Jammu and Kashmir cabinet meets in remote LoC village
September 12th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 12 (IANS) As part of his government's policy to carry governance to the doorsteps of people living in the far-flung areas of the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief ... Read more...
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Aadhaar used for first time in northeast
September 7th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 7 (IANS) Aadhaar was used for the first time in the northeastern region Friday with 194 elderly people in Tripura receiving pension on the basis of their new ... Read more...
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Sonia attacks BJP, says debate issues in parliament (Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug 30 (IANS) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday took head-on BJP's threat of taking the coal blocks allocation issue to the streets.She lashed out at the party ... Read more...
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Sonia attacks BJP, says debate issues in parliament
August 30th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug 30 (IANS) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday took head-on BJP's threat of taking the coal blocks allocation issue to the streets.She lashed out at the party ... Read more...
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Kerala to launch virtual classrooms in 34 ITIs
May 14th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 (IANS) Kerala will introduce virtual classrooms in 34 industrial training tnstitutes (ITIs) in the state to improve quality of education in these institutions, a minister said Monday."Students ... Read more...
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Hundreds of Myanmar nationals seek refugee status (With Images)
April 21st, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Making pavements as their homes, over 500 hundred Myanmar nationals, among them women and children, have camped for the past 12 days near ... Read more...
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Rihanna was a UFO spotter
March 30th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, March 30 (IANS) Singer Rihanna has revealed that she used to be a UFO spotter but didn't see any.The 24-year-old said her father Ronald Fenty used to ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu to expand biometric smart card-based pension scheme
January 21st, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to expand statewide the disbursement of social security pension based on biometric smart card through banks after positive feedback on ... Read more...
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Tripura’s Left government has to be voted out: Rahul
November 10th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Udaipur/Kailashahar (Tripura), Nov 10 (IANS) The country's lone Left Front government in Tripura has to be voted out in the 2013 polls for the development of the state, Congress ... Read more...
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Poor woman delivers baby at hospital door
October 7th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 7 (IANS) Unable to pay bribe allegedly demanded by the hospital staff for admission, a poor woman gave birth to her child on the doorsteps of ... Read more...
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Impressive Mumbai Indians clash with NSW in crucial Group A match
October 1st, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 1 (IANS) Courtesy divine intervention in Bangalore Friday night, none of the five teams in Group A can afford to lose even a single game in their ... Read more...
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Rs.10 lakh for Sep 7 blast victims: Court
September 21st, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered the central and Delhi governments to pay within three weeks ex-gratia amount of Rs.10 lakh to families of each ... Read more...
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FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves
August 4th, 2011 - 1:47 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Federal Aviation Authority in the United States has been left in the dark because US lawmakers failed to approve temporary extension of funding. For more ... Read more...
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Now, watch Nat Geo in Tamil
June 16th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) After Bengali and Telugu, the National Geographic Channel is now available in Tamil, as a result of the channel's quest of strengthening its regional ... Read more...
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Delhi to open more state-run retail outlets
May 8th, 2011 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Delhi government is planning to open more branches of Kendriya Bhandar, state-run retail outlets, in the government colonies to provide people with quality products ... Read more...
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e-broadcast pilot project launched in Gujarat
May 6th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 5 (IANS) In another e-governance initiative, Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday launched the 'Gujarat Swarnim Gram E-Broadcast Project' in Amreli."Initially implemented as 'district pilot scheme' ... Read more...
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Facebook event plans to dump trash on John Boehner’s door
April 9th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, April 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Facebook event is urging people to support an idea to dump trash on the door steps of House Speaker, John Boehner, if indeed the government ... Read more...
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Telecom, technology to focus on rural areas
March 11th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The thrust of the government and corporates in areas of technology and telecom in 2011 will be to help empower the rural population, a study ... Read more...
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Pension of major’s widow raised from Rs.80 to Rs.18,000 (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The pension of an army officer's widow has been revised from Rs.80 to Rs.18,000 a month, the government Monday informed the Supreme Court, which, however, observed there ... Read more...
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New Year fireworks set off 5,945 blazes in China
February 7th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) The tradition of bursting firecrackers on the occasion of Chinese New Year to ward off evil spirits has been blamed for rising number of fire accidents across the ... Read more...
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Telangana activists pelt stones at chief minister’s meet
January 28th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Telangana activists went on the rampage Friday, pelting stones at a public meeting addressed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and damaging 15 vehicles ... Read more...
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Telangana activists disrupt government open forum
January 24th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pro-Telangana activists Monday disrupted the government's "Racchabanda" (open forum) programme in the region by preventing ministers, members of parliament and other public representatives of the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Mumbai brings in the new year with style
January 1st, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) Party animals hit the most happening hotspots in Mumabi right before midnight to bid farewell to the first decade of the millennium and bring in the new year ... Read more...
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95pc Brits still trust unannounced visitors
December 28th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 28 (ANI): It's not uncommon for visitors to throng at our doorsteps, especially during festive seasons - now a survey has found that an astonishing 95 per cent of Britons ... Read more...
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Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists
December 13th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday. "It (rape cases) is a ... Read more...
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Ensure safe pickup, drop facilities for women employees: Delhi Police
December 9th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) After the recent gangrape of a BPO employee rocked the capital, Delhi Police Thursday made it mandatory for call centres and media houses to drop their women ... Read more...
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Delhi Police to drop women stranded late at night
November 26th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) After two incidents of gangrape in two weeks, Delhi Police are now taking a number of measures for safety of women in the city, including dropping women ... Read more...
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Patil assures large Indian Diaspora in UAE of all help
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar Singh Abu Dhabi, Nov 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday assured the 1.75 million-strong expatriate Indian community here of all help, and added that the government in ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Guntur for high court bench
October 27th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The agitation to demand an Andhra Pradesh high court bench between Guntur and Vijayawada intensified Wednesday with a shutdown in Guntur district.The shutdown, called by lawyers and ... Read more...
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Celebrities In Vogue In Pumpkin Templates This Year
October 25th, 2010 - 2:08 am ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Oct 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pumpkin Templates are unsurprisingly one of the most widely searched topics on the net lately. With Halloween round the corner, people are looking for new innovative ... Read more...
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LiLo ‘can’t stand the thought of her father’
October 16th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan is 'disgusted' with her father Michael and wants him to simply stay away.Michael, in an attempt to get close to his daughter, apparently has planned ... Read more...
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Matt Damon Happy To Be A Father Again!
October 13th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 13, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Hollywood actor Matt Damon has revealed in a statement to the media that his wife is pregnant and that he is very excited to play the ... Read more...
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Heidi Klum Comes Up With Her Fashion Label
October 11th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Supermodel Heidi Klum , who till date, was the face of several designers’ fashion creations, introduced the Heidi Klum label in New York this week in ... Read more...
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Celebrate Halloween With Creepy Pumpkin Carvings
October 5th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by GD
Oct 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Halloween preparations are gaining momentum as the rush to get the craziest pumpkin carvings is on. A new addition to the creepy carvings has been made this year ... Read more...
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Games mess bucks stop at PM’s doorsteps : Opposition leaders
September 25th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
By George Joseph
New Delhi,Sep 25 (IANS) India's opposition party leaders, cutting across political formations, say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his senior ministers were " equally responsible for the mess ... Read more...
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