Chained for 15 years, Rajasthan man turns mentally challenged
September 4th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Sept 4 (IANS) He was 10-years-old when he was chained to a tree due to a medical affliction. Fifteen years later, he continues to be so treated ... Read more...
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Woman returns book after 78 years
September 3rd, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Chicago, Sept 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A woman in Chicago has returned a book that was borrowed from the library seventy eight years after the returning date was overdue.
The woman found the ... Read more...
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Police : Vt. Farmer crushed cops cars with tractors
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Newport, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An incident occurred recently at Newport on 2nd August that astonished not only the sheriffs but the residents as well. A 34 year old farmer, Roger Pion ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
2011 British riots could be repeated: Survey
August 3rd, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Many young people in Britain believe there could be a repeat this year of the riots of 2011 as the worsening employment conditions that contributed to ... Read more...
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Ohio woman accused of breaking into home, and cleaning it
June 4th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ohio, June 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Local Ohio media has reported that a woman named Susan Warren broke into Westlake resident Sherry Bush's home. After cleaning the house, the Ohio cleaning fairy left ... Read more...
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Jilted wife puts hubby’s things on road!
May 19th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) A furious woman in the US has adopted an unusual way to forget her divorced husband by putting his every belonging, which could possibly remind her ... Read more...
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Queen Elizabeth keeps finances secret
May 6th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 6 (IANS) Britain's Queen Elizabeth would never reveal how much money she is worth despite being one of the world's richest landowners.Philip Beresford, compiler of the Sunday Times ... Read more...
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Indian American student was ‘uncomfortable’ with gay roommate
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 2 (IANS) Indian American student Dharun Ravi, on trial for spying on his roommate with a webcam, "appeared uncomfortable" with having a gay roommate, an ultimate frisbee ... Read more...
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Kate destroyed all my stuff after split, says Doherty
February 17th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 17 (IANS) Rocker Pete Doherty says his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss destroyed all his possessions, except some model elephants, after they slit in 2007.Doherty was in a turbulent ... Read more...
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Minor Australian kids charged with rape, arson
January 29th, 2012 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Crime by minors is soaring in Australia as nearly 300 children under 10 years have been charged with offences like rape and arson, a newspaper has ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Money can buy happiness if you know how to spend
January 28th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) People spending money to enjoy different experiences in everyday life, such as on days out or concert tickets, are happier than those who spend on buying ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Briton’s dismembered body found in Argentina
January 15th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 15 (IANS/EFE) The dismembered body of a 74-year-old British physicist and mathematician who went missing several months ago has been found in Argentina, police said.Police found Donald ... Read more...
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Jack the Ripper’s knife finally found
November 4th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sir John Williams popularly called Jack the Ripper committed one of the worst serial murders in the history of United Kingdom in the 19th century. For years, ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Now internet passwords are left in wills
October 13th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) Increasing number of people in Britain leave their internet passwords in their wills as they pass on their treasured "digital inheritance" worth billions of pounds to ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Hazare’s possessions: A plate, a bed
June 8th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Gandhian activist Anna Hazare said Wednesday he lived in a temple in Maharashtra, and his only possessions were a plate to eat food and a ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Brazilian woman volleyballer robbed
June 5th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 5 (IANS) A member of Brazil's women's national volleyball team and her husband were Saturday allegedly held captive inside their car in Rio de Janeiro and ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Residents evacuated as boulder looms over village
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 3 (IANS/EFE) Authorities in the central Mexican state of Queretaro evacuated the residents of a village threatened by a giant boulder dangling from a crag, officials said ... Read more...
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Two British women gang raped in the Caribbean
May 18th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 18 (IANS) Two British women - university students working on a wildlife conservation project - have been gang raped by six masked men on a remote beach in ... Read more...
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For teens online tagged photos more precious than actual ones
May 10th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 10 (IANS) For young people a digital photo that friends have tagged, linked and annotated is more meaningful than a photo in a frame or a drawer."A digital ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Evidence of a ‘massacre’ linked to Iron Age warfare found in Britain
April 19th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 19 (ANI): Archaeologists in Britain have excavated the remains of a large fortified Iron Age settlement at Fin Cop in the Derbyshire Peak District.They have so far found the skeletons ... Read more...
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Drug trafficker held
March 30th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A drug trafficker was arrested and 350 grams of heroin seized from him, police said Tuesday."Rampal, 44, was arrested Sunday from the Ashok Nagar bus ... Read more...
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Renee Zellweger moves out of ex Bradley Cooper’s home
March 27th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): Actress Renee Zellweger, who recently split from actor Bradley Cooper, has moved her possessions out of his California home.The couple started dating in 2009 and spent a lot ... Read more...
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Zellweger moves out of Cooper’s house
March 27th, 2011 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) Actress Renee Zellweger, who recently split from her beau, actor Bradley Cooper, has moved her possessions out of his California home.Zellweger was spotted collecting her things ... Read more...
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Macho Mexican men get lesson in what not to say to women
March 25th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 25 (ANI): The interior ministry of Mexico has published a guide for public sector staff on how to avoid using sexist language in the workplace.The 92-page lilac-and-white guide, entitled 'The ... Read more...
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Robber crash-tackled by naked man in Oz
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 22 (ANI): A man in Australia chased a robber almost 200 metres down the street and then crash-tackled him to the ground in nothing but his birthday suit.Ryan Dein, from ... Read more...
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Stalker seized inside Madonna’s London mansion
March 14th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 14 (ANI): The 10-million-pound London mansion belonging to Madonna has been broken into by an alleged stalker while the singer was in the US to mourn the death of ... Read more...
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Doomsday campers predict Earth will witness apocalypse on May 21
March 8th, 2011 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): A group of 10 Christians from Oakland who call themselves Family Radio are travelling around the country preaching that the apocalypse is slated to happen on May 21 ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Loved people place lower value on material goods
March 4th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 4 (IANS) People who are loved and accepted by others feel so secure that they place lesser monetary value on their possessions that those who are not.The research ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Heightened interpersonal security ‘cuts monetary value of possessions’
March 4th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 04 (ANI): A new research from the University of New Hampshire has suggested that people who feel more secure in receiving love and acceptance from others place less monetary value ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Burglars break into Zsa Zsa Gabor’s home
March 1st, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 1 (ANI): Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's California mansion was allegedly burglarised on Sunday morning (27Feb11).Her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, claims he was awoken by a loud sound in ... Read more...
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Contestants in Bengal polls will have to file tax details
February 28th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) In a never before initiative, prospective candidates in the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls will have to give their permanent account number (PAN) and and tax returns in ... Read more...
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Here’s why consumers pay for celebrity possessions
February 15th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): A new study has offered insights into why someone would pay 48,875 dollars for a tape measure that had belonged to Jackie Kennedy or 3,300 dollars for Bernie ... Read more...
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Alex demands $16 mn from Katie to leave
February 9th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) Cage fighter Alex Reid is reportedly refusing to leave his former marital home unless estranged wife Katie Price agrees to pay him $16 million.The 35-year-old cage fighter who ... Read more...
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I have no complaints, says 26/11 martyr’s father (Lead)
February 4th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A day after K. Mohanan, the uncle of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, set himself ablaze here citing official apathy towards victims of the Mumbai terror attack, the ... Read more...
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26/11 martyr’s uncle critical after attempted suicide
February 4th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) K. Mohanan, the paternal uncle of 26/11 martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, was in a critical state Friday after immolating himself Thursday evening, doctors said."He is still critical. ... Read more...
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