Delhi votes for better civic amenities
April 15th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Better sanitation, roads, education, health and other civic amenities were on the minds of people from all hues who came out to elect councillors in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
‘Northeast India should go for traditional housing’
April 9th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 9 (IANS) Quake-prone northeastern India should switch to traditional forms of house-building, including houses made of bamboo and cane, that are flexible and able to withstand tremors, said ... Read more...
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Congress legislators want seniors to come together (Himachal Pradesh Newsletter)
April 8th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 8 (IANS) Young Congress legislators in Himachal Pradesh are leaving nothing to chance in the run up to the assembly polls later this year and trying to ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Fairytale ride continues for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ children
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) From slums to flats, from "Slumdog Millionaire" to another international movie with Anthony Hopkins. The dream ride continues for Rubina Rafiq Qureshi and Azharuddin ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Sreedharan bids adieu to Delhi Metro
December 31st, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) "It was a very satisfying experience and I am very happy that Metro treads 190 km," Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan said Saturday, his last ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Metro Man rides into sunset, to pass baton to Mangu Singh (With Image)
December 30th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) After 15 years of eventful tenure as Delhi Metro chief, E. Sreedharan will hand over the baton to his colleague Mangu Singh Saturday, who oversaw ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Anna supporters in Chennai disappointed
December 28th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) The general mood of India Against Corruption (IAC) members here supporting Anna Hazare's demand for a strong anti-graft law was of disappointment after the Lok ... Read more...
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Enviro chips to avoid harmful radiation from mobiles, PCs (Lead, Correcting name in first para)
November 19th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Mobile phones, computers and even granite in your kitchens emit varying amounts of radiation and people should take steps to fend off its harmful effect ... Read more...
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Enviro chips to avoid harmful radiation from mobiles, PCs
November 19th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Mobile phones, computers and even granite in your kitchens emit varying amounts of radiation and people should take steps to fend off its harmful effect ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
From food joints to helipad - the business of F1
October 23rd, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Oct 23 (IANS) Over 150 food joints, parking facility for 16,000 cars, a helipad, two-medical facilities and a media centre may sound like a mini-city, but these are ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Don’t have expectation for any post: Gadkari
October 9th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Amid speculation about his emerging as one of the prime ministerial candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said that ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
London lord mayor coming to do business with Mumbai
October 7th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) London's Lord Mayor Alderman Michael Bear will arrive here on a two-day visit Tuesday at head of a high-level business delegation offering British expertise in ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Pages from life of Bollywood baddie Bob Christo
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) He was the bald foreign baddie who would get beaten to pulp by Bollywood heroes. Bob Christo's life was perhaps as daring as his ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Movies, business, fitness, feminism on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
June 2nd, 2011 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) One of the best ways to chill out in summer is with a book and here is a pile that provokes and excites:1. "Flashback: My ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district has lowest literacy rate
April 1st, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 1 (IANS) Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh has given the state a cause for embarrassment. The district carries the "worst" literacy tag in country - of 37.22 ... Read more...
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US preacher says world will end around 6pm on May 21, 2011
March 27th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): A preacher from Oakland, California, has warned that the end of the world is nigh - 21st May 2011, to be precise.At about 6pm, Harold Camping reckons 2 ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Bob Christo played the quintessential Bollywood baddy (Obituary)
March 21st, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) You "hated" him but couldn't ignore him. Henchman, goon, fighter, gambler, bandit, hitman, gangster: Australian-born Bob Christo, who died Sunday, played all this and ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Veteran Bollywood actor Bob Christo passes away
March 21st, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Mar. 21 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actor Bob Christo, who essayed the role of a villain in films of the eighties and nineties, passed away here on Sunday afternoon. He was ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Libyan rebels warn of a ‘fight till death’ with Gaddafi’s loyalists
March 14th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Mar 14 (ANI): As the forces of Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi advanced towards Ajdabiya town, rebels vowed to 'fight till death' if a no-fly zone was imposed by the West ... Read more...
