Showing ‘Joker’ in space part of promotional strategy
July 31st, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan clarifies that makers of "Joker" planned to show the fantasy adventure on the space station as part of a promotional strategy and ... Read more...
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Mexico bird-flu outbreak costs economy $50 mn
July 13th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Guadalajara (Mexico), July 13 (IANS/EFE) An outbreak of avian flu in the western state of Jalisco has claimed 2.5 million chickens and caused $50 million in losses, a representative of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Orders from top: UP Police in makeover drive
June 23rd, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) From monitoring bloating waistlines to logging on to Facebook to leveraging the benefits of IT, the 125,000-strong Uttar Pradesh Police, hitherto infamous for its acts ... Read more...
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Public art struggles to find its space in India (Feature with images)
June 23rd, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Art is making a serious effort to reach the masses in India with expositions in vantage public places despite official hurdles and poor awareness about ... Read more...
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Clashes in Kashmiri training camps in Pakistan
May 3rd, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 3 (IANS) There are growing incidents of clashes between militants wanting to return to Jammu and Kashmir from training camps in Pakistan and those wanting to stay on, ... Read more...
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Parrikar’s Lokayukta promise caught in red tape
April 5th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's election promise to implement the Lokayukta within hundred days of coming to power is now at the mercy of New ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
An Indian who longs for India (IANS Book Review)
March 28th, 2012 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Book: "The Reverse Journey"; Author: Vivek Kumar Singh; Publisher: Frog Books, Mumbai;Pages: 122; Price: Rs.95
A beautiful tale, told straight from the heart. This description could well summarise this slim work ... Read more...
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Supreme Court pulls up government for bureaucratic delays
February 24th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday censured the government for procedural delays and red tape even for challenging an adverse verdict against it by a lower court.The ... Read more...
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Moscow officials ban anti-Putin march
January 22nd, 2012 - 8:08 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow authorities have dismissed a plan proposed by critics of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to hold a 50,000-strong march Feb 4.A group of opposition ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Guns procurement caught in snakes, ladders game: Army chief
January 12th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Bogged down by delays in procurement of guns to bridge critical gaps in its artillery, Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh Thursday said the purchase ... Read more...
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NRIs unhappy with Chouhan’s absence from diaspora event
January 12th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) Non-resident Indians of Madhya Pradesh origin who want to invest in the state Thursday said they were disappointed with the absence of Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Investing in India tough, say NRIs
January 8th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 8 (IANS) Many overseas Indians participating in the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas diaspora meet here have complained that investing in the country was difficult due to lack of ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh expands industry scheme
December 8th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has extended to 27 more districts its initiative of a unique online platform for entrepreneurs, an official said.'Nivesh Mitra' was introduced in ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
US, Canada unveil new measures to facilitate trade
December 8th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Declaring job creation as his highest priority, US President Barack Obama has unveiled new measures with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to facilitate trade and ... Read more...
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K.P. Singh almost sold his stake in DLF for Rs.26 lakh
November 15th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Billionaire realtor Kushal Pal Singh almost sold his stake in DLF for a paltry Rs.26 lakh in 1975 due to red tape but decided to ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Off to new boom town, with Mark Tully (IANS Book Review)
November 9th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Book: "Non Stop India"; Author: Mark Tully; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.499; Pages: 357It is a muddle of a new kind. An anti-corruption crusade which has united Indians as a single ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Our report to bare roots of Goa’s illegal mining: BJP
October 30th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) With the Goa assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on illegal mining mired in legislative red tape, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to ... Read more...
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4,000 foreign criminals set free in Britain
October 28th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 28 (IANS) Thousands of foreign criminals in Britain have been set free from their detention centres simply because there was no prospect of them being deported within "a ... Read more...
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Women in US go bare-chested for ‘Go Topless Day’
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS) Dozens of half-naked women took to the streets in the US to celebrate national Go Topless Day, a media report said Tuesday.They were agitating for the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
IndiGo readies to fly to Kathmandu
June 17th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 17 (IANS) Fares on the New Delhi-Kathmandu flight are poised to dip, to the joy of the budget traveller, as India's low-cost carrier IndiGo readies to start operations ... Read more...
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With Wendell busy, Goa tourism scouts for designer to make uniforms
June 10th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 10 (IANS) With Wendell Rodricks preoccupied, the Goa tourism department is scouting for a designer to weave fancy threads for it's in-the-making Tourism Security Force (TSF), one of ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
US-Pakistan ties not in intensive care: Munter
April 12th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 12(ANI): Ties between Pakistan and the United States are "not in the intensive care unit," rather they are very healthy, claimed US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter."The Pak-US relations are ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
White House eying sale of 14,000 ‘excess and vacant’ federal buildings
March 3rd, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 3 (ANI): The White House has announced plans to form an independent board of experts to help the federal government "cut through red tape and politics to sell 14,000 unused ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Brangelina ‘to adopt’ four-year-old Haitian girl
February 9th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 9 (ANI): Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are set to adopt a four-year-old Haitian girl named Leah, according to reports.The couple - already parents to Maddox 10, Pax Thien, ... Read more...
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Contractor blames Oz ministers for no action on 2010 Delhi CWG unpaid bills claim
January 21st, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 21(ANI): An Australian contractor claims that he had written to the federal government over a month ago asking for help over massive unpaid bills and red tape from the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
West has little option other than to support ‘fragile’ Zardari govt in Pak: WP
January 7th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7(ANI): Under the prevailing circumstances in Pakistan, especially in the wake of liberal politician Salman Taseer's assassination, the West has "little choice other than to try to support and ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Nadine Coyle Regrets Failed Adoption of Thai Boy
December 28th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Dec 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nadine Coyle, star of 'Girls Aloud' visited Thailand just after the tragic Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. While she was there, she met a four year old orphan ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment, Thailand |
British parliamentarians avoid voting on Burkha ban
December 4th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.4 (ANI): A bid to ban the burkha in Britain was effectively buried in red tape in the Commons yesterday.Last night, however, the Tory MP who tried to bring in the ... Read more...
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Obama’s India visit a positive sign: Bobby Jindal
November 24th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) Louisiana's Indian-American Republican Governor Bobby Jindal says one of the things that he likes about Democrat President Barack Obama is his building an economic relationship ... Read more...
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Railway diagnostic kiosks stuck in red tape: Minister
November 14th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The health ministry's aim of establishing diagnostic kiosks at railway stations is still "stuck in red tape", Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said Sunday."Its all ... Read more...
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‘Red tape delayed road building near India-China border’
November 10th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The government Wednesday said procedural hassles delayed the construction of over 800 km of roads along the frontiers with China, which is building huge infrastructure on its ... Read more...
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66pc of police time ‘is wasted in red tape procedures’
October 18th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): Should the police force run after burglars or should they complete relevant paperwork? That seems to be the dilemma most police officers feel, complaining that majority of their ... Read more...
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Playing a paraplegic has changed my life: Hrithik Roshan (Interview)
October 17th, 2010 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
By Ruchika Kher
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Hrithik Roshan says playing a paraplegic asking to be granted death by consent in the forthcoming movie "Guzaarish" changed his outlook to life and taught ... Read more...
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New York’s ‘Naked Cowboy’ to contest presidential election
October 5th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 5 (IANS) New York's popular 'Naked Cowboy' Robert John Burck who plays the guitar and wears nothing more than his boots, hat and briefs to entertain people in Times ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Pentagon destroys 9,500 copies of a spy book
September 28th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Over 9,500 copies of a book have been destroyed by the US military after the books disclosed some military secrets. The book’s publisher, Macmillan received $47,000 to cover ... Read more...
Posted in Books |