British MPs spend 27,000 pounds ruing dirty loos
June 1st, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) An expensive study has found British parliamentarians complaining the most about their dirty marble-lined toilets in the Commons.The state of the Palace of Westminster's toilets was ... Read more...
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North America’s first Telugu meet to be held in Houston
May 17th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 17 (IANS) India's Telugu culture will be at grand display in the US during the first North American Telugu Association (NATA) convention to be organised in the Houston ... Read more...
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Clinton chooses Taj hotels again
May 7th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Kolkata, MAY 7 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's love affair with the Taj Hotels continued on her third official visit to India in the past 14 years.In Kolkata ... Read more...
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Peru bans smoking in public buildings
January 16th, 2011 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
Lima, Jan 16 (IANS/EFE) Peru has banned smoking in all public buildings, according to a decree published in the official gazette.The executive order, which was signed by President Alan Garcia, toughens previous ... Read more...
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Coach Capello hurls tray at wall over England player’s mobile phone use
October 18th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.18 (ANI): A furious coach Fabio Capello stunned his England stars when he hurled a metal food tray against a hotel wall after spotting one player texting on his mobile phone ... Read more...
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Mexico City puts obese police personnel on diet
October 17th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 17 (EFE) Mexico City authorities have begun the second phase of a programme to get overweight police personnel in the capital to lose weight.
The Police Department's Comprehensive Obesity Care ... Read more...
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Delhi Court asks husband to pay wife Rs.125,000 maintenance
January 16th, 2009 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday directed a husband to pay Rs.125,000 maintenance to his wife after noting that he had earlier concealed some facts related to his ... Read more...
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Peter Jackson’s haunted house up for grabs
May 19th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by admin
Wellington, May 19 (ANI): The house where Peter Jackson filmed his 1996 film The Frighteners starring Michael J Fox is up for sale.The 493 square metre, five- bedroom home was built ... Read more...
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Dining rooms may soon be a history in the UK
January 29th, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan 29 (ANI): It looks like traditional formal dining room dinners are passe in the UK, for a new research has claimed that such spaces in the house are dying out ... Read more...
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