South Africa beat New Zealand to finish third in U-19 cricket
August 25th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Townsville (Australia), Aug 25 (IANS) South Africa beat New Zealand by eight wickets to finish third at the U-19 cricket World Cup in the third-fourth position playoff at the Endeavour ... Read more...
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Emraan wants action film with strong script
March 23rd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Actor Emraan Hashmi, who started his career with action film "Footpath" and moved on to romance and drama, says he would love to go back ... Read more...
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Asin wants to do only commercial movies
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Southern actress Asin Thottumkal, who started her Bollywood journey with "Ghajini", says she wants to focus only on commercial movies."Right now I am concentrating on ... Read more...
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Bihar to have its first ‘open jail’
March 5th, 2012 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 5 (IANS) Some convicts in Bihar will soon get a chance to live with their families, step out for work and lead a life similar to that outside ... Read more...
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‘A Good Old Fashioned Orgy’-not as bad as its name (IANS Movie Review)
February 18th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy"; Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Tyler Labine; Directors: Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck; Rating: ***It is the ultimate male fantasy - to be part of an ... Read more...
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Involve corporates to develop villages: Hazare (Lead)
November 22nd, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Nov 22 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday called for returning to the Gandhian principles of holistic development of villages and creating more 'model villages' with the help of ... Read more...
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Being beauty queen is about having character: Sushmita Sen
July 2nd, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Good height and an attractive face are just not enough to get a place in Sushmita Sen's Wadhawan Lifestyle I Am She contest. The former ... Read more...
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PCB issues tougher regulations for registration of players’ agents post spot-fixing saga
April 21st, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, April 21(ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a new set of tougher regulations for the registration of players' agents in the light of last year's spot-fixing scandal that rocked ... Read more...
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Geelani assures protection to Kashmiri Pandits
April 17th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) In a significant development, hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Sunday assured Kashmiri Pandits that 90 percent of the Muslim population in Jammu and Kashmir would ... Read more...
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Married prison chaplain in UK jailed for 8-months for sex with inmate
March 16th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 16 (ANI): A married prison chaplain in UK has been jailed for eight months after it was revealed that she had a sexual relationship with an inmate.Mother-of-two Jade Watson, 44, ... Read more...
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Building national character - in a lab
March 6th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Peeved at the rising cases of corruption in India, a Pune-based NGO has come up with the idea of a laboratory to help build character ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Canada bars entry to Indian Airlines hijacker
February 24th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 24 (IANS) Canada has refused to re-admit the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacking who was deported to India last year.Parminder Singh Saini, 47, who was ... Read more...
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Woman jailed for claiming benefits pretending to be single
January 24th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 24 (IANS) A 69-year-old British woman has been jailed after it was found that she was pretending to be single and had claimed benefits from the government worth 63,000 pounds.Thelma ... Read more...
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Maharashtra Congress unit’s culture wing questions IPL legality
January 14th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan.14 (ANI): The Maharashtra unit of the Congress Party has questioned the legality of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction held for the fourth edition at the ITC Gardenia Hotel ... Read more...
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‘Infatuated’ female officer in UK had sex with prisoner in his cell
December 11th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): A UK female prison officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a prisoner.Donna Stanton, 28, began a sexual relationship with ... Read more...
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Douglas Smith changes his name to Captain Awesome
December 7th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oregon, Dec 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Friends of Douglas Smith will have to get used to his new name. He is now officially Captain Awesome.The 27-year-old unemployed Oregon man successfully convinced a judge ... Read more...
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An Eugene Man Changes His Name To Captain Awesome!
December 7th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Eugene, Oregon, Dec 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Douglas Allen Smith Jr, 27, a man who lives in Eugene has changed his name to Captain Awesome after watching NBC's "Chuck". Douglas Allen ... Read more...
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Indian doc jailed for raping, taking photos of victim during sexual assault
November 17th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 17 (ANI): An Indian doctor in Australia has been jailed for six years after he was found guilty of raping a woman seven times in one night and taking photographs ... Read more...
