Wellington, Jan.31 : New Zealand Cricket’s “bad boy” Jesse Ryder has revealed that his wild childhood has been responsible for his sometimes self-destructive behaviour. In an exclusive interview, the 25-year-old Black Cap says he was raised with little control after his parents split early in his life and his father walked out on him when he was just 14-years-old. “I haven’t ever really had boundaries or rules set in place for me, even when I was a young fella,” Ryder told Sunday News, at his home in Lower Hutt.
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Imphal, Jan 31 : In a shocking incident of violence against women in Manipur, unknown miscreants brutally murdered two members of a family and abandoned their bodies in a paddy field. The deceased were identified as Chanba Devi and her eldest daughter Menaka. n the night of 12 January, unknown miscreants posing as cadres of a militant organization abducted the victims from their home in Nungkopal village.
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Hyderabad, Jan 31 – Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, who faced angry protests from farmers here Sunday over a move to produce the genetically modified (GM) Bt Brinjal, said a final decision on the issue would be taken in 10 days after consultations with all concerned. Demanding that the government reverse its decision, farmers, scientists and NGOs staged angry demonstrations and disrupted a public hearing organised by the ministry. Holding placards and raising slogans, the protestors did not allow the minister to speak at the public consultation held at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA).
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Agencies Bhopal, Jan 31 – Raunchy Bollywood numbers blared out at a function to remember Father of the Nation and police dogs sniffed at his portraits during a prayer meeting. The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh has raised angry protests over the ‘shameful acts’ and demanded Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s resignation over the issue. ‘It is a highly objectionable and shameful act,’ state Congress spokesman Arvind Malviya said.
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Bangalore, Jan 31 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday hit out at the government for soaring food prices and asked it to immediately take off essential goods from the commodities exchange. At his his first visit to Karnataka after becoming the BJP president, Nitin Gadkiri criticized Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government’s ‘wrong economic policies’ for a situation that has come under widespread attack. He told reporters here that while the prime minister was promising double-digit GDP growth soon, ‘food inflation is growing at high double-digit (17-20 percent)’.
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Kuala Lumpur, Jan.31 : Over 1.6 million people, more than one million of them Hindu devotees, packed the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple Batu Caves, for the Thaipusam festival on Saturday. Thousands of devotees carried pal kodam (milk pots) and the kavadi to fulfil vows made to Lord Muruga. Many devotees, young and old, were also seen shaving their heads before entering the temple.
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Washington, January 31 : A team of archaeologists has unearthed the skeleton of a western man in an ancient Mongolian tomb, which has yielded genetic evidence of Indo-Europeans reaching eastern Asia at least 2,000 years ago. According to a report in Science News, the skeleton lay in one of more than 200 tombs recently excavated at a 2,000-year-old cemetery in western Mongolia, near China’s northern border. DNA extracted from this man’s bones pegs him as a descendant of Europeans or western Asians.
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Guwahati, Jan 31: People of North-eastern states celebrated India’s 61st Republic Day with great enthusiasm. The participation in the celebrations by a large of people sent a clear message to the militants that they should shun violence and allow development of the region. The event showcased tabloids of various cultures prevailing in the states along with the country’s defence capabilities and technological advancements.
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Kohima, Jan 31 : Success and rest do not sleep together for a young and successful entrepreneur like Heroka Yepthomi. He is an inspiration for budding entrepreneurs in Nagaland. Yepthomi’s venture “Oasis” packages drinking water.
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