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Monthly News December 2013

Sachin can look forward to a retired life: Schumacher
Former F1 champion Schumacher injured in...

Former F1 champion Schumacher injured in ski accident

PARIS (Reuters) – Retired seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher suffered a head injury in a fall while skiing off-piste in the French Alps resort of Meribel on Sunday, an official said. “He has been taken to a hospital in Moutiers,” the resort director,... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal in hospital, police file case against his sit-in
Kejriwal seeks 10 days to set up system ...

Kejriwal seeks 10 days to set up system to address grievances

GHAZIABAD – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday sought 10 days time to formulate a system to address grievances and problems of the people in Delhi. He said that he would accept the applications of the people visiting him only after a system is in place. “I don’t want to give... read more »

Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike
Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artill...

Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rockets launched from south Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday and Israel responded with artillery shells across a border that has been largely quiet since a war in 2006. The cross-border fire, which caused no injuries on either side, coincided with heightened... read more »

Maharashtra Minister gets ‘milk bath’ after ink attack
Maharashtra Minister Hasan Mushrif gets ...

Maharashtra Minister Hasan Mushrif gets ‘milk bath’ after ink attack

Mumbai – In a public display of blind faith, NCP workers bathed Maharashtra Labour Minister and party leader Hasan Mushrif in milk to ‘purify’ him from an ink attack by a fellow worker. The incident in Kolhapur on Friday ironically occurred in a State which is the first in the country to... read more »

Jose Mourinho labels Luis Suarez `acrobatic swimming pool` diver

Mourinho hopes Suarez gets `little injured` ahead of Chelsea’s PL clash with Liverpo...

Johannesburg – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has quipped that a ‘little injury’ might deprive Liverpool of its in-form striker Luis Suarez for Sunday’s Premier... read more »

Washington - Lady Gaga has urged women to stop worrying about their weight, claiming that they don’t need to look like a supermodel if they want to be successful. Gaga told her fans that people who achieve great things do not have to look like ‘‘supermodels’’, Contactmusic reported. The 27-year-old pop superstar, who has suffered with fluctuating weight throughout her career and has been criticised for being both too thin and overweight, insisted that people should concentrated on what they’re going to do with their lives rather than on what they look like. She told FASHION Magazine that people who win Nobel Peace Prizes and cure diseases are not supermodels and your legacy does not need to be a perception of beauty that’s not realistic.

You don’t need to look like supermodels to be successful, says Lady Gaga

Washington – Lady Gaga has urged women to stop worrying about their weight, claiming that they don’t need to look like a supermodel if they want to be successful. Gaga told her fans... read more »

`Sacked` Villas-Boas hints next managing job may be away from England

`Sacked` Villas-Boas hints next managing job may be away from England

London – Sacked Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has reportedly hinted that his next job may be away from England, although he added that he will take a six-month... read more »

Mourinho rules out Chelsea, Arsenal from Premier League title race

Mourinho rules out Chelsea, Arsenal from Premier League title race

London – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has ruled out his own club and Arsenal from the Premier League title race and said that Liverpool can be this season’s title champions... read more »

Surgery more effective for herniated discs than nonsurgical treatments

Surgery more effective for herniated discs than nonsurgical treat...

Washington – A new study has revealed that for patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability... read more »