Camelot issues warning over EuroMillions email scam
August 27th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) False allegations were posed towards the two award winning couples Adrian and Gillian Bayford pertaining their $148 million. The allegations were posted in the email claiming that ... Read more...
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Militants not allowed to collect fitrah tax: Rehman Malik
July 22nd, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) Militant outfits in Pakistan will not be allowed to collect "fitrah", a religious tax, from people during the holy month of Ramadan, advisor to the prime ... Read more...
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Homeless couple return $10,000 found on Brazil street
July 10th, 2012 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 10 (IANS/EFE) A homeless couple turned over to police a bag containing about 20,000 reais ($10,000) that they found abandoned on a street in Brazil's ... Read more...
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Bangladesh’s current account surplus rises
July 9th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 9 (IANS) Bangladesh's current account balance recorded a surplus of $754 million in July-May period of the 2011-12 fiscal ended last month, a central bank official said.Quoting Bangladesh ... Read more...
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Beckham to gift love book to Victoria on anniversary
June 8th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 8 (IANS) Soccer ace David Beckham is planning to impress wife Victoria Beckham on their 13th anniversary with a book talking about their love story.The couple's anniversary ... Read more...
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No new taxes in Akhilesh’s maiden UP budget
June 1st, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) Presenting his maiden budget Friday amid uproar and a walkout by the main opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced ... Read more...
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Income Tax offices to remain open Saturday
March 30th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Income Tax offices across the country will remain open Saturday, March 31, the last day of the current financial year, to facilitate filing of income ... Read more...
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Maldives: a nation of 1,190 coral islands (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Maldives is located in the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean, 400 km southwest of India's southern coast.It is an archipelago of 1,190 coral islands grouped in a double chain of ... Read more...
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Growth will be below 7.5 percent, says Pranab
January 18th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) India's economic growth will fall below 7.5 percent in the current financial year and it would be a "major challenge" to meet the fiscal ... Read more...
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Swamy’s plea on EVMs disposed of (Second Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday disposed of a plea by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper free and ... Read more...
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Swamy’s plea on voting machines dismissed (Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper free and must ... Read more...
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Swamy’s plea on voting machines disposed of
January 17th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday disposed of a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were not tamper-free and needed ... Read more...
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Order reserved on Swamy’s plea on voting machines (Lead)
January 10th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were ... Read more...
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Pizza chain apologises for racial slur on receipt
January 9th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A US pizza chain has been forced to apologize after a woman of Asian descent was racially abused on the eatery’s receipt. Minhee Cho who ... Read more...
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Racist receipts lead to firing of Chick-fil-A cashier
December 14th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Dec 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cashier at the eatery Chick-fil-A has been fired for giving two Asian customers racist receipts. The cashier allegedly failed to ask the names of the ... Read more...
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US stocks rise on positive retail data
December 14th, 2011 - 5:23 am ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) US stocks opened higher Tuesday on positive retail data.According to the commerce department, US retail sales rose 0.2 percent after a 0.6-percent gain in October.The ... Read more...
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No special support to Bengal: RBI
December 7th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not provide any special support to West Bengal, which is facing an acute financial crisis, but will extend ... Read more...
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Team Anna dismisses Agnivesh’s allegations
October 24th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Team Anna Sunday dismissed allegations by activist Swami Agnivesh that donations for its anti-graft stir were siphoned off by its member Arvind Kejriwal, even as ... Read more...
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‘Bihar government has not submitted proper bills’
July 22nd, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 22 (IANS) The Bihar government has not submitted proper accounts for a whopping Rs.15,000 crore used for development works in the state in the last nine years, a ... Read more...
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Breast implants expose cocaine baron
July 18th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) A cocaine dealer in a British town was exposed after his neighbours wondered about the source of the money his wife spent for her breast enlargement.Police ... Read more...
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Beijing cracks down on illegal cooking oil
July 13th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 13 (IANS) Authorities here have cracked down on restaurants using illegal cooking oil -- supposedly edible cooking oil produced from so-called gutter oil and swill-cooked oil."All restaurants must ... Read more...
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Jennifer Lopez preparing return to big screen
June 23rd, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 23 (IANS/EFE) Following her appearance last season on Fox television's "American Idol", singer and actress Jennifer Lopez is in negotiations for two film roles, show-business newspaper ... Read more...
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CPI-M leader exempted from personal court appearance
May 26th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A court here Thursday exempted Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Gautam Deb from personal appearance in a criminal defamation case filed by Trinamool Congress leader ... Read more...
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Man eats 25,000 burgers, says more to come!
May 22nd, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 22 (IANS) A 57-year-old American has eaten 25,000 McDonald burgers and plans to continue eating more of them till the day he dies, a media report said Sunday.Don ... Read more...
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Two held for siphoning off loan EMIs
May 16th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Two people, including a former employee of a collection agency, have been arrested for siphoning off equated monthly instalments (EMIs) repaid by customers on their ... Read more...
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Indian owned US businesses rake in $150 billion
May 2nd, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 2 (IANS) Owning nearly a fifth of 1.5 million non-farm US businesses owned by Asians operating the US in 2007, Indians raked in over $150 billion in revenue, ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill: Civil society members to declare assets Friday (Lead)
April 14th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Two days before deliberations on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill are set to begin, NGO India Against Corruption (IAC) Thursday said the civil society members in ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill: Civil society members to declare assets Friday
April 14th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Two days before deliberations on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill are set to begin, NGO India Against Corruption (IAC) Thursday said the civil society members in ... Read more...
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CBI arrests income tax official for taking bribe
April 6th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an income tax officer for taking a bribe of Rs.1 lakh in Warangal in Andhra Pradesh, the CBI ... Read more...
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LJP activists protest against Centre for poor implementation of MGNREGA
March 30th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) activists staged a protest here on Wednesday to vent their dissent at the Central Government over the poor implementation of Mahatma ... Read more...
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Roadways bus looted in Ghaziabad
March 28th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, March 28 (IANS) A gang of five armed men looted a Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus in Ghaziabad district Sunday night, injuring the conductor and two passengers who resisted the ... Read more...
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Police charge company with child labour
March 5th, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Udaipur, March 4 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police Friday filed a case against a private firm here for allegedly forcing three minors, including a 12-year child, to work, an official said.Around ... Read more...
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Bhutan jails first offender under anti-smoking law
March 4th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Thimphu (Bhutan), Mar 4(ANI): Sonam Tshering, a monk in Bhutan, has become the first person to be jailed under that country's anti-smoking law.According to Timeslive.co.za, a court sentenced Tshering to three years ... Read more...
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Sources and application of federal budget money
February 28th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Here's a look at where Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee expects the money to come from to fund his Rs.12.58 lakh crore (Rs.12.58 trillion or $280 billion) ... Read more...
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Budget: Telecom sector revenue at Rs.29,648.33 crore
February 28th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The government expects to raise Rs.29,648.33 crore (Rs.296.48 billion) through recurring licence fees and other usage charges from the telecom sector, according to the general budget ... Read more...
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