India to launch communication satellite July 15
June 30th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 30 (IANS) India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket will blast off July 15 evening carrying a communication satellite with transponders for communication and weather forceast services, ... Read more...
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Pakistan golf officials want India to revive Kirlosker Trophy
June 23rd, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 23 (IANS) The Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) is trying to persuade the Indian Golf Union (IGU) to revive the prestigious Kirlosker Trophy - a tournament featuring leading golfers ... Read more...
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Delhi girls dominate Ford’s supermodel final list
June 13th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The final list of the Ford Supermodel of the World-India contest is out - and Delhi girls dominate, with eight of the 20 from ... Read more...
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Shuttle Endeavour lands safely
June 1st, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was the end of an era when the space shuttle Endeavour made its landing. The trip which lasted 16 days was the last for ... Read more...
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Space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth after final mission
June 1st, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The space shuttle Endeavour landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday bringing its 25th and final spaceflight to a close.The landing, two days ... Read more...
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Super Kings crush Royal Challengers to retain IPL title (Lead)
May 29th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) Powered by a century partnership between openers Michael Hussey (63, 45 balls) and Murali Vijay (95, 52 balls) followed by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's three-wicket haul, the ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare is anti-Dalit: Mayawati
May 13th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare has laid bare his anti-Dalit mindset by not including even one member from the community on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill drafting committee, ... Read more...
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Eight Indian exhibitors to participate in BroadcastAsia2011
May 3rd, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Highlighting the latest in 3D, special effects technologies and Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV), BroadcastAsia2011, the acclaimed trade event for the broadcasting, digital media and ... Read more...
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Gabrielle Giffords’ husband’s space shuttle Endeavor’s launch postponed
April 30th, 2011 - 1:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, April 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Technical problems have forced NASA to postpone the launch of the Endeavor. The space shuttle was expected to be launched on Friday but NASA says it ... Read more...
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Varanasi is Anna’s launch pad for spreading movement
April 25th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 25 (IANS) The pilgrim city of Varanasi will be the launch pad for a nationwide expansion of social activist Anna Hazare's battle against corruption. He arrives Friday for ... Read more...
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A diploma course in traditional Oriya cuisine
April 21st, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) A Delhi-based Hotel Management Institute has launched a six-month course on traditional cuisine of Orissa to promote its authentic food in the rest of the world.The ... Read more...
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Australia must use long off-season to revive its fortunes: Clarke
April 15th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Apr 15 (ANI): Australian captain Michael Clarke has said his team must use the long off-season break as a launch pad for returning to the top of world cricket.Australian players now ... Read more...
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I’m not a rocket that’d be launched repeatedly: Shraddha Kapoor
April 6th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Shakti Kapoor's daughter Shraddha, who made her debut with "Teen Patti", has bagged lead role in "Luv Ka The End" and says she takes it ... Read more...
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New crew head for space from same launch pad used by Yuri Gagarin
April 5th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 5 (ANI): A week before the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, three astronauts headed for the International Space Station from Russia's launch pad in Kazakhstan at 6:18 p.m. ... Read more...
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Dileep Shukla may script ‘Dabangg 2′ story
March 10th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Producer Arbaaz Khan, who is ready to turn director with "Dabangg 2", says he is in talks with Dileep Shukla to write the sequel."We are in ... Read more...
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Deepa Malik: Aiming high from the wheelchair (With image)
March 9th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) For the champion athlete, adventurer and mother of two, the wheelchair has not been a resting place but a launch pad to reach out to ... Read more...
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‘The Bodyguard’ remake to have a new Whitney Houston
February 25th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Movie chiefs are planning to remake 'The Bodyguard' - and use it as a launch pad for a new chart sensation.Whitney Houston starred as a pop singer in ... Read more...
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‘The Bodyguard’ remake in the pipeline
February 25th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Movie chiefs are planning to remake 'The Bodyguard' - and use it as a launch pad for a new chart sensation.Whitney Houston starred as a pop singer in ... Read more...
