Operators must offer calls at 1 paisa per second plan: TRAI
April 20th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Friday asked all service providers to ensure that they offer their customers a tariff plan of one ... Read more...
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Bieber to take legal action against game developers
February 27th, 2012 - 10:38 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 27 (IANS) Teen singer Justin Bieber plans to take legal action against game developers who have used his image for mobile app - Joustin' Beaver.The singer's lawyers ... Read more...
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Constitution Day Quiz
September 16th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Sept 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States will mark the Constitution Day on the 17th of September. The day is set aside to create awareness to the US Constitution which is ... Read more...
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Koran burning US pastor jailed
April 23rd, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): Terry Jones, the controversial US pastor who hit the international headlines after planning to burn Koran on the 9/11-terror attack anniversary last year, has been jailed for refusing ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears on ‘60 Minutes’
January 31st, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange believes that the United States does not have any grounds to prosecute him for espionage following his website’s decision to publish classified ... Read more...
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Dungeons And Dragons Banned From Prison For ‘Imitating Gang Structure’
January 28th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dungeons and Dragons, the popular video game, will no more be allowed in the prisons. Reportedly, this fantasy game can be derogatory for the inmates and ... Read more...
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Union Cabinet declares January 25 as ‘National Voters’ Day’
January 20th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the declaration of January 25 every year as 'National Voters' Day' beginning from this year and to provide voters a badge ... Read more...
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US’ efforts to prosecute me ‘a warning that all journalists will be next’: Assange
December 23rd, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' that recently released hundreds of secret US diplomatic cables, has said that efforts made by America to prosecute him on ... Read more...
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Media may face legal issues for publishing Wikileaks cables
December 11th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): The controversy created after the release of hundreds of US secret diplomatic cables have raised many important legal issues about national security and freedom of the press under ... Read more...
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Wikileaks sympathizers behind website, credit card info cyber attack: Palin
December 9th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has claimed that Wikileaks supporters are behind the cyber attack of her website and credit card information.Hackers associated with the group "Operation ... Read more...
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US-based Amazon.com stops hosting Wikileaks on its Web servers
December 2nd, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 2(ANI): America's largest online retailer, Amazon.com, has stopped hosting whistleblower website WikiLeaks from its Web servers after being contacted by a US Senator.WikiLeaks had turned to Amazon's Web services after ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be charged under US Espionage Act
November 30th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website 'WikiLeaks' that released thousands of US State Department's secret documents on Sunday, is under the scanner of investigators who are ... Read more...
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Oklahoma bans Sharia law
November 4th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): The central US state of Oklahoma has approved a ballot measure restricting judges from considering Islamic 'Sharia law' while making a judgement.According to Politico, this is the ... Read more...
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Republican Christine O’Donnell Questions The Separation Of Church And State
October 20th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 20, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The Delaware Senate Candidates Democrat Chris Coons and Republican Christine O’Donnell met at the Widener University’s School of Law for another round of ... Read more...
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Christine O’Donnell Questions Separation of Church and State
October 20th, 2010 - 2:49 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The GOP Senate nominee for Delaware, Christine O’Donnell is was questioned on Tuesday as to whether or not the Constitution of the United States provides for the “separation ... Read more...
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Barack Obama Recommends That The Republicans Identify Political Donors Transparently
August 22nd, 2010 - 12:45 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington August 21, 2010 (Just Flashed): On Saturday, the American President, Barack Obama, recommended the Republican chiefs in the American Congress to not obstruct a bill zoomed in on diminishing the ... Read more...
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Veteran Radio Talk Show Host Dr. Laura Schlessinger To End Her Radio Show
August 18th, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Aug 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A week after famous radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger was criticized heavily for her use of the n-word repeatedly during her conversation with a ... Read more...
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An Appeals Courthouse In America Decrees That The ‘Stolen Valor Act’ Is Unconstitutional
August 18th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, August 18, 2010 (Just Flashed): A panel of judges in an appeals court in California decreed on Tuesday that a 3-year-old federal law titled "The Stolen Valor Act' is unconstitutional and ... Read more...
