‘British kids don’t find reading interesting’
September 8th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A study in Britain has warned of children increasingly viewing reading as not so interesting an activity possibly due to their involvement with the internet and ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Catherine is perfect, says Mischa Barton
August 27th, 2012 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 27 (IANS) Actress Mischa Barton says she likes Duchess of Cambridge Catherine's sense of styling, and described her as perfect.The 26-year-old actress, who has her own ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Delaware doctor accused of water-boarding daughter
August 10th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Delaware, Aug 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A doctor in Delaware is being accused of waterboarding his 11 year old daughter. The doctor, who has appeared on national television for his research on experiences ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Aniston, Theroux still together
August 10th, 2012 - 5:19 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 10 (IANS) All's well between actress Jennifer Aniston and beau Justin Theroux, says their representative, insisting the couple hasn't split.A new report in Star magazine said ... Read more...
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Have Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux broken up?
August 9th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rumors have been spreading recently about the falling apart of Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux relationship. These allegations are however denied by a representative of Jennifer ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Arms cache unearthed in J&K;
August 4th, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) A cache of arms and ammunition have been recovered from a remote mountainous forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, an army official said Saturday.Security ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Top Lashkar commander killed in Kashmir
August 3rd, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) A guerrilla believed to be top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abu Hanzallah was Friday killed by security forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, ... Read more...
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Texting at the table and working at the laptop while eating - Meal time manners have slipped badly
July 11th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new survey has revealed that meal time manners have slipped drastically. Earlier people used to eat food together as a family and discuss how their day ... Read more...
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Bodo militants, Ulfa linkman nabbed in Assam
July 10th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) Five cadres of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland's (NDFB) anti-talk faction and a linkman of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were arrested in ... Read more...
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Garo militant nabbed in Meghalaya (Lead)
June 6th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 5 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Tuesday nabbed a militant of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and recovered arms and ammunition from him, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Militant nabbed in Meghalaya
June 5th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 5 (IANS) A militant of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) was arrested in Meghalaya and arms and ammunition seized from him.In a joint operation by Border Security ... Read more...
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Lopez loves reading tabloids
May 17th, 2012 - 3:02 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 17 (IANS) Singer Jennifer Lopez says she finds tabloids extremely entertaining, but sometimes gets upset by what she reads."Magazines are quite fun. I get mad when ... Read more...
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Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in Jammu region
May 16th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 16 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant was arrested Wednesday by police from the mountainous Doda district of the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir."Police received inputs about ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Emma Stone likes being redhead
May 13th, 2012 - 4:08 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 13 (IANS) Actress Emma Stone has revealed she loves her hair colour and wants to be a redhead in every movie."I love being a redhead. My mom ... Read more...
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Nargis Fakhri’s Hindi lessons yielding results
May 1st, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) American model-turned-actress Nargis Fakhri, whose voice in her debut film "Rockstar" was dubbed due to her poor Hindi diction, is busy working on the language ... Read more...
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Four anti-talks NDFB cadres nabbed in Assam
April 30th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) Troops from the Red Horns division of the Indian Army, based in Udalguri district of lower Assam, have arrested four hardcore cadres of the anti-talks faction ... Read more...
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Online reading increasing among Chinese
April 24th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 24 (IANS) While indicating a declining reading rate of newspapers and magazines, a survey in China has found only half of the Chinese read a little and only ... Read more...
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Journalist killed in Pakistan
April 20th, 2012 - 2:10 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) A senior journalist of Pakistan's Dawn newspaper was found murdered in a house in Karachi Thursday, police said.Murtaza Razvi's body was found in an apartment in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ulfa cadre killed in Assam
April 8th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 8 (IANS) A hard-core member of the Ulfa's anti-talk faction was killed during a gun battle with the army and the police in lower Assam's Goalpara district on ... Read more...
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Lily Collins wants to write, direct
March 29th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 29 (IANS) Actress Lily Collins is fascinated by filmmaking and would love to write a screenplay and direct a movie."I would love to write. I started writing a ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Four members of anti-talk Bodo rebel group held
March 13th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 13 (IANS) Four cadres of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) led by Ranjan Daimary were arrested by security forces in lower Assam's ... Read more...
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Ban skinny models from catwalk
March 2nd, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 2 (IANS) Skinny models should be banned from the catwalk, say experts.Academics at the London School of Economics said restricting the use of photographs of underweight models in ... Read more...
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Madhuri inspires Chitrangada’s look in ‘Kaafirana’
February 29th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Chitrangada Singh, who has done an item-song for Shirish Kunder's "Joker", says her look in the song is inspired by Madhuri Dixit's in the song ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
China’s advertising revenues exceed $47 bn
February 28th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) China's advertising market developed steadily and revenues exceeded 300 billion yuan ($47.62 billion) last year, an official said Tuesday.The country's advertising industry started to take off ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Supreme Court pulls up government for bureaucratic delays
February 24th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday censured the government for procedural delays and red tape even for challenging an adverse verdict against it by a lower court.The ... Read more...
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Chitrangada calls herself trendsetter, not follower
February 22nd, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) Bollywood actress Chitrangada Singh, who has bowled over her fans with her sultry looks and style in "Desi Boyz", does not believe in following fashion ... Read more...
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Are smses affecting kids’ reading skills?
February 18th, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 18 (IANS) Text messaging could be stunting children's reading skills, a Canadian study has revealed.A study of students at the University of Calgary in Canada showed that those ... Read more...
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Man involved in 300 vehicle thefts held
January 16th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A man wanted for standing trial in over 300 vehicle theft cases was arrested in east Delhi early Monday, police said.Manoj Bakkarwala, suspected to be ... Read more...
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Supreme Court seeks evidence against Ghandy (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to prove that jailed Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy was involved in the killing of the deputy ... Read more...
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46 mn pirated, porn publications seized in China
December 28th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) Over 46 million pieces of pirated, pornographic and illegal publications have been confiscated by law enforcement officials this year, authorities said Wednesday.The National Office Against Pornographic ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pakistani students seeking out ‘immoral’ books
November 28th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) Students in Pakistan were least interested in reading knowledgeable books and shopkeepers, in order to earn a living, were forced to sell those that were "vulgar, ... Read more...
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Meghalaya rebel commander killed
October 18th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 18 (IANS) A top commander of outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Meghalaya Tuesday, police said.The gunbattle broke out ... Read more...
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Two officials suspended for Facebook comments
September 23rd, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) Two officials in the Bihar Legislative Council have been suspended for expressing views seen to be critical of the government of Nitish Kumar on Facebook.Arun ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Pauline Quirke speaks about her weight loss
September 14th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actress Pauline Quirke has admitted that being overweight greatly affected her confidence levels. She subsequently tried to avoid award shows and photographers as much as she could. ... Read more...
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Arterton avoids using internet
September 12th, 2011 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) British actress Gemma Arterton avoids using the internet because she doesn't want to read her criticism."I'm really rubbish with the internet, I try to stay ... Read more...
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