Beijing  - More than 5,000 taxi drivers in China's northwest went on strike for the second day to protest a reported government regulation that would shorten operating licences, local media reported Sunday.

The strike in Xining, the capital of Qinghai province, began Saturday night after a local newspaper reported that the provincial government had issued a regulation to shorten cab drivers' operation rights to 8 years from the current 12 years, the state-run China Daily reported.

According to the report, operating licences would be taken back by the taxi company after 8 years and redistributed.

Ludhiana, April 29: Ludhiana-based Paramdeep Singh, the first runner up at `Mr. Singh India 2009’, is keen to promote Sikhism while building a career in the glamour world.

Paramdeep walks down the ramp as a proud Sikh’. Despite making a professional career through fashion, Paramdeep wants youngsters to not put aside their religious identities in the name of fashion.

Event:   63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Press Room
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Event Date:   09/18/2011
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Event :A.R Rahman at National College festival in Bandra, Mumbai

Arshad is crazy about branded shoes. Recently, Arshad bought a pair of HUGO BOSS shoe, costing a whooping Rupees 60,000. He wears it on special occasion. He's also got a good number of Boots, as he is very fond of long boots. He mostly wears boots, and interestingly most of his boots are exclusive and customized.

Made-to-order, Arshad’s special boots are customized from his favorite boot maker tucked away in Thailand. As a matter of fact, whenever Arshad decides to drop in Thailand; his favorite boot maker takes his order in advance. How sweet! No wonder, Arshad has got a great collection of boots with different designs.

Event:ATP Master Series - Rome - May 6, 2008
Venue & Location:Foro Italico / Rome, Italy
Event Date:5/6/2008
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Washington, Feb 24 : The United States would continue to pursue its wide-ranging ties with Pakistan and credited President Pervez Musharraf with guiding his nation to free and fair elections, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a news conference in South Korea.

Musharraf is President of the country and so, of course, U. S. would to deal with him and pursue its interests for a stable and democratic Pakistan, the Dawn quoted Rice, as saying.

New York, Nov 21: Victoria's Secret models Alessandra Ambrosio and Heidi Klum have done something that remains almost an unattainable task for many new mommies—they got back in their sexy shape just a couple of months after giving birth.

And the miracle has nothing to do with superhuman genes –it’s the women’s trainers who helped them achieve their tight and toned post-baby bodies.

Washington, June 2 : The United States and Pakistan jointly flew 12 drone missions over the tribal areas in March until Islamabad abandoned the mission, the Washington Post claims.

Paying heed to Pakistan continuous demand of a joint drone missions into the tribal areas, US forces offered a compromise in early spring.

They said that Pakistan could direct US military Predators over areas of its choice, transmitting images directly into its own intelligence channels.

Washington, February 19 : The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is all set to exhibit a half computer, half robot called ‘Wizkid’ that behaves talks to the user just like a little child.

Created by Swiss researchers, ‘Wizkid’ will be part of the museum’s Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit, running from February 24 to May 12, 2008.

Its makers insist that just like any kid, their robot can amuse people, ask them lots of questions, and even bother them.

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Event:"The Merry Gentleman" New York City Press Conference
Venue & Location:Regency Hotel / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:4/20/2009
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Jammu, Nov 17 : The Indian Army's Northern Command hospital at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir has successfully performed bone marrow transplant in a cancer patient, becoming the first institution in the state to offer this specialised treatment, officials said Tuesday.

The process was performed on a 50-year-old serving soldier, suffering from multiple myeloma (a cancer of the white blood cells), Northern Command spokesman Maj. S. K. Rathi said.

On Friday, diversified products manufacturer, 3M and 3M Innovative Properties Co. has sued Andover Healthcare Inc. in the U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota over Andover's CoFlex 2 Layer Compression System.

Geneva - A draft resolution praising the government of Sri Lanka was submitted to the United Nations Friday ahead of next week's special Human Rights Council session on the Asian country and its recently ended armed conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels.

The draft text was tabled by Sri Lanka itself, with the backing of 12 members of the council, including China, India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Washington, June 12 : American scientists have identified a waste disposal protein, which is key to cancer tumour suppression in a process known as autophagy, in which cancer cells eat themselves.

The finding attains significance because it may for the first time help scientists' understand the mechanism that makes autophagy a pathway to cancer tumour suppression.

New York, Jul 6 : R `n' B singer Chris Brown was reportedly spotted making out with American rapper Kanye West's on-and-off girlfriend Amber Rose recently.

Both Brown, 20, and Rose, 26, locked lips at the July 4 White Party thrown by Sean (Diddy) Combs and Ashton Kutcher in Beverly Hills.

And even though Brown arrived at the party with singer Teyana Taylor, an 18-year-old Rihanna look-alike, he quickly hooked up with Rose.

Srinagar, Mar 9 : Police here have provided new vehicles for flying squads as part of a police-public improvement exercise.

"Basically, it has been introduced to improve police-public relations. The initiative is to help people who are in distress and to secure some areas," said Syed Agha-dil-Mujtaba, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) (Srinagar).

The old white colour Gypsy has now been replaced with striking yellow coloured Sumo.

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad showed worry over lack of physicians and infrastructure in the health segment of the north-eastern States comprising Assam under the National Rural Health Mission.

Mr. Azad also said that there was also a need to rationalize available manpower.