UN to help rebel-led NTC build Libya’s future: Ban
September 2nd, 2011 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS) The UN and the international community would work together with Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) to realise political transition in the conflict-torn North African country, ... Read more...
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Proposal to give Bin Lorry workers iPads criticized
August 30th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bury Council has been criticized for their decision to give bin-men iPads to do their job. The council members have been criticized for misplacing their priorities at ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Breaking Anna’s fast more urgent than good bill: Khurshid
August 24th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The urgency to get Anna Hazare to break his nine-day fast was greater than passing a "good Lokpal bill", Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Wednesday."A ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Browne takes over as IAF chief
July 31st, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, an ace combat pilot, Sunday took over the mantle of leading the Indian Air Force (IAF) from incumbent Air Chief ... Read more...
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India to use UNSC presidency to establish credentials
July 29th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 29 (IANS) India will utilise its upcoming presidency of the UN Security Council to re-establish its credentials with political maturity to be a permanent member of the ... Read more...
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US developing cold storage facilities in India
July 19th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Developing cold storage facilities to strengthen food security in India is a main priority for the US, an official of the US Trade and Development ... Read more...
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Ramesh to review job scheme, to complete poverty census
July 13th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) As the new rural development minister, Jairam Ramesh Wednesday said a review of the achievements of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Indian space agency’s commercial arm gets new head
July 9th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) Antrix Corporation, the Indian space agency's commercial arm, Saturday got a new head, V.S. Hegde, an expert in remote sensing applications as part of the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Taliban threaten to hit more Pakistan targets
June 30th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 29 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to carry out attacks on nine more key installations in the country, similar to the Karachi naval base strike, to ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Bangladesh seeks close ties with China
June 20th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) Visiting Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said Monday that her country seeks to boost close bilateral cooperation with China. The two-way trade volume exceeded $7 ... Read more...
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BJP makes veiled attack on Rahul over Ramdev crackdown
June 9th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday made a veiled attack on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for not expressing sympathies with those injured during police ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Misbah not desperate to head Pakistan’s ODI squad
May 30th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 30 (IANS) Just days after being given the charge of Pakistan's One-day team, Misbah-ul-Haq has made it clear that he is not desperate for the ODI captaincy.Misbah, Pakistan's ... Read more...
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West Bengal to make comprehensive sports policy
May 26th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) A comprehensive policy for all round development of West Bengal's sports and sportspersons is in the pipeline, said state Sports Minister Madan Mitra Wednesday."A proposal has ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
A decade since 9/11, Pakistan back to square one: Daily
May 7th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) Ten years since 9/11, Pakistan finds itself "back to square one", a leading daily said, adding that with Osama bin Laden dead, the country needs ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Australia prune Test series against South Africa for Twenty20
May 5th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 5 (IANS) The lop-sided priorities of Twenty20 have forced Cricket Australia (CA) to prune one of their greatest modern rivalries with South Africa.For the first time, South Africa ... Read more...
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Cruz’s life changed after becoming a mom
May 5th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) Actress Penelope Cruz says her son Leo has given her some of the incredible moments which have changed her life forever.Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Expedite tax information exchange between countries: Pranab
May 4th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hanoi, May 4 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said countries need to expedite the process of signing agreements that will allow them to swap information on tax ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Depression ‘leaves people tougher, resilient and more creative’
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 3 (ANI): Depression has become something of a modern-day epidemic, with some experts arguing that it can be a positive life-changing experience that leaves people tougher, more resilient and more ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dalglish to go head-to-head with Ferguson to bag Jones
April 27th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 27 (ANI): Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is all set to go head-to-head with his Manchester United counterpart Alex Ferguson for 15 million pounds-rated Blackburn defender Phil Jones.The Liverpool ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Boss, our IT is ‘horrible’, Indian American IT guy to Obama
April 20th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 20 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's Indian-American IT guy is in full agreement with his boss that the White House is "like 30 years" behind the times ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Obama to give India ties priority in second term too
April 5th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama will continue to give priority to building ties with emerging powers like India, China and Brazil in rebalancing US foreign policy ... Read more...
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Pak unlikely to get hold of US drone technology
April 4th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr 4(ANI): Pakistan wants to get hold of the US drone technology to effectively combat terrorism on its soil, but the efforts are likely to remain unheeded, sources have said."This ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
World’s biggest radio telescope to have its base in UK
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 3 (ANI): It's official! The world's biggest radio telescope will have its base at Jodrell Bank Observatory near Manchester, UK.The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a 1.5-billion-euros multinational science project, will ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
For terminally ill, quality of life more important than length of time left
March 24th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): A new study has found that more people would want to improve the quality of their life if they were terminally ill rather than lengthen it.The majority surveyed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India’s future lies in its naval power: Geostrategist
March 20th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 20 IANS) With the scene of global strategic rivalry slowly shifting to the Indian Ocean, India's geopolitical future lies in its naval power, contrary to the country's traditional ... Read more...
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US opposes China-Pak nuclear deal
March 19th, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 19(ANI): The United States has said that it opposes China's plans to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan, but also emphasized that the Obama administration has been very clear on ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks reveals US concerns over Mukherjee’s appointment as Finance Minister
March 18th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 18(ANI): A day after WikiLeaks disclosure indicated that the Congress had paid lawmakers to survive a vote of confidence in Parliament in 2008, another Wikileaks exposure reveals Washington's ... Read more...
Posted in National |
It was BJP versus BJP in Himachal assembly
March 15th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 15 (IANS) It was literally BJP versus BJP in the Himachal Pradesh assembly Tuesday as one of the party's senior legislators blamed Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
‘Toddler(Rile Williamson) in overhead bin’ prank costs a flight steward his job
March 7th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Mar 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A prank by an air stewardess has caused her to lose her job with Virgin Blue.The Sunday Herald Sun reported that the flight attendant placed a toddler ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Most lottery winners choose to save money than squander it
March 1st, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
"It's common for people to say that 'they are who they are' as an explanation for why they do not change more," said University of Gothenburg researcher Anna Hedenus.She surveyed 420 Swedish ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lottery winners remain unchanged after windfall
March 1st, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) We often hear about lottery winners who have squandered all their prize money, incurred debts and become lonely and unhappy. However, the bulk of winners claim to carry ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Design for national tax headquarters finalised
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The finance ministry has finalised the design for the proposed national tax headquarters to come up on Kasturba Gandhi Marg in central Delhi, an official statement ... Read more...
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Pak nuke build-up has US anxious and worried: NYT editorial
February 22nd, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.22 (ANI): Pakistan may claim that it would like to have minimum nuclear deterrence, but if American intelligence agency assessments are to be believed, Islamabad could soon have the world's fifth ... Read more...
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Husband charged with murder of ‘Indian-origin woman’ in New Zealand
January 29th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland (New Zealand), Jan 28 (ANI): The husband of Ranjeeta Sharma, the Indian-origin woman who was burnt alive on the side of a Waikato road in Auckland, New Zealand, has been charged ... Read more...
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Obama has “learned a lot” in two years of presidency: McCain
January 24th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): John McCain, the Republican Arizona Senator who was placed opposite Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential polls, has praised the latter as someone who has "learned a ... Read more...
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