Apex court strikes down rounding off marks for admission
September 1st, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) In a ruling that would impact thousands of students, the Supreme Court has held that there can be no rounding-off of the percentage of marks ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Stanley Tucci is now planning a wedding with Felicity Blunt
August 9th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Stanley Tucci recently told reporters that he is now a married man. He revealed that he was married to Felicity Blunt. Felicity who is the sister ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Falak continues to battle for life, three arrested in case (Roundup)
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Battered baby Falak Wednesday continued to battle for life with doctors diagnosing blood infection apart from her existing chest and brain infections while police claimed ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Three arrested in Falak’s case as she battles for life (Second Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Three people have been arrested by the Delhi Police in the case relating to battered baby Falak, police said Wednesday as the two-year-old continued to ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Three arrested in Baby Falak’s case (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Three people have been arrested by the Delhi Police in the case relating to two-year-old battered baby Falak, police said Wednesday. However, it was not ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
In intercaste marriage, facts decide offspring’s status: Court
January 19th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the determination of caste of a person born of a marriage between a tribal and a non-tribal cannot be ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Ponting quashes talk about his retirement, vows to play after WC
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Mar 23 (ANI): Under attack Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has quashed speculation that he will retire as Test captain if Australia loses tomorrow's World Cup quarter-final against India.The Daily Mail had ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
How to be a good parent, by David Cameron and Nick Clegg
March 22nd, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Here's how British Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg navigate their family lives in government matters.Cameron has admitted that he likes making a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Two judges helped Kunhalikutty in sex scandal case, alleges relative
February 1st, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), Feb 1 (IANS) Two former high court judges helped Kerala's former industry minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P.K. Kunhalikutty in the Kozhikode ice cream parlour sex scandal ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Bigg Boss 4 Day 95: Ashmit has a tiff with the ‘diplomatic’ Shweta
January 8th, 2011 - 2:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Jan 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bigg Boss asked all the contestants about which eliminated contestant would they want back in the house. He first asked the question to Shweta and she answered ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Rahat Taslim: First Woman Crorepati On KBC!
November 24th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
She is Rahat Taslim, a down-to-earth simple woman, who run’s tailoring classes to earn a livelihood, has enrolled her name in the history of ‘Kaun Bangea Crorepati’. She is the first ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Victoria Trades Hall president unrepentant about 9/11 conspiracy theory
October 21st, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct.21 (ANI): Victorian Trades Hall president Kevin Bracken remains unrepentant about his controversial 9/11 conspiracy theory.Bracken sparked outrage yesterday when he told ABC that the attacks were not the result of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Oz PM Gillard says trade union official’s 9/11 comment ‘ stupid and wrong’
October 20th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Oct. 20 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed as "stupid and wrong" a senior union official's belief that the 9/11 attacks were a conspiracy, but refused to discipline him. ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Investigation reveals that FBI officers cheated in an exam
September 28th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Recently an examination for FBI staff was organized to check their knowledge on domestic investigations. FBI staffers were required to study new set of rules for terrorism and ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Vipul Shah Gifts Vintage Classic Watch On Akshay’s Birthday
September 10th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Bollywood's "khiladi' star Akshay Kumar turned 43 years yesterday and on this occasion his wife Twinkle Khanna organized a surprise party for her hubby. Some of ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Miss Philippines 2010’s Answer Too Dull For The Judges?
August 25th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fourth runner-up in the Miss Universe Pageant, Miss Philippines 2010 Maria Venus Raj became the talk of town after her dull answer in the final round. ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Why saliva forms beads when stretched
June 12th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 12 (ANI): Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery about why some fluids containing polymers - including saliva - form beads when they are stretched and others do not.The findings by ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Drunk Driver Drives Car Into The Toll Booth
June 7th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
(Pen Men at Work): Twenty two year old drunk woman accelerated her car and dashed it over a toll booth outside the Dallas Fort-Worth Airport. The woman, Yasmine Villasana, didn’t brake ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Majority of very old people sleep well
May 3rd, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 3 (IANS) Nearly two thirds of exceptionally old people have good or very good sleep, working out to around 7.5 hours including naps, says a new study.
Surprisingly, the oldest adults ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Delhi High Court putting CJI in RTI ambit will invite apex court scrutiny
January 12th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the Delhi High Court Tuesday endorsing its Sep 2 verdict declaring the office of the Chief Justice of India within the ambit of the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Almost half of parents don’t have answers when their kids ask questions
November 9th, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 9 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that half of parents admit to feeling inadequate when their children ask them questions, as they don't always have the answers.Questions like, 'How ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Big stars in Bigg Boss House
November 5th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Every week or the other one sees biggies from the Bollywood industry marking its presence in Bigg Boss season 3. This time it's going to be the much talked duo, Ranbir ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Astronomers find first rocky planet outside solar system
September 17th, 2009 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 17 (DPA) A group of European astronomers said Wednesday that they had found the first known rocky planet outside the solar system.
The find by European Southern Observatory scientists in Garching, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Bangalore attempts to bring back its avian dwellers
June 5th, 2009 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 5 (IANS) What is Bangalore without its gigantic trees and chirping birds hopping from one branch to another?
Answering the question raised by almost all Bangaloreans on World Environment Day Friday, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
The way to a lady’s heart is through her stomach - if you’re a chimp
April 21st, 2009 - 9:19 am ICT by IANS
By Ernest Gill
Hamburg, April 21 (DPA) The way to a lady's heart is through her stomach - if you're a male chimpanzee seeking a mate. But you have to be patient and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Sikh scribe chucks shoe at Chidambaram, Congress forgives (Roundup)
April 7th, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) In a scene reminiscent of the attack on George W. Bush, a Sikh journalist flung his shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram to express disgust over ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Way was wrong, but Sikhs denied justice for 25 years: Jarnail Singh (Lead)
April 7th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The way was wrong but the issue was right, journalist Jarnail Singh said Tuesday after hurling a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram as an expression ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Method was wrong, issue is right, says journalist Jarnail Singh
April 7th, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The way was wrong but the issue was right, journalist Jarnail Singh said Tuesday after hurling a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram over his responses ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Major portion of inscriptions on 650-yr-old Spanish fortress deciphered
April 6th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 6 (ANI): Scientists have deciphered a major portion of the inscriptions on the 650-year-old Alhambra fortress-palace in Granada, Spain.Visitors to the Alhambra have for centuries been mystified by the Arabic ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
US, UK tell Pak future aid will depend on political stability
March 17th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar. 17 (ANI): The US and UK have clearly told the PPP-led federal government and the PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif that future military and financial aid to Pakistan will depend ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Cricket world ponders over IPL revolution
February 21st, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Feb 21 (IANS) After the Indian Premier League auction bazaar set the cash registers ringing, the question uppermost in the minds of cricketers and the game's administrators world over is about ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Now, software that may help in enhancing students comprehension skills
January 20th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Buffalo have designed a special software that not only reduces the time to grade children's handwritten essays, but may also help in enhancing ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |