Psychopaths tend to have poor olfactory sense
September 21st, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 21 (IANS) People with psychopathic tendencies seem to have a poor sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the brain's front part, says a study.Psychopathy covers ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Rains throw life out of gear in Lucknow
September 17th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Heavy rains continued to batter the state capital for the second consecutive day Saturday. The weather department has predicted wet days till next week.Rains began ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Pass Lokpal, whistle blowers bills in monsoon session: Aruna Roy
August 24th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy Friday demanded passage of the Lokpal bill, the grievance redressal bill and the whistle blowers' protection bill ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s elite behave like foreign agents: A.Q. Khan
August 13th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Pakistan's elite "toe the American line and behave like foreign agents", said disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan who lamented the "current inept and corrupt ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Rights groups hail advisory on animal abuse on TV
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Animal rights groups Monday lauded the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) advisory asking TV channels not to air content exhibiting harming and exploitation of animals.Noting ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Development work to be videographed in UP
March 24th, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 24 (IANS) In a bid to check corruption and use of sub-standard material in construction work in the rural areas, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to get ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Allot power, don’t be callous, Jayalalithaa tells PM
March 9th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) Terming as callous New Delhi's "inaction" to the state's repeated requests for additional power, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
CPI-M men behind hooch tragedy: Bengal minister
December 15th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) The hooch tragedy that has claimed 128 lives in West Bengal so far has turned into a political issue, with state Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
With flowers, candles Kolkata mourns its hospital victims
December 10th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) Kolkata residents hit the streets Saturday, protesting the "callousness" of the AMRI Hospital through silent marches and tearfully remembering with bouquets and lighted candles the 90 ... Read more...
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Punish the guilty, Kolkata echoes in one voice
December 10th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) It was a collective chorus of anger and shock in Kolkata as intellectuals, celebrities and commoners demanded exemplary punishment for culprits and a mechanism to ... Read more...
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He came from Bangladesh for better health, lost life
December 9th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Gauranga Mandal had come all the way from Bangladesh in the hope of getting back his healthy life. On Friday, this hope was extinguished with ... Read more...
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Bengal government comes down hard on ‘callous’ hospital
December 9th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, other ministers, the Kolkata mayor and security officials ripped apart the AMRI Hospital authorities for "callousness", "negligence" and for ... Read more...
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Survivors, relatives charge hospital with callousness
December 9th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Insufficient and faulty fire-fighting systems, ill-trained hospital staff more interested in saving their own lives - survivors of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital fire Friday had horrific tales ... Read more...
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Callous capital? Passersby ignored pleas from injured, bleeding men
November 29th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) In one more instance of callousness in the national capital, two young men, brutally beaten up, lay by the roadside, bleeding, pleading for help... For ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
ANP leader, son killed in Pakistan
November 7th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) A leader of Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) was killed Monday along with his son and security guard while seven others were injured in a suicide ... Read more...
Posted in World |
CPI-M flays petrol price hike
November 4th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday accused the government of showing "shocking callousness" by hiking the petrol price yet again -- by Rs.1.80 a ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
CPI-M demands probe into Darjeeling bridge collapse
October 25th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Accusing the Darjeeling administration and police of callousness in the wake of the bridge collapse that claimed 32 lives, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday ... Read more...
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Mamata effect: Salaries on 1st, clean-up drives in hospitals
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Suparna Nag couldn't believe her eyes when she updated her bank passbook on June 1. In her 15 years of career as a teacher in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
LHC directs Pak Govt to reply to plea against US drone attacks by May 5
April 27th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, April 27(ANI): The Lahore High Court has granted additional time to the Pakistan Government for filing a reply to a petition seeking directions to the government to stop US drone attacks ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Doctors go on strike over medical officer’s murder
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) Work in almost all government hospitals and dispensaries across Uttar Pradesh was paralysed shortly after a chief medical officer (CMO) was murdered outside his residence here ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Wrong information under RTI to land officials in trouble
March 20th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) Providing wrong information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act could be prove costly with a senior Haryana official directing that action be taken against erring ... Read more...
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Not just poverty, corporate callousness drives children to labour
March 15th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) His hair neatly combed, T-shirt tucked into his trousers, Sunil, all of 12, sits on a bench outside a children's home here and recounts the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Publishers have right to protect their territory (Comment)
March 11th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
The proposed copyright amendment bill, 2010, contains a proviso stating that "a copy of a work published in any country outside India with the permission of the author of the work ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Two Jodhpur hospital employees suspended for deaths
February 27th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Sunday suspended two employees of the government-run Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur where 13 women have died of excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Sonali Bendre’s Pantyless Rumors Creates Rave And Controversy
February 6th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Feb 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After Yana Gupta and Neetu Chandra, it was perhaps Sonali Bendre's turn to hit Karan Johar's party without her panty. However, her act of callousness, publicity ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
“Yeh Saali Zindagi” - roller-coaster ride not for the weak-hearted (IANS Film Review; Rating:*** 1/2)
February 5th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "Yeh Saali Zindagi"; Director: Sudhir Mishra; Cast: Irrfan Khan, Chitrangda Singh, Arunodoy Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari; Rating:*** 1/2To describe the roller-coaster ride that is "Yeh Saali Zindagi" ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
The Third Artist In “Spider Man” Injured
December 5th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Some people would make all desperate attempts to transform stone into gold. However, after a few humiliating failures, most of them decide to give up. But ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Paswan, Brinda in parliamentary-civil society team visiting Kashmir
November 22nd, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) A 10-member team of political leaders, rights activists and academics will visit the troubled Kashmir Valley to hold talks with "all sections of the society to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Technical snag hits Metro, frustrates commuters (Lead)
October 19th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Commuters travelling by the Delhi Metro had a harrowing experience Tuesday and they were trapped inside the train for almost an hour as a technical snag hit ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Frozen Vegetables Recalled For Containing Glass Pieces
October 18th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) This is a real matter of concern, as once again it highlights the fatal callousness of certain food manufacturing companies. Some frozen food has reportedly been ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Civic bodies moving dogs to undisclosed locations’
October 6th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Delhi's civic authorities, clearing the city of stray dogs in the wake of the Commonwealth Games, are dumping them on the outskirts of the city and ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Hindus ask for Britain’s apology for millions of starvation deaths of 1943 famine
September 10th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sept 10 (ANI): Hindus want Britain to tender a formal apology to India and relatives of affected families for reportedly about three million starvation deaths in the great famine of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Personality can tell who’s more likely to cheat
September 8th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 8 (ANI): A couple of studies have established a link between psychopathy and cheating habit in students.It has found that students who cheat are more likely to fit the profile ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Australian ex-cop jailed for pushing wife off cliff
September 3rd, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 3 (IANS) A former police officer in Australia who murdered his wife by pushing her off a cliff was Friday jailed for 33 years.
Des Campbell, 52, who murdered his wife ... Read more...
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Delhi slammed for delayed information, fined Rs.50,0000
August 23rd, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Praveen Kumar
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Central Information Commission has slammed the Delhi government and asked it to pay a patient a compensation of Rs.50,000 for delay in providing him ... Read more...
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