Kate’s school occupied by squatters (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) The former public school of Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has been occupied by a group of travellers, who have set up an illegal camp in ... Read more...
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Duchess Kate’s school occupied by squatters
August 18th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) The former public school of Duchess Kate has been occupied by a group of travellers, who have set up an illegal camp in the playing fields.A ... Read more...
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Incessant rains hit life in parts of Rajasthan
August 14th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, August 14 (IANS) Incessant rains since the past three days have hit life in several districts of Rajasthan including Banswara, Chittorgarh, Kota and Baran, with some bridges being damaged ... Read more...
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Pakistani PM faces walk of shame, says daily
August 9th, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will have to undertake a "walk of shame" Aug 27 to the Supreme Court where he may be charged ... Read more...
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Chimpanzee asks people to free him at Wales Zoo
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wales, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A chimpanzee has been filmed at Wales’s zoo asking to be freed from its enclosure. Visitors to the zoo took a video of this unusual request and ... Read more...
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Annan’s exit may bring forceful action in Syria: Russia
August 3rd, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The resignation of UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan "opens the gates" for those backing a military intervention into the country to ... Read more...
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Japan deplores violence at Maruti Suzuki plant
July 20th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Japan Thursday deplored the violence by a group of workers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant at Haryana, leading to the death of one person."We strongly ... Read more...
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Fire at Maruti plant
July 18th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 18 (IANS) A fire broke out in automobile major Maruti's plant at Manesar in Haryana Wednesday as thousands of protesting workers locked its main gates trapping officials inside, ... Read more...
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Joshi-Modi poster war reaches Jaipur
June 29th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) The poster war between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his arch-rival Sanjay Joshi reached Jaipur Friday.One of the posters appeared mysteriously outside the gates ... Read more...
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With rising ridership, Delhi Metro to have more gates
June 20th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) With commuter volumes crossing the two million mark on six days in June alone this year, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) proposes to upgrade ... Read more...
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British woman cop writes erotic letters to inmates, jailed
June 7th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 7 (IANS) A woman prison officer in Britain -- reportedly of Asian origin -- admitted writing erotic letters and making phone calls to four convicts, and has been ... Read more...
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Posters target Modi for Sanjay Joshi exit
June 5th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Nearly 10 days after Sanjay Joshi had to resign from the BJP's national executive, posters appeared here Tuesday attacking Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.Although ... Read more...
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Sariska villagers protest relocation
May 16th, 2012 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) Hundreds of people Tuesday blocked the main entrance of the Sariska tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan's Alwar district, protesting relocation of their villages falling within the reserve, ... Read more...
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Suspended MPs block parliament entrance
April 26th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The eight Congress MPs suspended from the Lok Sabha by their party for disrupting the House over the Telangana issue blocked the main entrance ... Read more...
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Rihanna hunts house in Britain
April 23rd, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) Singer Rihanna has started house hunting in Britain ahead of her three-month stay in London to shoot a new reality series on fashion.The singer plans ... Read more...
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Pakistan much like India, says Kailash Kher
April 19th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Kailash Kher got a chance to perform in Pakistan for the very first time and the singer-composer was overwhelmed by the kind of response he ... Read more...
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Jail attack sign of Taliban’s strength: daily
April 16th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) The audacious Taliban attack on a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that freed about 400 prisoners is a demonstration of their physical and logistical strength, ... Read more...
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‘37 percent Delhi government school toilets very dirty’
March 30th, 2012 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Thirty seven percent of toilets in the capital's government schools are "very dirty" and in "subhuman" condition, a survey done by the NGO CRY has ... Read more...
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Stones pelted at Salman Khursheed’s wife Louis
February 19th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 19 (IANS) Louis Khursheed, Congress leader and wife of union Law Minister Salman Khursheed, had a narrow escape Sunday evening as a group of people ... Read more...
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Is Punxsutawney Phil going to predict arrival of spring on GroundHog’s Day?
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:58 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Punxsutawney, Feb 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) All gates in Pennsylvania lead to Gobbler’s Knob on the 2nd of February for Groundhog’s Day. It is an annual tradition since 1887 in which people travel ... Read more...
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From black tragedy emerged many heroes
December 9th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) The ghastly fire at the AMRI Hospital that claimed over 80 lives also brought to the fore the undying human spirit and threw up ... Read more...
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Katie Price receives kidnap threat
November 13th, 2011 - 2:04 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 13 (IANS) Former model Katie Price has increased security of her house after receiving a kidnap threat.Price, who has three children, Harvey, Junior and Princess Tiaamii was left ... Read more...
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Court curbs on free cricket match passes in Delhi
October 17th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday restrained the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) from distributing more than 10,000 complementary passes for matches at the Ferozshah Kotla ... Read more...
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32 prisoners flee Mexican jail
September 20th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 20 (IANS) At least 32 prisoners escaped from three jails in the Mexican state of Veracruz Monday, Xinhua reported.According to the state's interior minister Gerardo Buganza, 14 ... Read more...
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Quake opens Bengal jail gates, but nobody escapes
September 20th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Sep 19 (IANS) The old gates and windows of many cells gave way in Sunday evening's quake. But a head count of prisoners at the Jalpaiguri Correctional ... Read more...
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Prisoners come out as jail damaged in quake
September 19th, 2011 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Sep 18 (IANS) Many of the nearly 1,100 prisoners in Jalpaiguri Correctional Home came out of their cells as the age old gates and window gave way ... Read more...
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Blast a well-planned attack on judiciary: Sri Sri
September 8th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 7 (IANS) Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Wednesday termed the terror blast at the Delhi High Court as a well-planned attack on the judiciary."It was ... Read more...
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It was back to work at Delhi High Court after blast
September 7th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Work must go on: That was the message the Delhi High Court sent out Wednesday as it went back to work a few hours ... Read more...
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NO CCTVs in court even after May blast (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) There are no CCTVs in the Delhi High Court complex although Delhi Police had been reprimanded by the same court for security lapses after the ... Read more...
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Lawyers berate Delhi Police after blast
September 7th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Delhi Bar Association Wednesday hit out at Delhi Police, blaming it for not installing CCTVs at the Delhi High Court gates despite an earlier ... Read more...
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Five detained at Ramlila ground
August 26th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Police detained five men early Friday when they tried to barge into Anna Hazare's fast venue through the VIP gate and one of them ... Read more...
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I will die but won’t take drips, says Anna
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday night refused to be given saline drips and asked his supporters at the Ramlila ground to prevent the government from forcibly shifting ... Read more...
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Team Anna, police stuck on negotiating fast period (Lead)
August 17th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Team Anna and Delhi Police were stuck on negotiations over the number of days for the planned fast of Anna Hazare to push for a ... Read more...
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Pakistan Rangers offer BSF sweets on I-Day
August 14th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 14 (IANS) Troopers of the Pakistan Rangers offered sweets to their Indian Border Security Force (BSF) counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost Sunday to mark the 65th anniversary ... Read more...
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Taliban attack Afghan airport
July 26th, 2011 - 2:04 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 26 (IANS) Casualties were feared after Taliban militants attacked an airport in eastern Afghanistan Monday, Xinhua reported.The attack took place around 9.00 p.m. at Jalalabad airport ... Read more...
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