Melbourne, Nov 11 (ANI): Thailand's main airport is shifting 12 tall 'demon' statues from arrivals area to the check-in section of the terminal to improve morale of people working at the airport ...

Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): Antonio Banderas is all set to lend his voice to a character in the Spanish animation feature, Goleor, the Scale and the Sword. Banderas will also plan the cast ...

Malibu, Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lee Marvin’s ex Michelle Triola Marvin died at 75 years of cancer. She fought a long advertised battle with Lee Marvin over money after they dumped ...

New Delhi, Oct. 30 (ANI): Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus drivers are being trained in English to welcome foreign tourists during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. This training is being given as part of ...

By Lokendra Singh Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, presently on a three-day visit for the 15th ASEAN Summit, has put forward the issue of setting up ...

Dubai, Oct 21 (DPA) Six people were killed Wednesday when a Sudanese cargo plane crashed while taking off from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the head of the emirate's aviation ...

London, September 19 (ANI): Deipnosophists, stridewallops and shot-clogs - wondering what these words mean? Well, these are some of the lost words in English language assembled by Adam Jacot de Boinod. Shot clog ...

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) With the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mind, a communication and skills training programme for drivers and conductors of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was inaugurated Wednesday. "With the collaboration ...

Islamabad, Sep 9 (DPA) A Greek aid volunteer was kidnapped in Pakistan's northern Chitral district bordering Afghanistan, media reports said Wednesday. More than a dozen gunmen invaded the house of Athanasius Lerounis Tuesday ...

New Delhi, Sep 2 (ANI): An 80-year-old Chinese man, who wants to spread the English language, has authored and published three booklets in the past four years to help people learn it. Tang ...

New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): A woman is said to have saved herself from being robbed by a Chinese-speaking robber by using her knowledge of the English language. The woman, from Chaoyang district ...

London, July 18(ANI): Carlo Ancelotti on the eve of his first game as manager of Chelsea, warned the Blues stars that none of them are untouchable under his new regime at ...

When it comes to word power Asin's an ace. No wonder Scrabble is her favourite game. "Scrabble is Asin's favourite indoor game. If she has time on hand and is at ...

Melbourne, July 10 (ANI): Don't know what people mean when they use words like 'frenemy', 'staycations', 'flash mob' and 'vlog'? Well, now you can look for these words in a dictionary. About 100 ...

By Subhash K Jha Did anyone in India know who Barbara Mori was until the Roshans brought her over for Kites? And now after Cannes,Barbara is being recognized on an international podium. It's not ...

Washington, May 18 (ANI): Sean Penn is in negotiations to star in 'This Must Be the Place'. The film marks the first English-language feature from Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino. Penn is slated to ...

London, May 7 (ANI): Linguistic experts have revealed that the one-millionth word will be added to the English language next month. The experts say since English has become the world's main language, new ...

London, Apr 22 (ANI): The longest place name in United States, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, has been misspelt for years on signposts, admit officials. After researching historical spelling combinations and the local newspaper the ...

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Facing indignation and shocked disbelief over its election promise to curb the use of English language and computers, the Samajwadi Party Sunday was at pains to clarify ...

Taipei, April 3 (DPA) A furious Taipei Zoo Friday demanded that a newspaper run a correction over an April Fool's Day prank that claimed two pandas from China were disguised forest bears. "Using ...

London, Mar.6 (ANI): French schoolchildren now have a chance to duck homework for a fee. The website, faismesdevoirs .com (domyhomework.com), which opened on Wednesday, is the creation of Stephane Boukris, a 25-year-old ...

Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): Penelope Cruz must have won the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress this year, but she has admitted that she still feels insecure while doing a new ...

Islamabad, Feb 24 (DPA) Four dancers arrested for misdemeanour offences in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab had to entertain police for the whole night to secure bail, a news report said Tuesday. The ...

London, Feb 12 (ANI): Besides wrecking English language, the increased use of text messages and emails is making spelling standards fall, according to a new study. The research said that spell checkers ...

Islamabad, Jan 28 (ANI): Pakistans Information Minister Sherry Rehman has denied that President Asif Ali Zardari made any threatening comments regarding the upcoming lawyers long march in February at the Parliament ...

Paris, Jan 24 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday proposed a series of measures intended to bring the country's newspapers out of their economic crisis.According to an estimate by the daily Le ...

London, Dec 27 (ANI): Internet sites could be given ''cinema-style age ratings'' under the governments plan to curb offensive and harmful online activity, according to Britains Cultural Secretary. Andy Burnham plans ...

New York, Dec 10 (ANI): United States President George Bush''s long, rambling sentences and grammatically incorrect speeches have finally been acknowledged by a British language watchdog group. Bushs famous gaffes have won ...

Melbourne, November 21 (ANI): Google has come up with a new tool for its users that will allow them to edit, delete, and comment on search results and share them with ...

London, Nov 11 (ANI): The apostrophe has emerged as the punctuation mark, which causes most problems for Britons, according to a new survey. The survey of nearly 2,000 UK adults revealed that ...