Growth in Cuba private sector restaurants, lodging
May 11th, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Havana, May 11 (IANS/EFE) Cuba currently has 1,618 restaurants and 5,207 lodgings within the non-state-run sector after the reforms implemented by the government of Raul Castro to increase the scope ... Read more...
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Odisha tightens security ahead of R-Day
January 25th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25 (IANS) Security was beefed up across Odisha Wednesday ahead of the Republic Day, with authorities wary of a retaliatory strike by Maoists after the recent arrest of ... Read more...
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Senior executive found dead in Gurgaon
June 5th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 4 (IANS) The highly-decomposed body of a senior IBM executive was found in his lodgings here Saturday evening, police said, adding it appeared to be a case of ... Read more...
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Militants behead owner, watchmen of NATO convoy parking lot in Khyber Agency
April 2nd, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by ANI
Landikotal, April 2(ANI): In the latest attack on convoys in Pakistan carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, militants beheaded the owner and two watchmen of a private parking lot of NATO ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
40 touchscreen info-cafes for Commonwealth Games
September 3rd, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Information will be merely a touchscreen away for over 100,000 visitors who are expected to visit the capital during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
Forty tourist info-cafes ... Read more...
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Leh toll 183, around 200 still missing
August 12th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) The toll in the devastating flash floods caused by the sudden cloudburst in Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region went up Thursday to 183, including five ... Read more...
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Over 100 workers taken hostage in Brazil
July 26th, 2010 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 26 (IANS/EFE) Equipped with homemade weapons like bows and arrows, a group of around 300 people took control of an under-construction dam in the Amazon jungle in Brazil ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Loss of virginity in a gay tryst curbed EM Forster’s creative drive’
June 6th, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 6 (ANI): A secret cache of papers reveals how after losing virginity in a gay tryst at 38 curbed EM Forster's creative drive.The papers finally put an end to the ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne begins his sentence in jail
March 9th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rapper Lil Wayne has begun his 1-year sentence behind bars. He was sentenced on Monday, because he had a loaded weapon on his tour bus. ... Read more...
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Nine-year-old Russian girl raped in Goa beach
January 27th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 27 (IANS) A nine-year-old Russian girl was allegedly raped by a tourist in north Goa's Arambol beach, police said here Wednesday.
According to the police complaint filed by the girl's mother ... Read more...
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‘Teething troubles’ at new night shelters
January 23rd, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) may have managed to abide by the Supreme Court's order to set up more shelters for Delhi's homeless by creating 37 ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
“Don’t nag graduate kids into a job” but don’t be “too supportive”: UK govt
December 29th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 29 (ANI): A guide released by the British government advises parents to show "tough love" towards children to encourage them to take up jobs once they are university graduates.The guide ... Read more...
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Accommodation prices in Washington sky-rocket as Obamas inauguration draws near
December 29th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 29 (ANI): With Barack Obamas Inaugural ceremony drawing near, virtually every class of accommodation near the venues of various events are being let by Washington residents, for cashing in ... Read more...
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