World’s biggest ‘prawn’ discovered
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) A British expedition has discovered an enormous species of crustacean that looks like a prawn and is 11 inches long, Daily Mail reported Thursday.The so-called 'supergiant' ... Read more...
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Witherspoon, Reynolds to star in ‘Big Eyes’
January 24th, 2012 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 24 (IANS) Actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds have signed up to play lead roles in "Big Eyes".Witherspoon and Reynolds have been signed up to play artists Margaret ... Read more...
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Russia revives permanent moon base plan
January 19th, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is in talks with its European and US partners on the creation of manned research bases on the moon, the agencies ... Read more...
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No acting for Trishala: Sanjay Dutt (Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) When it comes to his daughter Trishala, Sanjay Dutt is a very protective father. He does not want her in showbiz.The 22-year-old was interested in ... Read more...
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Trishala not allowed to enter into showbiz, says Sanjay Dutt
January 17th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) When it comes to his daughter Trishala, Sanjay Dutt is a very protective father and candidly admits that he will never allow her to step ... Read more...
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Actress Denise Darcel dies
January 10th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Paris, Jan 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) French actress Denise Darcel has died at the age of 87. Her death comes just weeks after one of her sons died in Los Angeles. Darcel is ... Read more...
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Tom Stoppard in India Jan 23 to talk about adaptations
January 9th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The fine art of writing scripts for movies and plays will be in focus next week when one of the world's greatest playwrights Tom Stoppard, ... Read more...
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Ranveer to woo Sonakshi with Dev Anand’s songs
December 15th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Dev Anand lives again! In the soon-to-start-shooting of Rs.60 crore action-adventure "Lootera", Ranveer Singh would reportedly be shown wooing Sonakshi Sinha with some of the Evergreen ... Read more...
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‘A Suitable Girl’ might become ‘An Unsuitable Boy’
December 6th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Novelist Vikram Seth, who is writing a sequel to "A Suitable Boy", may not name his new book "A Suitable Girl" as everyone was led ... Read more...
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Bugs can convert drugs into deadly toxins
December 5th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 5 (IANS) Bugs can convert traces of drugs, present in sewage, into deadly toxins, especially during the water treatment process. The process mimics a similar transformation in the ... Read more...
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Longest novel in China focuses on 4.5 mn people
December 4th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 4 (IANS) A Chinese man has written the country's longest novel that encompasses an astounding 4.5 million people, runs into 10 volumes and took 22 years to finish.Novelist ... Read more...
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Photos by Satyajit Ray on display at Kolkata filmfest
November 12th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) Very few know that Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray was equally at ease with still camera as he was with a movie camera. Rare photographs taken by ... Read more...
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Motwane’s next: Rs.50 crore heist caper set in the 1950s
November 12th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Vikramaditya Motwane is shelling out Rs.50 crore to get the old world look right in his next project, a heist caper set in the 1950s. Apart ... Read more...
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There will never be another Bhupen Hazarika: Lata
November 8th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Mourning the death of Bhupen Hazarika, Lata Mangeshkar says there won't be another one like him and that she not only fell in love with his ... Read more...
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Musharraf for rapprochement between ISI, RAW
October 27th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) Accusing India of trying to turn Afghanistan against Pakistan, former president Pervez Musharraf warned of "counter-measures" by Islamabad and at the same time called for ... Read more...
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Now chug into Mysore on ‘Malgudi Express’
September 25th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 24 (IANS) The Malgudi days are here again. And so is the "Malgudi Express" - chugging between Mysore and the Yashwantpur station of Bangalore.Fiction? No. In a tribute ... Read more...
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Defunct satellite has fallen back to Earth: NASA
September 24th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) A decommissioned US satellite fell back to Earth but its precise re-entry time and location remained unknown, US space agency NASA said Saturday."The Upper Atmosphere Research ... Read more...
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Out-of-control satellite tumbling back to Earth, expected to miss North America
September 22nd, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Debris from an old out-of-control U.S. satellite is expected to fall somewhere on Earth on Friday afternoon, NASA said, although the debris is expected to miss North ... Read more...
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Shammi-ji has left behind lot of love: Ranbir
September 20th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Sep 20 (IANS) Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who got a chance to act with late Shammi Kapoor in "Rockstar", says his grand uncle has left a lot of love ... Read more...
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Houston back to silver screen after 15 years
September 16th, 2011 - 8:15 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 16 (IANS) Singer-actress Whitney Houston is set to return to the big screen after 15 years in the remake of musical drama "Sparkle".The 48-year-old singer, who was ... Read more...
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Vespa to be back on Indian roads by march 2012
September 6th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The iconic Vespa scooter will be back on Indian roads by March next year, more than a decade after it was withdrawn by Italian two- ... Read more...
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German chancellor Merkel’s father dead
September 4th, 2011 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 4 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's father has passed away at the age of 85, the chancellor's office said.Merkel cancelled her attendance to a scheduled campaign rally, ahead ... Read more...
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Mortgage rates hit a low of 4.15%
August 23rd, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US 30 year mortgage rate reached its lowest level last week at 4.15 percent. This is the lowest level of US mortgage rate since 1971. In the ... Read more...
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Shammiji told Jaya he’s tired: Big B
August 15th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) His never-say-die attitude had begun to ebb, says megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose wife Jaya had spoken to Shammi Kapoor a few days before he ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh, Ranbir bid final adieu to Shammi Kapoor
August 14th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, who shared screen space with Shammi Kapoor in "Chamatkar" (1992), paid his homage to the late actor at his Malabar ... Read more...
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Shammi was a fabulous singer: Lata
August 14th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar has remembered Shammi Kapoor as a big star and good human being and revealed that the late actor was a fabulous ... Read more...
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Envy Shammi Kapoor, don’t mourn him: Mahesh Bhatt
August 14th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is in deep grief after hearing about veteran actor Shammi Kapoor's demise, has urged the people to envy the star for ... Read more...
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PM’s ‘missing’ degree: varsity suspends one, orders probe
July 30th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Panjab University authorities Saturday suspended an employee and ordered a five-member committee to probe the omission of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's name in the list ... Read more...
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Emma Stone may join ‘The Gangster Squad’
July 28th, 2011 - 3:16 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) American actress Emma Stone is reportedly in talks to star in director Ruben Fleischer's "The Gangster Squad".Contactmusic.com reports that the actress is said to be ... Read more...
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Delhi toasts spirit of Nelson Mandela
July 18th, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The national capital had a brush with the spirit of Nelson Mandela Monday. Singing by students and celebratory chants blended with reminiscences of the living ... Read more...
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Sonu Sood reveals his ‘Maximum’ look (With Image)
July 17th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) After flaunting his six-pack abs in "Dabangg", Sonu Sood dons a new look which seems to be modelled on the styles popularised in the 1950s ... Read more...
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Shanghai’s young start off on sex earlier
July 7th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, July 7 (IANS) The young people in this Chinese city are having sex earlier than the older generations, said a report.A report by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences ... Read more...
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American painter Cy Twombly dies
July 6th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, July 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) American painter Cy Twombly has died at the age of 83 years. Twombly is famous for his calligraphic paintings, which shot him to fame in the 1950s.... Read more...
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`Future of salsa is in Central and South America’
July 6th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, July 6 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican singer and bandleader Gilberto Santa Rosa says that salsa has travelled successfully from the Caribbean to different parts of the world, but that the ... Read more...
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Chandigarh listing heritage to prevent smuggling
June 28th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 28 (IANS) Heritage items dumped in dusty cobwebbed heaps in government offices in this union territory are now being carefully cleaned, numbered and restored. The reason: the administration ... Read more...
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