Man killed in west Delhi
July 5th, 2012 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A 26-year-old man was murdered Wednesday at his home in west Delhi, police said.According to a police officer, the deceased, Ashok Kumar, was strangled to ... Read more...
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A proposal, a shock and a ballooning story
June 8th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 8 (IANS) He proposed to her during a ride in a hot air balloon, and she accepted. But the couple soon nearly lost their lives when the balloon ... Read more...
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Man in US is first to get full-face transplant
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 22 (ANI): A man in America has become the first to get a full-face transplant after a team of Boston doctors worked for 15 hours to reconstruct his face.Dallas Wiens, ... Read more...
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Japan attaches power cable to crippled nuke plant to stop radiation
March 19th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.19 (ANI): Hopes rise at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant as engineers attached a power cable outside the plant on Saturday in an attempt to restart water pumps to cool overheated ... Read more...
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World’s first 660 KV power cable in China
February 28th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) A 660-kilovolt direct current power transmission system, said to be the world's first, began to supply energy Monday to a province that is located over 1,300 km away.The ... Read more...
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Delhi-Howrah rail route disrupted
January 6th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Delhi-Howrah route after a high-tension wire snapped and fell on the overhead power cable in Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, an ... Read more...
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Australia sacks four police officers for racist emails (Lead)
October 29th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne/New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Four police officers in Australia have been dismissed while seven officers have been fined for circulating racist emails, including one that contained footage of a man being ... Read more...
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Closing ceremony — sound, light and fireworks
October 14th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) While the opening ceremony was packed with cultural performances, the closing ceremony was more about lights, sounds and fireworks.Here is a factfile:
Fireworks: Fireworks were released from ... Read more...
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Australian envoy summoned over cops’ racist email
October 9th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese was Saturday summoned by the external affairs ministry over a racist email police made in Victoria state, officials said.Varghese was summoned over ... Read more...
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Racist email scandal hits Australian police
October 9th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 9 (IANS) Police officers in Australia's Victoria state have been caught joking about the electrocution of a train passenger in India in a racist email, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Tied Atlanta woman uses her toes to type for help
August 5th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Atlanta, Aug 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 39 year old woman - Amy Windom had her toes and her laptop to thank when she was tied to a bed by an apparent ... Read more...
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Power cable damaged, train services hit in Uttar Pradesh
June 5th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 5 (IANS) The movement of several long distance trains were affected along the busy Delhi-Chennai route after an overhead power cable was damaged in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district, an ... Read more...
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Damaged cable hits train services
April 29th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) Movement of several trains has been affected on the busy Delhi-Howrah rail route after an overhead power cable was damaged in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district Thursday, officials said.
At ... Read more...
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Dhaka, Delhi agree to install cross-border power cable
February 23rd, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 23 (IANS) Bangladesh and India have agreed to lay a cross-border power cable to light up Dahagram and Angarpota, the Bangladeshi enclaves in Indian territory.
The agreement was reached at ... Read more...
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Universal Cable, Furukawa Electric join hands
April 21st, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Power cable manufacturer Universal, an M.P. Birla group company, has signed a pact with the Japan-based Furukawa Electric for manufacturing and marketing optical fibre in India.
"By combining the ... Read more...
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Diamond Power’s new cable plant inaugurated
July 2nd, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, July 2 (IANS) The high-tension power cables manufacturing plant of cable maker Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd, formerly Diamond Cables Ltd, was commissioned Wednesday. The Rs.300 million plant, located in Gujarat's Savli ... Read more...
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