Nigerian Dupes Manipur Woman of Rs 6.5 Lakh

New Delhi, Nov 19 : A Nigerian national has been arrested in Delhi for duping a woman working in Gurgaon of Rs.6.5 lakh, police said Thursday. Leonard Amaechi alias Jackson was arrested from south Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave Tuesday evening following a complaint by the woman from Manipur. She had befriended him through internet chatting. 'Leonard Amaechi alias Jackson was arrested for allegedly...

Tibet Dam is First in Series

Beijing, Nov 19 : Construction of Tibet’s first large hydropower station is likely to be the first of more projects to dam the Yarlung Tsangpo or the Brahmaputra that flows into northeast India. On Thursday, the Global Times said that Fan Xiao, an engineer with the Sichuan bureau of Geological Exploration and Exploration of Mineral Resources, told the paper that the ‘interception of the river...

Bikini Girls Distract Atheletes

Asiad bikini girls distract volleyball players Asiad bikini girls distract volleyball players GUANGZHOU, China : Bikini-wearing Asian Games beach volleyball cheer squads are proving too hot for some competitors who claim the scantily-clad dancers make it impossible to concentrate. "They had an effect on how we played," Yemen beach volleyballer Adeeb Mahfoudh told the Tianfu Morning News on Wednesday....

China Admits What Was Feared, It Is Damming Brahmaputra

New Delhi, Nov 18 : China has finally acknowledged that it is building a massive hydel power project on the Brahmaputra before the river enters India. The first of six power generating units of the 510 MW Zangmu hydel project will be commissioned by 2014. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that the "formal start of construction" happened on November 12. The Indian Express reported Chinese...

'Buy a Truck, Get a Free AK-47'

That's an unusual promotion launched by a used auto dealership in the US. Nations Trucks in Florida has introduced the scheme of a complimentary Soviet-style AK-47 assualt rifle with every purchase to help it through the sluggish US economic recovery,'The Daily Telegraph' online reported. The dealership has more than doubled sales since the offer was announced last week, according to Nick Ginetta,...

Meet the 'Spanish Beauty'

Even as Indian media houses went overboard with their so-called reports of the Hrithik-Suzanne break-up, Roshan Junior had rubbished it saying that he was having "a picnic" with his wife and their kids. The cynical scribes of Mumbai had, however, averred that Hrithik had been taken in by a huge Mexican wave! Barbara Mori is the name, and Latin media dubs her as "the quintessential man-eater"!!! ...

Beauty Pageants Ban Bikinis

Are they meant for men's eyes only? Women's clothes have always managed to be in the news for some reason or the other. If the French are fighting tooth and nail against the burqa, just across the Channel, the English have started campaigning against the bikini. Two pageants, Miss England and Miss Great Britain made some radical changes to get rid of the bikini. While earlier this year, Miss England...

Human Trafficking Reduced in Northeast India

Agartala, Nov 18 : National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that the total number of cases registered under the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956 got reduced substantially in first three quarters of 2010 in the Northeast India states. According to report, trafficking of human beings, including children and minor girls, were recorded to be 43 in 2009 and till September of this...