Sachin gives away BMW to Saina Nehwal
August 20th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar gave away a brand new BMW car to India's most successful shuttler Saina Nehwal at a function here Sunday night.The batting ... Read more...
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Indian taxi drivers scared to drive in Australia
June 19th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, June 19 (IANS) Indian-origin taxi drivers in Melbourne, whose vehicles were attacked by a gang wielding baseball bats, say they are so scared they don't want to drive at ... Read more...
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32 killed, 68 injured in Baghdad car bombings (Lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, June 16 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and 68 injured in two separate car bomb blasts which targeted Shiite pilgrims at the end of a major Shiite ... Read more...
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20 pilgrims killed in Baghdad bombings
June 16th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, June 16 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed and 44 injured in two separate bomb blasts which targetted Shiite pilgrims Saturday, Xinhua reported.According to an interior ministry source, ... Read more...
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Argentina railway accident toll climbs to 50
February 24th, 2012 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) The toll in the railway accident in Buenos Aires has risen to 50, Argentine officials said.The figures were confirmed Thursday by Claudio Ayruj, the Buenos ... Read more...
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49 dead, 600 injured in railway accident in Argentina
February 23rd, 2012 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 23 (IANS/EFE) At least 49 people, including a child, were killed and 600 injured Wednesday in a railway accident in Buenos Aires, Argentine officials said.An eight-car train ... Read more...
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Force India launch 2012 car
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Silverstone, Feb 3 (IANS) Sahara Force India Friday unveiled their car for the 2012 Formula One season as Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg pulled the covers off the VJM05 ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Iraq car bomb attacks
October 26th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 26 (IANS) Two car bombs exploded in Iraq in quick succession Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 16, Xinhua reported.The first car bomb was detonated around ... Read more...
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Karnataka gives tax sops to Toyota’s second car plant
June 23rd, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 23 (IANS) The Karnataka government Thursday extended tax concessions to the Japanese auto joint venture Toyota-Kirloskar Motor Ltd (TKML) for its second car plant at Bidadi in the ... Read more...
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Pakistan relentless on US official’s arrest, trial
January 30th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Pakistan's Foreign Office and the Punjab provincial government have refused to budge from their position, despite US pressure, on the issue of the arrest of a US ... Read more...
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Car blast kills four in Russia
January 27th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Dagestan (Russia), Jan 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least four people were killed and six others injured when a blast ripped through a cafe late Wednesday night in Russia's volatile southern republic of ... Read more...
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Car bombs rock Iraqi city of Karbala, 12 dead, 150 wounded
January 24th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by BNO News
KARBALA, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- Two car bomb explosions rocked the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on Monday morning, killing at least twelve people and injuring scores of others, Aswat al-Iraq news ... Read more...
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57 killed in attacks on Iraqi police stations (Third Lead)
August 25th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 25 (DPA) Bomb blasts primarily targeting police stations in Iraq killed at least 57 people, including 28 security officials and two children, and injured nearly 200 people Wednesday.
A member of ... Read more...
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Hyundai Motor India mulls expansion, launch new models
August 4th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) Hyundai Motor India is mulling marginal expansion in capacity and launching new models to maintain its share of around 20 percent in the growing Indian passenger car market, ... Read more...
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Poland wants to set up metal packaging unit in Haryana
July 4th, 2010 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) Poland wants to set up a metal packaging factory in Haryana, its Ambassador to India, Piotr Klodkowski said Saturday.
Klodkowski, who met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in New ... Read more...
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Time Square Bomb Suspect Had Some Other Targets In Mind
May 19th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
New York, May 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It has been revealed by a senior US counterterrorism official that Faisal Shahzad the alleged Times Square bomber had more sinister plans in his ... Read more...
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Aniruddh Dave buys a Fiat Linea
May 14th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 14, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Television actors grind it out for umpteen hours on the sets. That's why they are paid well. Make no bones, but they earn every penny of ... Read more...
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Asian gangs named in Britain’s ‘cash for crash’ scam
September 20th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistani, Afghan and Bangladeshi criminal gangs in Britain are staging deliberate car accidents in order to claim their victims' car insurance money, police say.
In what has been dubbed ... Read more...
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10 security officers detained over deadly Baghdad blasts
August 20th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 20 (DPA) Ten police and military officers are being held for questioning in Wednesday's coordinated attacks in central Baghdad, which left around 100 dead and 1,200 injured, media reports said ... Read more...
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Children dead after chased car slams into second car
August 9th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by admin
DINUBA, California (BNO NEWS) -- Up to eight people were killed on Saturday afternoon after a car slammed into another during a police chase near Dinuba in California, officials say.The accident happened ... Read more...
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Six killed in Iraq twin bombings
June 28th, 2009 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, June 28 (DPA) Twin car bombs shook the Iraqi capital Sunday, killing at least six people, two days before the deadline for US soldiers to leave Iraqi cities, police said.
The first ... Read more...
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Narain sixth in Le Mans Endurance race
May 12th, 2009 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 11 (IANS) Narain Karthikeyan became the first Indian to participate and score points in the Le Mans 24-hour classic race over the weekend when he finished sixth for the Kolles ... Read more...
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Iraqi blasts kill 12, injure 50 (Lead)
May 6th, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 6 (DPA) As many as 12 people were killed and another 50 injured Wednesday in terrorist attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk, police said.
A car bomb at ... Read more...
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Eight Kolkata tourists killed in Himachal accident (Lead)
April 29th, 2009 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla/Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Eight tourists from Kolkata, including five women, were killed when a privately-owned mini-bus rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district Wednesday, an official said.
The tourists, ... Read more...
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Aditya joins Canadian team for 2009 Formula BMW Pacific
March 12th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) India's Aditya Patel will be doing another season in the Formula BMW Pacific series after switching from Team Eurasia Motorsport to Atlantic Racing Team (ART).
The 20-year-old commerce student ... Read more...
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Bingle has trouble driving her Aston Martin
December 10th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 10 (ANI): Lara Bingle has said she still finds it difficult to drive the flash James Bond-style Aston Martin presented to her by fiance Michael Clarke last week.Bingle, who ... Read more...
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India was alerted about the Kabul terror attack last month
July 10th, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Indian authorities had received a series of intelligence alerts - the most serious one as late as June 23 - about an imminent terror strike against Indian ... Read more...
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Road tests dismiss eco-friendly claims for hybrid cars as marketing gimmick
May 19th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by admin
London, May 19 (ANI): Road tests conducted on latest models of hybrid cars have dismissed the environmental claims made by their manufacturers as a marketing gimmick.According to a report in The ... Read more...
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Deaths of Diana, Dodi al-Fayed were ‘unlawful killing’
April 8th, 2008 - 1:34 am ICT by admin
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London, April 7 (DPA) A British jury ruled Monday that Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al-Fayed were unlawfully killed through the gross negligence of their driver and the photographers who pursued ... Read more...
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Much awaited Ratan Tatas one-lakh rupees car to hit road by October
January 10th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): The much awaited one-lakh rupees car, Nano, that was unveiled by Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata on Thursday is likely to hit roads by October.
"I would ... Read more...
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Gang-raped Saudi teenager recounts her horror story
November 30th, 2007 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
London, Nov.30 (ANI): A Saudi teenager who was gang raped and bizarrely sentenced to receive 200 lashes by that countrys judicial system, has claimed that she has struggled to get the police ... Read more...
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