Non-life insurers post 19 percent growth in April
Chennai, May 31: The Indian non-life insurance sector logged a business growth of 19.87 percent last month as compared to the gross premium earned during April 2010.
Is Headley telling the truth?
Washington, May 31: As Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley returns to the stand Tuesday to testify in a high-stakes terrorism trial in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks, questions are being raised about his credibility.
Russia offers to look into deaths of Gaddafi’s kin
Moscow, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is ready to send a team of experts to Libya to verify reports of the possible death of Muammar Gaddafi’s son and three grandchildren, an official said Tuesday.
Geneticists seek ban on mail-order DNA testing kits
London, May 31: Geneticists are pressing for a ban on mail-order DNA kits that claim to forecast your chances of developing chronic or life-threatening diseases.
A remote French Island reconnects with India
Guadeloupe (Caribbean Sea), May 31: Tears flowed incessantly down dozens of cheeks as the Indian national anthem echoed for the first time in the history of this small island in the Caribbean Sea.
Chinese premier plays basketball with students
Beijing, May 31: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Tuesday joined a group of students in a basketball training session and said children should keep themselves healthy by taking part in sports and other physical activities.
Hopeful of Lokpal Bill by June 30: Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 31(IANS) Asserting that the discussions of the joint drafting committee on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill were ‘on the right path’, Home Minister P.
Karzai tells NATO to stop bombing homes in Afghanistan
Kabul, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday NATO air strikes on common people’s homes in pursuit of the Taliban would no longer be allowed in the country.
No ultimatum to government: Kejriwal
New Delhi, May 31: A day after a meeting of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill’s joint drafting committee, civil society representative Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said they had not issued any ultimatum to the government and that the panel’s last sitting ended with disagreements.
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