Month: October 2006

Hamburg — Chelsea maintained their winning run in this season’s Champions League with a 1-0 win over defending champions Barcelona in a Group A match at Stamford Bridge.

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba scored the only goal of the game …

Bhubaneswar — The superintendent of a private hospital here was arrested for allegedly not supplying oxygen to a patient who died subsequently.

“Purna Chandra Mohanty was arrested Tuesday and a case of death due to negligence has been registered against …

Dubai — The Indian embassy in Bahrain will soon have a brand new building and more staff to handle increased workload.

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, who made a one-hour stop in Bahrain on his way …

Wellington — An Indian student in Greymouth, New Zealand, is being sent back to India after he fell out with a commune that supported his visit.

Venkata Siva Rayavarapu, 22, was sponsored by the Gloriavale Christian community to study English …

Mumbai — A major rally in the shares of heavyweight stocks such as Infosys Technologies, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank led a key representative market index to surge to an all-time high during intra-day trading Friday.

The 30-share sensitive index …

The versatile singer-actor, who passed away on this day 19 years ago, sung the “Khaike paan Banaraswala” song complete with his imitation of a man talking with his mouth full of betel juice – without it sounding the least bit …

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New Delhi — India is re-examining the option of buying 12 second-hand French Mirage 2000-5 fighters from Qatar after having shelved their acquisition last year over cost differences.

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The Indian Air Force’s …

Mumbai — “Salaam-E-Ishq” has been in the news for multiple reasons, one of it being the ensemble star cast, and producer Mukesh Talreja is all praise for the way director Nikhil Advani handled the mammoth crew.

“Nikhil is a new, …

Dubai — An Indian worker in Bahrain was allegedly kidnapped and beaten last week after he refused to disclose the whereabouts of a runaway Indian worker.

Indian worker beaten up for loyalty to friend
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London — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, at the start of a visit to Britain, hailed “the openness of British society” while praising the Indian community in the United Kingdom as “truly exceptional”.

“When applauding the remarkable success of our countrymen …

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Visa restrictions, work permit delays affect bilateral business

London — Visa restrictions and delays in processing work permit applications are adversely affecting ongoing business activities between India and Britain, …