Goa beaches head for makeover with shack policy
June 8th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) Soon, no ducking behind a sand dune or a coconut palm to change in or out of your swimwear. The Goa beach experience is about to ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
U.S teenager jailed in India for slitting mother’s throat
May 4th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): An American teenager has been convicted of slitting his mother's throat while they were on holiday in India, after he became upset by his parents' divorce.The 16-year-old boy, ... Read more...
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How beach beetles use wheel locomotion to roll away from danger
March 24th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Biologists have discovered how a beach beetle rolls away from danger across the sand - it simply leaps into the air and curves its body into a perfect ... Read more...
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At least 36 die in fatal bus crash in India
December 27th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by BNO News
LUCKNOW, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 36 people were killed in India on Sunday when a bus crashed violently into a mini-truck carrying 54 people coming from a funeral in the ... Read more...
Posted in India |
Heidi Montag ‘devastated’ after plastic surgeon’s death
August 18th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): American reality TV personality Heidi Montag is 'devastated' following the death of her plastic surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan.Best known for performing 10 surgeries on Montag in one ... Read more...
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Mexican city Cancun is big revenue earner
April 22nd, 2010 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 22 (IANS/EFE) Cancun, a lonely beach with dense vegetation 40 years ago, has now become a conglomeration of resorts and is earning huge revenue for Mexico.
Called the "pearl of ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
New Spider Species Discovered
January 16th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A brand new species of spider in the Arava Region in Israel has been discovered by the University of Haifa-Oranim. This species was found in the ... Read more...
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New spider species discovered
January 12th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A previously unknown species of spider has been discovered in the dune of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region by scientists from the Department of ... Read more...
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NATO troops discover one ton of drugs during patrol in Afghanistan
January 11th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- ISAF service members operating in Afghanistan's Helmand province discovered one ton of opium in the back of a vehicle during a patrol, the NATO-led alliance said in a ... Read more...
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‘Screaming Roadrunner’ roamed among dinos 71 to 75 million years ago
December 21st, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 21 (ANI): Scientists have identified a new bird, nicknamed the 'Screaming Roadrunner', which roamed among dinosaurs 71 to 75 million years ago.According to a report in Discovery News, the fossils ... Read more...
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I retrace my father’s footsteps in Sharm-el-Sheikh after 48 years
July 15th, 2009 - 10:24 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashSharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), July 15 (ANI): As part of the media team accompanying the Prime Minister to Egypt to take part in the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit meet, I ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan refugees arrive at Tamil Nadu coastal town
April 17th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Three Sri Lankan refugees from strife-torn northern areas of the island nation arrived in the coastal Tamil Nadu town of Rameshwaram by a fishing boat after reportedly paying ... Read more...
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Hayden says decision to retire not an easy one
January 14th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Jan.14 (ANI): Former Australian opener Mathew Hayden has said that his decision to retire from all forms of the game was not an easy one to take.
Speaking a day after ... Read more...
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Fresh influx of Sri Lankan refugees worries Indian officials
April 29th, 2008 - 11:18 pm ICT by admin
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu), April 29 (IANS) An increased influx of Tamil refugees from across the Palk Straits following fresh violence in northern Sri Lanka is keeping officials in Tamil Nadu on tenterhooks. ... Read more...
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4000-year-old skeleton points to murder
December 21st, 2007 - 4:08 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, December 21 (ANI): Scientists have unearthed evidence of a 4000-year-old murder by studying a burnt skeleton found beneath a bus shelter in northern Sydney.Peter Veth, an archaeologist with the National ... Read more...
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