Kashmir has talent but no infrastructure: Footballer Ishfaq Ahmed
October 23rd, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 23 (IANS) The presence of star Kashmiri footballer Ishfaq Ahmed in the Salgaocar football club will see the valley rooting for the Goan giants, which will be ... Read more...
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Canada bars entry to Indian Airlines hijacker
February 24th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 24 (IANS) Canada has refused to re-admit the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacking who was deported to India last year.Parminder Singh Saini, 47, who was ... Read more...
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At 64, ex-IAF man goes back to college
November 23rd, 2010 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Robertsganj (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 23 (IANS) He is a retired Indian Air Force (IAF) serviceman with two grown-up sons who are well settled. Yet, Meerut native Jaigopal Tiwari has gone ... Read more...
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Harry Potter To Be Taught In Durhan University
August 21st, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 21, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Good news for Harry Potter fans! Even though the last movie of the series will be ending by next year, Potterites can study their favorite teen ... Read more...
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Rachel Maddow was a blonde in her high school yearbook photo
July 11th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, July 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was a blonde in her yearbook photos. Currently she wears her hair dark and short, but once upon a ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan ruling party MP has fake degree’
April 14th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) In a major embarrassment for the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, it has emerged that one of its parliamentarians has a fake degree and can't even write his name ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
IGNOU to extend education to disabled
March 15th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Monday announced new programmes which would focus on providing special education to people with hearing, visual and mental disability.
Speaking at ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker deported, CBI takes custody (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Toronto, Jan 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday took into custody Parminder Singh Saini, the hijacker of an Indian Airlines Srinagar-Delhi flight that was taken to Lahore in ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker deported to India
January 27th, 2010 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 27 (IANS) Canada Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India.Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faced deportation ... Read more...
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Indian hijacker can’t practise law, says Canada
January 17th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 17 (IANS) Canada has refused to allow the mastermind of the 1984 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore to practise law.Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took ... Read more...
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India captures people’s hearts: American folk singer
September 23rd, 2009 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Aroonim Bhuyan
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) As she does her first ever tour of India at the age of 51, American folk singer and songwriter Carrie Newcomer says she can't imagine ... Read more...
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Only Good Scripts Allowed for Ananya!
September 15th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Currently busy with her first Telugu film, Ananya was also seen in three Malayalam movies. She made a brilliant Tamil debut as well. However, she doesn't want to do glamorous roles. She ... Read more...
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Bar Council’s role in legal education is limited: Sibal
September 10th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Bar Council of India (BCI) has no role in legal education in schools and universities, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday, replying to the ... Read more...
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Darwin spent more on food than books during college days
March 22nd, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Charles Darwins life during college days was quite different from what many would expect. He used to spend very little time studying or in lectures, preferring to ... Read more...
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