Temporary basketball arena to be sold after Olympic Games
July 22nd, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) The temporary basketball arena will be sold after the 2012 London Olympic Games, and Brazil, the hosts of the 2016 edition, is the most likely buyer, ... Read more...
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Kelsey Grammer’s pregnant fourth wife is ‘lonely and miserable’
June 21st, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, June 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kelsey Grammer’s pregnant wife Kayte Walsh is ‘lonely and miserable’. Kayte is 8 months pregnant with twins and is due to deliver next month.She was born ... Read more...
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Azlan Shah Cup: India narrowly go down to Britain
May 27th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ipoh (Malaysia), May 27 (IANS) Five-time champions India missed chances galore and went down narrowly 2-3 to favourites Britain in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here Sunday.India played a ... Read more...
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Man barred from being with daughter alone
March 7th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 7 (IANS) A man in Britian has been banned from being alone with his eight-year-old daughter after he accidentally downloaded pornographic images of children.Scaffolder Nigel Robinson, 43, turned ... Read more...
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Getting back black money ‘difficult,’ says minister
February 13th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The government was finding it "difficult" to get black money stashed in overseas tax havens because the countries lacked the political will to curb the ... Read more...
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Law executive jailed for stealing half-million pounds
January 28th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) A young legal executive in Britian has been jailed for stealing nearly half a million pounds from clients' accounts, causing a family-run solictior firm to go ... Read more...
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‘Don 2′ rings in over Rs.48 crore on opening weekend
December 26th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan's much talked about action thriller "Don 2: The King Is Back" has opened to encouraging reviews and cheerful opening weekend collection ... Read more...
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Docu-drama on Guru Gobind Singh is bridge between religions: Director
August 22nd, 2011 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Thakur Ranvir Singh, who is proud about making the first docu-drama on the10th Sikh guru, says he travelled to eight Indian states and visited ... Read more...
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British child plunges to death from 13th floor in Singapore
August 7th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) A toddler from Britain died after she fell from her parents' 13th-floor luxury apartment in Singapore, a media report said here.The body of the three-year-old girl ... Read more...
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Marriages killing joy of kissing
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) If you think the passion to kiss your partner is missing in your life, it could be due to your marriage.A survey in Britian has ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
London court bars teenager from using internet
August 2nd, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) A teenager in Britian has been prohibited from using internet after being accused of hacking into the websites of national law enforcement agency and a national ... Read more...
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Two Britons planned US raid on Osama’s hideout
May 8th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) Not many may know it, but two British special forces' officers planned the May 2 US commando raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in ... Read more...
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Wikileaks reveals standoff over nuclear fuel in Pakistan
November 29th, 2010 - 7:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) The secret US diplomatic communications leaked by Wikileaks have exposed a dangerous standoff over the use of highly enriched uranium in Pakistani reactor as America fears the ... Read more...
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Prince William pays tribute to war dead
November 14th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (IANS) Britian's Prince William, the second-in-line to the throne, went to Afghanistan Sunday to pay tribute to the British soldiers killed in conflicts since the First World War.While ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Chennai boy’s kidnappers nabbed, Rs.1 crore ransom seized
November 3rd, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) Two men, one a management graduate from Britian and the other an engineering student, were Wednesday arrested for kidnapping a schoolboy two days back. The Rs.1 crore ransom ... Read more...
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No 100 percent guarantee of security at CWG: Britain
October 1st, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi, Oct.1 (ANI): Britain, which has sent its largest ever oversees contingent of athletes to take part in New Delhi commonwealth Games, has expressed satisfaction over the facilities at ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Freed Russian spy plans to return home
July 22nd, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin, who has been living in Britian and is one of the spies exchanged as part of a Russia-US spy swap deal early this ... Read more...
