Man attempts Guinness record with 300 kg shoes on
August 10th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) A Chinese man has tried to walk with a pair of iron shoes that weighed 300 kg in his attempt to break his previous Guinness record.Wukong ... Read more...
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Kashmir: A guarded paradise (Letter from Srinagar)
June 11th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 11 (IANS) The natural beauty of the Kashmir Valley is an overpowering sight after traversing the 2.5-km bleakly-lit Jawahar Tunnel. Cradled in the midst of towering mountains, Kashmir ... Read more...
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1.8-tonne bomb defused in Germany after 65 years
December 5th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 5 (IANS) Germany has successfully defused a 1.8-tonne World War II bomb in the Rhine river after about 45,000 residents of Koblenz were evacuated from homes, hospitals and ... Read more...
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Eco warrior plugs drain to protect river from pollutants
May 19th, 2011 - 1:34 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, May 19 (IANS) Supported by tens of hundreds of people, eco-warrior Balbir Singh Seechewal Wednesday plugged a drain with sandbags to prevent untreated municipal waste and industrial pollutants from ... Read more...
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Victorian towns facing one-in-200-year flood threat
January 17th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.17 (ANI): Towns in the southern Australian state of Victoria were on Monday bracing for their biggest floods in 200 years as the death toll from the natural disaster in Queensland ... Read more...
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Australia floods: Brisbane residents urged to evacuate
January 11th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane (Australia), Jan.11 (ANI): Authorities in Queensland are urging people to leave parts of Brisbane, the country's third largest city, Brisbane, in the wake of floods said to be one of the ... Read more...
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New Zealand’s Pike River mine finally capped
December 12th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Greymouth (New Zealand), Dec 12(ANI): The ventilation shaft at New Zealand's Pike River Coal mine has finally been capped, police have said.According to the New Zealand Herald, a helicopter operation on Sunday ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir police defuse explosive device in Srinagar
October 18th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Oct.18 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir police detected an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) outside a police control room and defused it here on Monday.The device was recovered minutes before a ... Read more...
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200,000 affected by floods in Mexico
October 6th, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Villahermosa (Mexico), Oct 6 (IANS/EFE) Some 200,000 people have been affected by floods in southeastern Mexico, authorities said.Floods triggered by heavy rains have devastated the Mexican state of Tabasco where some 200,000 ... Read more...
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Millionaire and Segway owner Jimi Heselden dies after driving off cliff
September 28th, 2010 - 12:09 am ICT by BNO News
LEEDS, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- British millionaire Jimi Heselden, Chairman of Hesco Bastion Ltd. and owner of upright scooter manufacturer Segway, was found dead on Sunday after driving off a cliff on ... Read more...
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Bihar’s River Phalgu partially dammed for devotees to perform rituals at Gaya
September 27th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
By Surya Pratap SinghGaya (Bihar), Sep. 27 (ANI): The administration at Bihar's Gaya district have partially blocked the flow of the River Phalgu for Hindu devotees to perform ancestral rituals at nearby ... Read more...
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Train services resume on Ambala- New Delhi route
July 9th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, July 9 (ANI): Trains services resumed on the Ambala-New Delhi section of the railways. The track, which had sunk at a few places due to floods, was strengthened with sand bags.Railway ... Read more...
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Train services resume on Ambala-Delhi route
July 9th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala (Haryana), July 9 (IANS) Train services resumed on the Ambala-New Delhi section of the railways Friday morning after the track, which had sunk at a few places due to floods, was ... Read more...
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Alex Warnings Intensify, President Declares Emergency In Texas
June 30th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US National Hurricane Center said that Alex has picked up enough wind speeds to become the first hurricane on Tuesday. The hurricane is expected to ... Read more...
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158 dead as AI plane overshoots Mangalore runway, hurtles down cliff (Intro Roundup)
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic and Minu Jain
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 22 (IANS) At least 158 people were killed when a packed Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed Saturday while landing at Mangalore's ... Read more...
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159 dead as AI plane overshoots runway, hurtles down cliff at Mangalore (Roundup)
May 22nd, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic and Minu Jain
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 22 (IANS) At least 159 people were killed when a packed to capacity Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed Saturday while landing ... Read more...
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Last minutes of the ill-fated AI flight
May 22nd, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 22 (IANS) From landing to plunging down a cliff - the last minutes of the Air India Express flight that crashed here Saturday morning killing 159 people:
- ... Read more...
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British military intelligence ran secret ‘torture unit’ in Iraq
March 21st, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 21 (ANI): The British military intelligence ran a secret "torture unit" in Iraq that employed banned and illegal torture techniques on prisoners, new documents have revealed.The latest documents, which ... Read more...
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Suspicious object found in Ambala’s army area
February 15th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala (Haryana), Feb 15 (IANS) Army authorities in this major defence base Monday afternoon carried out a controlled explosion after finding a bomb-like object, police said.
No loss to life or property was ... Read more...
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1,500 evacuated after river dike burst in China
August 16th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Wuhan (China), Aug 16 (Xinhua) Some 1,500 people have been evacuated after a river dike burst in China's central province of Hubei, officials said. The dam burst at around 11 p.m. Friday. ... Read more...
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Taliban founder’s home defies conquest
July 31st, 2008 - 9:44 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Zhari (Afghanistan), July 31 (DPA) Almost seven years after the radical Islamic militia was driven from power by US-led forces, the authority of the Western-backed government in Kabul ends here at the ... Read more...
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New Zealand army denies damaging Afghanistan Buddha statues
May 4th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Wellington, May 4 (DPA) The New Zealand army denied Sunday damaging the ruins of one of Afghanistan's famous Bamian Buddha statues while detonating an unexploded rocket in the area. Najibullah Harar, head ... Read more...
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Pro-Taliban militants siege police post in Swat
November 14th, 2007 - 2:59 am ICT by admin
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