Trinidad wants Bravo, Pollard, Narine for CLT20
September 7th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Sep 7 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago's sports minister Anil Roberts says the government went to great lengths to ensure the trio of Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and ... Read more...
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Casino revenue could fund Goa’s old age homes: Parrikar
August 8th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) The casinos of Goa could now fund old age homes, among other social initiatives of the state government, said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the state ... Read more...
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Jagan’s Sakshi group challenges freezing of accounts
May 9th, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 9 (IANS) A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) froze its bank accounts, the Sakshi Group of companies owned by YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan ... Read more...
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Inventory-taking not mandated by law: Sathya Sai trust
July 21st, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust Thursday clarified that the inventory-taking of late Sathya Sai Baba's residence and other premises at Prashanti Nilayam in Puttaparthi is an ... Read more...
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Apex court upholds attachment of Harshad Mehta family’s property
May 7th, 2011 - 2:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed appeals by the three women relatives of late stock broker Harshad Mehta challenging the special court's order directing attachment of ... Read more...
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Pak hiked IMF loan request on false premise of tax reforms: Official
March 30th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 30(ANI): Pakistan's former International Monetary Fund representative Dr Ehitsham Ahmad has admitted that the IMF loan augmentation from 7.6 billion to 11.3 billion dollars was made on a false premise ... Read more...
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Treble hopeful Man U using mollah to pay owners’ debts
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 23 (ANI): In the last five years, Manchester United have won a hat-trick of Premier League titles and reached two Champions League finals, and this year, remain on course for ... Read more...
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Beyonce donated Gaddafi-linked money to Haiti
March 3rd, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 3 (ANI): A spokeswoman for Beyonce Knowles has revealed that the singer donated money received for a New Year's Eve concert, reportedly for Libyan tyrant Muammar Gaddafi's son, to ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu’s debt well utilised: Karunanidhi
February 6th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai Feb 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday hit back at his arch rival, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, saying that the state's debt includes monies borrowed during her ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
13.6 kgs of crystal meth seized at the Arizona border
December 18th, 2010 - 2:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Douglas, Dec 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a major blow to the drug landlords, 13.6 kgs of crystal meth was seized at the Arizona-Mexico border by the officials. A man was trying to ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
No loan recovery from NREGA wages, Haryana warns banks
October 11th, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 11 (IANS) The Haryana government Monday warned banks against recovering outstanding loans from the wages earned by people under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).Haryana Financial Commissioner ... Read more...
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Shakira Turns Goddess Kaali For Hindi Film!
September 14th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 14, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Grammy award winning Columbian singer and songwriter Shakira is making her Hindi film debut with an Indian film called Kaali-The Warrior Goddess. The well known singer ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
600 mn pounds not enough for London Olympics security
September 10th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics feel that the 600 million pounds earmarked for security will be insufficient to provide a safe and secure Games.
The Daily Telegraph ... Read more...
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Oz cricketers angry over UK Govt. demand for Ashes tour related tax
June 14th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 14 (ANI): Australian cricketers are seething after receiving huge tax bills from the British government following their tour of England.Some of the top earners owe in excess of 150,000 ... Read more...
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‘60 minutes’ interviews Mini-Madoff Marc Dreier
June 7th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Marc Dreier would have been the biggest white-collar scammer in history, if Bernie Madoff had not been arrested.Marc Dreierwho is also called mini-Madoff, is alleged to have masterminded a $400 million ... Read more...
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Nicolas Cage faces yet another unpaid tax bill
May 27th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 27 (ANI): Nicolas Cage's financial troubles have come to haunt him yet again, as he has been hit with another allegedly unpaid tax bill.The Con Air star has been named ... Read more...
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Michigan Police to probe the ‘missing money’ that disappeared from the property room of the police station
May 13th, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Michigan, May 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Michigan police have launched an investigation onto the ‘missing money’ that disappeared from right under their noses. Apparently the money, which was kept at the property ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
City Cops’ Missing Money Under Michigan State Police Investigation
May 13th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Michigan State Police have confirmed that they are investigating a local police department in connection with money that went missing from the property room of the police ... Read more...
