New building for Mumbai hospital (With images)
September 17th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Mumbai's KEM Hospital, the original structure of which is housed in a heritage building, will Monday inaugurate its new multi-storey building that has been constructed ... Read more...
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Delhi to provide shelter to migrant workers
January 8th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The thousands of migrant workers engaged in various projects in the national capital would soon be provided temporary accommodation in dormitories being constructed in north ... Read more...
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Vienna opens the world’s first school on intimacy
November 30th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vienna, Nov 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new school in Austria promises to make people “better lovers” by teaching them how to have sex. The International Sex School in Vienna has become the ... Read more...
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Sexual harassment row at Yale University
April 9th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 9 (IANS) Yale University, which has taught five US presidents and 18 Nobel Laureates, is now facing a sexual harassment scandal, it was reported here.Daily Telegraph reported that ... Read more...
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Hike in taxes disappoints Goa hotel industry
March 2nd, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
Calangute (Goa), Mar.2 (ANI): Representatives of the hotel industry in Calangute in Goa have expressed their disappointment with the hike in service tax proposed in the annual budget calling it a ... Read more...
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Indian man with world’s largest family of 39 wives, 94 kids ready to marry again
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 23 (ANI): An Indian man, from Mizoram, who has the largest family in the world with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren, says he's ready to marry again.Ziona Chana ... Read more...
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Proposed bill may allow students to carry guns in Texas universities
February 22nd, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Texas lawmakers are considering passing a bill allowing students and academicians in the universities to carry guns on campus, in an attempt to ensure their safety following last ... Read more...
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Indian man has world’s biggest family with 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren
February 20th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20 (ANI): An Indian man, from Mizoram, has the largest family in the world with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.Ziona Chana and his family live in a 100-room, ... Read more...
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Secret of Barca’s success is its super star factory
February 11th, 2011 - 10:44 am ICT by ANI
Barcelona (Spain), Feb.11 (ANI): The secret of Spanish football club Barcelona's unprecedented success in European football is out. It is its superstar factory, a production line that is the envy of ... Read more...
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Harsh Snow Compels The Pupils Of The Hamilton School To Spend Monday Night At Their School Itself
December 8th, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by Pen Men At Work
December 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The students at the Hamilton Academy (HA) in southern Lanarkshire were compelled to nap in their classrooms throughout Monday night subsequent to the engenderment of ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Russia needs university to teach about Islam: official
December 7th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia should open a secular university to train teachers and experts on Islam, a top official has said.Alexander Khloponin, Kremlin's envoy to the North Caucasus region, Monday ... Read more...
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Millennium Park bus depot - courtesy Games
October 1st, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Built on 65 acres for the Commonwealth Games, the Millennium Park Bus Depot with a parking capacity for over 1,000 low-floor buses is one of the largest ... Read more...
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Chinese school uses metal detectors to bar mobile phones
September 21st, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 21 (IANS) A school in China has started using metal detectors to prevent students from bringing in mobile phones.
Langfang No 1 Middle School in Hebei province purchased metal detectors that ... Read more...
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CWG: Delhi to roll out 6,000 government-run buses
September 17th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A fleet of around 6,000 government-run buses, including 1,500 exclusively for players, delegates and media personnel, will be rolled out ahead of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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What you say about others says a lot about you
August 3rd, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) How positively you see others reflects how happy, kind-hearted and emotionally stable you are.
"Your perceptions of others reveal so much about your own personality," says Dustin Wood, assistant ... Read more...
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Nepal prisoners win World Cup goal
June 10th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 10 (IANS) A Hitachi projector from India, a giant 16 ft x 10 ft screen, inverter backup and new carpeting, Nepal's Kapilavastu Jail is set to come alive ... Read more...
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10th Suicide in a Chinese Factory
May 27th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 26, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): In the past one year, there have been 10 cases of suicide in a Chinese electronics factory referred to as Foxconn. The company is the ... Read more...
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One year, 10 suicides in Chinese electronics factory
May 27th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) Ten people have committed suicide in a Chinese electronics factory this year, the latest being a 23-year-old who jumped off a balcony hours after the owner visited the ... Read more...
