CBI not to probe PM in ‘coalgate’
June 1st, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be scrutinised for alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009, the Central Bureau ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
German president quits over loan scandal (Lead)
February 17th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 17 (IANS) Embattled German President Christian Wulff Friday resigned over a scandal sparked by a private loan on favourable terms.Wulff, 52, announced his decision to step down in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Now Janardhana Reddy’s wife under scanner for illegal mining
November 5th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Two months after the arrest of mining baron and former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy on charges of illegal mining, a formal probe into the role ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
President Obama’s podium stolen
October 19th, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Richmond, Va., Oct 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US law enforcement officers announced on Tuesday that they have recovered the stolen van which contained President Barack Obama’s teleprompter and podium seals. The van was ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
When thieves stole truck carrying Obama’s teleprompter!
October 19th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 19 (IANS) A truck carrying US President Barack Obama's see-through teleprompter, which enables him to read out his long and emphatic speeches, went missing during a visit.It ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Hammam turns to Arbitration Court after FIFA rejects appeal
September 16th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Zurich, Sep 16, (IANS/CMC) The fall-out from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) cash-for-votes scandal seems set to continue after football's world governing body, FIFA, on Thursday rejected former executive committee member ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Seeberg’s Alleged Molester Not Facing Criminal Charges
December 18th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Indiana officials said that they would not file any charges against the University of Notre Dame football player, who was alleged involved in the sexual assault ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
U.S. report says China ‘hijacked’ 15 percent of global Internet traffic during brief period in April
November 18th, 2010 - 1:28 am ICT by BNO News
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. web traffic was 'hijacked' or rerouted by Chinese telecommunication services earlier this year and included highly sensitive traffic involving U.S. military and government networks, the U.S.-China ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Contador may face formal doping probe
November 10th, 2010 - 6:43 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 10 (IANS/EFE) The International Cycling Union (UCI) said it has asked the Spanish cycling federation to initiate a formal investigation into three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador for doping.The ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Actress Cathy Moriarty Charged With Hit-and-Run
November 7th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
November 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Academy Award nominated actress Cathy Moriarty, who is most remembered for her performance in the movie ‘Raging Bull’, recently got embroiled in a ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Berlusconi gave me cash after sex, claims teenage Moroccan model
October 28th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): A teenage Moroccan model has apparently claimed that she had sex with Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in return for a cash 'gift'.According to Italian press reports, the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Teen Sensation Justin Bieber Assaulted 12-Year-Old Boy?
October 19th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Vancouver, Oct 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It seems being in the headlines has become a compulsive habit for teenage singing sensation Justin Bieber. If not for the rather bizarre rumors that ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Pakistan cricket a victim of conspiracy: PCB chief
September 19th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Stung by the latest spot-fixing allegations against his team, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt Sunday said the the international media had conspired against the national team.
Butt ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
WikiLeaks founder to cooperate with police on molestation allegations
August 27th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 27 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that he will cooperate with the Swedish police on the molestation allegations, but he is still clueless about them.According to Swedish ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Harassment probe against Wikileaks’ founder begins (Second Lead)
August 26th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Aug 25 (DPA) A Swedish prosecutor opened a formal investigation into a complaint of harassment against controversial Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange Wednesday.
A probe into sexual harassment was dropped, and allegations by ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sexual assault probe against Wikileaks’ founder begins
August 25th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Aug 25 (DPA) A Swedish prosecutor opened a formal investigation into a sexual assault charge against controversial Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange Wednesday.
However, allegations by a second woman of rape by Assange ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ribery now facing German investigation in under-age sex probe
July 23rd, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, July 23(ANI): German prosecutors are considering opening an investigation into allegations that French footballer Franck Ribery had sex with an under-age prostitute in Munich.Ribery has never denied having paid for sex ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Brit bishop, who denied affair with married woman vicar, lives with her now
June 4th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 4 (ANI): A Bishop who quit after denying he had an affair with a married female chaplain has been revealed to be living with her now in a house they ... Read more...
Posted in World |
After Toyota, Gas Pedal Problem Plagues Ford
June 2nd, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
June 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The car industry is going through an unprecedented trend of recalls this year and it seems no major car makers will be spared at the end. ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Hitler dog advert cleared as ‘not offensive’
March 25th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 25 (ANI): An advertisement showing a dog dressed as Hitler has been cleared as not offensive by the Advertising Standards Authority.The Kennel Club had complained against the Peta (People for ... Read more...
Posted in World |
U.S. Department of Transportation opens investigation into Toyota brake problems
February 4th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the Department of Transportation, on Thursday said it will open a formal investigation into allegations ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lord Swaraj Paul being investigated in parliamentary expenses scam
December 27th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 27 (ANI): Lord Swaraj Paul has become the latest peer to be investigated by the British police in the parliamentary expenses scam, taking the total number of parliamentarians under ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Arrested ‘Big Bang’ scientist not a terrorist, claims brother
October 14th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 14 (ANI): The brother of the Large Hadron Collider physicist under investigation for having possible links to terrorism has said that the charges are "completely false" and his brother ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Arrested ‘big bang’ scientist charged with terrorism
October 13th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 13 (ANI): A leading nuclear physicist associated with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been charged with terrorism offences by a Paris judge after investigators said that he offered ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, Italians point finger at Man U over ‘poaching’ players
September 10th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 10 (ANI): Manchester United is confident that they will not be brought to book by FIFA after being embroiled in another alleged poaching controversy.Following Le Havre's accusations over the signing ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
One dead, 40 injured in Thailand air crash
August 5th, 2009 - 12:22 am ICT by John Le Fevre
A Bangkok Airways flight on a scheduled service from the south-western town of Krabi to the holiday island of Koh Samui crashed while landing earlier today killing the pilot and injuring ... Read more...
Posted in Thailand, Thailand Tourism |
Porn industry hit by HIV outbreak
June 13th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 13 (ANI): The multi-billion dollar adult film industry in the US has been left facing a storm after 22 porn actors were reported to have contracted HIV.State health officials in ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Chinese Australian woman spy meets PM Rudd and ex-PM Howard
March 29th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Mar. 29 (ANI): A Chinese-Australian woman, who is at the centre of a top-level espionage inquiry met both Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and former PM John Howard at a private ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sex ads spark outrage in Britain
December 26th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 26 (ANI): The Advertising Standards Authority in Britain has been swamped with complaint letters and emails against the billboards emblazoned with the question Want Longer Lasting Sex? which is ... Read more...
Posted in World |
FBI serves warrant to Democrats son over hacking of Palins e-mail
September 23rd, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 23 (ANI): The FBI has served a warrant at the college residence of David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville student in connection with the hacking of ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Hacker says it was easy to break into Palin’’s e-mail
September 20th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.20 (ANI): The person claiming to be the hacker who accessed Sarah Palins private e-mail account has gone on record to say that it was easy and simple to achieve.
He ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Palin E-mail hacker targeted family, staff: Investigators
September 19th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Anchorage (Alaska), Sept.19 (ANI): Sarah Palin wasnt the only target of an online hacker.
Law enforcement officials are claiming that her family and staff were also compromised.
Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dis ex-butler Paul Burrell escapes perjury probe
May 10th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by admin
London, May 10 (ANI): Royal butler Paul Burrell will not be prosecuted for perjury despite confessing he lied at Princess Dianas inquest.Even coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker branded the 49-year-old ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Britney slams pregnancy rumours
February 29th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by admin
London , Feb 29 (ANI): Pop Wreck Britney Spears has slammed rumours that she is expecting a child with snapper beau Adnan Ghalib.The 26-year-old stars British lover has been bragging to pals ... Read more...
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