Genes invest you with unique facial identity
September 14th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Amsterdam, Sep 14 (IANS) Scientists have isolated genes that shape our facial form and structure, besides explaining why twins and siblings have more similar faces than unrelated people.This study, ... Read more...
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Two children die in wall collapse
September 5th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 5 (IANS) Two young siblings were killed after a wall collapsed and fell on their hut following heavy rains in Nagpur, police said.The two boys, aged eight and ... Read more...
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Mining baron Reddy completes a year behind bars Sep 5
September 4th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 4 (IANS) Gali Janardhana Reddy, a struggling businessman who became a billionaire in less than a decade and dictated terms to BJP in Karnataka, completes a year ... Read more...
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Toll in Kerala tanker explosion rises to 14
September 1st, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala) Sep 1 (IANS) The toll in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion here went up to 14 Saturday.Authorities estimate the losses at Rs.5 crore in the explosion ... Read more...
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Wisdom is matter of culture
August 31st, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 31 (IANS) Do we really get wiser with age or does culture shape wisdom? Having wisdom implies that one is also good at resolving conflict. But conflict is ... Read more...
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Six hungry orphan siblings of UP seek death
August 30th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) Six orphan siblings Thursday submitted a memorandum to the district magistrate of Kannauj, 125 km from here, seeking permission to kill themselves as they had no ... Read more...
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Was Zubaida killed for money, not ‘honour’?
August 29th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) Despite the preliminary confession of three persons that they killed their sister Zubaida to save the "honour" of the family, investigators continue to probe the possibility ... Read more...
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Asian-origin kids run over by car in Britain
August 19th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Two Asian-origin children - aged two and 10 - are in critical condition after they were run over by a car in Leeds.Raham Saleem and his ... Read more...
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Brothers reunited after 80 years
August 17th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Two brothers in the US - aged 82 and 84 - who were separated when one was sent to an orphanage aged two have finally been ... Read more...
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Penelope Cruz in Mario’s avatar
August 17th, 2012 - 8:06 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (IANS) Actress Penelope Cruz donned the avatar of moustached gaming hero Mario for an advertisement.She looked almost unrecognisable in the Spanish TV ad for the game ... Read more...
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Replica of Bolivar’s sword presented to fencing champ
August 9th, 2012 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez bestowed the Order of the Liberators on the country's Olympic fencing champion, Ruben Limardo, and presented him with a replica of the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
‘Dumb and Dumber’ sequel back on track
August 4th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (IANS) The plans to make a sequel to 1994 film "Dumb and Dumber" were thrown into jeopardy after Jim Carrey dropped out of the project, ... Read more...
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Delhi celebrates Raksha Bandhan with fervour
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Celebrating and reaffirming the sibling bond where sisters tie a decorated thread or Rakhi on their brothers' wrist, Raksha Bandhan was celebrated Thursday with much ... Read more...
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Fan threatens to shoot Sheryl Crow
July 31st, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 31 (IANS) Singer Sheryl Crow has requested for a restraining order against a fan who has threatened to shoot her.According to the legal documents, the 50-year-old's ... Read more...
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Liver transplant in India saves Yemeni boy
July 27th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Malek family from Yemen had lost all hope when nine-year-old Abdul was diagnosed with the same liver disease that had killed his two siblings.But ... Read more...
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Class four student run over in Delhi
July 27th, 2012 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) A class four student was crushed to death by a speeding school van here Thursday, police said.The nine-year-old student, Mohammad Sarfaraz, who lived with his ... Read more...
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Two-headed pig born in Russia
July 26th, 2012 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A two-headed, four-eyed pig was born at a farm in central Russia, according to Bryansk regional veterinary service.The mutant was born alongside 10 normal siblings ... Read more...
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US hospital launches pet therapy to cheer up kids
July 25th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) A children's hospital in the Tennessee state of the US has launched a new "pet therapy" under which a golden retriever called Jake visits patients in ... Read more...
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Ronnie Barker’s son Adam Barker arrested after years of being on the run
July 24th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ronnie Barker’s son Adam Barker arrested after being on the run for a number of years. It may be recalled that he was arrested in 2003 on ... Read more...
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Boy stuck in gutter for 24 hours
July 20th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) A three-year-old boy in Colombia managed to survive despite remaining stuck in a sewer for 24 hours by holding on to a pipe, a media report ... Read more...
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Vindu reveals family secrets, plans to make documentary on dad
July 17th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Dara Singh's son Vindu candidly admits he has a half-brother and that he plans to carry forward his father's legacy. He also plans to make a ... Read more...
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Murder saga resolved with discovery of six skeletons (Third Lead)
July 11th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The mystery of the missing Bollywood startlet Laila Khan and her family was resolved Wednesday with police announcing the discovery of six skeletons and arresting her ... Read more...
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Murder saga resolved, six skeletons found (Second Lead)
July 11th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The mystery of the missing Bollywood startlet Laila Khan and her family was resolved Wednesday with police announcing the discovery of six skeletons and arresting her ... Read more...
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CCTV footage released on Mumbai child kidnapper
July 6th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) The Mumbai railway police Friday released CCTV footage showing a man kidnaping a three-year-old girl from the city's busiest railway station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), an ... Read more...
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Kush Sinha to direct siblings Sonakshi, Luv
July 6th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Kush Sinha has roped in sister Sonakshi to play the lead in his directorial debut. His twin brother Luv too has a prominent role in the ... Read more...
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Asian Muslim brothers groomed teenage girls for sex
July 5th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) Two Muslim brothers of Asian origin have been charged with grooming a pair of teenage girls for sex and persuading them to work as prostitutes for ... Read more...
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Actress Laila Khan killed with family, says stepfather
July 5th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 5 (IANS) Bollywood fringe actress Laila Khan, who has been missing since February 2011, has been killed along with four members of her family including her mother, her ... Read more...
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Australian found guilty of killing three Indian siblings
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 3 (IANS) A 42-year-old Australian faces up to 45 years in jail after a jury Tuesday found him guilty of murdering three siblings of an Indian-origin family in ... Read more...
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Alec Baldwin returns to Broadway
June 29th, 2012 - 4:31 am ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) Actor Alec Baldwin is set to return to Broadway in a new production of 1983 play "Orphans". He will play a wealthy gentleman in the show.The ... Read more...
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No children keeps Parton’s married life happy
June 23rd, 2012 - 5:28 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 23 (IANS) Singer Dolly Parton says the secret behind her happy marriage with husband Carl Thomas Dean is that they do not have any children."Mutual respect, ... Read more...
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Pakistani traffickers stealing British data
June 19th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) Human traffickers in Pakistan are intercepting information from British-Pakistanis to forge documents to help illegal migrants settle in Britain, a daily said Tuesday.Several hundred people of ... Read more...
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Denied to watch a TV show, 9-year-old hangs herself
June 12th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, June 12 (IANS) A nine-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh committed suicide by hanging herself after her siblings refused to let her watch her favourite television show, police said ... Read more...
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Boy kills brother with neighbour’s gun in US
June 4th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 4 (IANS) An eight-year-old boy accidentally shot his 11-year-old brother in the head while the two were playing with a neighbour's gun in a wooded area in the ... Read more...
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Beauty queen says she considered becoming a nun
May 31st, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, May 31 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan model Ivian Sarcos, who was crowned Miss World in 2011, has said that she considered the possibility of becoming a nun during the time that ... Read more...
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Father rapes daughter in west Delhi
May 19th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her own father in west Delhi, police said Saturday.The girl filed a complaint ... Read more...
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