we've established with India. But I would see no reason why they shouldn't."
The two will work on a hard-hitting film, not a comedy.
Refusing to comment on an emissary being sent to Pakistan to confront concerns about the Inter Services Intelligence working with militants, the Bush administration on Thursday said the United States was working with Islamabad in its fight against terror."I have no comment on that story," White House press secretary Dana Perino said, adding that she was not in a position to comment on how Pakistan was faring on the war on terror."We will continue to work with them," she said.
Refusing to give details of the US operation in Pakistan, a senior Bush administration official said both the presidential candidates are being briefed on the goings on in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The US, which is currently working overtime to get the civilian nuclear accord with India approved by the Congress, is engaging the South Asian country on a number of issues, the White House has said. "We're working with India on a variety of things, including the civil nuclear agreement," the Press Secretary Dana Perino said in Washington on Tuesday at her daily briefing.
Three of the Russian's team were arrested and later released on a black night for a sport that has struggled to win mainstream acceptance for 25 years.
"They did not provide treatment to my son. They didn't even provide me a stretcher. I was running from here to there carrying my son on my shoulder," a teary Sunil said.
The United States has said that it will be good if Pakistan shifts to a tougher approach towards the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the prime suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks."We're continuing to follow the reports. What we are looking to see, if there's going to be a shift in Pakistan into how they deal with the LeT," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.On the reports of arrests of some suspects in Pakistan, Perino said, "We are following those reports very closely."
Amidst soaring oil prices posing a threat to the world economy, the United States has said there is "no magic wand" to solve the problem overnight.
The United States on Friday said that one of the reasons for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington next week is to help push the bilateral civil nuclear agreement 'over the line' so that the agreement can be wrapped up."And one of the reasons Prime Minister Singh will come to the White House is to help push that over... the line, so that we can get it done," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.
Asking the US Congress to "act soon" on the crucial civil nuclear agreement with India, the White House has said the Bush administration will work very closely with members of the Congress to ensure the passage of the deal in a "timely fashion".
The United States has urged an "immediate end to the violence" in Lhasa, where 13 people have been killed in Chinese crackdown on monks, while refuting the impression that it was being "soft" on the question of criticising Beijing's human rights record. At the White House, Press Secretary Dana Perino said the Bush administration had been in touch with the Chinese and impressed upon Beijing the need to exercise restraint in dealing with the protests.
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