Parliament passes bill for better care of ancient monuments
March 16th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Parliament Tuesday passed a bill amending and making more stringent the law for protection of ancient sites and monuments and constituting an expert committee to look ... Read more...
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Haryana to refund stamp duty of notified SEZs
March 16th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 16 (IANS) The Haryana assembly Tuesday made provision for the refund of stamp duty of the notified special economic zones (SEZ) in the state.
This provision was made by enacting the ... Read more...
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US delivers Cobra helicopter gunships to Pakistan
March 16th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 16 (IANS) In a move that is likely to raise temperatures across the border, the US has delivered a squadron of 14 AH-1 Cobra advanced helicopter gunships to Pakistan.
The US ... Read more...
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Despite Rs.64,924 cr debt, Punjab says it is growing
March 16th, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 16 (IANS) Despite a debt touching Rs.64,924 crore, Punjab is moving closer to the national growth rate of 7.2 per cent, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said Tuesday.
"In 2008-09, the ... Read more...
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Plane kills jogger in emergency landing
March 16th, 2010 - 11:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hilton Head, Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A single engine plane made an emergency landing on a South Carolina beach, and killed a jogger in the process. The jogger probably didn’t listen to ... Read more...
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar launches ‘Clean Yamuna’ campaign
March 16th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar announced here Tuesday a seven-month long campaign to clean the Yamuna river and have a clean and green Delhi before the ... Read more...
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Gujarat capital gets municipal corporation
March 16th, 2010 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 16 (IANS) The Gujarat government Tuesday announced the grant of municipal corporation status to the state capital Gandhinagar.
Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel announced the decision in the state assembly ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till April 12
March 16th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned Tuesday for the inter-session recess and will meet again April 12 for the remaining part of the budget session.
Deputy Chairman K. ... Read more...
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Tiger Woods Announces Return to Golf Will Be At The Masters
March 16th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tiger Woods has been out of the game for the last four months, following the car crash which led to revelations of the many affairs which ... Read more...
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Chelsea Clinton shows off her engagement ring
March 16th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Women in the World: Stories & Solutions conference was held over the weekend, and surprisingly the major attraction there was Chelsea Clinton’s engagement ring. ... Read more...
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Court sends self-styled godman to police custody (Lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Self-styled godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi's flesh trade network involved 1,000 prostitutes and more than hundred brokers across the country, a city court was informed Tuesday by police ... Read more...
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Super Kings post 164/3 against Knight Riders
March 16th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) notched up 164/3 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday.
CSK skipper Mahendra Singh ... Read more...
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Sacaton, AZ man sentenced for involuntary manslaughter
March 16th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by BNO News
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – A man of Sacaton, Arizona, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter involving the death of a 12-year-old boy, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.Jayal Howard, ... Read more...
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Shootout at ISRO facility, hunt on for two men (Third lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) Security was stepped up around the sensitive Deep Space Network (DSN) facility of India's space agency ISRO near here after a shootout early Tuesday between two unidentified ... Read more...
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Baba Ramdev’s organisation to contest elections (Lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Tuesday said that his Bharat Swabhiman Andolan would contest the next Lok Sabha elections in an effort to build a corruption-free India. He, ... Read more...
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Former Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash gets temporary relief
March 16th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) In a temporary relief for former Lieutenant-General Avadesh Prakash, the Supreme Court Tuesday decided to hear his plea against the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT)order of February that ... Read more...
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Tiger Woods’ to make his golf comeback at the Masters Tournament in April
March 16th, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Florida, Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For all golf fans out there, there is very good news as the ace golfer Tiger Woods is planning his comeback to professional golf in April ... Read more...
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One killed in Pakistan blast
March 16th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, March 16 (IANS) At least one person was killed in an explosion in the south Pakistani port city of Karachi, sources said.
Locals said the blast took place in the Katchra Kundi ... Read more...
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing On SC Beach:Kills Jogger
March 16th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Robert Gary Jones, a 38 year old married father of two children was killed instantly when he was struck from behind by an airplane on Hilton Head Beach. ... Read more...
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Dispatcher: ‘Many’ injured in I-37 charter bus rollover in Texas
March 16th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by BNO News
ATASCOSA, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- A charter bus was involved in a serious accident on Interstate 37 in Atascosa County, Texas on Tuesday, officials said.The accident involving a greyhound bus happened at ... Read more...
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Fans riot after the Guns N’ Roses concert gets canceled
March 16th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sao Paulo, Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Guns N’ Roses concert was scheduled to be held for a private audience in Brazil. It didn’t start for a long time, and the ... Read more...
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Trial against Jayalalithaa temporarily halted
March 16th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily halted the ongoing trial of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa in a 14-year-old corruption case of amassing wealth far exceeding ... Read more...
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Man held for murdering colleague at Delhi mall
March 16th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A man has been arrested here for murdering his colleague at a Delhi shopping mall after being asked to return the money he had borrowed, police said ... Read more...
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Indian American Vinod Gupta to pay $7.4 mn penalty for fraud
March 16th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 16 (IANS) InfoGroup Inc's Indian-American founder Vinod Gupta, without admitting or denying wrongdoing, has agreed to pay $7.4 million in penalties and a ban from positions of authority ... Read more...
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Bid for IPL players autographed memorabilia
March 16th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Cricket lovers can start bidding online and own season-3 Indian Premiere League's memorabilia autographed by Indian cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and others.
The auction ... Read more...
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Centre orders action against Maharashtra ATS chief
March 16th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The central government has taken strong exception to Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief K.P. Raghuvanshi divulging key information to the media about terror suspects and their links ... Read more...
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Jharkhand asks banks to step up loans to jobless youth
March 16th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 16 (IANS) Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das Tuesday warned of action against banks not giving loans to unemployed youth under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
"It is ... Read more...
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Guns & Roses Fans Riot After Show is Canceled
March 16th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The weekend was no fun at all for Gun and Roses in South America. According to Gun and Roses, the show which they had previously told ... Read more...
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Ryan Phillippe and John Krasinski contenders for the chief role in ‘Captain America’
March 16th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): New news is that Ryan Phillippe is the most recent actor being thought of to enact the heading character in the upcoming Captain America. ... Read more...
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‘Harold and Kumar 3′ filming likely to begin in June
March 16th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 16 (Pen Men at Work): Many of the viewers were made to feel overjoyed by the initial two ‘Harold and Kumar’ movies – ‘Harold and Kumar Got To White Castle’ ... Read more...
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Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Recalls List Likely To Increase
March 16th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 16 (Pen Men at Work): It seems akin to a chemical rather than a food component. Until this week, most customers had, in all probability, not at all paid attention to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
IPL scoreboard: Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab
March 16th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match betwen Royal Challengers and Kings XI Punjab here Tuesday:
Kings XI PunjabRavi Bopara c Kumble b Kumar ... Read more...
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‘Make Punjabi first language in Chandigarh’
March 16th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 16 (IANS) A delegation of literary people and politicians Tuesday submitted a memorandum to Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil seeking first language status for Punjabi in this union territory (UT).
The ... Read more...
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Two more Indians qualify for Commonwealth Boxing finals
March 16th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Two more Indians Tuesday qualified for the finals of the Commonwealth Boxing Championships being held at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium here.
Amandeep defeated Malaysia's Redzuan 7-1 in the ... Read more...
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Political dialogue gets going with Meghalaya rebels (Lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 16 (IANS) The central government Tuesday set the ball rolling for political negotiations with Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), a powerful rebel group in Meghalaya, to ensure lasting peace in ... Read more...
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