Indian American actor Kal Penn to host Obama nomination meet
September 4th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) Indian American actor Kal Pen will have a starring role, hosting primetime coverage at the Democratic National Convention Thursday when President Barack Obama accepts the ... Read more...
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Reliance Power starts production at Sasan mines
September 3rd, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) Reliance Power has begun mining coal from Sasan blocks in Madhya Pradesh six months ahead of schedule, the company said Monday. It targets raising the output ... Read more...
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Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan kill 44
March 7th, 2012 - 4:48 am ICT by BNO News
FAYZABAD, Afghanistan (BNO NEWS) -- More than 40 people have been killed and others are missing after heavy snowfall caused two avalanches in a remote region in northeastern Afghanistan on late Monday, ... Read more...
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When caterpillars stopped a train in China
June 1st, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 1 (IANS) Swarms of caterpillars delayed a cargo train in China for three hours as they invaded a section of the railway track, Xinhua reported Wednesday.The incident occurred ... Read more...
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Caution: Men at work, Himachal highway snowed under (Lead) (With Images)
April 26th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, April 26 (IANS) Wearing bulky uniforms and armed with shovels, men of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) are this year finding it difficult to clear the 222-km long ... Read more...
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Caution: Men at work on snow-snapped Himachal highway (With Images)
April 26th, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Manali, April 26 (IANS) Clad in bulky uniforms and armed with shovels, men of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) are this year finding it hard to clear the 222-km ... Read more...
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Parisian photog bares all on NYC streets for new exhibit
March 27th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): Meet Erica Simone, a Parisian photographer who has turned doing daily routines on the streets of New York into works of art simply by removing her clothes.Simone has ... Read more...
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CRPF jawans in Srinagar undergo training to rescue people stuck in avalanches
February 27th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Feb.27 (ANI): In the wake of several deaths and casualties caused by snow avalanches, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu and Kashmir region is undergoing training to rescue people ... Read more...
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Cleanliness campaign launched by Imagindia think tank
February 27th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Hundreds of students and volunteers armed with brooms and shovels Sunday spruced up the area around Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat here at the launch of a ... Read more...
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Tourists flock to Srinagar, Shimla to enjoy first snowfall
December 31st, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar/Shimla, Dec.31 (ANI): Scores of tourists thronged various hill stations in Srinagar and Shimla to enjoy the first snowfall of the season.Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the maiden snowfall of the season on ... Read more...
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People rejoice as Kashmir receives first snowfall
December 30th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Fayaz AhmadSrinagar, Dec.30 (ANI): People rejoiced as the valley region of the Jammu and Kashmir state witnessed the maiden snowfall of the season on Thursday ending the two-month long dry spell ... Read more...
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Labourers decline work as aid flows in flood-hit Pakistan
December 1st, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 1 (IANS) Labourers are shying away from taking on work in flood-hit areas of Pakistan due to the deluge of free aid, said a media report that pointed out when ... Read more...
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Maoists kill primary school teacher in West Bengal’s Jhargram district
October 7th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
Jhargam (West Midnapur), Oct. 7 (ANI): A group of Maoists has killed a primary school teacher after taking him away from his home on the pretext of holding some talks.Gurucharan Mahato's ... Read more...
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Tillakaratne Dilshan under ICC scanner for meeting bookie in UK nightclub
September 10th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.10 (ANI): Batting star Tillakaratne Dilshan is the Sri Lankan player named in a Sri Lankan cricket board report to the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit last year after he was allegedly ... Read more...
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Fat cleared from London sewers enough to stuff 9 double-decker buses!
July 14th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): In a largest ever sewer clean up, enough fat has been removed from the sewers in central London that could fill nine double-decker buses.A team of "flushers" ... Read more...
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Tar Balls Arrive At Pensacola Beach, Kill Dolphin
June 24th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tar balls washed ashore the Pensacola beach on Wednesday and emergency workers found a an oil covered dolphin on the shores. This has been the worst ... Read more...
