Upbeat West Indies geared up for World Twenty20
September 12th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 12 (IANS/CMC) West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy said the team was looking forward to winning the World Twenty20 Championship and bringing back the smiles of fans in the ... Read more...
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Happy that youth interested in country’s progress: PM
August 15th, 2012 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he was "happy" that more and more people, especially the young, were taking interest in issues related to ... Read more...
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Meghalaya bus crash kills 31 (Second Lead)
August 8th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 8 (IANS) Thirty-one people were killed and 27 injured when a bus proceeding from Assam to Tripura rolled down a hill in Meghalaya early Wednesday, police said.Two women ... Read more...
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Obama orders US flag at half mast after gurdwara killing
August 7th, 2012 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) As federal investigators searched for a motive for Sunday's attack on a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin, President Barack Obama ordered the US flag to be ... Read more...
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China kindergarten head jailed for school bus accident
July 21st, 2012 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 21 (IANS) The chairman of a privately-run kindergarten in northwest China's Gansu province was sentenced to seven years in prison for a deadly school bus crash that killed ... Read more...
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Jalandhar collapse: Worker rescued after 72 hours
April 19th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 19 (IANS) The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early Thursday with ... Read more...
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Hopes recede of finding survivors in collapsed Punjab factory (Lead)
April 18th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 18 (IANS) Hopes of finding more survivors in the collapsed four-storeyed blanket manufacturing factory in Jalandhar began to recede Wednesday evening though a teenaged boy was pulled out ... Read more...
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Despite exoneration, Narendra Modi cannot play national role (Comment)
April 14th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Narendra Modi's career provides a classic example of how a kinky ideology can thwart political ambitions in a pluralistic society. Yet, when the same ideological outlook enabled him to scale ... Read more...
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Chinese province school buses to have GPS
February 24th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) All school buses in China's Gansu province will have satellite-based tracking system installed in them by the end of this year, authorities said.The move comes following ... Read more...
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81 Mexicans die of swine flu
February 12th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 12 (IANS/EFE) Eighty-one people have so far died of swine flu in Mexico this year, while at least 3,522 have been infected with the virus, health officials ... Read more...
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Chinese economy assuring amid global uncertainty
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 23 (IANS) Despite stiff headwinds from a flagging world economy and a festering eurozone debt crisis, China still touched a growth rate of 9.2 percent in 2011, dwarfing ... Read more...
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Why some people never seem to forget a face
December 4th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) Face recognition is an important social skill but not many of us are equally good at it, reveals a study.
Researcher Jia Liu along with colleagues ... Read more...
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Truck crashes into passenger bus in southern Vietnam, killing 10
November 7th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by BNO News
HANOI (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten people were killed on early Monday morning when a truck lost control and crashed into two passenger buses in southern Vietnam, police said. More than ... Read more...
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21 dead in Chile plane crash
September 4th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago, Sep 4 (IANS) Twenty-one people onboard a Chilean air force plane were killed when their aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean, Xinhua reported.The plane was flying to a small ... Read more...
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BJP flays Gujarat Lokayukta appointment
August 27th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) As parliament debated the Lokpal bill Saturday, opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used the opportunity to vent its anger on the appointment of Lokayukta ... Read more...
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Pakistan hotel blast toll rises to 14
August 15th, 2011 - 3:03 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IANS) The toll in a bomb attack in a hotel in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province rose to 14, a media report said Monday.The two-storey hotel in the ... Read more...
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21 jailed in China for telecom fraud
July 22nd, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 22 (IANS) Twenty-one people were jailed Friday in southeast China for telecom fraud, Xinhua reported.Two of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment, while the rest were jailed ... Read more...
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41 die in China bus fire
July 22nd, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 22 (IANS) Forty-one people died and six were injured after an overcrowded bus caught fire early Friday in central China, a media report said.The 35-seater double-decker sleeper bus ... Read more...
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Mobile network jammed after blasts
July 14th, 2011 - 3:26 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Thousands of people in Mumbai had difficulty in contacting their near and dear ones as the mobile network was jammed soon after the triple blasts in ... Read more...
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India has a special place in my heart: Swank
June 26th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 26 (IANS) Oscar winner Hilary Swank got a thunderous applause when she greeted spectators at the IIFA awards ceremony here with a "Namaste" and said India held ... Read more...
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Six killed in firing on protesters in Syria
June 25th, 2011 - 4:52 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 25 (IANS) At least six people were killed Friday in Syria as thousands of anti-government protesters took to streets in cities demanding freedom and reforms, Xinhua reported.Armed groups ... Read more...
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Vote for ‘Murder 2′ posters: Bhatt (With Images)
June 7th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Indian filmmakers are going online for various taks like finalising the title of a movie or arranging for finance. Producer Mahesh Bhatt is also using ... Read more...
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Child porn website mastermind held in Australia
May 21st, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 21 (IANS) Australian Police have arrested an alleged mastermind of one of the world's largest child pornography websites, a media report said Saturday.Four children from New South Wales ... Read more...
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Mamata’s swearing-in: Singur, Netai victims’ kin invited
May 19th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Relatives of the victims of Singur, Nandigram and Netai incidents have been invited to Mamata Banerjee's oath-taking as the next chief minister of West Bengal ... Read more...
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Lhotshampas: A community that Bhutan abandoned (Comment)
March 27th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
There was a time when leaders of the Lhotshampa community were prominent figures in Bhutan, shaped its national policy and were key in the creation of its happiness index. A decade ... Read more...
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41 persons killed in two Himachal road accidents
March 3rd, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Chamba (HP), Mar 3 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Police on Thursday confirmed that around forty-one people, including 32 members of a marriage party, were killed and seven others were injured in two separate ... Read more...
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‘My clients were greedy, I am a good person’: says Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff
February 28th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.28 (ANI): Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who ruined many people, has claimed that the people he scammed were greedy and thinks that he is the one people should feel sorry for.He ... Read more...
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Godhra verdict: Ahmedabad court convicts 31, acquits 63 (Second Lead)
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Thirty one people were held guilty by a special court here Tuesday for the Godhra train carnage in which 59 people, mostly 'kar sevaks' returning from Ayodhya, were ... Read more...
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Anti-government protests continue in Yemen (Lead)
February 19th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Feb 19 (IANS) About 500 people, demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, held demonstrations Saturday in front of Sanaa University in the Yemeni capital. In southern port city of ... Read more...
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2006 Malegaon blasts case: MCOCA court adjourns hearing till Feb. 7
January 28th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 28 (ANI): The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court here on Friday adjourned the 2006 Malegaon blasts case till February 7.The court ordered all nine accused ... Read more...
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CBI opposes bail plea of nine accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts
January 28th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 28 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) opposed the bail plea of the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts in a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act ... Read more...
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Obama’s State of the Union Full Text
January 26th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The following is the full text of United States President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address given last night in Washington, DC.Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, ... Read more...
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One dead, 39 injured in clashes in Albania
January 21st, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by BNO News
TIRANA, ALBANIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least one people on Friday died and 39 other were injured as protesters and police forces clashed during an opposition demonstration, the Shekulli newspaper reported.The rally ... Read more...
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Chewing Gum for Heartburn for 30 Minutes After Meals is Effective
January 14th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to studies which have been performed for several years, chewing a piece a gum for thirty minutes after a meal can be very effective in neutralizing the ... Read more...
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CBI to reinvestigate Malegaon blast case
January 13th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to reinvestigate the 2006 Malegaon blast case and will file a petition in this regard in Nashik court soon.The ... Read more...
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