Olympic swimming: Hungarian Risztov wins gold in marathon
August 10th, 2012 - 3:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hungarian swimmer Eva Risztov showed her stamina to beat the field in the women's 10-km open water swimming Thursday after a close finish in Hyde ... Read more...
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Olympic swimming: Hungary’s Risztov powers to gold in marathon
August 9th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hungarian swimmer Eva Risztov had the stamina to beat the field in the women's 10-kilometre open water swimming Thursday after a close finish in Hyde ... Read more...
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India beat South Africa 6-5 in hockey Test
July 9th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
La Albericia (Spain), July 9 (IANS) India defeated South Africa 6-5 in a thrilling third hockey Test here Sunday night.
Strikers Shivendra Singh (13th, 38th minute), Dharamvir Singh (19th, 21st ... Read more...
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Nikki Haley calls her accuser ‘racist, sexist bigot’
June 29th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 29 (IANS) South Carolina's Indian-American governor Nikki Haley has called a fellow Republican who has accused her of ethics violations "racist, sexist bigot who has tried everything in ... Read more...
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Nikki Haley spreads welcome mat for Indian companies
March 7th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 7 (IANS) Keen to expand trade contacts with India, South Carolina's Indian American governor Nikki Haley has assured Indian companies the required infrastructural assistance to establish themselves in ... Read more...
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South Carolina want to partner with India: Nikki Haley
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) Proud of her Indian heritage, South Carolina's Indian American governor Nikki Haley says she wanted an opportunity to partner with India, since becoming chief executive, ... Read more...
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Anticipation and tackling our main problems, says Nobbs
January 20th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India hockey coach Michael Nobbs was concerned with anticipation and tackling as his boys came from a goal down to beat South Africa 4-3 in ... Read more...
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Nikki Haley says no to Veep
August 19th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley has dismissed any suggestion that she should serve as the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 2012 election.Born Nimrata ... Read more...
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Mitt Romney visits South Carolina
May 23rd, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Irmo, May 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mitt Romney was in South Carolina to promote his bid to become the flagbearer of the GOP in the 2012 Presidential race in the United States. With ... Read more...
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American Idol: Top Two Revealed!
May 20th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wednesday night on American Idol, the top three contestants from this season, Scotty McCreery, Haley Reinhart, and Lauren Alaina took the stage and gave it their all on ... Read more...
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American Idol: Top 3 Perform
May 19th, 2011 - 10:09 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Haley, Scotty, and Lauren were still giddy from their home town visits when the show opened last night on 'American Idol'. This week the first song choice was ... Read more...
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American Idol final four battle it out
May 12th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US musical talents hunt show “American Idol” is moving to the home-stretch with only four of the contestants remaining. The final contestants are James Durbin, ... Read more...
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Bruce Springsteen visits ‘American Idol’ sets
April 19th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, April 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The remaining seven contestants couldn’t believe their luck when they had an ‘extraordinary’ visitor on Friday. Bruce Springsteen passed by at the studios of American Idol ... Read more...
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Roger Ailes admits to spying on his staff
April 19th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, April 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Roger Ailes, has reportedly admitted spying on three of his former staff. The three worked at a newspaper company that ... Read more...
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American Idol: Top Nine Perform Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
April 7th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Last week on 'American Idol', we said goodbye to both Thia and Naima. We had to let two contestants go home, since Casey had gotten the save the ... Read more...
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American Idol: Top 11 left
March 24th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Mar 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Things are heating up on the current season of the most popular TV talent hunt show, American Idol.The show is left with the last 11 stars ... Read more...
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American Idol: Top 12 Results, Karen Goes Home
March 18th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) American Idol opened last night with the entire top twelve doing a mix-up song, with the guys doing, “Born to Be Wild” and the girls performing Lady Gaga's ... Read more...
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Indian-origin gov Nikki Haley makes up with ‘Army Wives’ a year on
March 15th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Indian-American and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley made a cameo on the Lifetime show 'Army Wives', despite voting against taxpayer-funded incentives for the film industry last year.As a ... Read more...