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North Korea’s new missile launch tower may allow it to strike US directly
February 18th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 18(ANI): North Korea has reportedly completed a launch tower at its Tongchang-ri missile base, which is seen as a key step in the country's quest for an intercontinental ballistic missile ... Read more...
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(After 1) Amar Singh: left to fighting for lost causes?
December 29th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Ousted Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh, who for years remained the last word in Mulayam Singh Yadav's party, appears to be fighting a losing battle ... Read more...
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Countdown begins for GSAT launch Saturday
December 24th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 24 (IANS) The 30-hour countdown for the launch of advanced communication satellite GSAT-5P started 10.04 Friday morning at the Sriharikota rocket launch centre, about 80 km from Chennai, an ... Read more...
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ISRO gears up for Dec 25 GSAT launch
December 23rd, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) Indian space scientists are gearing up for the Dec 25 launch of the advanced communications satellite GSAT-5P. The new entrant will retire INSAT-2E sent up in 1999 ... Read more...
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India to launch advanced communications satellite Dec 25 (Lead)
December 22nd, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) With investigations into a leak in a rocket engine's valve providing satisfactory results Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will celebrate Christmas by launching an advanced ... Read more...
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Indian rocket’s cryogenic engine valve is fine: ISRO
December 22nd, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) With investigations on a leak in a rocket engine's valve providing satisfactory results, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was Wednesday readying for the launch
of an ... Read more...
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ISRO to decide on delayed rocket launch Wednesday
December 21st, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 21 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will Wednesday take a decision on the delayed rocket launch, meant to put an advanced communications satellite into orbit, after getting ... Read more...
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Indian, Russian scientists to decide Tuesday on rocket launch (Lead)
December 20th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) With a leak in one of the engine valves forcing postponement of the GSLV rocket launch, Indian and Russian space scientists are to conduct some tests Tuesday ... Read more...
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India to launch advanced communication satellite Dec 20
December 13th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) India will Dec 20 launch the advanced GSAT-5P communication satellite that will replace the ageing INSAT 2E and ensure continuity of telecom and television services, an official ... Read more...
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Didn’t take any tips from cousin Vivek: Newcomer Akshay Oberoi
November 29th, 2010 - 9:16 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Newbie Akshay Oberoi, who is making his debut with Rajshri Productions' "Isi Life Mein", has a filmy link, his actor cousin Vivek Oberoi, but he clarifies that he ... Read more...
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Agni-I missile test-fired off Orissa coast
November 25th, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Nov 25 (ANI): India on Thursday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range on Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast.The indigenously developed surface-to-surface single-stage missile ... Read more...
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Imphal youngsters enthralled by Metronome
November 22nd, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Nov.22 (ANI): Metronome, the annual musical event, enthralled youngsters here over the weekend.The event was organised to promote rock music in the state and to provide a platform for young talented ... Read more...
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Goa film fest to launch Oscar journey of ‘Peepli Live’
November 21st, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 21 (IANS) The 41st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) starting in Goa Monday will serve as a launch pad for the Oscar journey of "Peepli ... Read more...
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NASA’s bread-loaf-sized nanosatellite to study life in space
November 19th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): In an attempt to answer astrobiology's fundamental questions about the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe, NASA is getting ready to fly a small satellite ... Read more...
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New Cracks Found In Space Shuttle Discovery
November 11th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Cape Canaveral, Nov 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The final take-off of the space shuttle Discovery which is scheduled to take place later this month might face a major hurdle after two ... Read more...
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Tata Docomo rolls out 3G-service in India’s tech hub
November 3rd, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 3 (IANS) Tata Docomo Wednesday became the first private telecom player to launch the third-generation (3G) service in this tech hub, with a phased rollout in nine circles across the ... Read more...
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Blame game starts over abandoned Kochi ODI
October 17th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (IANS) Former Indian cricket board secretary S.K. Nair Sunday hit out at the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) after the first one-day international of the three-match series between India and ... Read more...
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