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People who consume three alcoholic drinks every day double their risk of getting the "shakes" in later life, researchers have found. Skip related content Related photos / videos Drinkers Warned About Risk Of 'Shakes' Related content * Drinkers Warned About 'Shakes' Risk * Doctors Call For Action On Cut-Price Booze * Cheap drink 'fuels alcohol abuse' ... Full story

People who consume three alcoholic drinks every day double their risk of getting the 'shakes' in later life, researchers have found. Skip related content Related photos / videos Drinkers Warned About 'Shakes' Risk Related content * Drinkers Warned About Risk Of 'Shakes' * Doctors Call For Action On Cut-Price Booze * Cheap drink 'fuels alcohol abuse' ... Full story

Karimnagar (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 7 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh handled the 26/11 Mumbai attack as a strong leader. "The handling of 26/11 Mumbai attack and crisis in Pakistan proved that Prime Minister has provided the nation with a strong leadership," Sonia Gandhi said ... Full story

London, Apr 6 (ANI): British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is once again in the news after she claimed 200 pounds in expenses to buy a barbecue and garden patio set. Smith, 46, who earns 142,000 pounds a year, also billed taxpayers for 335 pounds worth of plant pots. The items are said to be a part of the "scandalous" 150,000 pounds ... Full story

Agartala, Apr 6 (ANI): CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat has said that pro-people economic policies will replace what they feel pro-US policies, if voted to power. "By scrapping the economic policies implemented in our country under the pressure of America, pro-people policies are to be implemented," Karat said at a public rally here on Sunday. Karat also reiterated his party's call of forming a non-Congress ... Full story

The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets) * Mayawati, chief of the caste-based Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and a prime ministerial aspirant, has promised to have job quotas for all poor sections of society cutting across caste and religious lines (The Times of India). She told an election rally that jobs, including in the judiciary, ... Full story

Coimbatore, Apr 2 (ANI): Over 150 protestors were arrested here today as they blocked the roads and rallied in front of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, demanding the university to stop genetically modified corn field trials. According to farmers, the introduction of advanced BT corn in the state would affect them in the long run. Explaining the ill effects ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): The threat given by Pakistan Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud to target the White House and other important places in the United States must be taken seriously, terrorism experts have said. Mehsud told a foreign news agency on Tuesday that soon he would launch an attack in Washington that will amaze ... Full story

Beed (Maharashtra), Mar 31 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Gopinath Munde on Tuesday said that the daughter of slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, Poonam Mahajan, would not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Munde informed that the party has denied her ticket from North-East parliamentary constituency. He refused ... Full story

Patna, Mar 31 (ANI): The Congress Party on Tuesday said that it would field its candidates in Bihar against the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo, Lalu Prasad Yadav, and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who it considers as its biggest enemies in the coming general elections. Agitated over the decision by the RJD ... Full story

Hyderabad, Mar 31 (ANI): The seat-sharing arrangement between the four-party Grand Alliance led by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is still inconclusive. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu is holding talks with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K. Chandra Shekhar Rao, the Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Narayana and the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) leader Raghavulu to resolve the issue. All the four parties have fielded ... Full story

Mumbai, Mar 30 (ANI): Actor-turned- politician Govinda on Monday announced that he would not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, as the environment in the party was not conducive to his contesting the polls. "There are a lot of things that are not shown clearly in politics. ... Full story

Chennai, Mar 30 (ANI): Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) would welcome creation of a separate 'Eelam', a homeland for the Sri Lankan Tamils provided it is created by a democratic process, said M Karunanidhi, DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. Talking to the reporters here today, Karunanidhi said, "We will be glad if ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday attacked on the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, claiming that he has not done enough to address the issue of illicit money hoarded in Swiss Bank accounts. Advani demanded that the ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 29 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will make a formal announcement of their new alliance on April 3, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said. Talking to the reporters here today, Singh said, "They (RJD, LJP, SP) will sit together in Lucknow on April 3 at 11 am to discuss and announce ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar.29 (ANI): The deliberately reserved style of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kiyani, experts and critics believe is compounding Islamabad's myriad problems. General Kiyani's determination not to have a front line role in Pakistan's politics may make it harder to unite Pakistan under its central Government, some Western officials believe. General Kiyani inherited a deeply demoralised army, shaken by six years of uncomfortable alliance ... Full story

Jammu /Imphal, Mar 29 (ANI): People's Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has assured that he will remove disparities between Jammu and Kashmir's three regions - Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh. "In our upcoming political agenda, we not only address Kashmir, but also regional aspirations of Jammu and Ladakh region," he said on the sidelines of a public rally on Saturday. Meanwhile, former convenor of Amarnath ... Full story

Chennai, Mar 29 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, last night finalised a seat-sharing arrangement with its allies, the Congress, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). According to the deal, the Congress will contest 15 Tamil Nadu seats and one seat in Puducherry, the VCK, a Dalit party, got two seats and the IUML got one. The arrangement has left 21 seats ... Full story

Padrauna (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday said that if the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not willing for a live television debate, he could ask the Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the same. "I have asked the PM for a ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 28 (ANI): The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) nominees in the Union Cabinet, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and Minister of State for Railways R. Velu on Saturday resigned from their ministerial posts. "We have submitted our resignation to the honourable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh," Ramadoss ... Full story