GAIL plans LNG terminal in Papua New Guinea
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) State-run Gas Authority India Limited is venturing into Papua New Guinea with a possible stake in a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, a company official said ... Read more...
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Julia Roberts movie ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ draws the ire of Hindus
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Mar 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Julia Roberts new movie – Eat, Pray, Love has managed to draw the ire of the Hindus, as they aren’t happy with the way the Hindus ... Read more...
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Bank rates hiked to rein inflation, says RBI governor
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 22 (IANS) The bank rates were raised March 19 by 25 basis points to contain the wholesale price index (WPI) inflation rate, which shot up to 9.9 percent in February, ... Read more...
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Delhi budget: More funds for public transport, education, health
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia proposed increased funding for public transport, infrastructure, education and health in the budget for the 2010-11 financial year Monday.
Total budget estimate for ... Read more...
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Living in Delhi gets costlier - thanks to Commonwealth Games (Roundup)
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Delhiites will now have to pay more for domestic cooking gas, diesel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), high-end mobile phones and other essential household items like tea ... Read more...
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Domestic violence case can be filed any time, rules court
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) In a significant ruling that will help many women who are victims of domestic violence, the Delhi High Court Monday said the case can be filed any ... Read more...
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P. Diddy to buy a soccer team
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) P. Diddy is all set to buy a soccer team. According to reports, the hip-hop mogul is interested in owning the English soccer team Crystal Palace. ... Read more...
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Call for Election Recount by Iraq Prez
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 22, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): On Sunday, Iraq’s president called for a recount in this month’s parliamentary elections. The elections have turned into a somewhat race between the ... Read more...
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Gorbachev’s granddaughter gets married secretly
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Granddaughter of Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), got married in a secret low-key affair in Moscow, a media report said ... Read more...
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Summer too soon as heat wave grips north India
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) With temperatures soaring between four to ten degrees Celsius above the average for this time of the year, baffling heat wave conditions have gripped the northern ... Read more...
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Only banks should finance autorickshaws, suggests government
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Delhi transport commissioner Monday submitted before the Delhi High Court that checks on illegal permits can be done when only banks are allowed to finance the ... Read more...
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UNICEF cautions India over river pollution
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, March 22 (ANI): River pollution would remain a burden for the rural people of India for quite sometime, as the pollution is manmade, said Chief of Water and Environmental Sanitation ... Read more...
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NCAA Hockey Tournament 2010 Knocking At The Door
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
New York, March 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On March 21 the qualifying teams for the NCAA Hockey Tournament 2010 were declared. It has been declared that the tournament will begin on ... Read more...
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Mike Tyson’s Show Accused Of Gambling
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
New York, Mar 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) "Take On Tyson," the reality TV show that features legendary boxer Mike Tyson has always been into the muddy waters of controversy since its ... Read more...
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Health Care Reform Bill Summary: Promises To Be People Friendly
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, March 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After a long wait on Sunday, the final verdict was passed on the Health Care bill. The House of Representatives voted in favor of the ... Read more...
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Health Care Bill Has Spawned ‘Fire Nancy Pelosy’ Cause
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The passing of President Obama's Health Care Bill has left many Americans in shock. For the first time they are saying they understand what it is to ... Read more...
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National Press Centre contract signed by Press Information Bureau
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Monday signed a contract today with the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) Ltd., for the construction of a new National Press ... Read more...
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Maximum internet child porns made in US, Russia: Official
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is the second largest producer of internet child pornography in the world after the US, a children rights official said here Monday.
"We need to combat the ... Read more...
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Gun battles mark Maoists’ shutdown in Chhattisgarh
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 22 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas who had called for a 48-hour shutdown in six states from Monday, including in Chhattisgarh, fought gun battles with police at three separate locations in their ... Read more...
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India reminds US of Pakistan’s clandestine n-proliferation (Lead)
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) With the US indicating that it is open to Islamabad's plea for a civil nuclear deal, India Monday hoped that Washington would bear in mind Pakistan's record ... Read more...
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Bob & Mike Byran were featured on ‘60 Minutes’ on the 21st of March 2010
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Mar 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tennis players Bob and Mike Byran were featured on the show ’60 Minutes’ on the 21st of March 2010. They are identical twins, and ... Read more...
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Mineral Exploration Corporation enters drilling agreement
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): Country's premier exploration agency the Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd. (MECL), on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Mines Ministry for the financial year ... Read more...
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Court summons for Preity Zinta on IPL ads
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) A court here Monday issued summons to Bollywood actor and Kings XI Punjab's chairperson Preity Zinta and co-owner Ness Wadia for using pictures of freedom fighters in their ... Read more...
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Growing breast feed has saved 1.7mn Assam kids
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Assam is doing much better than the rest of India in exclusive breast feeding to infants and has saved 1.7 million kids from slipping into under-nourishment, ... Read more...
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Survivor Camps Uprooted By Heavy Rains In Haiti
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Mar 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Disaster is a never ending phase when nature is involved. A situation where you can do nothing but only surrender to the inevitable. Haiti which had ... Read more...
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Tea Party And GOP Protesters Go Overboard To Stall The Healthcare Bill
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Mar 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sunday saw the GOP and Tea Party protesters going overboard to stop the debated healthcare bill from getting passed in the House. They failed to do ... Read more...
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Middlesex drops Yuvraj from Twenty20 squad
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 22 (IANS) Middlesex County Club Monday decided not to sign up middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh for their Twenty20 Cup campaign despite having a signed approval from the Indian on his ... Read more...
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Shabana Azmi learns Punjabi while leg heals
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Shabana Azmi has found an inventive way of spending her time while she waits for her fractured leg to heal. She has been learning Punjabi ... Read more...
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Curiosity pushes youngsters towards drugs: ‘Uttaran’ actor Nandish
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Television actor Nandish Sandhu, better known as Veer of the popular TV serial "Uttaran", says youngsters try drugs out of 'curiosity' and nothing else.
Nandish was in the ... Read more...
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First ever ‘Bihar Divas’ inaugurated by Nitish Kumar
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 22 (IANS) The first-ever "Bihar Divas" celebrations were Monday inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the presence of hundreds of people at the Gandhi Maidan here.
Speaking after inaugurating the ... Read more...
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I was not summoned by SIT on March 21: Modi
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 22 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday claimed he had not been summoned by a probe panel on March 21 for questioning over the 2002 Gujarat riots and ... Read more...
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Modi not summoned by SIT March 21; will cooperate: BJP
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said there was "no basis" fot reports that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had been summoned March 21 by a panel ... Read more...
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‘Anjaana Anjaani’ footage stuck in US
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is back from the US with the unit of his forthcoming film "Anjaana Aanjaani", but the negative stock of his shot ... Read more...
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Indian, US army officials discuss joint training (Lead)
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) To coordinate joint training events between the Indian and United States armies, senior US and Indian army officials met at the Western Command headquarters at the Chandimandir cantonment, ... Read more...
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US-Israel alliance will never waver: Clinton
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday said her government was committed to Israel's security and the alliance between the two countries will "never waver".
"For President Obama, ... Read more...
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