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Melbourne, Feb 4 (ANI): A man from Taiwan was found dead after playing a computer game for 23 hours at an internet cafe.

New Delhi, Jan 29, The defence ministry said Sunday it would prefer to settle the issue of army chief General V.K. Singh's age in the Supreme Court rather than deal with it administratively. It also reiterated that its July 2011 directive to the army to place the date of birth at May 10, 1950 instead of May 10, 1951 holds good.

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Jan 27, 2012, (IANS), India's indigenous Lakshya-II pilotless target aircraft has been tested successfully off a test range in Balasore, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has said.

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) An abandoned two-year-old baby Friday continued to be in a critical condition at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where she is being treated for human bites and other injuries. Her plight moved Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to offer help.

Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) The Indian community in the US celebrated the Republic Day with the Ambassador Nirupama Rao unfurling the national flag at a colourful function at the Indian embassy here on a rain swept chilly day.

London, Jan 23 (ANI): A Chinese woman who refused to leave her toilet for two-and-a-half years, has finally spoken as to why she refused to do so.

Bangalore, Jan 20 (IANS) The state-run Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) is racing against time to enroll a whopping 200 million people in the next two months to make its Aadhar numbers the world's largest biometric identification system, its chief said Friday.

New Delhi, Jan 20, 2012, (IANS), Dense fog enveloped the capital Friday morning, wreaking havoc on commuters as many trains and flights were cancelled or delayed while vehicles moved at a snail’s pace.

"It is a rebirth! Only god saved us", were the comments that gushed out of survivors of the ill-fated Italian oceanliner Costa Concordia on reaching here Thursday.

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS): The 200 Indians, who were rescued from the Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, which had hit a rock and sank off the coast of Italy last week, will return to India by Thursday, officials said.