Rebuilding education from the ruins: Afghan minister (Interview)
July 1st, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) As Afghanistan engages in rebuilding its educational institutions destroyed by the Taliban, bringing women back into schools and colleges continues to be a challenge, ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pakistan hopes to end polio in two years
June 1st, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Alhough natural calamities and militancy have hit the war against polio, Pakistan hopes to eradicate it from most parts of the country in two years.But ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray admits dilemma over picking candidates
January 27th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Friday said he was in a dilemma over selecting party candidates for the 27 Zilla ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Twelve years on, ‘Agneepath’ returns in new avatar (IANS Preview)
January 24th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is back! The character, made popular by megastar Amitabh Bachchan in 1990 film "Agneepath", is making a comeback on the big ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Pakistan begins verifying 81 mn voters
August 22nd, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan has begun a mammoth task to verify the electoral rolls of 81 million voters.The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will carry out the verification of ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
New software quickly interprets brain cells
July 29th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) The vast network of brain cells can now be decoded swiftly and accurately, thanks to new software developed by German researchers.The human brain is a fiendishly ... Read more...
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Sarah Burton’s army of 100 guarded Kate’s fairytale dress secret
April 30th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 30 (ANI): It really was a mammoth task to keep her wedding dress a secret, but the new Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, managed it with royal excellence and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Jack the Ripper was a German sailor, ex-UK detective claims
April 17th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 17 (ANI): Jack the Ripper was probably a German merchant seaman named Carl Feigenbaum. This is a theory proposed by former English murder squad detective Trevor Marriott.Speaking in an ... Read more...
Posted in World |
What Will ‘Wife Bina Life’ Make The Husbands Do On Television?
January 29th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
, the show will explore the home managerial qualities of a husband whose wife has taken some time off from her daily household chores.The show will be shot in Pune and ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Blekko: New Search Engine Claiming To Offer Accurate Search Results
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The majority of the web users stick to Google and Bing for searching about any kind of information online. However, at times the widely used and ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Jantakhoj.com lists records of nearly 40 percent of Indian population
October 7th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.7 (ANI-Business Wire India): JantaKhoj.com today became the world's largest and most comprehensive people search portal for Indians by integrating the publicly available online records of nearly 450 million ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Tibetan market opens after flooding, but still deserted
September 15th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Sugandha Pathak
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The normally busy Tibetan market in northeast Delhi bustling with college students looking to buy things at dirt cheap prices was deserted Wednesday. After a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
The loneliness of Ladakh
August 17th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by ANI
By Rinchen DolmaLeh, Aug.17 (ANI): Less than two weeks ago the word 'Ladakh' evoked images of a spectacular wind-swept land of an unmatched beauty nestling amongst the great Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Now British ‘garbage girl’ to clean Shiva’s abode
August 17th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) This Briton is known as the 'garbage girl' of the mountains in Himachal Pradesh. And she is now set to clean the huge piles of trash ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
2000-year-old wooden ‘Stonehenge’ discovered in Ohio
July 21st, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Archaeologists are slowly uncovering evidence of a 2,000-year-old ceremonial site that resembles a wooden 'Stonehenge' near Cincinnati, Ohio.Laid out in a peculiar pattern of concentric, but incomplete, ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Kenneth Feinberg To Look After The Funds For BP Oil Spill Victims
June 17th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, June 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Highly renowned attorney Kenneth Feinberg who is known to have been overseen the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund in the wake of the terrorist attacks, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Obama’s World Cup dithering creates problem for South Africa
May 7th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, May 7 (DPA) The uncertainty over whether US President Barack Obama will attend the football World Cup is creating problems for the South African Police, the country's police commissioner Bheki ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
PM questions quality of higher education in India
November 3rd, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Coming to his alma mater, the Panjab University, after many years made Prime Minister Manmohan Singh feel a "little emotional". But that did not stop him from ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Karnataka swine flu toll rises to 75
September 18th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 18 (IANS) With two new swine flu deaths being reported from Karnataka, the death toll due to H1N1 virus in the state has reached 75, a health official said here ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
MJ’s concert promoters donate $90,000 to memorial cost
August 1st, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 1 (ANI): Michael Jackson's concert promoters have donated a whopping 90,000 dollars to the police, as part of their promise to contribute to the cost of controlling the inundation ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
No possibility to host IPL semis and final in India: Modi
March 22nd, 2009 - 8:09 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 22 (ANI): Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi on Sunday ruled out the possibility of hosting the semifinals and final of the tournament in India.We explored all possibilities ... Read more...
Posted in National |
‘Meltdown forcing rich nations to shelve anti-greenhouse projects’
March 13th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The global financial crisis is forcing developed countries to put off plans to build projects to curb greenhouse gases emissions in developing nations, an industry lobby report ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Daunting task to make Kishore Kumar biopic: Rensil D’Silva
August 18th, 2008 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Writer Rensil D'Silva is puzzled by the haste shown in announcing legendary singer Kishore Kumar's biopic and his name as the writer of the project. ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
China faces toughest reconstruction task since 1976 quake
May 21st, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua) After the May 12 killer quake wreaked havoc in the southwestern province of Sichuan, killing over 40,000 people, China is faced with the formidable task of reconstruction. According ... Read more...
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From boredom to fascination - via reverse writing!
May 18th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by admin
By V.N. Balakrishna
Jamnagar (Gujarat), May 18 (IANS) Boredom, said the 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, is just the reverse side of fascination. It was indeed sheer boredom that made Dineshbhai Laljibhai Anadkat ... Read more...
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Youth need to ensure unity of the nation: Rahul Gandhi
March 26th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by admin
By K.G. Vasuki
Mangalore, Mar.26 (ANI): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said it was the responsibility of the youth to ensure the unity of the nation.
Interacting with members of the National ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Folk artists in West Bengal spread the message of communal harmony.
March 13th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
By Soma Mitra
Birbhum, Mar 13 (ANI): Traditional musicians in West Bengal, known as the 'Bauls' continue to spread the message of communal harmony through their devotional hymns.
Strumming the lute and beating ... Read more...
Posted in National |