Bull Goes on the Run at Edinburgh Zoo
September 4th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Edinburgh, Sept 4 (THAINDIAN News) A bull on the run in the Edinburg zoo caused chaos it as it escaped from its cage. However, its excitement was short lived and lasted for ... Read more...
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Flash mob performs jig with brooms at Noida
January 30th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Holding brooms, a large number of people Monday broke into a jig -- which turned out to be a flash mob of its own kind ... Read more...
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Haryana social organisation on clean Delhi mission
September 22nd, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The capital's residents, long used to shirking municipal sweepers and litter-piled streets, have been in for a surprise as thousands of volunteers, ranging from students ... Read more...
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SRK chucks performance, instead teaches dance to audience
June 26th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 26 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan never fails to charm! Even if his knee injury restrained him from putting on his usual high-voltage performance, the Bollywood badshah chose ... Read more...
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When caterpillars stopped a train in China
June 1st, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 1 (IANS) Swarms of caterpillars delayed a cargo train in China for three hours as they invaded a section of the railway track, Xinhua reported Wednesday.The incident occurred ... Read more...
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Cleanliness campaign launched by Imagindia think tank
February 27th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Hundreds of students and volunteers armed with brooms and shovels Sunday spruced up the area around Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat here at the launch of a ... Read more...
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Post-immersion, Mumbai residents clean up beaches
September 23rd, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) A day after the immersion ceremony of hundreds of big and small idols of Lord Ganesh, the state's favourite elephant-headed god, Mumbai residents, from students to community workers ... 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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Youngsters come together to clean Delhi
July 25th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Young Delhiites hanging out in a crowded market on a Sunday is a common sight. But the West Patel Nagar market in the capital saw the unusual ... Read more...
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Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group
July 23rd, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a ... Read more...
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Quidditch mania sweeps central park
June 1st, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jun 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, invented the Quidditch game in one of Harry Potter series. In the book, witches and wizards play ... Read more...
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Delhi to see more cleanups by residents
May 25th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Days after they hit the streets with brooms and mops to clear the garbage in their south Delhi neighbourhood - one of the largest in the Indian ... Read more...
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Italian sweeping machines raise dust in Chandigarh
October 2nd, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Oct 2 (IANS) Chandigarh may claim to be the cleanest city in India but an ambitious multi-million rupee plan of local authorities to make it still cleaner with imported ... Read more...
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Women rough up bank manager over loan
September 3rd, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) A group of women roughed up a bank manager in an Uttar Pradesh village after he refused to meet them for a loan demand, police said Thursday.
Agitated women, ... Read more...
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Ever heard of a ghost fair? It’s here in Madhya Pradesh
January 28th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Malajpur (Madhya Pradesh), Jan 28 (IANS) A sari clad woman with her hair wild scrambles on the floor as if trying to run away from some invisible enemy. There is a look ... Read more...
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Indian American couple to pay $1 mn to maids in slavery case
July 12th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 12 (IANS) A multi-millionaire Indian American couple, already sentenced to jail for virtually enslaving two Indonesian maids, has been ordered by a US court to pay nearly $1 million ... Read more...
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Indian American gets jail after wife’s sentencing for slavery
June 28th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 28 (IANS) An Indian American millionaire has been sentenced to over three years in jail, a day after his wife was given 11 years in prison for virtually enslaving ... Read more...
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India-born US millionaire gets 11 years for abuse of Indonesian maids
June 27th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 27 (ANI): India-born US millionaire Varsha Sabhnani, who along with her husband, was convicted of enslaving and torturing two Indonesian women, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison ... Read more...
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Maid, now 25, says she was enslaved from 11 in Brazil
June 12th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Rio de Janeiro, June 12 (DPA) A maid told authorities in Brazil that she had been kept as a slave for 14 years by a married couple and had not been ... Read more...
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Life term sought for Indian American couple in slavery case
April 9th, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by admin
New York, April 9 (IANS) US prosecutors have recommended maximum sentence for the multi-millionaire Indian American couple convicted of "modern day slavery", asking for between 30 years and life imprisonment for the ... Read more...
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New movie sees Rahul Bose as Mumbai street-cleaner
March 12th, 2008 - 9:40 am ICT by admin
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Actors Rahul Bose and Ayesha Dharkhar will literally hit the streets in a new movie. The duo will be seen sweeping the pathways of Mumbai ... Read more...
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Broomsticks could be artistic, says Subash of Indore
November 14th, 2007 - 2:54 am ICT by admin
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