Farman lashes out against India’s paralympic committee
September 6th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) India's physically challenged powerlifter Farman Basha Thursday lashed out against the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for using the free facilities meant for athletes and ... Read more...
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Jundal’s questioning extended till Sep 10
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) A special court here Monday extended till Sep 10 key 26/11 handler and suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Abu Jundal's custody with the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for ... Read more...
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I can’t even get close to Arun Govil: Gagan Malik (With Images)
August 31st, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Usually actors aspire to play romantic or action roles, but Gagan Malik wanted to play the mythological character of Lord Ram -- he got the ... Read more...
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Pistorius predicts hard race at Paralympics
August 29th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 29 (IANS) Paralympic icon Oscar Pistorius said the men's T44 100 metres final at the London Paralympics will be difficult to win.The South African is the defending champion ... Read more...
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Rossell to open three quick service outlets in Delhi
August 10th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) City-based Rossell India is foraying into Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) business, launching three outlets in Delhi by this September, a top company executive said Friday.The company's ... Read more...
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Dhunseri to commission Egypt plant next year
August 2nd, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) City-based Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Ltd. (DPTL) is hoping to triple its turnover to Rs.60 billion in fiscal 2013-14 with the commissioning of its Egyptian plastic ... Read more...
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Dhunseri acquires tea estates in Africa
July 28th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Kolkata-based Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Limited (DPTL) has acquired tea estates in the southeastern African country of Malawi, the company said in a regulatory filing.The company ... Read more...
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India’s tea production dips 11.4 percent Jan-May
July 14th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) India's total tea production January-May 2012 stood at 215.82 million kgs, which is 11.41 percent less than the same period last year.Total tea production of the ... Read more...
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Raigad woman delivers baby boy, despite huge tumours
July 12th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) A team of medicos from the civic-run Sion Hospital saved the life and first pregnancy of a 22-year-old woman who suffered from massive fibroids since the ... Read more...
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Bengal starts selling potatoes from ration shops
July 7th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) With the prices of potato soaring, the West Bengalgovernment Saturday started selling the tuber from ration shops in the city and satellite town of Salt Lake."We ... Read more...
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Veena gets curvy, says size zero doesn’t exist in South
July 3rd, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) If Vidya Balan gained 12 kg to play southern sex siren in "The Dirty Picture", Pakistani actress Veena Malik claims she has put on 5 ... Read more...
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Dead obese woman’s body fat starts fire in a crematorium
June 6th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Graz, June 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In some bizarre news, a dead obese woman had so much body-fat that it triggered off a fire in the crematorium. The dead woman weighed more than ... Read more...
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Boxer Vijender qualifies for London Olympics
April 8th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Astana (Kazakhstan), April 8 (IANS) Indian boxer Vijender Singh qualified for the 2012 London Olympics by advancing to the semi-finals of 75 kgs weight category at the Asian Olympic qualifying ... Read more...
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Mary Kom in semis of Asian Boxing Championships
March 22nd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Mary Kom entered the semifinals of the Asian Women's Boxing Championships defeating local favourite Nandinsetseg Myagmardul in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia Thursday.It was indeed a tough bout ... Read more...
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Mary Kom makes a winning start in Asian Championship
March 20th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) India's five-time world champion boxer M.C. Mary Kom began her campaign in the Asian Women's Championship at Ulaanbaatar Tuesday, defeating Thailand's Asian Games gold medallist ... Read more...
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Delayed rainfall likely to affect Assam tea production
March 16th, 2012 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 16 (IANS) Delayed rainfall in the northeast is likely to affect the overall tea production in Assam this year.The deficient rainfall in Assam this year has already delayed ... Read more...
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Factfile on Rory McIlroy
March 5th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 5 (IANS) Following is the factfile on Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, who claimed golf's World No.1 ranking with his victory in the US PGA Tour Honda Classic ... Read more...
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Govinda wishes Big B speedy recovery
February 19th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Actor Govinda has wished megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is recuperating after undergoing abdominal surgery, a speedy recovery."I wish him all the best. I pray ... Read more...
