Meat prices go up in Pakistan
August 13th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Meat prices in Pakistan have been steadily rising over the past two years, with butchers and meat exporters blaming each other for the price rise.Butchers accuse ... Read more...
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge settle for budget Flybe seats
August 2nd, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge showed modesty when they flew cattle class during their trip from the wedding between Mike and Zara over the weekend. ... Read more...
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Fearing Maoists, Bihar villagers flee homes
August 2nd, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 2 (IANS) Hundreds of residents of at least six villages in Bihar's Rohtas district fled for their safety as Maoists threatened to eliminate them for not supporting them, ... Read more...
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India train accident death toll crosses 60
July 11th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Fatehpur, India, July 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rescuers are still trying to remove bodies from the wreckage of a derailed train. The Guardian reports that more than 60 bodies have been pulled out ... Read more...
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Punjab seeks PM’s intervention in Haryana canal row
July 6th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 6 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a dispute with neighbouring Haryana over its decision to ... Read more...
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Scientists working on ‘test-tube’ beef
June 27th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 27 (IANS) The first "test tube" hamburger is only a year away. Beef mince is now being grown from stem cells that would eliminate the necessity of slaughtering ... Read more...
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Court rejects villagers’ plea against Gujarat project
June 23rd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 23 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court has dismissed petitions by Kutch district villagers challenging the allotment of 1,000 acre land to Adani Group for its Mundra Special Economic ... Read more...
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Botswana to cull 21,000 cattle
June 23rd, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Gaborne (Botswana), June 22 (IANS) Botswana's agriculture ministry plans to kill over 21,000 cattle to curb the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, Xinhua reported Wednesday.Kobedi Segale, deputy director of the Department ... Read more...
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Twin murder: Couple held for hiring contract killers
June 19th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat (Haryana), June 19 (IANS) A couple was arrested in a twin murder case for hiring contract killers who murdered two of their neighbours in Haryana, police said Sunday."We arrested ... Read more...
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11 cops suspended after girl found dead in police station
June 11th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 11 (IANS) As many as 11 policemen, including a police inspector, were suspended here Saturday after the body of a teenaged girl was found in ... Read more...
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Evacuation outside 20 km radius of Fukushima plant starts
May 15th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, May 15 (IANS) The Japanese authorities have started evacuation of people who live outside the 20 km radius from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, NHK TV channel ... Read more...
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Diclofenac ban to slow down vulture decline: Study
May 12th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The ban on veterinary drug diclofenac, which was administered to cattle in India, is expected to slow down the decline in the number of vultures ... Read more...
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Children used for smuggling across India-Bangladesh border
April 22nd, 2011 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), April 22 (IANS) Sympathy is a very strong tool used by smugglers across the India-Bangladesh border. It is the prime reason why children are extensively used to ... Read more...
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Northeast India celebrate “Bihu” to mark new harvest season
April 14th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Jorhat, Apr 14 (ANI): Locals celebrated Bihu, the annual harvest festival with great zeal in Assam's Jorhat town on Thursday.Ecstatic people were seen dancing on folk songs while performing traditional rituals with ... Read more...
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26 arrested in Haryana for cattle smuggling bid
April 11th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Twentysix people were arrested Monday in Haryana's Sirsa district for attempting to smuggle cattle out of the state, a police spokesman said here.He said that a ... Read more...
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GM cows produce ‘human’ breast milk
April 3rd, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 3 (IANS) Scientists have created genetically modified cattle that produce "human" milk in a bid to make cows' milk more nutritious.
They have successfully introduced human genes into ... Read more...
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Axed Oz opener Hughes takes off from cricket, heads for farm
February 12th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb.12 (ANI): Ex-Australia opener Phil Hughes has decided to go off cricket for a couple of months and has headed to his family farm in northern New South Wales after being ... Read more...
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Court serves notice to Kutch port over grazing land
February 11th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Friday issued notices to Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) and the union and state governments over the sale of village grazing land ... Read more...
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Kashmir avalanche: Two bodies recovered
February 11th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Bodies of two of the three people, who were buried when an avalanche hit an isolated village in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, were recovered Friday, police said.Three members ... Read more...
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Kashmir avalanche buries three
February 9th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 9 (IANS) Three members of a family were buried alive when an avalanche hit an isolated village in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday.The tragedy took place in Thimran (Shangus) in Anantnag ... Read more...
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BJP slams radio collaring of Indian students of closed US varsity
January 30th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 30(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday criticized the United States' decision of making some Indian students of the California-based Tri Valley University (TVU) wear radio collars ... Read more...
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Cattle baron slain in Mexico
January 29th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican cattle baron was found slain Friday a few hours after his abduction in suburban Monterrey, an official said.The body of the 74-year-old Arturo B. de ... Read more...
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American Kennel Club Recognizes Three New Breeds
January 29th, 2011 - 1:53 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The American Kennel Club has announced their acceptance of three new breeds of dog, which includes The Entlebucher Mountain Dog, the Six-Toed Norwegian Lundehund and the Ancient and ... Read more...
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Man killed in BSF firing, Tripura border village tense
January 27th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 27 (IANS) Tension Thursday gripped a village in western Tripura bordering Bangladesh after an Indian man was killed in firing by Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, officials said here."Abdul Hoque, ... Read more...
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World’s smallest bar situated in Oz measures 1.37m by 1.42m
January 22nd, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 22 (ANI): The world's smallest bar is situated in Australia and it measures just 1.37m by 1.42m.The bar at the Oasis Roadhouse at Lynd Junction sits just off the Gregory ... Read more...
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‘Mattu Pongal’ celebrated with traditional fervour in Tamil Nadu
January 15th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, Jan 15 (ANI): People in Tamil Nadu celebrated 'Mattu Pongal', the festival of harvest with traditional fervour and gaiety on Saturday.Mattu Pongal is a day, when cattle are given a well ... Read more...
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Assamese looking forward to a better tomorrow following militancy decline
January 14th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 14 (ANI): The decline of militant activities in the northeast has given a fillip to development activities and employment generation here, and this is gradually transforming the lives of those ... Read more...
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‘Healthy mammoth could be reborn in 4 or 5 years’
January 14th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A professor has claimed that the woolly mammoth, extinct for thousands of years, could be reborn with the help of cloning technology.Akira Iritani, a professor at Kyoto University, ... Read more...
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Hearst zebras killed by angry neighbors
January 13th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sacramento, Jan 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Angry ranchers in California have shot and killed three Hearst Ranch zebras which had escaped from the ranch.The ranchers who are all live in the same ... Read more...
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Cow dies of mad-cow disease in the Netherlands
January 12th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by BNO News
THE HAGUE (BNO NEWS) -- A 14-year-old cow which died in the Netherlands late last year has been found to have been infected with BSE, which is commonly known as mad-cow disease, ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi to monitor animal health
December 24th, 2010 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Dec 24 (IANS/WAM) The Abu Dhabi authorities have launched an "Animal Identification Registration System" (AIRS) to keep data of all the livestock and monitor their health so as to ensure ... Read more...
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‘Argentine Fritzl’ accused of fathering 10 kids with daughter arrested
November 27th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 27 (ANI): An Argentine man, who fathered 10 children with his daughter after allegedly raping her repeatedly over three decades, has been arrested.Armando Gomez was originally arrested for stealing cattle.However, ... Read more...
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Cloned meat and milk ’safe for consumption’
November 26th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Meat and milk from cloned cows is safe for consumption, suggests a panel of experts.The panel concluded that there was no material difference between meat and milk from ... Read more...
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Milk, meat from cloned cattle ’safe to consume’
November 26th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 26 (IANS) Meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring is "no different to conventional produce and is safe to consume", British government advisers have said.The Advisory Committee on ... Read more...
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Gold Coast farm claims it produces Australia’s only non-violent milk
November 23rd, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 23 (ANI): A Gold Coast farm has claimed that it is the only one in the whole of Australia to produce non-violent milk or Ahimsa milk.Vrindavana Sevika Devi Dasi revealed ... Read more...
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