Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) Surprisingly, peers exert a greater influence on teenaged girls' body images than do reed thin models that flash on TV screens, says a new study.
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) For 56 years they have lived in the same state and spoken the same language.
Ranchi, Jan 31 (ANI): Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's close associate Anil Bastawade has been sent to 14 days' judicial custody by a special court in a multi-crore mining scam.
Palamu, Jan 31 (ANI): In a major success for security forces, police arrested five Maoists with a cache of arms and ammunitions in Palamu. The police had received information about a group of Maoists hiding in a village with arms and ammunitions.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the city government to issue notice to all hospitals, including the privately run, not to deny admission to rape and road accident victims for "first-aid treatment". A division bench of Chief Justice D.
Syria's military command says Israeli warplanes attacked a military research centre in Damascus province, according to a statement carried by state media. Sarah Charlton reports
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration last week, has been shot dead in Chicago, a media report said. Pendleton was shot dead while hanging out with friends after school, reported NBC News. She had performed with the King College Prep school band at Obama's inauguration
Toronto, Jan 31 (IANS) Canada's tech giant Research In Motion Ltd, now renamed just BlackBerry, has launched the much delayed BlackBerry 10 with a slew of new features and innovations. It's been more than a year since the launch was supposed to happen, but BlackBerry took the stage in Toronto, London, Dubai, Paris, Johannesburg and New York to showcase what they've been laboring over during this period of hibernation, reported Xinhua Thursday
Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) The country deserves to know the truth on the Kargil "fiasco" that led to the deaths of hundreds of Pakistani soldiers and damaged ties with India, said a leading Pakistani daily. An editorial in the Dawn Wednesday said "...we have understood how Kargil came to be what it really was: a poorly planned and badly executed operation that put hundreds of our soldiers at risk, and not the mujahideen-led jihad initially sold to the nation"
Sydney, Jan 31 (IANS) Australian MP Craig Thomson has been arrested in New South Wale (NSW) following a complaint alleging fraud, media reports said Thursday. The NSW police executed the arrest warrant against the Labor turned independent MP Thursday afternoon at the request of Victorian Police following fraud investigations, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported
