IGNOU launches portal for IAF personnel
September 20th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Tuesday launched an online registration portal for the Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel under project Akashdeep, which enables ... Read more...
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Malaysian golf: Aditi, Trishul win medals; India team title
September 16th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Petaling Jaya, Sep 16 (IANS) India won the team title, while Aditi Ashok finished second overall among girls and Trishul Chinappa came second in the boys U-18 at the rain-hit ... Read more...
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Partymen missed Sonia in her absence, says Congress mouthpiece
September 12th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi's successful surgery in the US finds a mention in the latest issue of party mouthpiece 'Congress Sandesh' with the editorial ... Read more...
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Drawing depicted 9/11 three years before it happened
September 11th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 11 (IANS) A British amateur artist made a drawing that depicts 9/11 -- three years before the terror attack took place in the US.The Sun said that the ... Read more...
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Two more Tibetan monks jailed in immolation case
August 31st, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 30 (IANS) A court in China's Sichuan province Tuesday jailed two Tibetan monks for homicide that led to another monk's death by self-immolation.Rigzin Phuntsog set himself on ... Read more...
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Smith, Jada still together
August 24th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 24 (IANS) Hollywood couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett have denied reports of their separation, terming it a "false" report.The actor and his wife of 13 years released ... Read more...
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Have Will Smith & Jada Pinkett split?
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Reports suggest that Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith have split. The couple has been married for the last 13 years but In Touch Magazine reports ... Read more...
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Father at 13, he weds mum
August 7th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) A 22-year-old man in Britain who became a dad when he was just 13 years has finally tied the knot with the mum, a media report ... Read more...
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ISS to be de-orbited, sunk in Pacific after 2020
July 27th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Built with great difficulty and labour, the International Space Station (ISS) will be de-orbited and sunk in the Pacific Ocean after 2020 like its Russian ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan’s daughter to sue media for ‘baseless allegations’
July 21st, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) After former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan's son suing the media for baseless allegations, it is now the turn of the Marxist veteran's scientist daughter to ... Read more...
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Leh’s rapid growth fuels migrant labour rush
July 13th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Leh, July 13 (IANS) Heeralal from Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh has been coming to this stretch of cold desert high up in Jammu and Kashmir without fail for ... Read more...
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Shriver to move near Schwarzenegger
July 9th, 2011 - 4:16 am ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) Maria Shriver is set to buy a $10 million home near estranged husband Arnold Schwarzenegger because she wants the pair to have an amicable relationship ... Read more...
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Next 200 wickets would come soon: Harbhajan
July 8th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Roseau (Dominica), July 8 (IANS) Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who Friday became the third Indian bowler to get 400 Test wickets, hoped the next 200 wickets would come quickly as ... Read more...
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PTA moms Ponzi scheme nets $14 million
July 7th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has charged three PTA mothers for running a Ponzi scheme and eventually duping about 40 people out of a ... Read more...
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Sweetener keeps obesity at bay among kids
June 29th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 29 (IANS) Children and adolescents who eat candy tend to weigh less than their non-consuming peers."The study illustrates that children and adolescents who consume candy are less likely ... Read more...
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China to amend military service law to get more college students
June 27th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 27 (IANS) China's top legislature Monday started reviewing a draft amendment to the country's military conscription law for the first time in 13 years with the purpose of ... Read more...
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Warren Beatty makes comeback after 13 years
June 23rd, 2011 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 23 (IANS) Actor Warren Beatty is planning a comeback in direction after 13 years with a comedy for Paramount Pictures.Paramount Pictures recently announced that Beatty will direct ... Read more...
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Anthony Weiner’s resignation to become effective on Tuesday midnight
June 21st, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington D.C., June 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner’s resignation will take effect from the midnight of Tuesday. Subsequently the day will be the last for Weiner as a Congressman.Weiner was ... Read more...
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Likely release of 70 convicted terrorists evokes debate
June 1st, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) The expected release later this year of about 70 convicted terrorists, some of them bomb makers, has evoked fear and debate on the issue in Britain.The ... Read more...
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Four children drown in Colombian pond
May 31st, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, May 31 (IANS/EFE) Four siblings, aged between four and 13 years, drowned while playing in a pond near the town of Susa in the central Colombian province of Cundinamarca, ... Read more...
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Selection doesn’t mean appointment, rules court
May 30th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Selection for a job does not automatically mean appointment, the Delhi High Court has told a man who sought its direction that he be given ... Read more...
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Somali pirate jailed for life in South Korea
May 27th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 27 (IANS) A Somali pirate was Friday sentenced to life in prison after a South Korean court convicted him of attempted murder, hostage-taking and maritime robbery, in the ... Read more...
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Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
May 25th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) A Chinese woman cut open her stomach with a kitchen knife to relieve fluid accumulation so that she didn't have to pay the surgery cost, a ... Read more...
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NGO starts helpline for CBSE students
May 15th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) With tension mounting over the results of the Central Board of Secondary Education's higher secondary examinations, expected to be declared by the end of this ... Read more...
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It’s a mandate for Mamata: Pranab
May 15th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Describing the victory of the Trinamool Congress-led alliance in the West Bengal polls as a popular mandate for Mamata Banerjee, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ... Read more...
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Sangwan is overall leader in Haryana Open junior golf
May 11th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 11 (IANS) On a hot and humid morning Wednesday, Piyush Sangwan, just 13 years of age and playing in B category, was leading in the A & B ... Read more...
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Endosulfan pesticide affects numerous families in Kerala
May 1st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Muthalamada (Kerala), May 1 (ANI): While the agitation for a ban on endosulfan gaining momentum, locals in the Malabar region of Kerala have till now been forced to endure its harmful affects.The ... Read more...
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70 Belgians to sue Vatican for clerical sex abuse
April 30th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 30 (IANS/AKI) At least 70 people from Belgium have claimed they were sexually abused by the clergy and would now sue the Vatican and the Belgian church for ... Read more...
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US man arrested for raping, impregnating, kidnapping teen relative decades ago
April 30th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 30 (ANI): A man in the US has been arrested for raping, impregnating, and kidnapping a teen relative in the 1970s and 80s.According to CNN, US Marshals in Kentucky ... Read more...
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Paralysed Chinese gymnast seeks $1.8 bn compensation
April 30th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 30 (IANS) Sang Lan, a Chinese gymnast who suffered paralysis during the 1998 Goodwill Games, has filed a lawsuit here seeking $1.8 billion in compensation.In her lawsuit ... Read more...
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Husband held for killing wife
April 20th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A man who killed his wife here because she would not give him enough money to buy liquor has been arrested, police said Wednesday.Parvesh Tyagi ... Read more...
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Left Front will retain power in Bengal: Tripura chief minister
April 19th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 19 (IANS) The Left Front would be voted back to power in West Bengal for an eighth term, Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo ... Read more...
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Hurley still close to Grant
April 17th, 2011 - 1:55 am ICT by IANS
London, April 17 (IANS) Actress Elizabeth Hurley regards Hugh Grant as one of her family members and says they have been best friends since the moment they met.The 45-year-old beauty ... Read more...
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One in eight people in UK foreign born
April 15th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 15 (ANI): The Office for National Statistics in its latest report has said that almost one in eight people living in the UK is foreign born.The proportion of the ... Read more...
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Bru families’ repatriation to Mizoram to resume tomorrow
April 11th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 11(ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) on Monday said that a total of 142 Bru families consisting of 747 persons, including 592 adults and 155 minors, will ... Read more...
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