Chinese prostitution ring busted in Italy
July 5th, 2012 - 5:40 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 4 (IANS/AKI) Dozens of Chinese migrants were arrested and thousands searched throughout Italy Wednesday on suspicion of forcing women into prostitution.Centred in Prato city with arrests and checks ... Read more...
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Dutch government threatens to boycott Euro 2012
May 2nd, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, May 2 (IANS) Dutch government officials and the royal family said they would not attend Euro 2012 Football Championships in Ukraine if the condition of imprisoned former prime ... Read more...
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Priyanka stands out in Kashmir Congress posters
February 19th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka seems to be the new mascot of the party in Jammu and Kashmir, having found a prominent place in ... Read more...
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British police launches anti-terror drive before Olympics
February 14th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Ahead of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games, British police has launched an anti-terrorism campaign by calling on the public to help it find potential ... Read more...
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Baby with two heads born in Brazil
December 22nd, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doctors in Brazil say a child with two heads has been born in the country. Officials of the Hospital Municipal de Anajas revealed that the ... Read more...
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Bird Flu killing crows in Jharkhand
December 15th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 15 (IANS) In a worrying development, hundreds of crows have died in Jharkhand due to bird flu, a government official said Thursday.The crows first started dying mysteriously last ... Read more...
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Kashmir must ban construction in marshes, high slopes: Quake expert
December 15th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 15 (IANS) A scientist who worked with US geophysicist Roger Bilham on a new report predicting a mega temblor in the Kashmir Himalayas says quake preparedness is a ... Read more...
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US forecast of impending mega quake worries Kashmiris
December 10th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 10 (IANS) It is like the doomsday prophecy for the Kashmir Valley. Intense debate Saturday followed an American seismologist's predictions of a magnitude-9 earthquake.Local newspapers carried front page ... Read more...
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Court orders probe into ragging in Jharkhand school
November 14th, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Taking note of media reports on alleged ragging in a school in Koderma district, the Jharkhand High Court Monday directed the state government to probe the ... Read more...
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Never said India hurling grenades in Kashmir: Mustafa Kamal (Interview)
November 2nd, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) Ruling National Conference leader Mustafa Kamal Wednesday denied saying that the Indian government was "hurling grenades in Kashmir" and that the state's accession to India was ... Read more...
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Kashmir Haj pilgrims duped by travel agency
October 31st, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 31 (IANS) Despite paying all expenses, more than 500 Kashmiris cannot perform the Haj pilgrimage this year thanks to a local travel agency that backed out at the ... Read more...
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Brazil to be world’s sixth largest economy in 2011
October 31st, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Rio De Janeiro, Oct 31 (IANS) Brazil will become the world's sixth largest economy in 2011 due to the global financial crisis that has affected the main economic powers, the ... Read more...
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Political donations common practice: mining firm Sesa Goa
October 14th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 14 (IANS) Political parties requested Vedanta Resources-owned mining firm Sesa Goa for donations as part of "common practice", the multinational group said Friday as the spectre of the ... Read more...
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School principal suspended for cross-dressing
October 1st, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
San Juan, Oct 1 (IANS/EFE) The principal of a primary school in the western Puerto Rican town of Aguada was suspended for cross-dressing as the late Spanish singer Rocio Jurado ... Read more...
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Parents abandon girl child - for two months
August 25th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Aug 25 (IANS) It could be another case of a girl child being abandoned but there's an unusual twist... a nine-month-old baby was found at the doorstep of a ... Read more...
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Agra rallies behind Anna
August 20th, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 20 (IANS) Students, housewives, professionals and people from all walks of life converged at the heart of Taj city Saturday in support of activist Anna Hazare and a ... Read more...
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Heavy monsoon rain kills at least 18 in southeast Pakistan
August 13th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by BNO News
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) – Torrential rains have wrecked havoc in most parts of southeast Pakistan's province of Sindh, leaving at least 18 people dead and many others injured, local media reported ... Read more...
