David for Edinburgh Cup golf
September 10th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 10 (IANS) David D'Souza qualified for the Duke of Edinburgh Cup golf tournament to be held at the Windsor Castle in England from Sep 30 to Oct 4 ... Read more...
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Congress criticises Mamata’s move to compensate rape victims
September 10th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) The Congress Monday rapped the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government, in which it itself is a partner, for the "peculiar" and "strange" idea of compensating ... Read more...
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Poddar tops in Golf festival
September 9th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 9 (IANS) Amitabh Poddar, starting with a Handicap of 3, scored 30 Nett points to emerge victorious, while Fukao Takahiro, with a Handicap of 5, was second with ... Read more...
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Toyota Karnataka Golf: Toshiyoki fires best score
September 8th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, S Sep 8 (IANS) Kasai Toshiyoki, starting off with a handicap of 10, stole the spotlight with the day's best gross score of 30 points, calculated under the Modified ... Read more...
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Toyota golf: Nair tops with 31 points
September 7th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 7 (IANS) S.R. Nair ended with the day's best gross score of 31 points, calculated under the Modified Stableford format, on the second day of the Toyota Karnataka ... Read more...
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Bengal to compensate victims of crimes against women
September 7th, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Victims of crimes against women would henceforth be compensated in West Bengal, with the Mamata Banerjee cabinet Thursday ratifying the proposed scheme that would also ... Read more...
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Karnataka golf: Khalin Joshi fires 70
September 6th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 6 (IANS) Khalin Joshi, true to his billing as India's top amateur golfer, scored a 2-under par 70 to end with the day's best gross score of 38 ... Read more...
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‘Sultans’ win Mumbai billiards league
August 7th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) PJ Hindu Gymkhana 'Sultans of Hazard' lived up to their reputation when they beat CCI 'Billiards Boys' to emerge champions in The Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala ... Read more...
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Disabled student made false claim, IIT-D tells court
July 2nd, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) Monday informed the Delhi High Court that before denying admission to a disabled student its medical board found his ... Read more...
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Advani pockets billiards title
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 22 (IANS) Defending champion Pankaj Advani, with seven World titles to his credit, showed who the boss was as he beat Balachandra Bhaskar 1001-802 in the final of ... Read more...
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Sethi warms up with easy win
June 20th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 20 (IANS) Multiple former World billiards champion Geet Sethi knocked in breaks of 153, 261 and 105 as he beat Tapendra 150-0 in the super league of the ... Read more...
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Line calls invariably go in China’s favour: Saina
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) India's top women's badminton player Saina Nehwal said Monday that it was somewhat a handicap playing in China as the line calls invariably go in ... Read more...
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BSES Rajdhani directed to compensatE girl
April 10th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed BSES Rajdhani, a power distribution firm, to give a compensation of Rs.7.5 lakh to a minor girl who lost ... Read more...
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Armaan set for maiden Indy race
March 23rd, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
St Petersburg (Florida), March 23 (IANS) Having missed most of the pre-season testing due to budget constraints, India's Armaan Ebrahim faces an uphill task as he prepares for his first ... Read more...
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Akhilesh rejigs bureaucracy, 30 officials transferred
March 19th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 18 (IANS) In a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the new Uttar Pradesh government of Akhilesh Yadav, 30 officials, mostly IAS, were transferred late Sunday.This included district magistrates of ... Read more...
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`Blind’ man caught driving in Italy
January 13th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Milan (Italy), Jan 13 (IANS/AKI) A "blind man" in Italy who has collected a small fortune in disability pay was caught driving a car by police.The 69-year-old from the town ... Read more...
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Pataudi donated eye before death
September 23rd, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who lost his right eye at the age of 20 in a car accident, helped some 1.5 ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda weakened, but likely to live on: UN official
September 9th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) A decade after it launched the 9/11 attacks in the US, terror outfit Al Qaeda may be weakened, but it is still very much a ... Read more...
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Government relooks at insurance premium of disabled staff
March 16th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The central government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that life insurance policy premiums from its disabled employees will be charged after assessing their health ... Read more...
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DMK, Congress discuss seat-sharing (Lead)
March 5th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu set to elect a new assembly, the ruling DMK and its ally Congress were holding frantic discussions Saturday on sharing of assembly seats ... Read more...
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The King’s Speech Receiving Flak From Historians
January 27th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
According to Martin Filler of the New York Review of Books and Christopher Hitchens the character of King George VI played by Collin Firth was nothing like a shy ruler but ... Read more...
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Disabled team pulls off 108-km river rafting journey
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) Proving grit and determination can overcome physical disability, a team of 13 disabled people rowed their bamboo rafts up the Hooghly river from Haldia in East Midnapore to ... Read more...
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There will be flood of jobs in West Bengal, says Mamata
October 31st, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Anara (West Bengal), Oct 31 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday joined issue with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on the issue of providing employment and claimed that there would ... Read more...
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Afridi banking on bowlers to help team bounce back against England in Oval ODI
September 17th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 17(ANI): Pakistan ODI captain Shahid Afridi is confident that his team would bounce back during the third ODI at The Oval to keep their five-match ODI series against England alive.Pakistan ... Read more...
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Mazda’s New Direct Injection Engine Will Reduce Fuel Consumption
September 8th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 8, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Mazda is all set to welcome its newest family members with diesel engines and direct-injection gasoline which is expected to arrive next year. The ... Read more...
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People dump superstition when faced with death
September 3rd, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent study.
Researchers were surprised to find that study ... Read more...
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Superstitious people let go of all their beliefs when faced with death
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): People who believe in fate are more superstitious, but the same people, when faced with death, abandon all their beliefs - says a new study.Kansas State University ... Read more...
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One armed golfer hits hole in one
August 21st, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.21 (ANI): One-armed golfer Harold Gilmore proved it was no handicap by hitting a hole in one.Harold, 65, thought his ball had gone into a bunker. But playing partner Dave Houghton ... Read more...
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Zenyatta Registers Her 18th Victory At Del Mar
August 8th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Del Mar, California, Aug 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Champion Thoroughbred racehorse added a new feather to her cap on Saturday after she was successful in retaining her unbeaten record by registering ... Read more...
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England manager’s job is “a poisoned chalice”, says Fergie
July 17th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): The England manager's job is "a poisoned chalice", says Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, which is why he has turned it down twice."I've been asked to ... Read more...
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Boffins advice golfers to putt with a ‘Quiet Eye’
July 13th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 13 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Exeter have a piece of timely advice for pros taking that crucial putt at the upcoming British Open - keep your eye ... Read more...
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Man sinks two holes in one in a 67 million-to-1 chance in Tasmania
June 17th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Hobart (Australia), June 17 (ANI): Brick layer Richard Kube, it seems, has achieved the impossible in golf -- two holes in one during the same round - at the Tasmania Golf Club ... Read more...
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Zenyatta Registers 17th Consecutive Victory
June 14th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Inglewood, California, June 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Champion racehorse Zenyatta registered yet another victory by a half length in the Vanity Handicap in Hollywood Park on Sunday.The win was indeed an ... Read more...
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Tibetan exiles’ football team wants recognition by AIFF
May 8th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), May 8 (ANI): Tibetan exiles' football team played for the first time in a local tournament here in Dharamsala eyeing upon recognition by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). ... Read more...
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Orissa’s self-help group provides vocational training to specially-abled women
April 15th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Bargah (Orissa), Apr 15 (ANI): A self-help group (SHG) in Orissa Bargarh District has taken on the initiative to empower specially-abled women by providing them with vocational training.Established 10 years ago, ... Read more...
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