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Once glittering Stephen Court now a haunted house
March 25th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Aparajita Gupta
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Bits of ash hang in the air, and inside it is pitch dark. It is difficult to imagine that till two days ago, the landmark Stephen ... Read more...
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Body of man who fell into volcano recovered
February 17th, 2010 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Feb 17 (DPA) Rescuers have recovered the body of a 52-year-old man who died after falling 500 meters into the Mount Saint Helens volcano in the US state of Washington, ... Read more...
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Survivors found in Haiti supermarket rubble
January 18th, 2010 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Port-au-Prince/Washington, Jan 18 (DPA) A Haitian who was rescued after being buried for five days in a crushed supermarket Sunday gave a triumphal thumbs-up as Turkish and US rescuers helped him out, ... Read more...
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Dawn Of The Dead: Coming Soon To Your iPhone
January 16th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The developer Byte Mark, recently announced that iPhone will be launching a new game - Dawn of the Dead. The game is reported to have been ... Read more...
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Now, robot that shovels snow!
December 20th, 2009 - 11:33 am ICT by ANI
Toronto, December 20 (ANI): Experts have developed a robot for snow shoveling.The I-Shovel Autonomous Robotic Snow Shovel gets activated the moment snow begins to fall.The machine supplemented with a digital brain and ... Read more...
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Philippine landslides, floods toll nears 200 (Second Lead)
October 9th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Oct 9 (DPA) At least 181 people were killed in a series of landslides and floods brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday.
Thousands of ... Read more...
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Greece declares emergency in ‘battle’ to control fires
August 23rd, 2009 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
Athens, Aug 23 (DPA) Athenians living on the outskirts of the Greek capital battled alongside firefighters to stamp out a large fire burning out of control northeast of the city.
Declaring a state ... Read more...
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Greece declares emergency as forest fire burns out of control
August 22nd, 2009 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Aug 22 (DPA) The Greek government declared a state of emergency Saturday as a large forest fire burned out of control on the northeastern outskirts of Athens, sending thick black smoke ... Read more...
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Indian village bachelors building road to access potential brides
March 7th, 2009 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 7 (ANI): Desperate bachelors in a remote village in India are building a new road, which they hope will provide them access to potential brides.Known as the "village of ... Read more...
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Soon, an ambulance for ‘ailing’ trees in New Delhi
February 11th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A drooping branch sprawling with parasites, the bark infected with fungus - don't worry trees! An ambulance will soon be on its way to save you.
If all ... Read more...
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Maoists destroy Panchayat office in Orissa
February 9th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) Maoists Monday destroyed an office of a village council in Orissa's Malkangiri district, the police said.The rebels entered Badigata village, some 700 km from here and destroyed over ... Read more...
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Environmental measures can help control malarias spread
January 29th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 29 (ANI): A computerized analysis carried out by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seems to suggest that the spread of malaria can be prevented by changing ... Read more...
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Protests continue in Singur over land row
August 3rd, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Protests against Tata Motors' small car project at Singur for allegedly forceful acquisition of farmland continued Sunday as the Congress blocked roads and a Trinamool Congress-supported group took ... Read more...
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Ancient graves being dragged out to sea
May 4th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
London, May 4 (ANI): As climate change is accelerating soil erosion in the Alaskan Arctic, ancient graveyards are being dragged out to sea.
Archaeologists are trying to preserve the remains of the ... Read more...
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Jammu landslide: No chance of trapped labourers’ survival(Lead)
May 2nd, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by admin
Jammu, May 1 (IANS) With scores of men using shovels and hundreds of hands offering prayers, all that the rescue teams could bring out of the debris of a landslide in Jammu ... Read more...
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Australia shovels cash from coal
March 11th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by admin
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Sydney, March 11 (DPA) Earnings from Australia's coal exports are expected to double in the year from July, figures released Tuesday showed. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) forecast ... Read more...
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Buried Chinese worker survives death by meditation!
March 7th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by admin
London, Mar 7 (ANI): A Chinese construction worker survived two hours buried alive in mud using the powers of Buddhist meditation.The 52-year-old Wang Jianxin was digging a five metre deep ditch ... Read more...
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