Galliani allows more time for AC Milan coach Allegri
September 21st, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Sep 21 (IANS) AC Milan club vice-president Adriano Galliani insisted that the 'Rossoneri' head coach Massimiliano Allegri has not been given one game to save his job.Local reports this ... Read more...
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ISI considers US its worst enemy, says jailed doctor
September 11th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI considered the US its "worst enemy" and Islamabad's cooperation with Washington was just a sham to extract billions of dollars in ... Read more...
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Zardari, Manmohan meeting could be significant: daily
August 30th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) A meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Tehran "could be an important continuation of the efforts to improve ... Read more...
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Choked Bangalore loses space event to Mysore
July 14th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), July 14 (IANS) India's tech hub Bangalore once again lost out in hosting an international event, this time, to its sister city Mysore, the cultural capital of ... Read more...
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Singers miss Pancham Da, say industry needed him now
June 26th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Singers Kumar Sanu, Sudesh Bhosle and Shailendra Singh remembered legendary composer R.D. Burman, whose 73rd birth anniversary falls on Wednesday, and said that the industry ... Read more...
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Hyderabad builder arrested for cheating DLF
June 23rd, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) Hyderabad police Saturday arrested top builder Gowri Shankar Gupta for cheating construction and real estate major DLF to the tune of over Rs.300 crore.Gupta, owner of ... Read more...
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‘Doctor who helped in Osama mission needs US help’
June 19th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 19 (IANS) The US needs to make renewed attempts to help the jailed Pakistani doctor who led the US to Osama bin Laden, a Congressman has said.Republican Dana ... Read more...
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Pakistan government urged to shift Shakil Afridi from Peshawar
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) The chief minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has urged the federal government to shift jailed Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi to any other place in the ... Read more...
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Six Uzbek women held for prostitution (Lead)
May 30th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Six women from Uzbekistan have been arrested here for prostitution, police said Wednesday.The women, including a pimp identified as 33-year-old Gulnaaz, were caught Tuesday. They ... Read more...
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International prostitution racket busted in Delhi
May 30th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) With the arrest of seven women, Delhi Police Wednesday claimed to have busted an international prostitution racket run in the capital by women from Uzbekistan.According ... Read more...
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Himachal road project incomplete after 33 years
April 3rd, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 3 (IANS) In the past 33 years, just 45 km of a 67-km-long road project have been completed in Himachal Pradesh, the assembly was informed Tuesday.Public Works ... Read more...
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Outgoing Yemen president heads to US for medical treatment
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:02 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Jan 23 (IANS) Yemen's outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh has left the country for medical treatment in the US, the president's press secretary said.Saleh left the Sana'a international airport ... Read more...
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Russia test launches RS-18 ballistic missile (Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia successfully test-launched intercontinental ballistic missile -- RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) -- Tuesday from the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, said the defence ministry.The missile is ... Read more...
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It is an honour to be in India: Polo legend Gracida
December 18th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) Legendary polo player Carlos Gracida Sunday said it was an honour for him to visit India and play at the 150-year-old Calcutta Polo Club, the oldest ... Read more...
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17 Iranian soldiers killed in ammunition depot blasts
November 13th, 2011 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 13 (IANS) Seventeen members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), including a senior commander, were killed Saturday in two explosions at an ammunition depot near the Iranian ... Read more...
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It’s raining pre-poll bonanza for Punjab staff
November 3rd, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) With a clear eye on the assembly elections likely in February-March next year, the Punjab government has announced a Rs.800 crore bonanza for government employees in ... Read more...
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Intuitive thinking may explain greater faith in god
September 21st, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) Intuition may explain why some people seem to place a greater faith on god than others.Intuitive thinking is about going with one's first instinct and reaching ... Read more...
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Football scandal: Warner slams FIFA over recent moves
September 12th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Sep 12 (IANS/CMC) Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has launched another scathing attack on world football's governing body, questioning its decision to charge the 16-member Caribbean Football ... Read more...
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Draft land bill being modified: Ramesh
August 11th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday told a delegation of farmers from Uttar Pradesh that his ministry is working on some modifications in the ... Read more...
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Congress hits back on Gurgaon land issue (Lead)
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday denied that land had been acquired for the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and termed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attack over ... Read more...
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Gaddafi regime condemns Britain for recognising rebels
July 28th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) The Muammar Gaddafi regime has condemned Britain for recognising the rebels as Libya's "sole governmental authority", BBC reported.Britain was the third nation after France and the ... Read more...
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Rs.5 crore damages for Australian challenged
July 19th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) India Tourism Development Corp Ltd. (ITDC) moved the Delhi High Court Tuesday against its order granting nearly Rs.5 crore damages to an Australian woman who ... Read more...
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South Asia hand Burleigh takes charge of US mission
July 1st, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Veteran diplomat and South Asia specialist A. Peter Burleigh Friday took charge as the charge d'affaires of the US mission in India."Ambassador Burleigh's substantial diplomatic ... Read more...
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Burleigh interim US ambassador to India
June 30th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) With Timothy J. Roemer heading back to Washington, A. Peter Burleigh, a veteran Hindi-speaking American diplomat, will take charge Friday as interim US ambassador to ... Read more...
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Third Russian plane heads to Yemen for evacuation
June 14th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A third Russian Emergencies Ministry plane has left Russia for Yemen to evacuate Russian and CIS nationals, the ministry reported Tuesday.Two Emergencies Ministry evacuation flights ... Read more...
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175 Russians evacuated from Yemen
June 13th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two planes sent by Russia have evacuated 175 of its nationals from Yemen in the wake of escalating violence in the country, the government said.The ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah happy over panchayat polls, fears resistance
June 12th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday expressed his happiness over the peaceful conduct of the panchayat elections in the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region, ... Read more...
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Yemeni vice president is acting president: Al Jazeera
June 5th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has assumed the role of acting president and supreme commander of the armed forces, Al Jazeera reported Sunday, citing ... Read more...
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Saleh says he is ‘in good health’ after mosque attack
June 4th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a televised audio address late Friday night that he was "well and in good health" after being injured ... Read more...
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Reliance Industries to be debt free by year-end: Mukesh Ambani
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) India's largest private sector firm Reliance Industries (RIL) Friday said that it will be debt free by the end of this year adding that the ... Read more...
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Nomadic goatherds keep date with Kashmir meadows
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 2 (IANS) The annual tryst of the hardy, nomadic Bakarwals with the lofty Kashmir meadows has begun with thousands of sheep and goats being herded across the Pir ... Read more...
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Autopsy report to reveal how LRG’s Jonas Bevacqua died
June 1st, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, June 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An autopsy report is expected on Wednesday to determine how Jonas Bevacqua died. The ex-clothing line tycoon was found dead in his home. Jonas died at ... Read more...
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Allow companies to purchase land directly from owners: FICCI
May 31st, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Opposing the National Advisory Council's (NAC) proposal to disallow private companies from buying land directly from owners if more than 400 families need to be ... Read more...
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Sangakkara to deliver MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture at Lord’s
May 17th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara has been chosen to deliver the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's July 4.Sangakkara is the ... Read more...
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An extra cup of coffee won’t increase high blood pressure risk
April 23rd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Data pooled in by researchers from six studies, covering 170,000 people, asked participants howmuch coffee they drank each day and then followed them for up to 33 years.The results showed that ... Read more...
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