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Govinda, Narmmadaa shine at Reynu Tandon’s show
February 19th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The father-daughter duo of Govinda and Narmmadaa walked as showstoppers for designer Reynu Tandon's show on the last day of the Wills Lifestyle India ... Read more...
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Adele responds to Karl Lagerfeld’s “fat comments”
February 10th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Karl Lagerfeld had commented that Adele was ‘too fat’. He had of course taken care to soften the unflattering comment with a positive comment that she ... Read more...
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Rs 33.66 crore, 697,000 liquor bottles seized
January 29th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) With Punjab set to vote Monday, the Election Commission said Sunday Rs.33.66 crore of unaccounted cash and 697,000 bottles of country liquor have been seized in ... Read more...
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Rs.29 crore in unaccounted cash seized in Punjab
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (IANS) Unaccounted cash amounting to nearly Rs.29 crore has been recovered by various agencies in behalf of the Election Commission (EC) in the past few days in ... Read more...
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Piyush Sachdev toughens up for cop role (With Images)
January 20th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Television actor Piyush Sachdev, who is playing a policeman in Like OK's new show "Hum Ne Li Hai...Shapath", says he not only worked on fitness ... Read more...
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6 kgs of iron removed from Indian man
November 29th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Delhi, Nov 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A farmer in India consumed 6kg of iron and it did cost him his life in the end. Surgeons had to carry out a procedure on ... Read more...
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One held with drugs
November 8th, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) A 32-year-old peddler was arrested and heroin worth more than Rs.2 crore seized here, police said Tuesday.Ram Gopal, was arrested Monday near north Delhi's inter-state ... Read more...
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Outside AIIMS canteen, Shehnaz lies waiting for death
October 22nd, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Surrounded by hundreds of stretchers and anxious patients outside the bustling OPD canteen of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, 17-year-old Shehnaz ... Read more...
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Jay Shree Tea eyes increased production
September 22nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Jay Shree Tea and Industries Ltd, a B.K. Birla Group company, Thursday said it expected an 8 percent growth in its tea crop production in 2011-12."Tea ... Read more...
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Britain’s fattest orangutan Oshine loses 20 kg after being put on a diet
July 30th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Britain’s fattest orangutan Oshine was recently put on a diet and she has also managed to lose almost 20 kgs in the process. Prior to implementing ... Read more...
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Chubby cheeks sell! Vinay piles on kilos for ‘Bheja Fry 2′ (With Images)
May 10th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Actor Vinay Pathak was apprehensive about gaining weight for "Bheja Fry 2" because getting rid of it was a Herculean task for him after the ... Read more...
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Higher penalty for unauthorized tobacco production
May 4th, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 4 (IANS) Unauthorized tobacco growers in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the two major tobacco producing states, will be slapped with higher penalty than the present Rs.2 per kg ... Read more...
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Bengal’s law and order not satisfactory: Poll panel official
April 1st, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Law and order situation in poll-bound West Bengal has improved but the Election Commission is not at all satisfied with it, a senior election official said ... Read more...
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Gold ornaments looted from Maharashtra bank
February 21st, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), Feb 21 (IANS) Robbers broke into a cooperative bank in this Maharashtra district and fled with over three kg of gold ornaments, police said Monday.The robbery took place at the ... Read more...
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Arrested Bihar editor to be provided newspapers, books
February 7th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Navlesh Pathak, the editor of an English weekly arrested in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Raj Kishore Kesri, will be provided newspapers ... Read more...
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Govinda lost eight kgs for ‘Naughty @ 40′
January 10th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Bollywood's comedy king Govinda stuck to a strict fitness regimen to look fit at 47 for his forthcoming film "Naughty @ 40"."Govinda has reduced nearly 8 ... Read more...
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13.6 kgs of crystal meth seized at the Arizona border
December 18th, 2010 - 2:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Douglas, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a major blow to the drug landlords, 13.6 kgs of crystal meth was seized at the Arizona-Mexico border by the officials. A man was trying to ... Read more...
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