Drama, humour and myth on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
May 5th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The book cart this weekend beckons the reader, who loves a good story...Browse with IANS.1. Book: "The Householder"; Written by Amitabha Bagchi; Published by Harper-Collins ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Germany’s ‘Josef Fritzl’ jailed for 14-and-a-half years
March 23rd, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): A German man has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years after he fathered eight children with his stepdaughter and sexually abused his daughter and stepson.A court in Koblenz heard ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Andreas Muller wins Mini Cooper car for a tattoo on his private parts
January 25th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A German man moved extreme ends to win himself a Mini Cooper worth £20,000.Andreas Muller had to tattoo the company’s brand on his penis to win the ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Sven Koppler arrested for sending hundreds of tarantulas to US
January 20th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A German man made a living by selling tarantulas all over the world.37-year-old Sven Koppler of the German town of Wachtberg has several customers all ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man admits to mailing hundreds of tarantulas to US
January 20th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, Jan 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 37-year-old German national has pleaded guilty to smuggling hundreds of tarantulas into the United States.Sven Koppler, admitted to prosecutors on Tuesday that he mailed about ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
German man says he had sex with honeymoon murder accused
December 15th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) A 39-year-old German man, working as an escort, has said he had kinky sex with Indian-origin Briton Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his newly-married wife in a carjacking ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man castrates 17-yr-old daughter’s 57-yr-old beau with bread knife
December 14th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 14 (ANI): A man in Germany became so enraged with his daughter dating a man 40 years older than her that he castrated the boyfriend with a bread knife.According to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Former Hitler aide, 97, signed ’start order’ for mass execution of Jews
December 9th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 9 (ANI): An elderly German man has been accused of signing the orders that began the Nazis' campaign of genocide.Court papers filed in the US on Tuesday alleged that ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Google Street View reveals nude man reading a book!
November 26th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): A weird naked picture of a man reading book has surfaced on Google Street View.The image shows the mystery man sitting on a bench on the veranda of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man tries to seal cellar, gets trapped after walling himself in!
November 26th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): As Albert Einstein once said - the two most abundant things on Earth are hydrogen and stupidity - and a German man proven that at least the latter ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man named Ottovordemgentschenfelde gets into record book!
November 9th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): Bernd Ottovordemgentschenfelde is reportedly said to have got into Germany's record books for having the longest last name.The 45-year-old floor tiler from the Rhineland said his name barely ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘US drone attack surge in Pak connected to suspected Europe terror plot’: Haqqani
October 6th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5 (ANI): The recent upsurge in US drone attacks in Pakistan is linked to efforts to disrupt a suspected Al-Qaeda plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks on European targets, Pakistan's ambassador ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Drone attacks in Pakistan ‘linked’ to Europe terror plot
October 6th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 6 (IANS) US drone attacks have been stepped up in Pakistan to disrupt a suspected Al Qaeda plot to attack European targets, a media report said Wednesday.The drone attacks ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
German man pees, short circuits nightclub
September 29th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 29 (ANI): In a hilarious incident, a German man dropped his pants in a jam packed nightclub and urinated on a plug socket leading to short circuit.Bouncers at Munich's Americanos ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Bizarre local requests made to Brit council call centres revealed
August 20th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 20 (ANI): British council call centres have for the first time revealed some of the bizarre local requests they get from people.Some of the calls included trying to register the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man’s plea to trace Indian mother dismissed
August 16th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a suit filed by a 37-year-old German man of Indian origin seeking the whereabouts of his biological mother and claiming genetic link ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
German tried to murder wife with poisoned cheese
August 13th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Braunschweig (Germany) Aug 13 (DPA) A German man tried to kill his wife with poisoned cheese after she threatened to divorce him, a court heard Friday.
The 57-year-old went on trial in the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man with fake genitals barred from joining police
July 15th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): A German man has been banned from joining the police because of his fake genitals.According to rules, male cops must have "at least one functioning testicle".Thomas Dahner, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man admits to killing and dismembering parents
July 14th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 14 (DPA) A 28-year-old man has admitted to German police that he killed his parents, dismembered them with a chainsaw and stored the body parts in the family's garden shed.
Neighbours ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German who killed two over World Cup surrenders
July 8th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 8 (IANS/AKI) A German man accused of killing two Italians after an alleged row over the World Cup in a bar in Germany has surrendered to Spanish authorities, police said. ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
German man convicted for having Hitler’s speech as ring tone
July 2nd, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): A German man has been locked up for six months for having set a speech by Adolf Hitler as his mobile phone ringtone.According to The Daily Telegraph, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Burqa clad German terror suspect arrested in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
June 23rd, 2010 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): A German terror suspect, clad in burqa, has been arrested by Pakistani security officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province' Bannu District.According to local police officials, the German man was ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Impostor Clark Rockefeller’s Appeal Rejected
May 24th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
May 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller and moved around in elite circles will have to spend more days in prison than he expected. His ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Cindy Crawford extortionist jailed
March 10th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 10 (ANI): A German man found guilty of attempting to blackmail supermodel Cindy Crawford has been sentenced to two years in prison.Edis Kayalar, 26, surrendered to German authorities in ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Death, tears and agony in Pune hospitals
February 14th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 14 (IANS) A German man frantically hunted for his wife while a group of students from Jharkhand mourned the death of three of their colleagues as hospitals here grappled Sunday ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Man who ‘blackmailed’ Cindy Crawford charged in Germany
February 3rd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, February 3 (ANI): A German man who allegedly tried to extort 100,000 dollars from Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber has been indicted, prosecutors have revealed.Edis Kayalar attempted to ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
German Man tried to smuggle 44 lizards in his under-pants
January 29th, 2010 - 12:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wellington, Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A German man has tried to smuggle 44 lizards in his under-pants when he tried to board a flight from New Zealand. He was arrested on ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
German man rips off friend’s testicles for not responding to fondling
January 12th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 12 (ANI): A German man is said to have ripped off his friend's testicles after the latter failed to respond to his drunken fondling.According to Bild.com, Hans O., 45, appeared ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German Man Edis Kayalar Accused Of Blackmailing Cindy Crawford
November 13th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov.13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Cindy Crawford, the former super model, has come on news once again. Recently, a German man named Edis Kayalar [age 26 years] has tried to extort money ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
German man stabs wife to death over online game affair!
September 30th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 30 (ANI): A German man stabbed his wife to death after she fell in love with another man in the virtual world of computer gaming.A court in Bonn, Germany, heard ... Read more...
Posted in World |
German man sets record for speed-kissing
June 6th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 6 (DPA) A German man has set a new record in speed-kissing, after smooching 111 women in 60 seconds outside a Berlin disco late Friday.
Michael Basting, 31, secured an entry ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Christoph Rehage releases first video of thelongestway.com journey
May 14th, 2009 - 3:34 am ICT by John Le Fevre
When most people take a walk home they usually take the shortest route. However when a 26-year German man decided to walk home he took the longest way in a journey ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
German man detained for biting police officer
April 8th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 8 (RIA Novosti) The 24-year-old owner of a pit bull in Germany was detained after biting a police officer on the hip, the ddp news agency reported Wednesday.
The incident ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Meet the worlds meanest boyfriend!
September 11th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 11 (ANI): A German man was so tight-fisted that he left his girlfriend to cool her heels in the prison, just because he didnt want to pay a fine ... Read more...
Posted in National |
German tourist drugged and robbed in train
June 12th, 2008 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Agra, June 11 (IANS) A German tourist was given a tea laced with sedatives and robbed of all his belongings in a train. The German man, Gabriel, and his girlfriend were travelling ... Read more...
Posted in World |