Spears settles lawsuit with bodyguard
September 14th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 14 (IANS) Singer Britney Spears has settled a lawsuit with a former bodyguard who claimed that she sexually harassed him and was an abusive mother.The settlement will ... Read more...
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Pranab writes to Mamata for support
July 15th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Reminding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of the common goal of serving India, UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has written a letter ... Read more...
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Goa, Punjab results disappointing; UP vote share up: Sonia (Third Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In her first address to party MPs since the poor showing in the assembly polls, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Wednesday expressed her deep disappointment ... Read more...
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Medical student’s body exhumed in Madhya Pradesh
January 29th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) Police in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district Sunday exhumed the body of a medical student as her family suspected that she was murdered.Twenty-one-year-old Namrata Damor of Jhabua ... Read more...
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Baby’s ashes at charity shop for 10 months
October 30th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 30 (IANS) A baby's ashes were found among an anonymous donation left on a charity shop's doorstep in the east of England.Anne Chafer, manager of the British Heart ... Read more...
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Tiwari’s refusal to give DNA sample unjustified: Court
September 23rd, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday said Congress leader N.D. Tiwari cannot be "physically compelled" to give DNA sample in a paternity suit by a man ... Read more...
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Court to rule Friday on N.D. Tiwari paternity suit
September 22nd, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court will rule Friday on veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari's plea that he cannot be compelled to give a DNA sample in ... Read more...
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Unclaimed bag sparks bomb scare at Mumbai airport
September 16th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) In the third incident of its kind in one week, an unattended baggage found at the Mumbai airport Friday created a security scare and sent officials ... Read more...
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Siddharth Varadarajan appointed editor of The Hindu
July 20th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 20 (IANS) Siddharth Varadarajan, the national bureau chief of The Hindu, was Wednesday appointed editor of the more than 100-year-old family-run daily, a move that triggered the resignations ... Read more...
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BJP’s two house leaders in race with each other: Congress
March 24th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) In a scathing attack on the BJP, the Congress Thursday accused the party's leaders of opposition in the two houses of being in a ... Read more...
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Indian head teacher sues UK school after ‘bloody Indian’, ‘Paki lover’ slurs
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
London, Feb 22 (ANI): An Indian head teacher has sued her primary school in Reading, Berkshire, after parents who had "deeply held racist attitudes" had made her life miserable.Sudhana Singh, 44, says ... Read more...
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Cairns gets court’s nod to pursue Twitter libel case against Lalit Modi
November 17th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has won court approval to advance his Twitter libel case against former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi.Cairns had alleged that ... Read more...
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Bill to amend law on migrant property introduced
November 15th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The government Monday introduced a legislation in parliament that gives Indian Muslims - if they are legal heirs - a right to claim the properties of ... Read more...
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‘India’s Got Talent 2′ contestant to receive Super Idol award
November 12th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Vinod Thakur was born without legs, but he charmed one and all with his awe-inspiring dance on reality show "India's Got Talent 2". And now he will ... Read more...
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Live-in relationship no guarantee to alimony (Lead)
October 21st, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said that not all live-in arrangements amount to a "relationship in the nature of marriage" to entitle women to maintenance under the Protection ... Read more...
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Government’s nod to changes in enemy property act (Lead)
October 20th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The government Wednesday cleared changes to an over 40-year-old legislation for Indian Muslims - if they are legal heirs - to claim the properties of relatives ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim woman sacked for refusing to wear burka wins ’sexual, religious discrimination’ case
October 4th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): An industrial tribunal looking into the matter of a British Muslim woman, who was awarded over 13,500 pound after being sacked for refusing to wear a headscarf or ... Read more...
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Liars tell well-planned stories
September 30th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 30 (IANS) If someone starts explaining why he was late by giving you a rather detailed account of what exactly held them up, the person is most probably lying.A researcher ... Read more...
