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Victorian cop to Indians:Look poor to avoid attacks

News4u-News Desk-Melbourne, (PTI) Victorian police chief Simon Overland has advised Indian students in Australia to keep a low profile and “try to look as poor as you can” to avoid attacks, drawing strong condemnation from the community which called his statement “ridiculous”.
Indian students could make themselves less of a target if they do not display [...]

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Recently, I was reading Dev Anand’s autobiography ‘Romancing with life’. He in his inimitable style tells us that when someone told him about his getting the prestigious Dada sb Phalke Award, he was happy but not thrilled as the award had come too late in life. Actually he should have received this award years ago.

It’s history that whenever the awards, whatever their name, are announced, there is a controversy surrounding them. This year also The Padm Awards list of recipients gave rise to a lot of questions. There were people like Acharya Janki Vallabh Shastri who refused  to take the award as it had come too late for his achievements  in life.




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MJ ‘to give evidence in his own death case’

February 9, 2010

News4u-Entertainment Desk-agencies-Michael Jackson will seemingly give evidence from beyond his grave at his own death trial.
His personal doctor Conrad Murray, who is set to face involuntary manslaughter charges over the singer’s death, will reportedly use old video footage featuring the King of Pop as the star witness for the defence.
Murray has been at the centre [...]

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US not in direct contact with Taliban: Holbrooke

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-Munich, (AFP) Washington is not in “direct contact” with the Taliban as part of efforts after January’s London conference on Afghanistan to re-integrate insurgents, US envoy Richard Holbrooke said today.
“The press, since London, has been kind of obsessed with the idea that there are all sorts of secret talks going on with the Taliban. [...]

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PM assures no more attack on NE students in Delhi

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-Guwahati, (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern over the recent attacks on girl students of the north eastern region in New Delhi and said stern action would be taken against the culprits to prevent such incidents.
The Prime Minister made the statement in a letter to the North East Students Organisation (NESO) Chairman, [...]

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Maoist bandh : little response in Orissa

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-Bhubaneswar, The 72-hour bandh called by Maoists commenced on sunday in protest against proposed ‘Operation Green Hunt’ evoked little response in Orissa.
There was no impact of the bandh in any of the naxal infested districts including Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam, police said.
Though operation of government buses was suspended in the district including [...]

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Menon, Jones meet in Munich; discuss regional stability, Iran

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-Washington, (PTI) Issues like regional stability and Iran figured in talks National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon had with his US counterpart James Jones on the margins of a security meet in Munich, with the two sides pledging to work together to advance the strategic ties and tackle common challenges.
Their meeting yesterday was the first [...]

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Flight grounded in Mumbai after terror alert call

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-Mumbai, A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 356 passengers, including crew, on board was grounded here after a terror alert call, on Sunday,an airport official said.
The flight EK 505 was grounded after an anonymous call was received saying that there were some suspected terrorists on board the plane, a Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson [...]

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India can’t afford to be lax on inflation:Central Bank

February 9, 2010

News4u-Business Desk-India can’t afford to be lax about fighting inflation as the nation seeks to slow price gains to 5 per cent or less, central bank Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty said today.
“You cannot afford to be in any way lax in monitoring inflation and controlling it,” Chakrabarty said in an interview in Sydney.
“We [...]

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Defiant Ahmadinejad orders higher enrichment of uranium

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered Iran’s atomic chief to begin higher uranium enrichment, raising the stakes in a dispute with the West days after seeming to accept a UN-drafted nuclear deal.
Ahmadinejad’s declaration drew immediate fire from Britain, which said it was “clearly a matter of serious concern,” while US Defence Secretary Robert [...]

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MP govt says no to GM crops, promotes organic farming

February 9, 2010

News4u-News Desk-Three days before the Centre’s possible announcement over its decision on Bt Brinjal, Madhya Pradesh govt has asserted that genetically modified (GM) crops have no place in the state.
“I have already written a letter to the Centre against the commercialisation of Bt Brinjal in country as it wasn’t good for human health and [...]

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