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World’s first prostate cancer ‘vaccine’ to be used in patients
May 1st, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 1 (ANI): Provenge, the world's first prostate cancer 'vaccine' which works by boosting the body's immune system to fight tumours, is to be used in patients.The vaccine helps those already ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Britian’s first: Two lesbians listed as “parents” in child’s birth certificate
April 21st, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 21 (ANI): A lesbian couple have become the first in Britian to get the word "father" removed from the birth certificate of their child.Natalie Woods, 38, gave birth to 7lb ... Read more...
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Four Indians nominated for Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
February 19th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Noted authors Keki N. Daruwalla and Amit Chaudhuri are among the four Indians nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010.
Besides Daruwalla's "For Pepper and Christ" and ... Read more...
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Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love most-played love song in UK
February 10th, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 10 (ANI): X Factor winner Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love has landed the first spot in a poll of the most-played love songs in recent years in Britian.In the survey ... Read more...
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Watson, Radcliffe highest paid actress, actor
February 5th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) "Harry Potter" stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe have been named highest paid actress and actor in Vanity Fair's list of 40 top Hollywood earners.
The two stars, ... Read more...
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High blood-sugar levels ‘up cancer risk’
January 3rd, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3 (ANI): A new study has found a link between elevated blood-sugar levels and increased risk of cancer.The finding is worrying, especially in Britian, as an estimated 10.1 million people ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Tuesday is the week’s wettest day
October 23rd, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Tuesday is regularly the rainiest day of the week, new UK research has found.According to data, rainfall in Britian has increased by more than 10 per cent over ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Meet the real Dennis the Menace
October 4th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): The real life inspiration for Dennis the Menace, one of Britian's favourite cartoon characters, has been revealed.Sporting spiky hair as a kid, Robert Fair, a former merchant navy ... Read more...
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Boy, 3, is youngest crime suspect in Britian
September 20th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 20 (ANI): A three-year-old boy has become the youngest known suspect in a British criminal inquiry, after cops investigated him for disorder and vandalism.The kid is among 10 kids aged ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Brit office workers to be allowed 10-minute ‘Facebook break’!
September 11th, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 11 (ANI): Bosses in Britian have decided to impose a new rule in the workplace which will allow employees a 'Facebook break' of 10 minutes a day.The decision has ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old “cathedral” in Britian
August 26th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 26 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has unearthed a Neolithic "cathedral" - a massive building of a kind never before seen in Britain, which go back nearly 5,000 years, easily ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Oasis cancels V festival show after Liam falls ill
August 25th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Rock band 'Oasis' have added fuel to split rumours by cancelling their performance at V Festival, after frontman Liam Gallagher contracted viral infection laryngitis.The cancellation of the show ... Read more...
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Kate Moss to hit Britain’s waterways for “mother of all booze cruises”
July 17th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): Kate Moss is reportedly set to embark on a booze cruise in Britian's waterways.The model is supposed to attend her friend Jess Hallett's wedding in Italy next month ... Read more...
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Denise Van Outen has met husband only twice after honeymoon
June 29th, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 29 (ANI): Former Big Breakfast presenter Denise Van Outen has revealed that she has met her husband Lee Mead only twice after their honeymoon."We got married in the Seychelles, the ... Read more...
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Johnny Depp accidentally bought a Caribbean island!
June 28th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Johnny Depp splashed out on the 45-acre tropical paradise in the Caribbean after discovering it by chance on a family holiday."Like everything else in my life, ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
The Worcester church that lures men with beer on Father’s day!
June 21st, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 21 (ANI): In an attempt to treat Fathers' Day in the same way as Mothering Sunday, bottles of beer will be given to fathers who attend a church in Britian.While ... Read more...
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Kerry Katona thinks she’s Britian’s most hated person
May 30th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 30 (ANI): Kerry Katona fears her gyrating life has made her the most hated person in Britain.The former Atomic Kitten said she is scared social services are secretly monitoring her ... Read more...
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Susan Boyle does saucy jig for Piers Morgan to celebrate finals entry
May 25th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 25 (ANI): Susan Boyle has entered the finals of Britian's Got Talent, and celebrated her success with a saucy jig for judge Piers Morgan.The 48-year-old turned into an overnight celebrity ... Read more...
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