Your farts could cure high blood pressure
July 3rd, 2012 - 9:54 am ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Though most of us may find it quite embarrassing in case we were caught breaking wind, a new study has in fact suggested flatulence could help ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Caesarean could pose health risk to babies
February 10th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Mothers opting for delivery through caesarean section could be harming their baby's health, researchers have warned contrary to the widely-held belief that a C-section delivery poses ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Clooney recovering after surgery
November 21st, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 21 (IANS) Hollywood actor George Clooney is recovering after undergoing elbow surgery last week.The "Up In The Air" actor was sporting a brace and sling over his right ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
GM to build first electric motor plant in US
May 18th, 2011 - 8:29 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 18 (IANS) The General Motors Co. (GM) Tuesday announced its plan to build an electric motor plant near Baltimore, Maryland, the first such plant dedicated to making key ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
“Skins” TV Series Will Premiere On MTV From January
October 22nd, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) MTV, for the last few years, has been experimenting with scripted dramas. After last summer's last summer's hit "The Hard Times of R.J. Berger", the channel ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Parking row leaves off-duty US cop dead
October 18th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 18 (IANS) An off-duty policeman died after he was hit on the head during a row over parking in the US, it was reported here.Thirtyseven-year-old Brian Stevenson had an argument ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian American convicted for infecting Fannie Mae computers
October 6th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) An Indian American computer programmer in Maryland has been convicted by a federal jury for transmitting a malicious script to Fannie Mae's computer servers to destroy ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Doctor shot at hospital in US
September 17th, 2010 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) A doctor was shot at a hospital in the US city of Baltimore, Maryland, and the suspect is holed up on a floor of the building, a media ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Homeless accused of threatening President Obama sentenced to 20 years
August 24th, 2010 - 4:12 am ICT by BNO News
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – A man who threatened President Obama and several Social Security Administration offices with hoax anthrax mailings was sentenced to 240 months to prison, prosecutors said Monday.Timothy Cloud, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Faking Seizures in Restaurants to Avoid Paying
August 13th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man who is from Baltimore, Maryland was arrested last month for avoiding his restaurant bills when he would go out to eat, by pretending ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
‘Sleep control’ receptors help blind mice see
July 24th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 24 (ANI): When blind mice are made to run, they can identify objects using receptors in the eye, also called 'sleep control' cells, that were previously thought to have no ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Working At Baltimore Pizza Place
June 24th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
June 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former American lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who at one point of time was seen in the company of George Bush as well as many other high profiled ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
A little stress may be good for foetal brain
April 12th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by ANI
London, April 12 (ANI): It is well known that high stress during pregnancy is not good for mother as well as for the baby. But a new study suggests that moderate stress ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Archdiocese of Baltimore to close 13 Catholic schools
March 4th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by BNO News
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (BNO NEWS) -- The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced on Thursday they will close 12 elementary and middle schools and one high school in June 30, 2010, because rising operating costs ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Reagan’s Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies
February 20th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Feb 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Alexander Haig who was the Secretary of State during the Reagan administration has died. He died on Saturday, at the ripe old age of 85. ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Former US secretary of state Alexander Haig dead
February 20th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 20 (DPA) Alexander Haig, a former NATO commander and a top official in three Republican administrations, died Saturday, Fox News reported, citing Haig's family.
Haig, 85, had been hospitalised ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Author Edgar Allen Poe’s mysterious tomb visitor disappears
January 20th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan. 20 (ANI): A mysterious visitor, who has been leaving roses and cognac at American writer Edgar Allen Poe's tomb on his anniversary for the past 61 years, has failed to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Proper use of English could help virus dodge security
November 28th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 28 (ANI): Security researchers have pointed out a basic weakness in antivirus tactics, saying hackers could escape computer protection by hiding malware within ordinary English-language sentences.Josh Mason of John Hopkins ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA’s Spitzer spots clump of planet-forming material around young star
September 24th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 24 (ANI): NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has witnessed a clump of planet-forming material around a young star.Planets form out of swirling disks of gas and dust. Spitzer observed infrared light ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Prosecutors go after ACORN movie makers, not ACORN employees
September 12th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by BNO News
BALTIMORE, Maryland (BNO NEWS) -- The State's Attorney for Baltimore City, Patricia Jessamy, released a statement on Friday in which she says prosecutors may go after the undercover makers of a movie ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Phelps drank before car accident
August 17th, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 17 (IBNS) Michael Phelps has confessed that he drank a beer about an hour and 15 minutes before he came across an accident last week.How alcohol has been disguised as ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Michael Phelps Involved In Accident
August 14th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by GD
Recent news reports seem to indicate that Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has been involved in a car crash on Thursday night. The incident is said to have occurred in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Anna Faris ties nuptial knot
August 13th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 13 (IBNS) Anna Faris and her actor beau Chris Pratt have entered into a lifelong partnership as wife and husband, it was discovered.They wed in a small ceremony in Bali on ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Foetuses with Down’s syndrome express some genes differently
June 9th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 9 (ANI): Scientists have found that foetuses with Down's syndrome express some genes differently than their normal counterparts-a discovery that may pave the way for new ways to treat the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Milky Ways new dwarfs steal the limelight from home-grown galaxies
October 13th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): Scientists have solved the puzzle as to why so few dwarf galaxies have been spotted near the Milky Way, attributing the reason to the fact that home-grown ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Treating common brain cancer as two diseases could help improve cure
September 15th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 15 (ANI): Genetic studies conducted on patients with glioblastoma, the most common type of brain cancer, in America suggest that this disease should be treated as two disease not ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Russia’s Severstal to buy US steel firm
July 8th, 2008 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, July 8 (RIA Novosti) Russia's largest steel producer Severstal Tuesday said it had finalized a deal to buy US-based WCI Steel for $140 million. WCI Steel will be eventually renamed ... Read more...
Posted in World |
ArcelorMittal steel group sells off US steel mill
May 11th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by admin
Paris, May 11 (ANI): The worlds largest steel group ArcelorMittal has said that it has finalised the 810 million dollars sale of a plant in the United States to Russian Steelmaker ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Van Halen postpones reunion tour
March 5th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Hard rock band Van Halen has been forced to postpone their US reunion tour following undisclosed medical illness of their guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
According to a statement released, ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Pakistani detainee claims CIA tortured him
December 10th, 2007 - 3:37 pm ICT by admin
New York, Dec 10 (ANI): A Pakistani detained by CIA has claimed that he was subjected to "state-sanctioned torture," the New York Times has said.
Majid Khan who lived in Baltimore, Maryland, through ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |