Two railway officials attacked by eunuchs
November 18th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Two railway officials were injured in an attack by eunuchs aboard the Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prasanti Express Friday.The railway police said a group of eunuchs attacked the ticket ... Read more...
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How Hou Yifan became world’s youngest ever women’s chess champion
January 30th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Hou Yifan, who has become the youngest ever women's world chess champion at the age of just 16, is a typical Chinese teenager who has worked almost unimaginably ... Read more...
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Goa train ticket checkers strike work for two hours
October 7th, 2010 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 6 (IANS) Over 50 ticket checkers and commercial clerks attached to the Konkan Railway (KR) went on a flash strike Wednesday evening, triggering confusion at three major railway stations in ... Read more...
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Recruitment begins for London Olympics volunteers
September 15th, 2010 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 15 (IANS) Organisers for the 2012 London Olympic Games Wednesday have started the recruitment process for 70,000 volunteers.
The application process will close Oct 27 and people who are interested can ... Read more...
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Delhi’s mosquito-breeding checkers call off strike (Lead)
September 9th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) As a dengue scare grips Delhi ahead of the Commonwealth Games next month, about 3,200 sanitary inspectors whose job is to check mosquito breeding in homes ... Read more...
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Delhi’s mosquito breeding checkers call off strike
September 9th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) About 3,200 inspectors who check mosquito breeding in Delhi houses called off their strike Thursday after the lt.-governor's office and the municipal commissioner assured them ... Read more...
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Corporation to terminate striking breeder checkers
September 8th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The services of domestic breeder checkers (DBC), who continued their strike for the third day Wednesday, will be terminated if they don't report for work Thursday, the ... Read more...
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Dave Navarro On Fact Checkers Unit
September 7th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 7, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Celebrated guitarist Dave Navarro who has been a part of awesome and exciting bands like Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a man ... Read more...
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75 dengue cases in Delhi Monday, total 1,370
September 6th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Dengue cases continued to rise unabated in the national capital with 75 new cases of the vector-borne disease reported Monday, taking the number of those infected to ... Read more...
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1,500 dengue mosquito breeding checkers go on strike in Delhi
September 6th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Even as dengue cases are on the upswing, over 1,500 contract workers tasked to check homes for mosquito breeding went on strike Monday demanding regularisation of their ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa flays police inaction over hotel attack
September 4th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) Opposition leader and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Saturday launched a scathing attack on the state police for failing to take action against those involved in an attack ... Read more...
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Oswald Lee Harvey’s Getaway Car To Be Auctioned Off
June 6th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
June 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A collection of items are going to be put up for auction at the now defunct Pate Museum of Transportation in Cresson, near Fort Worth.The ... Read more...
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Traditional art of letter writing ‘dying out’ among kids
May 21st, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21 (ANI): A survey has found that the traditional art of letter writing is fast dying out among children, as they turn to email, text messages and social networking ... Read more...
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Action plan to check dengue in Delhi ahead of CWG
March 3rd, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday initiated a campaign to check mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, chikunguniya and malaria in time for the Commonwealth Games.
Delhi Mayor ... Read more...
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Mosquitoes breeding in over 51,000 Delhi houses
December 15th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Mosquitoes were found breeding in as many as 51,282 houses in the capital and prosecution was launched against 9,887 residents, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi ... Read more...
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464 dengue cases, Delhi Mayor orders stringent action (Lead)
November 5th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) As the national capital Thursday recorded 26 new cases of dengue, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease to 464, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain ... Read more...
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416 cases of dengue in Delhi
November 3rd, 2009 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The capital recorded 19 new cases of dengue Tuesday, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease in New Delhi to 416, a health department ... Read more...
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Delhi reports 391 dengue cases so far
November 2nd, 2009 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) At least 16 new cases of dengue were reported Monday, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease in the national capital to 391, a ... Read more...
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366 cases of dengue in Delhi
November 1st, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Fourteen cases of dengue were confirmed Sunday morning, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease in the national capital to 366, a health department ... Read more...
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Six inch serrated knife cleared by airport security but not bottled water!
June 11th, 2009 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 11 (ANI): A plane passenger was able to take a six-inch serrated knife past airport security but was stopped before boarding for carrying a bottle of water.Adrian Elvy, who was ... Read more...
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Txtng blamd fr spoiln spelin standrds
February 12th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Besides wrecking English language, the increased use of text messages and emails is making spelling standards fall, according to a new study.The research said that spell checkers ... Read more...
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Computerised aids make writing easier for aphasics
February 4th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 4 (IANS) There is some hope for aphasics who have virtually lost the capacity to speak, read or write, even though their intellectual ability remains intact, after a stroke or ... Read more...
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Text snooping is the latest addiction for couples Down Under!
August 27th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 27 (ANI): Couples Down Under have developed a disturbing new habit text snooping.Thats the conclusion of a new survey conducted by Virgin Mobile, which has found that one in ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray party wants industry to reserve jobs for locals
April 9th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has once again raked up the north Indian versus locals issue, demanding 80 percent job reservations in the private sector in the state. ... Read more...
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