‘Thaandavam’ passed with U-certificate
September 21st, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) Actor Vikram-starrer Tamil film "Thaandavam" has successfully passed the censor board test, and has been awarded a U-certificate."Delighted and happy 'Thaandavam' censored and given clean U-certificate ... Read more...
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Verma, wife move release application in money laundering case
September 11th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife, arrested for their alleged role in a money laundering case, Tuesday moved an application for their release in a ... Read more...
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French tourists found guilty in Sri Lanka over Buddha photos
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Colombo, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was an astonishing moment for three French tourists when they were declared guilty for insulting the Buddhism religion. This was regarded as a form of injustice ... Read more...
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Woman forced to pay £200 to print out Ryanair tickets
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bristol, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was recently reported that a woman was forced to pay up 200 pounds for printing boarding passes as she was boarding an airline at a Spanish ... Read more...
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Kids know when you are faking distress
August 21st, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 21 (IANS) Even three-year-old infants can tell whether your are only whining or genuinely upset, report researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology."This study provides the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Assad regime on verge of collapse: Syrian ex-PM
August 15th, 2012 - 6:54 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost control of two-thirds of the country and is on the verge of collapse, former Syrian prime ... Read more...
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Mandela’s arrest site turned into memorial
August 7th, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Pretoria, Aug 7 (IANS) South Africa has built a memorial at the site where anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, state-run news agency SA News reported.Mandela was arrested ... Read more...
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Inadequate rains, scarcity, worry Maharashtra legislators
July 11th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party Democratic Front government Wednesday faced the ire of the combined Opposition and treasury benches on the serious drought-like situation and ... Read more...
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Fast from Sunday: Air India pilots to go the Anna way
June 23rd, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) After 47 days of strike that caused Air India a revenue loss of about Rs.520 crore, the pilots would now emulate Anna Hazare to ... Read more...
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GJM announces agitation, calls for burning GTA agreement
June 10th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Asking the West Bengal government not to implement the high-power committee's report on additional areas in the proposed Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in northern West ... Read more...
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Indian Army chief lampoons retired officer for complaint(Lead)
May 30th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 30 (IANS) Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh Wednesday lampooned retired Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh for filing a complaint against him with the defence ministry for defaming ... Read more...
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TDP suspends ex-MP for meeting Jagan (Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday suspended its former MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy for indiscipline after he met YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.TDP chief ... Read more...
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TDP suspends MP following meeting with Jagan
May 25th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday suspended its politburo member and former MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy from the party for indiscipline.TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu suspended ... Read more...
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Allies join opposition, slam sharp petrol price hike (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A day after the UPA-II government touted high economic growth in its annual report, it came under attack from the opposition as well as ... Read more...
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Petrol proce hike atrocious and unjust: BJP
May 23rd, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday strongly protested against the steep hike in the petrol price, saying it was "atrocious" and stressed that there was ... Read more...
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Court slams panel over girl’s adoption
May 22nd, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Child Welfare Commission's (CWC) decision to recommend a girl for adoption without the permission of her biological father was termed as a "gross human ... Read more...
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Parliament gives nod to strengthened copyright law (Lead)
May 22nd, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Empowering the creative sector, parliament Tuesday enacted a law that strengthens the royalty claims of artistes, song and script writers, musicians and those in similar ... Read more...
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‘Some customers like to play spoilsport’
May 18th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) Some pesky customers are out to play spoilsport and saboteur, turning activities as dining out, paying at a cash register or air travel into real nightmare ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Trinamool workers display minister’s hate speech on billboard
April 21st, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Days after West Bengal Minister Jyotipriyo Mullick's hate speech against Marxists, "inspired" Trinamool Congress workers have endorsed his call to socially boycott the Left party workers ... Read more...
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Trinamool minister backtracks on ‘boycott Marxists’ remark (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Under severe criticism for asking Trinamool supporters to 'socially boycott' CPI-M, state Food Supplies Minister Jyotipriyo Mullick Tuesday backtracked and alleged that his statement has been ... Read more...
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German arsonist jailed for seven years
April 4th, 2012 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 4 (IANS) A German found guilty of setting fire to over 100 cars in a serial arson attack has been sentenced to seven years in prison.The 28-year-old defendant ... Read more...
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Upset over not being made CM, Rawat writes to Sonia
March 13th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Union minister Harish Rawat Tuesday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing his displeasure over not being made the Uttarakhand chief minister.There were reports ... Read more...
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Syrian minister joins opposition
March 9th, 2012 - 6:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Syria's deputy oil minister has announced his defection, saying he was joining the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, Al Jazeera TV reported."I, Abdo Hussameldin, deputy ... Read more...
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Kejriwal defends his remarks about politicians
February 27th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) After his diatribe against Members of Parliament which angered political parties, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal Monday defended his remarks saying he had stated nothing ... Read more...
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Gadkari rules out immediate reinstatement of Yeddyurappa (Second Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday rejected scam-hit former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's demand for immediate reinstatement but said he will be ... Read more...
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MNS names candidates - with marks!
January 29th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Sunday announced the party's first list of candidates for the 10 municipal corporation elections Feb 16 - along with the ... Read more...
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NGO plans gender sensitisation project in schools
January 19th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) In a programme to combat discrimination against women, NGO CARE India Thursday announced its project to reach out to over a million school and college ... Read more...
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Ansari concerned over Urdu’s declining popularity
January 14th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday expressed concern over the declining popularity of Urdu in the country, saying that it is less associated with people's daily ... Read more...
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Let Kerala give up two taluks to end dam row: Karunanidhi
January 12th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) With Kerala insisting on a new dam in place of the Mullaperiyar Dam, DMK president Thursday revived a over five decade old demand: retrieval of Peeramedu ... Read more...
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Amarinder’s brother quits Congress, joins Akali Dal (Second Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Upset over being denied a Congress ticket for the Jan 30 state assembly polls, Malwinder Singh, the younger brother of Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh, Saturday ... Read more...
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Amarinder’s brother quits Congress, joins Akali Dal (Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Upset over being denied a Congress ticket for the Jan 30 state assembly polls, Malwinder Singh, the younger brother of Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh, Saturday ... Read more...
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No sorrows, no poverty for Goa in new year: Goa CM
December 31st, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 31 (IANS) Ahead of the Goa assembly polls, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Saturday praised the state's "enlightened" voters asking them to vote in such a manner that there ... Read more...
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Constitution’s abrogation won’t be permitted: Nawaz
December 25th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) No one will be allowed to dissolve Pakistan's parliament and abrogate the constitution, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said, urging the government to focus ... Read more...
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Factory linked to BSP leader charged with power theft
December 22nd, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Muzaffarnagar, Dec 22 (IANS) A steel factory, owned by the family of an influential Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader, has been listed among over a dozen industrial units found ... Read more...
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Need effective, not powerful leaders: Chavan
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Saturday said "effective leaders" were needed more than "powerful leaders" today as people are "well-informed and demand good governance"."I think ... Read more...
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