1976 Olympics: India’s worst show in hockey (Sports Special)
July 16th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Barely a year after winning the World Cup in the hot and steamy Kuala Lumpur, Indian hockey slid to its nadir amidst considerable controversy and acrimony among players as the ... Read more...
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President’s Cup Boxing: Kanwar Preet enter semis, Vikas exits
May 4th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Almaty (Kazakhstan), May 4 (IANS) Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) made a surprise exit from the President's Cup in Kazakhstan here Friday while his compatriot Kanwar Preet Singh (+91kg) entered ... Read more...
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Nayer grateful to Pitbull for career boost
May 4th, 2012 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, May 4 (IANS/EFE) Singer-songwriter Nayer says she's grateful to rapper Pitbull for putting her in a position to be recording an album with famed producer RedOne.Nayer Regalado, a ... Read more...
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12 killed in Iraq car bombings
January 16th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 16 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 35 wounded Monday in two car bombings in Iraq, Xinhua reported.The first car bomb exploded around 8 a.m. at ... Read more...
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Madan Lal wins bronze in Benazir Bhutto boxing
December 29th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India's Madan Lal settled for a bronze medal in the 2nd Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament in Islamabad going down 12:19 to Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Afghan lawmakers ask Russia for help ahead of US exit
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of Afghan lawmakers has urged Russia and other countries to step up efforts to maintain stability and tackle drug production in the ... Read more...
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Gautam Ghose: What’s Next After Moner Manush?
December 22nd, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bengali filmmaker Gautam Ghose has received lots of accolades for his latest release Moner Manush, which starred Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee as Lalon fakir. The film earned the ‘Golden Peacock award ... Read more...
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Nicole Scherzinger wants to sing with Ben Drew
December 8th, 2010 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Nicole Scherzinger of the "Pussycat Dolls" went knocking at 27-year-old Ben Drew's door to complete her upcoming solo album.Ben Drew is popularly known in the music world as ... Read more...
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Pakistan declares Afghan border region militant-free
December 6th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 6 (IANS) Pakistan's security forces have managed to get more than 85 percent of the country's troubled Orakzai agency cleared from the militants to enable return of displaced people, authorities ... Read more...
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A moving account of fighting and living with breast cancer (IANS Book Review)
November 29th, 2010 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
By Ranjana Narayan
Book: The Red Devil - To Hell With Cancer - and Back; Author: Katherine Russell Rich; Category: Non fiction; Publisher: Tranquebar; Price: Rs: 275.Author Katherine Russell Rich's account of her ... Read more...
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Pakistani hockey legends lament loss to India
October 12th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Oct 12 (IANS) Pakistan's hockey legends have lambasted the people at the helm of national hockey for the team's "embarassing" defeat against India in the Commonwealth Games."The people at the ... Read more...
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Kashmir Valley still under curfew
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep 23 (ANI): Curfew restrictions continued to remain in force for the 12th consecutive day in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley on Thursday, even as the separatists called for ... Read more...
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Air services to Srinagar suspended for three days
September 14th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep 14 (ANI): Air services to and from Srinagar have been suspended for the next three days and flights to Srinagar were being diverted to the Awantipora airbase since September 3 ... Read more...
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In Pakistan, Muslims and Hindus pray together against floods
August 25th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) In times of adversity, religious differences are forgotten. In a rare demonstration of communal harmony, Muslims recited the Quran while the minority Hindus gathered for special prayers on ... Read more...
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Hindus, Muslims pray together to keep floods away
August 25th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) In a rare show of harmony, Muslims recited the Quran while the Hindus gathered for special prayers on the banks of river Indus near Shahdad Kot town of ... Read more...
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Cultural views of evolution can have important ethical implications
February 22nd, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): A Duke University expert on theological and biomedical ethics has said that cultural views of evolution can have important ethical implications.Amy Laura Hall, associate professor of Christian ethics ... Read more...
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Bangladesh remembers film-maker Ritwik Ghatak
December 18th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Rajshahi (Bangladesh), Dec 18 (IANS) A three-day Ritwik Ghatak film festival here is showing the works of one of the titans of Indian cinema who was hurt by the 1947 India-Pakistan partition ... Read more...
