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Justin Bieber treats fans to pizza
Pop star Justin Bieber treated his dozens of fans to pizza after they lined up outside NBC’s 30 Rock Center in hopes of winning standby tickets to see the teen host “Saturday Night Live” (SNL).
After stampede, Azam Khan resigns as Kumbh in-charge
Taking moral responsibility of the stampede in Allahabad railway station in which atleast 36 people were killed, Cabinet minister Mohammad Azam Khan today resigned as the in-charge of Kumbh Mela.
World’s largest mall that gets more tourists than NY, LA
The Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping arcades, had a total footfall of 65 million visitors last year, a figure more than the number of tourists visiting cities like New York and Los Angeles, annually.
SC notice to Centre on PIL to make IB,RAW accountable to Parliament
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking to make intelligence agencies IB, RAW and NTRO accountable to Parliament.
Sonia condoles loss of lives in Allahabad stampede
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed grief over the death of 36 people in a stampede at Allahabad railway station.
Curfew continues in Kashmir Valley
Kashmir Valley remained under curfew for the third day today even as mobile Internet services remained suspended and newspapers failed to hit the stands following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.
Grief giving way to rage among stampede survivors
Grief seems to be giving way to rage among survivors of the Allahabad railway station stampede here as officials today faced a tough time pacifying family members of those declared dead or undergoing treatment for injuries.
Omar Angry, fears youth ‘alienation’
An angry Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday criticised Afzal Guru’s execution, saying this would “reinforce a sense of alienation and injustice” among generations of youth in the Valley.
Daughters accept Shankar Grammy
Sixty days after his demise, sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, which was jointly accepted by his musically gifted daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.
Anoushka, a reputed sitarist herself, and Norah, who has carved a niche as a singer-songwriter, attended the pre-Grammy ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre to accept the honour bestowed on their iconic father, who passed away on December 11, 2012 at the age of 92.
High IQ girl, 3, admitted to Mensa
A three-year-old girl in UK has become one of the youngest ever members of Mensa with an IQ estimated to be even higher than physicist Stephen Hawking. Alice Amos scored an incredible 162 in a test of the high IQ society Mensa — matching some of the world’s most notable intellectuals.
