Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the party that is now raising the bogey of Bangladeshi infiltration in Assam did nothing to check the influx during its regime.
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Need an Installment loan?The DMK Monday decided to wait for a day before quitting the Manmohan Singh government following hectic efforts by the Congress to salvage its seven-year-old alliance in Tamil Nadu. View full post on All Stories
New data presented at the 2nd International Congress on Abdominal Obesity (ICAO) highlights the importance of abdominal obesity as a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes… View full post on All Stories
The likelihood of survival for service members wounded in combat after medics arrive “remains at historic and unmatched levels,” Dr. Jonathan Woodson, the assistant defense secreatry for health affairs, told members of Congress. View full post on All Stories
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – New Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond told British legislators Tuesday that he is not in favor of government bailing out badly run banks. Instead, mismanaged banks should be allowed to fail, Diamond said to the Treasury Select Committee. MPs also took advantage of Diamond’s [...]
Lawyers for delinquent borrowers say national publicity about “robo-signing” is working to their advantage. For homeowners with regular income, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy sometimes works. Lawyers also might claim errors in the Truth-in-Lending Act form. View full post on Mortgage Stories
Pensioner Yuri Babin has long been dubbed “the kopek millionaire” in his home town of Novosibirsk. He has been collecting ordinary Russian kopeks for more than ten years and, to date, has amassed over five million coins. The weight of this unusual treasury exceeds seven and a half tons. Yuri began to compile his collection [...]
WASHINGTON – The government spelled out last week just how much the most expensive rescue of the financial crisis will end up costing taxpayers – as much as $259 billion for mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That figure would be nearly twice the amount Fannie and Freddie have received so far. To date, [...]
Road, rail and air travellers all affected, while thousands see Christmas travel plans hit by Heathrow chaos Britain remained in the grip of severe icy weather today, with plunging overnight temperatures creating travel chaos and widespread disruption in the final countdown to Christmas. Thousands of commuters were expected to heed police advice to stay off [...]
Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) — Russia has expanded the list of investment banks that will advise it on its planned $59 billion state asset sale program over the next five years. View full post on All Stories
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor San Francisco, CA, United States (AHN) – California’s commuter train service, Caltrain, has approved a proposal to raise fares and cut service to address a $2.3 million budget shortfall. The rail service’s board of directors voted Thursday to charge 25 cents more for each zone. The increase means a [...]