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13 students injured in knife attack in China’s Hainan province
May 20th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): More than 10 men, armed with knives, burst into two dormitories at a vocational college in Hainan and slashed nine students, two of them seriously.The pre-dawn attack ... Read more...
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13 students injured in gang attack in China
May 19th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Thirteen students were injured Wednesday when they were attacked by a gang of youths armed with knives in south China's Hainan Province, authorities said.
Two seriously wounded students were ... Read more...
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Maoist economic blockade upsets routine life in Orissa
April 29th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Koraput (Orissa), Apr 29 (ANI): The weeklong economic blockade by the Andhra-Orissa Border Committee of the Maoists has upset routine life in Orissa's Koraput District.The inter-state public and private transport communication to ... Read more...
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Students Claim FAMU Sextape Not From Said University
March 4th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Mar 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The web is getting heated up with the suggestions of a new sex tape that has been leaked. Allegedly, the tape features students of the Florida ... Read more...
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Taliban lose their `Hilton’ after border battle
March 4th, 2010 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
By Sajjad Malik
Damadola (Pakistan), March 4 (DPA) Taliban guerrillas tired from weeks of fighting NATO forces in Afghanistan were once happy to check into a complex known as their "Hilton" for ... Read more...
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Workers in China toil on 1.90 pounds a day to make 30 pounds World Cup mascot
January 24th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Shanghai, Jan 24(ANI): Employees, including teenagers, at a securely- guarded factory in Shanghai toil for a pitiful 1.90 pounds a day making Zakumi figures, the official mascot for the FIFA World Cup.The ... Read more...
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Shahid Kapoor donates stuff from Paathshala
December 31st, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
With choreographer-turned-producer Ahmed Khan's Paathshala's shooting complete, the props used for the film's shooting are still in use. The props, used in Paathshala- notebooks, benches, school bags, and stationery– have been ... Read more...
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Vermont student sues college over co-ed bathrooms in dorms!
December 23rd, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 23 (ANI): A college freshman in Vermont has filed a lawsuit against her school for not providing separate bathrooms for men and women, according to reports.InsideHigherEd.com has reported that ... Read more...
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Sachin and Sourav shower praise on each other
December 22nd, 2009 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Having partnered each other for years on the 22-yard strip to give flying starts to the Indian batting, cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly Tuesday expressed ... Read more...
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Jude Law was often mistaken for a girl, thanks to his name!
December 18th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18 (ANI): Brit actor Jude Law has revealed that he used to regret changing his name from David, as he was often mistaken for a girl with his current ... Read more...
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Jude Law regretted name change
December 17th, 2009 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) British actor Jude Law has revealed he used to regret changing his name from David, because he was often mistaken for a girl.
The star, who was born ... Read more...
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Give migrant workers sex toys: Chinese official
November 1st, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Millions of Chinese migrants labouring in a region called the 'workshop of the world' should be given sex toys and "conjugal homes" to help them cope with loneliness, ... Read more...
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Mamata rains sops on West Bengal in her Railway budget
July 3rd, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee rolled out her "please all" budget Friday, making a large number of proposals ahead of the 2011 assembly elections in West ... Read more...
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‘Janata Khana’ in Railway to have national and regional cuisines
July 3rd, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): All the zones in Indian Railways have been instructed to ensure availability of 'Janata Khana'.Presenting the Railway Budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha today, ... Read more...
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World’s oldest woman celebrates 115th birthday
April 7th, 2009 - 7:24 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 7 (Xinhua) Gertrude Baines, the oldest woman of the world celebrated Monday her 115th birthday at a hospital here with music, cake and a letter from President Barack ... Read more...
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Chinese workers producing cheap computers for UK in slave like conditions
February 23rd, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 23 (ANI): Chinese factory workers are working in slave like conditions to produce cheap computers for Britain.An undercover team found that factory workers have long 12-hour shifts and female ... Read more...
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Ewan McGregor, Jim Carreys reel experience with real inmates
January 23rd, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 23 (ANI): Shooting for new film I Love You Phillip Morris turned out to be a cagey experience for actors Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey because the film had ... Read more...
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