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Miss India Walks out on Lakme Fashion Week
March 9th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): When the who's who of the tinsel town made sure they attended fashion week, one former Miss India gave it a miss by choice.The gorgeous Natasha ... Read more...
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Shabana hails Rahul for taking on Shiv Sena
February 6th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Actress-activist Shabana Azmi is all praise for Rahul Gandhi and he "cocked a snook" at the Shiv Sena with his Mumbai trip Friday. And she feels ... Read more...
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Here’s how the Rooneys earn 15 million pounds-a-year
February 3rd, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 3 (ANI): Manchester United's ace striker Wayne Rooney has been forced to reveal how he earns an extraordinary 15 million pounds-a-year in salary, sponsorship and image rights during a bitter ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
MIC against entry of another Indian party in Barisan Nasional
September 29th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 29 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress youth wing chief T. Mohan has said that the party would not allow another Indian party to be admitted into the Barisan Nasional."We ... Read more...
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Apex court provides funds for afforestation, wildlife conservation
July 10th, 2009 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Seven years after it ordered creation of a fund to improve the country's forest cover, the Supreme Court Friday ensured that Rs.10 billion is released from the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Nothing in the budget for Goa to cheer about: industry
July 6th, 2009 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 6 (IANS) Neither Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat nor the captains of industry have acknowledged any specific benefit to the state's crucial tourism industry in the union budget presented ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
No flowers, donate cash to party, Raj Thackeray tells supporters on birthday
June 14th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Sunday refused to accept gifts or flowers from the thousands of his partymen who turned up to greet him on ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Vedanta group acquires Goa mining company in Rs.17.50 bn deal
June 12th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 11 (IANS) Goa's biggest family-owned mining company, the Dempo group, has sold all its mining assets to Sesa Goa Limited, a majority-owned subsidy of the London-listed Vedanta Resources, for Rs.1,750 ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Slush funds stashed abroad a threat to security: Advani (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
April 17th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Expressing apprehensions that Indian slush funds stashed abroad could be used for terrorism, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani announced here Friday that if voted to ... Read more...
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We will bring back slush funds from abroad in 100 days: Advani
April 17th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would bring back slush funds, estimated at $140 billion, stashed in foreign banks, within 100 days if voted to power, Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
India for transparency in dealing with secret bank accounts
March 30th, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) India has no action plan yet on how to get information on money allegedly stashed away by its nationals in secret bank accounts abroad, but its ... Read more...
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JD-U goes after Indian holders of Swiss accounts
March 27th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Friday joined the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in demanding that the government should ask the Swiss authorities to divulge the names ... Read more...
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Employees Laid Off After $9.9 million Embezzlement by Official
March 9th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by GD
An official of a cabinet company was arrested after the police suspected she had embezzled $9.9 million from the firm over seven years, leading to a number of staff members being laid ... Read more...
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Worlds first credit crunch may have occurred in 88 BC
December 1st, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A historian has discovered what he believes is the worlds first credit crunch, dating back to 88 BC, which might be the precedent for the current financial ... Read more...
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Jacko too sick to appear in London court for sheikh lawsuit
November 19th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): An attorney for Michael Jackson has claimed that the singer is too sick to appear in court to testify in a lawsuit with an Arab sheikh.The singer''s ... Read more...
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Dark Knight rakes in $18.5m in midnight screenings
July 19th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 19 (ANI): The new Batman movie Dark Knight has already raked in a whopping 18.5 million dollars in midnight screenings.According to studio estimates, the amount is just a ... Read more...
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Oz punters back Obama to win US prez polls
April 21st, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Apr.21 (ANI): Punters in Australia are backing Democratic front-runner Barack Obama to win his party's nomination as presidential candidate and to go on and win the November election.
One confident punter ... Read more...
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