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Mars Express images show solidified lava flows on Red Planet
October 11th, 2009 - 11:31 am ICT by ANI
Washington, October 11 (ANI): Mars Express has imaged Daedalia Planum, a sparsely cratered, untextured plain on the Red Planet, featuring solidified lava flows of varying ages.Daedalia Planum lies to the south-east of ... Read more...
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Mars Express images show solidified lava flows on Red Planet (Part - II)
October 11th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by ANI
Washington, October 11 (ANI): The map shows two lava flows: the younger flow exhibits flow structures, pressure ridges as well as the central lava channel.An older flow visible in the lower ... Read more...
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Backstreet Boys turn to hitmaker behind Lady Gaga for new album
July 26th, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Backstreet Boys have collaborated with the hitmaker behind Lady GaGa for their new album.The group team-up with Moroccan- Swedish producer-songwriter RedOne after struggling to find direction when they ... Read more...
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Mango growers complain a bad season this year
May 24th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, May 24 (ANI): Following a low mango production and poor sales, the mango growers and traders in Maharashtra are a disappointed lot this year.Vagaries of weather gods such as untimely ... Read more...
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Deccan Chargers eyeing Knight Riders as easy prey
May 15th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, May 15 (IANS) Deccan Chargers would look to close in on a semi-final spot in the Indian Premier League when they take on no-hopers Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wanderers here ... Read more...
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Threats, diatribes take campaigning to new low
April 9th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnik
Bangalore, April 9 (IANS) The manifestos of political parties appear to have sunk without a trace even before the elections begin. Instead, threat words like "chop off", "kick" and ... Read more...
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Pakistan boxer caught with two ID cards
April 3rd, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Omar Khalid
Karachi, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan's boxing team captain Nadir Khan was offloaded from a Bangkok-bound flight here Friday for carrying two National Identity Cards (NICs) when he was on way ... Read more...
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114-year-old Syrian man dead
March 18th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, March 18 (RIA Novosti) A man who had six sons and 175 grandchildren and great grandchildren died in Syria at age 114, the SANA news agency said.
Isa Ali an-Nadir was born ... Read more...
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Bomb kills Afghan official
February 14th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 14 (Xinhua) A district chief and two of his bodyguards were killed in eastern Afghanistan when thier vehicle hit a roadside mine planted by the Taliban militants, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Court asks police to explain south Delhi shootout
January 20th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Police asking it to explain the shootout in south Delhi Monday after which six alleged bank robbers were ... Read more...
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Injured robbers were targeting banks, jewellers: Police
January 20th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A day after four robbers were injured in a shootout, Delhi Police Tuesday said the "intelligent" criminals were members of an interstate gang and were targetting to ... Read more...
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Injured bank robbers frightening doctors at Delhi hospital
January 20th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The four bank robbers, who were injured in police firing here Monday evening, are reportedly terrorizing the doctors and hospital staff at the AIIMS Trauma Care Centre, ... Read more...
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Injured robbers part of interstate gang, says Delhi Police
January 20th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The four robbers injured in the daylight shootout with the Delhi Police Monday at a busy south Delhi market are members of an interstate gang, the police ... Read more...
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Afghan national held in Maharashtra
January 13th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Akola (Maharashtra), Jan 13 (IANS) An Afghan national has been arrested here for overstaying his visa period and five people, suspected to be from Pakistan or Bangladesh, have been detained, police said ... Read more...
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Now, a simple blood test to detect colon cancer
November 21st, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Scientists from Tel Aviv University have developed a new blood test that can help detect colon cancer.Lead researcher Prof. Nadir Arber, a professor of medicine and gastroenterology, ... Read more...
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McCain heading for defeat: Republican analyst
October 8th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.8 (ANI): John McCain is heading to near-certain defeat in the presidential election because American voters no longer trust Republicans on the economy, a strategist for the party warned yesterday.
Steve ... Read more...
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Oz spin bowling stocks at its nadir
September 12th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sept.12 (ANI): Cricket selectors in Australia, it seems, are running out of choices as far as selecting spinners for the national squad.
With the recent exits of Shane Warne and Brad ... Read more...
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Student drowns in school swimming pool (Lead)
August 29th, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) An 11-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of a prominent public school here Friday evening.According to the police, Mohammad Nadir, a student of the second shift ... Read more...
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