Six CRPF troopers hurt in accidental blast
September 21st, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 20 (IANS) Six troopers of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were Thursday injured in an accidental smoke shell blast during training in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources ... Read more...
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Smiley Suri to make a comeback with ‘Kalygug’ sequel?
September 3rd, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) She debuted with hit film 2005 "Kalyug" and after two years Smiley Suri is likely to make a comeback with a sequel to her first film.After ... Read more...
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Train bombing attempt foiled in Pakistan
August 20th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Hundreds of lives were saved when an attempt to blow up a passenger train in Pakistan was foiled after the train engineer spotted some suspicious material ... Read more...
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Two wounded in Jammu scrap shop blast
July 31st, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 31 (IANS) Two people were seriously injured in a blast at a scrap shop in Jammu city Tuesday, police said.Police said it appeared that the blast occurred while ... Read more...
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Rajasthan set ‘Marigold Hotel’ has strong US opening
May 8th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", the all-star comedy set in India's Rajasthan state, generated a strong opening in North America as it debuted in limited release.Its ... Read more...
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Satmetrix launches customer feedback solution in India
March 27th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) US-based Satmetrix, which has a development centre in the Technopark campus here, launched its customer feedback solution, Net Promoter Score (NPS), in the country Tuesday.The NPS ... Read more...
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Johansson loves being challenged
March 18th, 2012 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
London, March 18 (IANS) Actress Scarlett Johansson loves to be challenged in her work.
Johansson, who would be seen alongside Matt Damon in "We Bought A Zoo" admitted she is "up ... Read more...
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Stewart’s topless act for ‘On The Road’
March 12th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 12 (IANS) Twilight actress Kristen Stewart has shed clothes for her role in "On The Road".The film is an adaptation of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel of the same ... Read more...
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Actress Lucy Lawless arrested
February 28th, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wellington, New Zealand, Feb 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Shell’s plan to drill five exploratory wells in the Arctic received a major boost when the police removed six protesters including actress Lucy Lawless from ... Read more...
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Dhoni prefers umpires to DRS
December 29th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 29 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Thursday the on-field umpires should be more consistent with their decisions rather than relying on the contentious Decision Review System ... Read more...
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Mortar shells hit Yemeni Air Force Base, destroying two fighter jets
October 31st, 2011 - 1:48 am ICT by BNO News
SANA'A (BNO NEWS) -- A series of large explosions hit an Air Force base in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a on late Sunday evening, the government said, destroying two aircraft and shutting ... Read more...
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It’s Christina Milian’s 30th birthday today
September 26th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Sept 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer Christina Milian turned 30 years on Monday (26th of September 2011). In an interview that she had with NecoleBitchie, Milian revealed that she is happy ... Read more...
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Emma Watson is planning to go back to Brown University
July 19th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After completing her task on the Harry Potter franchise with the release of the final installment "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2," Emma Watson has ... Read more...
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Some fish smart enough to use tools
June 28th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 28 (IANS) Fish are not exactly known to be smart, but new evidence suggests that they may even be able to use simple tools.Researchers from Macquarie University and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Camera locates tomb not seen for 1,500 years
June 26th, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 26 (IANS/EFE) The tomb of a Mayan dignitary was found in Mexico with the use of a video camera to explore a place no one had entered ... Read more...
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Man killed as old shell explodes in Punjab
June 13th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, June 13 (IANS) One person was killed and two others were seriously injured when an old anti-aircraft gun shell exploded at village Daria Walla in this Punjab district Monday, ... Read more...
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Comparison with Madonna shocks Gaga
April 21st, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 21 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga was "shocked" by comparisons between her "Born This Way" and Madonna's 1989 single "Express Yourself"."I was f***ing shell shocked by it. ... Read more...
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100,000 UK women in danger of their breast implants rupturing
April 18th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 18 (ANI): It has emerged that tens of thousands of British women who have undergone breast augmentation have no idea that they have had an implant made by Poly Implant ... Read more...
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Kiwi war hero’s lost Bible is returned to family after 94-yrs
April 13th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 13 (ANI): A Bible that had been dropped by a New Zealand soldier during the bloody Battle of Messines, Belgium, in 1917, has been returned to the war hero's family ... Read more...
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Rare turtle captured in Vietnam for checkup
April 5th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hanoi, April 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A giant turtle has been pulled from a lake in Vietnam over concerns that the animal may be sick. The animal was removed from Hoan Keim ... Read more...
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Three teenagers wounded in Kashmir blast
March 10th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) Three teenagers, including a girl, were critically injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district Thursday when a live shell they found near their home exploded, police ... Read more...
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MSNBC showcases alleged Windermere’s Loch Ness monster’s picture
February 21st, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Windermere, Feb 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The age-long debate on whether the loch ness monster is real or not does not seem to be dying down anytime soon.A couple claimed that they ... Read more...
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Man survives 1,000-ft mountain fall
January 31st, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) A climber, who plunged 1,000 feet down a mountain summit, left the rescue team shell-shocked after he was found standing and reading a map at the site. The ... Read more...
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Injured Turtle Tzivka Gets Its Ability To Walk Again With The Help Of Wheels
January 16th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A turtle named Tzivka in Israel which had an unfortunate accident two months back causing it to lose its ability to walk has been given a ... Read more...
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British cos. to sack staff more easily
January 10th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 10 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron is proposing a new "employers' charter" that will make it easy for firms to sack staff in the first two years of ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Helicopters rescue 160 stranded skiers in Austria
January 7th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vienna, Jan 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) About 160 skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued after they got stuck in a defective chairlift. The skiers got the fright of their lives when they ... Read more...
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Dead fetus found in airplane bathroom in Manila
January 5th, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Manila, Jan 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A dead fetus was found in an Etihad flight, which was flying from Abu Dhabi to the Philippines’s capital of Manila.Abortion in Philippines is illegal and ... Read more...
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Pretty Little Liars: Who Is The Secretive “A?”
January 4th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hanna (played by Ashley Benson) is alive after being hit by a car in the last episode of the ‘Pretty Little Liars’. As the pretty gang argues who is to ... Read more...
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Minus 14 in Leh, heating arrangements in Kashmir schools
December 15th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 15 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh regions of Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel under extreme cold Wednesday and, with no respite in sight, schools have had to ... Read more...
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Disabled in India need more attention, says Chidambaram
December 2nd, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.2 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Thursday that India's capacity to respond to the concerns of disabled does not keep the pace with their issues.In a ... Read more...
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Women spend 300 hours preparing for Christmas: UK study
November 18th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 18 (ANI): A UK study has suggested that women spend an average of 300 hours, or 38 working days, preparing for Christmas.They spend more than a third of the time ... Read more...
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Teen dancer paralyzed after ear piercing goes awry
November 12th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A British teenager was left paralyzed after a piercing exercise went woefully wrong. Authorities say that when the 15-year-old dancer who had the piercing, developed a viral ... Read more...
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Michelle Obama meets young fans in Mumbai
November 6th, 2010 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) It was a "dream come true" for US First Lady Michelle Obama as she mingled with her young fans at the University of Mumbai Saturday evening.Michelle tried ... Read more...
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Obama skips direct reference to Pakistan while remembering Mumbai terror attack victims
November 6th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov. 6 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama began his four-day visit to India on Saturday by skipping a direct reference to Pakistan while emotively remembering victims of the 26/11 terror ... Read more...
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DWTS: Fans Shocked At Rick Fox’s Elimination
November 4th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 4, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is riding high on TRPs this season but this week’s elimination of Rick Fox left the fans shell-shocked to say the least. ... Read more...
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