Thailand Breaks World Record for Largest Mass Massage
August 31st, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bangkok, Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Thailand has just broken the world record for the largest mass massages. The country now has a Guinness world record to prove that it is the real ... 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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A treat, says Hillary after Victoria Memorial visit
May 6th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) "It has been a treat for me" US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exclaimed Sunday after a 15-minute visit to the Victoria Memorial British-era museum.Founded in ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Rare 1,100-year-old murals on display in China
June 21st, 2011 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 21 (IANS) Rare murals dating back at least 1,100 years and unearthed from various tombs, were thrown open Monday to public viewing for the first time in ... Read more...
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Diamonds worth millions stolen from Swiss fair
April 1st, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Basel, April 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Prosecutors in Switzerland have announced that four diamonds worth millions of dollars have been stolen from a watch and jewelry fair in the Swiss city of Basel. ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Britain’s Anish Kapoor’s exhibition in Delhi, Mumbai
November 3rd, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Leading international artist Anish Kapoor will exhibit 25 of his avant garde works in the capital and in Mumbai from Nov 27 in one of the ... Read more...
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India’s first shoe market opens in Agra
September 8th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 8 (IANS) India's first "Joota Mandi" or shoe market has opened in this Taj city.
Uttar Pradesh Minister for Urban Development and Public Works Nasimmuddin Siddiqui inaugurated it Tuesday.The Agra Development ... Read more...
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Guangzhou says ready for Asian Games, while Delhi struggles with CWG
August 4th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): While New Delhi continues to face criticism over leaking stadia and lack of preparedness for the2010 Commonwealth Games, the Chinese city of Guangzhou is leaving no ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Goa exhibition withdrawn due to controversial paintings
July 28th, 2010 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) A Christian research institute was Tuesday forced to withdraw a painting exhibition after protests from Hindu right wing group activists against three paintings which showed Hindu deity Krishna ... Read more...
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Russia’s first ice hotel to open on Valentine’s Day
February 1st, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
St Petersburg (Russia), Feb 1 (RIA Novosti) Some 150 builders, ice sculptors and architects are carving Russia's first ice hotel which will open on Valentine's Day, its promoters said Monday.
The resort, which ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Give big boost to women empowerment: Ambika Soni
December 20th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Emphasising the need for women's empowerment, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said women can play a vital role and bring a positive change in society.
"Women ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ancient Chinese characters come together at new museum
November 18th, 2009 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 18 (IANS) The full range and history of Chinese characters, one of the world's most archaic writing systems which is still in practice, came together Monday when China's first museum ... 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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Anand draws seventh game, still leads by three points
October 24th, 2008 - 2:42 am ICT by IANS
Bonn, Oct 24 (IANS) Viswanathan Anand was unable to make it a hat-trick of wins, but nevertheless moved closer to retaining his world title with a draw in the seventh game that ... Read more...
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Anand, Kramnik tied 1-1 after two games in world chess
October 17th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bonn, Oct 15 (IANS) Even in these early stages of World Chess Championships, the clash between two of the finest players of our time, defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, has ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Olympics visitors thrilled by China’s ancient printing technique
August 29th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Hangzhou (China), Aug 29 (Xinhua) Dongyuan, a mountainous small village in eastern China's Zhejiang province, could never have expected the Beijing Olympics to bring so much for it.During the 17-day Beijing Games, ... Read more...
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Identification of plane crash victims’ bodies difficult: Red Cross
August 21st, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Aug 21 (DPA) The identification of bodies of victims in Wednesday's plane crash in the Spanish capital will take time, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Thursday.More bodies were recovered from the ... Read more...
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Hiroshima marks 63rd anniversary of atomic bomb attack
August 6th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Hiroshima (Japan), Aug.6 (ANI): The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 63rd anniversary of the world''s first nuclear attack on Wednesday, even as the country hoped the next US president would ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Fire at exhibition hall in Delhi, no casualties (Lead)
July 29th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) A major fire Tuesday that broke out at a conference room in one of the complexes in the capital's Pragati Maidan exhibition grounds was doused and there ... Read more...
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Fire at Pragati Maidan exhibition hall
July 29th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) A fire broke out at a conference room in one of the complexes in the capital's Pragati Maidan exhibition grounds Tuesday. The fire, which broke out at ... Read more...
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Military’s higher learning facility named after Manekshaw
June 30th, 2008 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) An upcoming state-of-the-art multi-facility centre for higher military learning at the Delhi Cantonment here has been renamed the "Manekshaw Centre" in memory of former Indian Army chief ... Read more...
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Heritage centre on Satyajit Ray to come up in Kolkata
June 8th, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Late filmmaker Satyajit Ray's films will be showcased at a heritage centre to be set up here, an official said Sunday. "The idea is to have a centre ... Read more...
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Taiwan’s Computex opens, 35,000 overseas buyers expected
June 3rd, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Taipei, June 3 (DPA) Computex Taipei, the world's second-largest computer show, began Tuesday with organisers expecting the fair to attract more than 35,000 overseas buyers. President Ma Ying-jeou opened the fair, which ... Read more...
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Quake damages priceless Chinese artefacts
May 14th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Mondays earthquake in Chinas south western Sichuan province has irretrievably damaged priceless artefacts and buildings containing some of the country's cultural heritage. The China Daily quoted ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s ‘booster shot’ for Agra’s dying shoe industry
April 19th, 2008 - 11:40 am ICT by admin
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, April 19 (IANS) A booster dose at the right time - that is how the footwear industry in Agra describes Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's move to waive off ... Read more...
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PS5m donation helps Oxford’s Bodleian Library exhibit literary treasures
March 10th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by admin
London, March 10 (ANI): The earliest complete book written in English, Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care, will be among British literary treasures that are set to go on public display at one ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Obscene paintings of Nithari victims on sale
February 26th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by admin
Ghaziabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The police have registered a case against organisers of a painting exhibition that put on show canvases of nude and dismembered bodies of the victims of the Nithari ... Read more...
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Hefner donates $2m to USC School of Cinematic Arts
November 16th, 2007 - 1:18 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has donated 2 million dollars to the USC School of Cinematic Arts to support a central exhibition space in the school's new headquarters complex. ... Read more...
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