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German pop singer pleads guilty to unprotected HIV sex charge
August 16th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Darmstadt (Germany), Aug 16 (DPA) German pop star Nadja Benaissa Monday pleaded guilty to causing dangerous bodily harm by having unprotected sex despite knowing she was HIV- positive.
"But I am truly sorry," ... Read more...
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Sex-for-immigration lands Canadian judge in jail
July 30th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, July 30 (IANS) In an embarrassing case for the Canadian immigration system, a court here Thursday jailed an immigration judge for demanding sex from a South Korean woman to ... Read more...
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Equal monetary relief for accident victims, rules court
July 16th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday set aside the order of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal granting excessive monetary relief to a foreign woman, ruling the victim's social ... Read more...
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MJ’s ex-minder drops TV libel action
June 22nd, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's ex-bodyguard has dropped his High Court libel action against Channel 4 over its 2008 documentary, 'The Jacksons Are Coming.'The documentary showcased ... Read more...
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According to Gary Coleman’s last wishes, there is going to be no funeral
June 20th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Utah, Jun 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the last wishes of the former child actor Gary Coleman, there is going to be no funeral for him. Gary Coleman was cremated in ... Read more...
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Mangalore crash: Air India completes interim compensation payment
June 11th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Air India Friday completed payment of interim compensation of Rs.14.06 crore to the survivors and to the families of the passengers who died in last month's Mangalore air ... Read more...
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Former chief executive sues Deccan Chargers
June 3rd, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) Tim Wright, a former Deccan Chargers chief executive, is suing the Hyderabad-based Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise for alleged breach of contract for 10 million pounds.
Wright, a ... Read more...
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Mangalore crash: DNA tests fail to match eleven bodies
June 2nd, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Mangalore (Karnataka), June 2 (ANI): Eleven bodies of victims killed in last month's ill-fated Mangalore plane crash have been declared unidentified as the final DNA report of those bodies failed to match ... Read more...
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California teen creates history by scaling the Mount Everest
May 24th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Katmandu, May 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 13 year old Jordan Romero created history when he became the youngest person to scale the Mount Everest recently. Prior to him the record was ... Read more...
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U.S. Labor Department delivers Unemployment Compensation Integrity Act draft
May 18th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Monday the payment of the Unemployment Compensation Integrity Act of 2010 to Congress.The draft legislation, if enacted, will help states ... Read more...
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Janey Cutler surprises all in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
May 12th, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, May 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Close on the heels of Susan Boyle’s success at the Britain’s Got Talent, there is another claimant for the fame and the publicity in the online world. ... Read more...
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New blow for tennis star by a UK court
April 30th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Tennis player Briton Robert Dee, who had filed a legal action against a British newspaper after it described him as the "world's worst player', has lost his case. ... Read more...
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Facebook used by private investigators to uncover insurance fraud
April 26th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 26 (ANI): Social networking sites like Facebook are being used by private investigators to uncover false claims made to insurance companies.International experts have revealed that the sites are 'gold' ... Read more...
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Construction workers block Bulgaria base used by U.S. Forces for unpaid money
April 19th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by BNO News
SOFIA, BULGARIA (BNO NEWS) -- Bulgarian construction companies and their workers started on Monday a four-day protest near a military base used by the U.S. Army seeking for unpaid money, local media ... Read more...
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After Koirala who? The question plagues Nepal
March 21st, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 21 (IANS) With the death of Girija Prasad Koirala on the eve of the promulgation of a new constitution, the question of who would assume the mantle of leadership is ... Read more...
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Tom Jones’s employment record discovered
March 9th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): Civil servants mocked singer Tom Jones in the early years of his life for "non enthusiasm" when it came to searching for jobs.Newly discovered records at employment office ... Read more...
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Sex-for-immigration lands Canadian judge in dock
February 23rd, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 23 (IANS) A former judge of the powerful Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board is in the dock for seeking sex from a South Korean woman refugee for granting her Canadian ... Read more...
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