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Goa home minister’s son sheltered drug mafia: Parrikar
July 16th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 15 (IANS) The alleged role of Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik's son in sheltering the drug mafia in the tourism-oriented state should be probed by the Central ... Read more...
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Ministry orders withdrawal of offending text book
July 4th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Acting on reports that a Uttar Pradesh school text book carried the picture of Prophet Mohammed, which is against the tenet of Islam, Human Resource ... Read more...
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Swedish student wins ‘beach tester’ job
May 2nd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Swedish student has been given the ‘honor’ to test beaches around the world and report them on a blog. Asa Dejus was reportedly one of ... Read more...
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Jharkhand demolitions cause differences in ruling alliance
April 29th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 29 (IANS) The ongoing court-ordered demolition drive across Jharkhand appears to have created differences within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (BJP-JMM) alliance in the ... Read more...
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Did not buy BJP votes in council poll, says Omar
April 16th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday dismissed reports that seven of the 11 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators who voted for the ruling ... Read more...
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Media prints Malaysian sex video stills, airs parts of video
April 6th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr.6 (ANI): Stills of the video clip allegedly implicating top opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim have been splashed across the front pages of many local newspapers in Malaysia.Parts of the ... Read more...
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Thieves steal diamonds at Swiss Fair
March 31st, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Basel, Mar 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Thieves have successfully stolen four diamonds valued at millions of dollars during a jewel fair in Switzerland.Police are looking for the robbers and they explained that the ... Read more...
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Death of a Scotsman brings lessons for Goan cyclists
March 22nd, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) When 64-year-old Scotsman Walter (Wally) Shuff succumbed to his injuries after a speeding motorcar clipped his cycle at the Goa resort village of Colva March 12, ... Read more...
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Latvian Man shot for eating popcorn in a noisy manner during ‘Black Swan’ film
February 22nd, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Latvian man was shot dead for eating his popcorn too loudly in a cinema in the country.The man was not identified in the report but ... Read more...
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Latvian Man shot for eating popcorn noisily during ‘Black Swan’
February 22nd, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Latvian man actually shot another man because he complained about how he was eating his popcorn at the cinema.During the screening of the 2010 hit ... Read more...
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Bhutanese monk to be charged under the anti-smoking law
January 31st, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Thimpu, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Bhutanese monk has become the first person to be charged with the new anti smoking law in the country.Bhutan wants to become the first smoke-free country ... Read more...
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Mystery Of Piano In Biscayne Bay Of Miami Resolved
January 30th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Miami, Jan 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The mystery of the baby grand piano placed at the Biscayne bay of Miami has been resolved. The piano abandoned on the beach attracted a ... Read more...
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Hawaii ‘to charge $100 for Obama’s birth certificate’
January 29th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 29 (ANI): In a bid to end skepticism over where the U.S. President was born, Hawaii may sell copies of Barack Obama's birth certificate to anyone for 100 dollars ... Read more...
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Floral tributes to Jyoti Basu on first death anniversary
January 17th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Life-size portraits of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu adorned with garlands lined street corners and his recorded speeches and communist songs played across West Bengal since morning as ... Read more...
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Piercing chill claims 45 lives in Jharkhand
January 6th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 6 (IANS) The bone-penetrating cold wave has claimed over 45 lives in Jharkhand this winter, capital Ranchi recording the highest 11 deaths, officials said. Primary schools here have been ... Read more...
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Photo journalists summoned over snapping president on Goa beach
January 5th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) Three photo journalists were Wednesday summoned by the police for taking photographs of President Pratibha Patil on a Goa beach. A photo journalists association here, however, called ... Read more...
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Minus 14 in Leh, heating arrangements in Kashmir schools
December 15th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 15 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh regions of Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel under extreme cold Wednesday and, with no respite in sight, schools have had to ... Read more...
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Indian will react after complete revelations by WikiLeaks: Krishna
December 1st, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 1(ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Wednesday said that the government would react after whistleblower website WikiLeaks completely reveals all the 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables.WikiLeaks released ... Read more...
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