Thousands of fleeing northeastern people reach Guwahati
August 18th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IANS) Frustration and despair etched on their faces at leaving their jobs, thousands of people from the northeast, mostly youth, arrived in Guwahati Saturday on the three ... Read more...
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Kris Humphries sends Kanye West a deposition subpoena
August 17th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to Kim Kardashian’s lawyer, the Brooklyn Net ball player Kim Humphries tried to fool Kanye West when he send a deposition subpoena inside a Nordstrom ... Read more...
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Sleeping pills harmful in long run
August 10th, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 10 (IANS) Sleeping spills are "counter-productive" and offer no real benefit in treating insomnia, says a sleep expert."Most people who take hypnotic (sleep inducing) drugs still have ... Read more...
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Olympics : Meares pips Pendleton to cycling gold
August 8th, 2012 - 5:02 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Anna Meares of Australia consigned defending champion Victoria Pendleton to defeat in a controversial Olympic cycling sprint final Tuesday.Pendleton was relegated after winning the first ... Read more...
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Pooja keen to re-look ‘Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain’
July 29th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Actress-turned-director Pooja Bhatt says she is keen to revisit her father's 1974 "radical" and "shocking" film "Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain" and Mahesh Bhatt has welcomed the ... Read more...
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Dementia can drain words of meaning
July 27th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 27 (IANS) Dementia can impair one's ability to recognise words describing feelings such as 'thrilled' and 'annoyed', according to the latest research.Sharpley Hsieh and colleagues from Neuroscience ... Read more...
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Woman kills herself in party office
July 22nd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 22 (IANS) A 61-year-old woman died of severe burns after she set herself on fire at an office of Russia's ruling United Russia party in Siberia region, RIA ... Read more...
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E-governance can reduce corruption: Meghalaya governor
July 20th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 20 (IANS) Exhorting all stakeholders to use technology as agent of progress and embrace change, Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary Friday said e-governance can reduce corruption and improve accountability."IT ... Read more...
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Michelle Heaton leaves her baby locked up in her car
July 16th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Liberty X pop star Michelle Heaton has come under heavy criticism on Twitter and other social networking sites after she left her six-month-old daughter locked up ... Read more...
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Brazilian footballer gets jail for torching his house
July 5th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 5 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's Breno Vinicius Rodrigues Borges, a former player for Bayern Munich, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and nine months in jail for intentionally burning ... Read more...
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Taylor working on fitness with hopes of recall
July 3rd, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), July 3 (IANS/CMC) Injury-prone West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor says he is working his way back to full fitness, as he targets a recall to the Caribbean side.
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Mass protests on Hong Kong anniversary
July 1st, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 1 (IANS) Thousands of pro-democracy marchers took to streets in Hong Kong as the former British colony marked 15 years since returning to Chinese rule.The rally takes place ... Read more...
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Bug causes Twitter outage on Thursday
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The popular social networking and micro blogging site Twitter was hit by a bug on Thursday and a major outage happened.The Twitter users felt the aftereffects ... Read more...
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Soldier injured in Pakistani firing on LoC
June 17th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 17 (IANS) In an apparent bid to push in infiltrators, Pakistani troops opened unprovoked fire on Indian forward positions along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu ... Read more...
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Be strong to fight frustration, Mamata tells students
June 7th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Stating that life was full of challenges, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday urged the student community to develop mental strength to fight frustration."Life ... Read more...
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Need to work on my consistency: Parimarjan Negi
May 29th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Parimarjan Negi, the youngest Indian to become a Grand Master, said Tuesday that he needed to work on his consistency en route to reaching his ... Read more...
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PM promises ‘exemplary punishment’ for corrupt
May 22nd, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Releasing the three-year performance report of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said he was aware of the people's ... Read more...
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Mice raid Allen’s house
May 11th, 2012 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) Lily Allen is fed up of mice in her home.Allen, who lives in a sprawling cottage in the west countryside with her husband Sam Cooper discovered ... Read more...
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BJP slams Sonia Gandhi’s comments
May 9th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday termed as a reflection of the Congress's frustration its party chief Sonia Gandhi's statement that it had ... Read more...
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‘Savdhan India’ tries to analyse crime, sensitize people (With Images)
May 2nd, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Actor Sushant Singh, who is co-anchoring crime-based show "Savdhan India" with Gaurav Chopra, describes it as an analytical programme trying to figure out why crime happens, ... Read more...
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German arsonist jailed for seven years
April 4th, 2012 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 4 (IANS) A German found guilty of setting fire to over 100 cars in a serial arson attack has been sentenced to seven years in prison.The 28-year-old defendant ... Read more...
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Your home is indeed where your heart is
March 30th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 30 (IANS) A study has observed how people tend to "fall in love" with a house once they come across their dream home.A massive 56 percent of buyers ... Read more...
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BJP will deliver Telangana: Sushma
March 29th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Appealing to the people of Telangana not to resort to suicide, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Thursday said a separate Telangana state ... Read more...
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Tite considers dropping Corinthians striker Liedson
March 23rd, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 23 (IANS) Corinthians football team head coach Tite ha expressed his frustration with veteran striker Liedson. The 34-year-old has not scored a goal since November, 2011.Liedson ... Read more...
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Flamengo move to third place after narrow victory
March 19th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 19 (IANS) Flamengo narrowly beat Friburguesne 1-0 in the fourth round of the Rio Cup to move into third place of Group A.Plagued by multiple injuries, ... Read more...
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Robbers beaten up in Karachi
March 18th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 18 (IANS) People in the Pakistani port city Karachi, hit by a recent bout of street crimes, gave vent to their frustration by thrashing three robbers almost to ... Read more...
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Sevilla president hits out at players
March 14th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 14 (IANS) Sevilla President Jose Maria del Nido has lashed out some of his players for the club's poor run in the Spanish La Liga football.Sevilla are currently ... Read more...
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Rahul to blame if Congress performs badly: BJP
March 4th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should get all the blame if his party does badly in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Time for Tendulkar to introspect: Chappell
March 3rd, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, March 3 (IANS) Former Australia cricket captain Ian Chappell said India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar has to take a look at himself and ask if he is playing ... Read more...
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Raptors begin busy March with loss to Grizzlies
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 3 (IANS) The Toronto Raptors dropped the first of seventeen games in March with a 99-102 loss against the Memphis Grizzlies in the National Basketball Association (NBA) league.Raptors ... Read more...
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Lukaku contemplating loan move away from Chelsea
March 2nd, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 2 (IANS) Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has shown frustration by asking to be loaned out in the summer after being continuously overlooked for a starting position by ... Read more...
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US strategy jeopardised by Pakistani havens: Post
February 25th, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) Persistence of enemy havens in Pakistan was placing the success of the US strategy in Afghanistan in jeopardy, the US ambassador to Afghanistan warned in ... Read more...
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Andhra woman seeks euthanasia for paralysed son (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 7 (IANS) Unable to take care of him due to poverty, a 64-year-old widow in Andhra Pradesh has sought euthanasia for her son -- a 36-year-old graduate in ... Read more...
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Early poll in Pakistan desirable, says daily
January 31st, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) An early poll would be desirable in Pakistan as it would end the "sense of frustration" that people are feeling, said a daily while calling ... Read more...
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JFK library releases last 45 hours of Oval Office tapes
January 25th, 2012 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS/EFE) The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston announced Tuesday that it has declassified and made available to the public the last 45 hours ... Read more...
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