23 Indians on ship hijacked by pirates off Nigeria safe (Second Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos/Singapore, Sep 5 (IANS) Twenty-three Indian sailors on board an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, have been rescued by the Nigerian security ... Read more...
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23 Indians on ship hijacked in Nigeria by pirates (Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, Sep 5 (IANS) Twenty-three Indian sailors are on board an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, said the oil tanker company Wednesday.Pat ... Read more...
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SRK to shoot Yash Chopra’s movie in Kashmir
August 25th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) After shooting in the serene surroundings of Ladakh, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will arrive here early next week to film Yash Chopra's romantic movie. ... Read more...
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Students measure Earth’s circumference on longest summer day
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Students from various Delhi schools participated in an exercise Thursday to measure the Earth's circumference on the longest day of the summer.Organised by Science Popularisation ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi says polls in Goa within couple of months
December 17th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Goa will be going to the polls in a couple of months, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Saturday.Gandhi's statement comes less than 24 hours after ... Read more...
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Hindustan Copper not to raise fresh equity through FPO
September 20th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Copper mining major Hindustan Copper (HCL) Tuesday said it does not require fresh equity through the proposed follow-on-public offer (FPO) to support its mining expansion plans."The ... Read more...
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Palin drops to fifth place in GOP 2012 presidential primary race
April 9th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 9 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appears to have peaked politically, as the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows her running in fifth place - with 10 percent ... Read more...
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Marriage of Tony Parker’s ’sexting partner’ also collapsing
November 19th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): The marriage of Erin Barry, who allegedly exchanged hundreds of texts with Eva Longoria's husband Tony Parker, is also collapsing, it has emerged.Erin and her husband Brent Berry ... Read more...
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Regulatory body for auto industry soon
August 11th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A specialised body for regulating the auto industry will soon be set up for sustainable growth of the sector, union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises ... Read more...
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Musharraf is a coward: Lal Masjid cleric
May 31st, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) Former president Pervez Musharraf is a coward and does not have the courage to return to Pakistan, the chief cleric of the Lal Masjid, the scene of ... Read more...
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Ex-Pak prez Musharraf nursing prime ministerial ambitions!
May 22nd, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 22 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has broadly hinted that he wouldn't mind being the country's prime minister.Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan for 10 years, told CNN in ... Read more...
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Musharraf seeks to be Pakistan’s PM (Second Lead)
May 21st, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf plans to return home to re-enter politics and has indicated that he wants to be the prime minister.
In an interview to CNN ... Read more...
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N.Korea may return to six-party talks in March or April
February 28th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.28 (ANI): North Korea may return to nuclear disarmament talks in March or April, the Yonhap news agency said Sunday.It quoted an unnamed senior South Korean government official, as saying: "We ... Read more...
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Sprint Nextel Plans Adding 100 Workers To Its Customer Care Team
December 17th, 2009 - 7:31 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec.17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Leading mobile service provider Sprint Nextel, based in Kansas has decided to add 100 jobs to its call center located in Hampton. The third biggest wireless network ... Read more...
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Solar sketches from 18th century solve sunspot mystery
July 31st, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Scientists have had a second look at sunspot drawings from the 1700s to solve a puzzling episode in the sun's history, which could lead to more accurate forecasts ... Read more...
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Giant volcanic eruption 260 mln yrs ago may have caused global mass extinction
May 29th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK have uncovered a previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260 million years ago.The eruption ... Read more...
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Ambani chopper sabotage: Police expect ‘breakthrough soon’
April 29th, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Mumbai police Wednesday said they expect a "breakthrough very soon" into the helicopter "sabotage" of industrialist Anil Ambani.
"The crime branch is probing all aspects related to the matter ... Read more...
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EBay announces Skype spin-off plan
April 15th, 2009 - 7:00 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, April 15 (DPA) Online auction house eBay said Tuesday that it plans to spin off its online telephony business Skype via an initial public offering by the middle of next ... Read more...
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Browns messiah moment with Obama buried under heap of snow in DC!
March 4th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.4 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown''s expected `Messiah moment with US President Barack Obama appeared to buried under snow here on Tuesday.
No sooner had his plane touched down at ... Read more...
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What jumpstarted life on earth - riddle still unanswered
February 3rd, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) How and when did life begin on earth? Did the first microorganisms arrive from space, riding piggyback on meteors that crashed into earth billions of years ago, ... Read more...
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Global climate change could dramatically affect water supplies
December 18th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): A new analysis by researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has found that global climate change could dramatically affect water supplies.The research was conducted by Gene-Hua ... Read more...
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Afghan Govt to free Pak terror suspect Dr Aafias son soon
August 31st, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by ANI
Kabul, Aug 31 (ANI): After repeated requests from Islamabad, the Afghanistan Government has reportedly promised to Pakistan to return soon one of the three sons of Pakistani scientist and terror suspect ... Read more...
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Revised schedule leaves India guessing (Junior Asia Cup Diary)
July 10th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) India will face Japan on the first day of the junior Asia Cup hockey championship, starting here Friday, but the hosts were clueless about the timing of the ... Read more...
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`Dr. Death recruits Indian lawyer to bail him out
June 27th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 27 (ANI): Dr. Jayant Patel, who is also known as `Dr. Death for fatally botching the operations of at least 16 patients, has hired an Australian Indian lawyer to ... Read more...
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BJP’s first government in south likely Friday
May 27th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, May 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in south India is likely to assume office Friday, party sources said Tuesday, a day after it staked claim to form ... Read more...
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PML-N now ready to show flexibility over judges issue as a face saving formula
April 28th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 28 (ANI): As the April 30 deadline for restoration of judges in Pakistan is less than 48 hours away, the PML-N, which has been till now pressing hard for ... Read more...
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