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UK teacher faces jail after lesbian affair with 15-year-old pupil
November 12th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 12 (ANI): A UK school teacher has been found guilty of having lesbian sex with her 15-year-old student.Louise Yeoman, 29, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court to ten sexual offences ... Read more...
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Teenager jailed for not giving computer password
October 7th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 7 (IANS) A teenager in Britain has been jailed for four months after he refused to give his computer password to child protection police, a media report said.Oliver Drage's computer ... Read more...
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Teen killed for honour in Lahore
October 5th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) A man shot dead his 19-year-old sister in Pakistan's Lahore city as she didn't have "good character", police said.Zubaida, a resident of Manga Mandi, had a quarrel with ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Titanic drama to show ‘English were not all villains’
September 19th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 19 (ANI): A new TV drama about the Titanic, written by Julian Fellowes, is set to highlight the 'human version' of the disaster, to let people know that English ... Read more...
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Salman’s life inspires Tamil producer’s next
September 16th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Gauging a strong fan following for Salman Khan in the south, producer B.K. Krishnan of BRK films is set to make a movie inspired by the ups-and-downs ... Read more...
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Oz man asked wife how she wanted to be killed
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 2 (ANI): An Australian man, who made his estranged wife choose between being killed from a knife in the stomach or a drug overdose, has been sentenced to one-year jail.Kevin ... Read more...
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Gandhi’s march to Bollywood
May 22nd, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
A chat with newbie actor ANKUSH GANDHI who will soon make his debut with a hard-hitting political film, "Mumbai Tiger'Ankush Gandhi is not a name you would recall now. But that's ... Read more...
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Varun becomes pitaah before ‘Pitaah’
May 20th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 20, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Last week, Varun and Rajeshwari Badola became proud parents of baby boy. The couple was blessed with a child after six years of marriage."Frankly speaking, the feeling ... Read more...
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Cybill Shepherd’s son can still avoid criminal charges, even though he was arrested for theft
April 22nd, 2010 - 2:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Philadelphia, Apr 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Cybill Shepherd’s son – Cyrus Zacharia Shepherd-Oppenheim was arrested on charges of theft, but he can still avoid having criminal charges in his record. The court said ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker deported to India
January 27th, 2010 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 27 (IANS) Canada Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India.Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faced deportation ... Read more...
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Mancini confident about getting the best out of Robinho
December 26th, 2009 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 26 (ANI): Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is confident he can get the best out of Brazilian star Robinho.Robinho has been exhilarating and frustrating during his 15-month spell with ... Read more...
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VJ Hunt for Nikhil Roy
December 4th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Nikhil Roy who is currently out of the show "Bhaskar Bharti' is all set for a new innings as he heads to MTV. Well the actor is gearing up for the ... Read more...
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Kids with ‘tough love’ upbringing ‘do well in life’
November 8th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): Children who are raised with 'tough love' by their parents are likely to do well in life, a new report has found.The report, by think tank Demos, suggested ... Read more...
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Policewali se Mujarewali bani Chandramukhi!
August 12th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
F.I. R. is one of the best shows of SAB, and it is all set for another new laughter spree episode with Kavita Kaushik coming in an avatar of a tawayaf. ... Read more...
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Simple is back with a bang
May 27th, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Simple Kaul is no simpler, as she is all set to explore the complexity in corporate world. This adorable vamp, Pam from Sharaarat will be soon seen in Real TV's "Namak ... Read more...
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Liquor bottles, condoms in temple trust guest house spark row
February 6th, 2009 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) A controversy erupted Friday involving Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of famous Tirumala temple, after empty liquor bottles and used condoms were found in the ... Read more...
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WAGs fuelling ”high heels and low IQs” culture
January 9th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 9 (ANI): WAGs are promoting a culture of ''high heels and low IQs'' due to which teenage girls are overlooking the importance of good character and abandoning intellectual endeavour ... Read more...
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