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FCC Indecency Law Hits A Roadblock
July 14th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
July 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Federal Communications Commission policy was rejected by a federal appeals court on indecency grounds and the reason cited was that the laws prohibiting the use ... Read more...
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Tobacco giants in NYC file lawsuit over graphic anti-smoking posters
June 4th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 04 (ANI): Tobacco giants Reynolds, Philip Morris and Lorillard are not happy with the graphic anti-smoking posters in New York City.The three firms are suing the city over color ... Read more...
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National Day Of Prayer Observed Amidst Controversy
May 7th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, May 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The National Day of Prayer was held all across the United States on Thursday although a recent court ruling has termed the event as 'unconstitutional'. ... Read more...
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House Lawmakers Appeal To President Barack Obama For “National Prayer Day”
April 22nd, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, Apr 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A group of House lawmakers on Wednesday urged the federal government to appeal the decision of the federal judge that ruled the National Prayer Day ... Read more...
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Philadelphia Man Arrested For Threatening Eric Cantor
March 30th, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man from Philadelphia was charged yesterday (March 29) for the threats he made to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va. The threats were made against ... Read more...
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Philadelphia, PA man arrested for threatening a U.S. Congressman
March 30th, 2010 - 12:44 am ICT by BNO News
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (BNO NEWS) – A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania man was arrested and charged with threatening to kill United States Congressman Eric Cantor and his family, U.S. Attorney Michael Levy announced on Monday.Norman ... Read more...
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Texan strip clubs fight over ‘$5 pole tax’
March 27th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 27 (ANI): Strip clubs in Texas are fighting against the state enforced 5-dollar admission fee, known as the "pole tax", in the Supreme Court.The Texas Entertainment Association, which represents strip ... Read more...
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Beckett Fund Wins The Pledge Of Allegiance Appeal
March 14th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
San Francisco, March 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The phrase "One Nation under God," which was ruled out of the Pledge of Allegiance back in the year 2002 after atheist activist Dr. ... Read more...
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Newseum Portrays Battle Between Elvis Presley And The Media
March 14th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, Mar 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The new museum that is going to house the artifacts used once by the king of rock and roll is being called the Newseum. An ... Read more...
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New York-based Muslim web site calls on God to ‘kill Jews’
October 14th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct.14 (ANI): A New York bicycle cabbie has used his web site to post a prayer that calls on God to murder all Jews and exhorts Muslims to "throw liquid ... Read more...
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Courtney Love fires back at libel case
August 22nd, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 22 (ANI): Courtney Love has fired back at a fashion designer whom she once called a 'nasty lying hosebag thief' on Twitter.Dawn Simorangkir, the Austin, Texas, fashion designer, who ... Read more...
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Britney Spears’ mum lashes out at Sam Lutfi
June 20th, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 20 (ANI): Britney Spears' mother Lynne has hit back at her daughter's former manager Sam Lutfi, insisting that her comments that he is a "fake" and a "predator" are ... Read more...
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Octomom faces lawsuit for exploiting her kids
May 5th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 5 (ANI): Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, has been slapped with a lawsuit for exploiting her eight babies.Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred filed a petition in Orange County, California, ... Read more...
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Trai issues fresh regulations for unsolicited calls
October 21st, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the telecom watchdog of the country, Tuesday said it has issued fresh regulations for unsolicited commercial calls.The Telecom Unsolicited Commercial ... Read more...
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Elizabeth Taylor gave a paparazzo approval to sell her topless pics
September 16th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Veteran actress Elizabeth Taylor had once given her approval to sell her topless pictures, after she was snapped sunbathing during a Spanish vacation in 1987.In his new ... Read more...
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‘Same-sex marriage legalized’ in California
June 20th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
It is a well known fact that people do strange things in the name of 'religion'. People commit suicide, war are fought, people kill each other by calling it 'religion freedom'. There ... Read more...
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Gag order in Britney case denied
February 20th, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Britney Spears lawyer failed in their bid to win a gag order in the pop star's child-custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.Anne Kiley, an attorney for Spears, argued ... Read more...
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