Therapy for Maruti factory violence victims
August 6th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 6 (IANS) To help injured employees overcome the trauma of the July 18 violence and arson at Maruti's Manesar plant, the company has roped in psychologists for counselling, ... Read more...
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Post office boss Amritpal Mehat pretended to be dumb to escape punishment for theft
July 12th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Manchester, July 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Post office boss Amritpal Mehat pretended to be dumb for over a year, in order to escape punishment for theft.He had been arrested 3 years ago for ... Read more...
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Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ viewership drops
July 8th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 8 (IANS) The viewership of actor Charlie Sheen's comeback show "Anger Management" dropped almost 40 percent in the second week.The new sitcom starring Sheen saw a significant ... Read more...
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Sheen’s TV comeback big hit
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 2 (IANS) Actor Charlie Sheen's television comeback "Anger Management", in which he stars as a former baseball ace-turned-anger management psychiatrist, is already a hit.It went on air ... Read more...
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Fall in love with food, says nutritionist-author
June 27th, 2012 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Fear not, food is a friend not the foe that stalks flabby nightmares. The more one eats, the more one burns, says Mumbai-based celebrity nutritionist ... Read more...
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Dottie Sandusky takes witness stand at husband’s trial
June 20th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bellefonte, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS)
Dottie Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky’s wife, has taken the witness stand on Tuesday to defend her husband against charges that he sexually abused several minors and teenagers at the ... Read more...
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Jailed ex-Israeli president freed for seven hours
May 21st, 2012 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, May 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Jailed former Israeli president Moshe Katsav convicted of raping a former female employee was freed for seven hours Sunday to attend his son's wedding.Katsav ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Bad fat could decline memory
May 18th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) Certain types of fat are linked with deteriorating memory and mental functioning, says a new study.
For instance, a 'bad' fat such as saturated fat or ... Read more...
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Canada unveils national mental health strategy
May 9th, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, May 9 (IANS) Canada's first national mental health strategy was unveiled in Ottawa, demanding an increase of 3.4 billion Canadian dollars in spending on mental health in the country ... Read more...
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Talk therapy for India’s depressed (Feature)
April 25th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) It is early morning, and inside a single-storey building's basement, a man picks up one of four ringing telephones. He asks the caller in a ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Trauma victims can develop schizophrenia
April 20th, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 20 (IANS) Children who have undergone severe trauma are thrice as likely to develop schizophrenia in later life, says a new study.Previous research focused on the biological factors ... Read more...
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Army chief blames ‘rogue elements’ for controversy
April 7th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh has blamed "rogue elements" in the bureaucracy for stroking controversies and denied any rift between him and Defence Minister ... Read more...
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Angst plus stress equals more suicides at Metro stations
March 13th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Three suicides in just two months. In a city where stress runs high, Delhi Metro tracks seem to have become the lodestone for those looking ... Read more...
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Book reveals Nixon had secret psychiatric care
March 6th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) It is a secret that could have stopped Richard Nixon becoming president of the US. He was secretly seeing a psychiatrist during the height of his ... Read more...
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Exam fever grips students in capital
February 29th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) With the board exams beginning Thursday, tense students in the capital are still buried in books, some in a race to finish their courses while ... Read more...
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Fear of bad breath haunting millions of Indians
February 29th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Bad breath is a problem which leads to low self esteem, but what could be worse is the halitophobia, or the fear of bad breath, ... Read more...
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Five killed in US spa shooting
February 22nd, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Five people have been killed in a shooting at a suburban Atlanta spa, police were quoted as saying by the US media.Murder-suicide seemed to be the ... Read more...
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Urvashi as Komolika again! Albeit in positive avatar (With Images)
January 30th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Urvashi Dholakia, best remembered as the nasty and vampish Komolika of "Kasautii Zindagii Kay", is set to play Komolika again! But this time, the popular ... Read more...
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New device can scan brain diseases
January 13th, 2012 - 6:44 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Jan 13 (IANS) A device that can scan and provide a three-dimensional image of the brain to help treat diseases like Alzheimer's was developed by an Israeli firm.The non-invasive ... Read more...
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Psychiatrist: ‘Casey Anthony was cheerful in jail’
January 12th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An insight has been shared on the mood of Casey Anthony in jail as she prepared to go on trial for the murder of her two-year-old ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
9 women raped, 19 suicides daily in Madhya Pradesh: Minister
November 22nd, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 22 (IANS) As many as 2,500 women were raped in Madhya Pradesh in the last nine months -- including 233 who were gang-raped -- which works out to ... Read more...
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Ailing man burns self on pyre
October 31st, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Oct 31 (IANS) Unable to bear mounting medical expenses, an ailing 40-year-old man in Rajasthan built a pyre and lit it after sitting on it, police said Monday.Giriraj Sharma ... Read more...
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Selena Gomez receives death threat
October 18th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Oct 18 (IANS) Singer-actress Selena Gomez is terrified after she received a death threat.The Los Angeles Police Department's Threat Management Unit is investigating the matter after the singer ... Read more...
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Spanish actor enjoys role as scoundrel
September 29th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, Sep 29 (IANS/EFE) Spanish actor Marco De Paula confesses that, although he has played other roles during his career, the characters he enjoys most are those who are scoundrels, ... Read more...
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Women defence personnel’s suicides: The Bhopal factor
September 15th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 15 (IANS) Two women defence personnel who are now dead have a Bhopal connection. While sacked air force officer Anjali Gupta allegedly committed suicide here last week, Lieutenant ... Read more...
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Singapore doctors promote organ donation
September 3rd, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) A team of doctors from Singapore on a visit here said Saturday that people should not hesitate in donating kidney and liver to help the ... Read more...
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US soldier arrested with bomb-making materials
July 29th, 2011 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 29 (IANS) A US soldier has been arrested after police found firearms and bomb-making materials in his motel room, Xinhua reported.Naser Abdo was arrested Wednesday. The 21-year-old American ... Read more...
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Norway police call off search for missing people
July 28th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, July 28 (IANS) Police in Norway Thursday called off their search for missing people and bodies on and around Utoeya island, Sky News reported. A deadly shooting on the ... Read more...
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Look forward to discussions with Mitra: Asim Dasgupta
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Reacting to West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra's allegation of mismanaging the state treasury, former state finance minister Asim Dasgupta Wednesday said a discussion between the ... Read more...
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Crowd or camera, they seal it with a kiss
May 13th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The cameras were looking and so were the crowds. But there they were, Shane Warne and Liz Hurley one day, and Siddharth Mallya and ... Read more...
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Australia’s ‘Punji hunting’ gang member walks free from court
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A teen member of a "Punji hunting" gang, which bashed and robbed six Indians in Melbourne, walked free from court after a judge said he had made "extraordinary ... Read more...
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Tiny parts of brain take short naps to recharge
April 28th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 28 (IANS) Losing your keys or misplacing your spectacles could be the result of tiny parts of the brain taking 'naps' to recharge.
Researchers discovered the brain is ... Read more...
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Australian says he shot woman after aliens told him to
April 18th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 18 (IANS) An Australian man shot at his former girlfriend inside a Sydney casino after aliens told him to, a court was told.Todd William Devaney pleaded guilty ... Read more...
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Psychologists blame social apathy for sisters’ locked-in stay
April 12th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) It could be social apathy towards mental health that leads to situations like in Noida where two sisters remained locked up in their house for ... Read more...
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Ad sparks controversy by featuring boy applying neon pink nail polish
April 12th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): An ad that features a top designer painting her young sons toenails neon pink has sparked outrage among parents and doctors.The J.Crew ad appeared in a feature called ... Read more...
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