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Protesters storm security office in Egypt
March 5th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 5 (IANS) Protesters in the Egyptian city of Alexandria stormed the headquarters of the state security agency after there were reports that officers were destroying key documents, according ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
What happened to Bhopal’s housing scheme, ask NRIs
February 22nd, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Shahnawaz Akhtar
Bhopal, Feb 22 (IANS) A two-decade-old housing scheme in Bhopal for non-resident Indians (NRIs) has got enmeshed in red tape, with the government even giving the allocated land to others, ... Read more...
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Keralite’s score formula to be used in rain-hit IPL matches
December 11th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 11 (IANS) A system developed by Kerala engineer V. Jayadevan for computing target scores in interrupted one-day and Twenty20 (T20) cricket matches has got the Indian cricket board's nod ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Assaulted engineer was corrupt, says Ghaziabad mayor
November 27th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 27 (IANS) An executive engineer of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation who was assaulted Friday was employed illegally on the behest of Mayawati government, city mayor Damyanti Goel said Saturday."A.K. ... Read more...
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Frank Sinatra’s ‘domineering’ mother drove him to stardom
October 31st, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by ANI
London, Oct 31 (ANI): A biography on late singer/actor Frank Sinatra has revealed that his mother's domineering and ambitious attitude was what drove him to stardom.Sinatra had been born in the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Search on for missing Tata Steel engineer
September 25th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 25 (IANS) Search operations have been launched to trace the Tata Steel engineer who has been missing from Orissa's Jajpur district, police said Saturday.
Abdul Salim, 35, who works as a ... Read more...
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Arup Roy Choudhury new CMD of NTPC
September 1st, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Arup Roy Choudhury is the new chairman and managing director of state-run utility NTPC.
Roy was earlier with the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC).
"I intend ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
84-yr-old adventurer set to cross Atlantic on raft made of plastic gas pipes
August 23rd, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 23 (ANI): An 84-year-old adventurer, who walks with a stick, is preparing to cross the Atlantic on a raft made of plastic gas pipes with a crew of three.Anthony Smith, ... Read more...
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Model to calculate earthquake risks goes global
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 3 (ANI): Scientists are working towards developing a global model that will calculate seismic risks and help them reduce vulnerability to seismic shocks.The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) will calculate seismic ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Police releases Pak man with batteries, electrical circuit hidden in shoes
May 12th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, May 12 (ANI): The Karachi Police has released a suspected bomber who was arrested at the Jinnah International Airport after batteries and electrical circuits were found concealed in his shoes ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Man With Circuits In Shoes Sparks Terrorism Alarm
May 11th, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Karachi, Pakistan, May 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A civil engineer named Faiz Mohammad was detained at the Karachi airport in Pakistan after it was alleged that some batteries and a circuit ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
How Punjab peon’s daughter cracked civil services
May 10th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Morinda (Punjab), May 10 (IANS) Sheer hard work and inspiration from an old TV serial have helped Sandeep Kaur, a peon's daughter, crack the tough civil services exam. And, as ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Suspected bomber arrested in Pakistan
May 10th, 2010 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 10 (IANS) A suspected bomber was arrested Sunday at the international airport in Pakistan's souther port city of Karachi, Officials said.
The man, a civil engineer by profession, was caught with ... Read more...
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Pope Benedict XVI wants Roman Catholics to ‘do penance’
April 16th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vatican City, Apr 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pope Benedict XVI wants his devout followers to ‘do penance’. Critics think that this is an apparent reference to all the child sexual abuse scandals, ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
A new family comes to life in Sony’s Godh Bharaai
March 9th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Sony's latest offering, Godh Bharaai, by Sphere Origins, deals with the rather sensitive topic of women who cannot have children, and the way these women are ... Read more...
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Vatican embarrassed by a gay sex scandal
March 6th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rome, Mar 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Vatican has been left red-faced and embarrassed after reports and tapes surfaced of a gay sex scandal in the pious and holy city. The gay sex ... Read more...
Posted in World News |