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American Idol: Top 13 Results
March 11th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As American Idol opened last night, Ryan Seacrest announced that Casey would not be with them, for he was very sick and in the hospital. Just what sickness ... Read more...
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US asks duped sham varsity students to look for options
February 9th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US immigration authorities have asked duped students of a sham university in California, most of them from India, to contact them directly to find out what ... Read more...
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Indian-American Nikki Haley is South Carolina governor (Lead)
January 13th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Nikki Haley, the daughter of Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, created history Wednesday as she became the first woman governor of South Carolina and the ... Read more...
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Nikki Haley to endorse 2012 presidential Republican candidate
December 5th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 5 (ANI): Nikki Haley, the Indian-origin politician in America, has said that she would endorse a presidential candidate before the primaries.Politico quoted South Carolina Governor-elect Haley as saying that ... Read more...
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Marylin Monroe-JFK picture to go under the hammer
November 12th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 12 (ANI): The only picture that shows Hollywood's glamour girl Marilyn Monroe with former US President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert will be auctioned in the US next ... Read more...
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I know what people want: governor elect Nikki Haley
November 4th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) Nikki Haley, who created history by becoming the first woman to win the governor's race in South Carolina state and the first Indian American woman in the ... Read more...
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Indian American Nikki Haley will be South Carolina governor
November 3rd, 2010 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Republican Nikki Haley, daughter of Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, will be the new governor of South Carolina state after she defeated her Democratic rival Vincent Sheheen ... Read more...
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South Africa thrash Canada in men’s hockey
October 5th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Scoring twice in each half, South Africa defeated Canada 4-1 in a pool B men's hockey match of the 19th Commonwealth Games here Tuesday.The South Africans scored ... Read more...
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Beware of lesbian gangs in jail, inmate warns Li-Lo
July 13th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 13 (ANI): Soon-to-be jailbird Lindsay Lohan apparently has a lot to worry about.One of the inmates has reportedly revealed that everyone in the jail is waiting to get hold ... Read more...
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Indian American Nikki Haley is a new GOP star on the rise
June 24th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
South Carolina (USA), June 24 (ANI): Indian-American state legislator from South Carolina Nikki Haley is being seen as a new GOP star, whose political fortunes are on the rise after a ... Read more...
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South Carolina factfile (To go with Nikki Haley wins, in line to become South Carolina governor)
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 23 (IANS) The following is a factfile on South Carolina, the eastern coastal state in the US that may soon see Indian-American Nikki Haley as governor.
Population: 4.5 millionCapital: ColumbiaMajor ... Read more...
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‘We had the kitchen sink thrown at us,’ says Indian American S. Carolina governor candidate
June 9th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): The Republican primary race for the South Carolina governor's nomination is headed for a bruising runoff election after Indian American Nikki Haley, who is trying to become the ... Read more...
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Indian-American Haley is racially attacked
June 6th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 6 (IANS) Indian-American Nikki Haley, who is contesting governorship in South Carolina, was attacked racially by a state lawmaker who called her a "raghead", media reports said Sunday.
Republican ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin jumps to the defense of Nikki Haley
May 25th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, May 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nikki Haley was facing the fire of allegations of an affair and she thought that she would have to battle them out all alone. ... Read more...
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Fan calls Obama ‘a hottie’ with ’smokin’ body’!
May 14th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 14 (ANI): US President Barack Obama is a "hottie with a smokin' little body".That's what a fan told Obama during his stop at Duff's Famous Wings, reports The ... Read more...
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Gypsy Rose Lee’s Life Captured In ‘Gypsy’
May 10th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
May 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The highly awaited Broadway musical 'Gypsy,' opened a few days back to rave reviews in Broadway. The musical is based on the life of Gypsy Rose ... Read more...
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3-4 loss to South Africa shatters Pakistan’s semifinal dreams
March 6th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Pakistan's World Cup semifinal hopes were shattered as South Africa upset the four time champions 4-3 in the hockey World Cup here Saturday.
Down 0-1 at the breather, ... Read more...
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