Vice president poll: UPA renominates Ansari, BJP bracing for contest (Roundup)
July 15th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Incumbent Hamid Ansari was Saturday named by the ruling UPA as its candidate for the vice presidential poll but Trinamool Congress did not ... Read more...
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Steven Smith’s Superman act stuns Eden Gardens
May 5th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Pune Warriors all-rounder Steven Smith stunned the packed Eden Gardens with his Superman act while fielding in the boundary against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian ... Read more...
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Jharkhand Rajya Sabha poll’s scrapping landmark decision: Advani
April 1st, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Terming the Election Commission's move to scrap the Rajya Sabha election in Jharkhand a "landmark" decision, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday ... Read more...
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Rupert Murdoch’s son faces MPs over phone hacking
November 10th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 10 (IANS) James Murdoch, News International chairman, Thursday appeared for the second time before British MPs regarding phone-hacking at the News of the World (NoW), BBC reported.He had ... Read more...
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Lizard in midday meal: Goa orders probe
September 13th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 13 (IANS) Goa Tuesday ordered an official inquiry after 12 primary school students fell ill after eating a midday meal, which had a dead lizard and an insect ... Read more...
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Two Iranian warships cross Suez Canal
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 22 (IANS) Two Iranian battleships, headed towards Syria for a training mission, have crossed the Suez Canal - controlled by Egypt - for the first time since 1979, media reports ... Read more...
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Brit man who had sex with horse escapes jail
January 30th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 30 (ANI): A Brit man, who admitted that he had sex with a horse, has escaped jail.26-year-old Derek Woods was caught after police rigged up a paddock with secret cameras ... Read more...
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Mexican woman gives birth at checkpoint
December 30th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 30 (IANS/EFE) A drunk-driving checkpoint in the Mexican capital became an improvised delivery room for a 25-year-old pregnant woman, authorities said."This is the first occasion where a case like ... Read more...
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Srikrishna report by Dec 31; cases spiked, MPs end fast (Roundup)
December 28th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) A report on the contentious issue of statehood for Telangana will be presented by its Dec 31 deadline, it was announced Tuesday, as a beleaguered Andhra ... Read more...
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Cosmetic surgeon in UK caught performing sex act for dominatrix
December 18th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18 (ANI): A prominent cosmetic surgeon in Britain has been caught on tape performing a sex act on himself just after he gave a Botox injection to a German dominatrix.The ... Read more...
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Taliban sympathisers may be present within Pak security forces: Editorial
December 8th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 8(ANI): Pakistan's law enforcement agencies have failed to protect government offices and peace meetings, despite knowing that they are potential terror targets, which indicates the strong possibility of the ... Read more...
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Harry Potter Fashion: The Best And The Worst
November 22nd, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
The Yule Ball shown in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ was perhaps the first occasion that gave the Potter characters an opportunity to dress up. And it was also ... Read more...
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Kiwis hope new opening pair will repeat performance in Nagpur Test
November 19th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Nov 19 (ANI): New Zealand hopes that their new opening pair of Tim McIntosh and Brendon McCullum will repeat their performance in the third Test against India, the world's top ranked ... Read more...
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Surendran Pillai inducted into Kerala cabinet
August 3rd, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (IANS) The V.S. Achuthanandan cabinet was expanded Tuesday with the induction of V. Surendran Pillai, the lone Kerala Congress legislator, as ports and youth welfare minister.
Pillai, 54, ... Read more...
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V. Surendran Pillai to join Kerala cabinet
July 27th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 (IANS) Fiftyfour-year-old V. Surendran Pillai, the lone legislator of the Kerala Congress led by P.C. Thomas, will be inducted into the Kerala cabinet, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) ... Read more...
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Content provider fined for faith-based advertisement
July 23rd, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS) British broadcasting regulator Ofcom has slapped a fine of 17,500 pounds on a digital television network providing Asian content for carrying a faith-based advertisement it said was capable ... Read more...
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Coopers Beach Ranks No.1 In Dr. Beach’s “Top 10 Beaches” List
May 31st, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Southampton, May 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Coopers Beach of Southampton has made to the list of "Top 10 Beaches". Coopers Beach of New York is the very first in its category ... Read more...
