Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement
February 9th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday censured Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his announcement that if the Congress came to power in Uttar Pradesh it would ... Read more...
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Cowell wanted to keep Paula Abdul
February 9th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell has admitted he didn't want singer Paula Abdul to be fired from "The X Factor" and added that pop star Mariah Carey ... Read more...
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Michelle Williams won’t let daughter watch Oscar
February 9th, 2012 - 8:46 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) Actress Michelle Williams, who plays Marilyn Monroe in the film "My Week With Marilyn", won't let her daughter watch the Oscar.The 31-year-old says she doesn't ... Read more...
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British teachers want toilet-trained pupils
February 8th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Many teachers in Britain are fretting and frowning to notice how parents are sending their kids to schools even without toilet-training.Teachers have reported a huge rise ... Read more...
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Jennifer Garner uses fame for charity
February 8th, 2012 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Garner says she uses her fame to do as much charity work as possible and make a positive difference in the world.The 39-year-old, who ... Read more...
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Eastwood donates fee to charity
February 8th, 2012 - 1:50 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Actor-director Clint Eastwood has donated the fee he received for his controversial Super Bowl commercial to charity.According to contactmusic.com, the 81-year-old was accused of endorsing ... Read more...
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Sevilla sack coach Marcelino
February 7th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 7 (IANS) Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla has sacked coach Marcelino Garcia after the team's poor run which has seen them slip from contenders for a place ... Read more...
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Official fired for not sending people to pro-Putin rally
February 7th, 2012 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The director of a training centre lost her job for refusing to ensure her employees' attendance at a rally in support of Russian Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Not obsessed with PM’s job: Rahul Gandhi
February 6th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Feb 6 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday said he wasn't running for the prime minister's post and his job was to stay connected with people."Rahul Gandhi's ... Read more...
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Career first for Fassbender
February 5th, 2012 - 4:39 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) Actor Michael Fassbender has said he struggles to maintain relationships because he always puts his career first."To be honest, relationships as a whole for me in ... Read more...
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Naomi Watts snubs Academy Awards
February 4th, 2012 - 1:50 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 4 (IANS) Actress Naomi Watts has shown her disappointment towards the Academy Awards for snubbing "J Edgar" leading man Leonardo DiCaprio.The 43-year-old said she was shocked to ... Read more...
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US economic recovery speeds up: Obama
February 4th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) US economic recovery was speeding up with the labor market improving, but the nation needed to take more steps to bolster the faltering recovery, President ... Read more...
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ICC, PCB should decide Aamer’s return: Misbah
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 3 (IANS) Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said it was for the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to decide if fast bowler Mohammad Aamer, ... Read more...
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Two arrested for running job racket
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Two men who cheated several educated unemployed youths by promising them jobs in multinationals have been arrested, police said Thursday.Lalit Kumar, 59, and Amarjeet Rana, ... Read more...
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Air India hopes to break Churchill at home
February 1st, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Air India might be out of the race for the top positions, but they have the capability to upset top teams, something that Churchill Brothers would ... Read more...
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Pizarro loaned to Manchester City
February 1st, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 1 (IANS) Italian Serie A football club AS Roma have loaned their Chilean midfielder David Pizzarro to English Premier League side Manchester City, said Roma coach Luis Enrique.The ... Read more...
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Frankie Boyle’s ‘Tramadol Nights’ show axed
January 31st, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British tabloid The Daily Mail has reported that Channel 4 has axed Frank Boyle’s comedy show Tramadol Nights because of several viewer complaints. The comedian is often ... Read more...
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Relegation-threatened Mumbai FC face Dempo
January 31st, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 31 (IANS) In their bid to escape relegation, Mumbai FC have a tough task at hand as they face leaders Dempo in the 18th round of the I-League ... Read more...
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Dhoni ready to give up Test captaincy for better replacement
January 31st, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 31 (IANS) India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is ready to give up Test captaincy if there is a "better man" to replace him.Calls for his removal as ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh legislator threatens to stop NMDC mining
January 29th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 29 (IANS) A ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in Chhattisgarh Sunday threatened to stop the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) from mining iron ore, saying the ... Read more...
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Gujarat advertisement not praising Modi: Congress
January 29th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Congress Saturday defended the advertisement issued by its Gujarat unit referring to work done by state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying the they ... Read more...
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Brazil’s unemployment rate reaches record low
January 27th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 27 (IANS) Brazil's unemployment rate fell to a record-low 4.7 percent in December from the 5.3 percent in the same period in 2010, the government's statistics ... Read more...
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Simon Cowell: ‘I think Cheryl Cole misses me’
January 25th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Music guru Simon Cowell has stated that he has no doubt British singer Cheryl Cole could join the X Factor show. The 52-year-old returned to Britain to ... Read more...
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Brazil registers 23.5 percent less jobs in 2011
January 25th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 25 (IANS) The Brazilian economy generated 1.94 million formal jobs in 2011, down 23.5 percent from 2010, the country's labor ministry said Tuesday.
Yet the ministry ... Read more...
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AMRI fire heroes to be rewarded
January 25th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The S.K. Birla Group and the Bharat Sevashram Sangha has joined hands to reward some of the local youngsters who risked their lives to save a ... Read more...
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Not trying to outdo anyone: Sanjay Dutt
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 23 (IANS) Sanjay Dutt's look as the evil Kancha Cheena in the new "Agneepath" has garnered appreciation for the actor from all spheres, even more than the ... Read more...
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Bipasha gets eye infection
January 22nd, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Bipasha Basu, busy promoting her newly-launched song "Bipasha Bipasha" from her upcoming flick "Jodi Breakers", had to cancel her shoot because of an eye infection."Contracted ... Read more...
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Clooney can’t relate to ‘The Descendents’ role
January 22nd, 2012 - 6:02 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 22 (IANS) George Clooney who walked away with the best actor Golden Globe for "The Descendents" says he could not relate to his role in the film.The ... Read more...
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Italy’s Nanni Moretti named Cannes president
January 21st, 2012 - 5:02 am ICT by IANS
Cannes, Jan 21 (IANS/AKI) Italian director Nanni Moretti has been named president of the jury at the 65th Cannes Film Festival to be held in May."As a spectator, fortunately I ... Read more...
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Digvijay snubs Mulayam on higher Muslim quota
January 20th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 20 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Friday dismissed Mulayam Singh Yadav's pledge to reseve more jobs for Muslims by claiming the Samajwadi Party leader was not serious.He ... Read more...
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‘European crisis will affect Swedish economy’
January 19th, 2012 - 8:43 am ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Jan 19 (IANS) Swedish economy will be affected in the long term by Europe's financial crisis, said the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt during a parliament debate."Our Europe is ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh sportspersons seek job quotas
January 17th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) Sportspersons of Uttar Pradesh Monday appealed to all political parties to consider a two percent quota fotr them in all government jobs."While parties are talking about ... Read more...
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Oxford academic, now dead, suffered a breakdown last year
January 14th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) Oxford professor Steven Rawlings, who was found dead at the home of his Indian-origin mathematician friend, had last year suffered a breakdown and was "found wandering ... Read more...
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Number of US visa applications rise in China, Brazil
January 13th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) The number of applications for US visas that were processed in China and Brazil in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2012 increased more than ... Read more...
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Hope England nightmare won’t be repeated: Dravid
January 11th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Jan 11 (IANS) Former India captain and veteran middle-order batsman Rahul Dravid hopes that the ongoing Test series against Australia doesn't turn out to be a nightmare like ... Read more...
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