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Former American First Lady, Laura Bush, Hints That She and Her Husband May Have Undergone Poisoning In 2007
April 29th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Former American First Lady, Laura Bush, has inscribed in her impending autobiography that she and her husband, George W. Bush, may have been envenomed when ... Read more...
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Leonard Nimoy Will Be Retiring From Acting
April 22nd, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 22, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Sci-fi idol, Leonard Nimoy’s years as an energetic component of Hollywood are numbered. Nimoy only just enunciated that he is geared up to withdraw from ... Read more...
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Somali Pirates Captured By The Dutch Special Forces In A Courageous Act
April 8th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 8, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Gaining fast on the Somali pirates who had detained a German freighter, Dutch naval captain Col. Hans Lodder did not have the time to withstand ... Read more...
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Heidi Montag’s Back Scoop
April 7th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): American reality television celebrity, Heidi Montag, has divulged her Back Scoop Procedure, which happens to be a fat diminishment surgery. Back scoop procedure ... Read more...
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China wants to resume stalled six-party nuke talks with N. Korea before July
March 5th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar. 5 (ANI): China's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, Wu Dawei, has said that Beijing wants the stalled nuclear disarmament talks with Pyongyang to resume before July.It was the first ... Read more...
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Hockey players differ on referrals
February 28th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) While international hockey players are still divided over the much talked about referral system introduced in the World Cup here, it was used straightaway ... Read more...
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India register their highest total against South Africa (Statistical highlights)
February 16th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) India registered their highest total against South Africa on the third day of the second cricket Test at Eden Gardens here Tuesday.
India made 643 for six declared ... Read more...
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Peterson third South African to hit debut century (Statistical Highlights)
February 14th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Alviro Peterson Sunday became the third South African batsman to score a century on debut.
Petersen, drafted into the playing XI after Mark Boucher was down with back spasm, ... Read more...
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Woods and his wife ’slept in separate beds’
January 10th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 10 (ANI): Tiger Woods' alleged mistress Jaimee Grubbs has revealed that the golfer and his wife Elin used to sleep in different beds even before the exposure of his ... Read more...
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Aditya Chopra Says No To Ranbir Kapoor-Rishi Kapoor Jodi
December 18th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K JhaThe hottest father-son pair of filmdom after Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan will be seen together only in the film that Ranbir is looking to direct late next year. ... Read more...
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Oz students’ ‘pro-rape’ Facebook page shut after criticism
November 9th, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, November 09 (ANI): A 'pro-rape' page on Facebook started by students from the University of Sydney has been shut after receiving harsh criticism.The online community featuring in the sports and ... Read more...
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Marge Simpson on “Playboy” Coverpage Set To Usher New Trend?
October 12th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct. 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Marge Simpson has hit the ranks of the oomph brigade of "Playboy" models by shedding her clothes for an elaborate photo-shoot for the glam mag. Her ... Read more...
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Milla Jovovich once ate curdled camel’s cheese!
September 2nd, 2009 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
Washington, September 2 (ANI): Actress Milla Jovovich has confessed that she ate curdled camel's cheese when she visited Mongolia."I had to try curdled camel's cheese and it was pretty disgusting, but ... Read more...
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‘Kalam had no problems with frisking’
July 21st, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Murali Krishnan
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS)Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was subjected to a body search for the first time by employees of a US airline in Delhi when he ... Read more...
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Gwyneth Paltrow ‘furious’ with promo pics of ‘Iron Man 2′
July 20th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20 (ANI): Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly fuming after seeing the promo pics of her new film Iron Man 2 which mainly features her co-star Scarlett Johansson.The beauty, who plays ... Read more...
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ICC undecided on venues for Pakistan’s World Cup matches
June 16th, 2009 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
London, June 15 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Monday it is yet to decide on the venues of the 2011 World Cup matches that were scheduled to be played ... Read more...
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Udinese beat AC Milan; Inter Milan secure title
May 17th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 17 (DPA) Udinese beat AC Milan 2-1 late Saturday through goals from Gaetano D'Agostino and Cristian Zapata in a crucial win that allowed Inter Milan to secure the Serie ... Read more...
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Gambhir surpasses Gavaskar (Highlights)
April 5th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, April 5 (IANS) India's Gautam Gambhir Sunday scored his sixth Test century in his 25th Test and bettered legendary Sunil Gavaskar's record in terms of number of runs in the ... Read more...
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