Mumbai Metro accident: One killed, 11 injured (Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) One person was killed and 11 others were injured when a slab of a staircase of an under-construction Metro railway station collapsed here Tuesday, officials said."One ... Read more...
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Mumbai Metro accident: One killed, seven injured
September 4th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) One person was killed and seven others were injured when a slab of a staircase of an under-construction Metro railway station collapsed here Tuesday, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Cabinet okays Rs.14,000 crore spectrum reserve price (Lead)
August 3rd, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The cabinet Friday approved Rs.14,000 crore as the reserve price for the 2G spectrum auction fixed by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on telecom, ... Read more...
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Staff payments burden for smaller actors: Anupam Kher
July 25th, 2012 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher is not too pleased with the news that all actors will now have to pay their staff from their own pocket. ... Read more...
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One killed in Mumbai monorail project site accident
July 20th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS)At least one person was killed and five others were injured when a slab of the under-construction monorail crashed in a slum area late Thursday, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Sena men shut down ‘pollution tax’ post at Lonavala
June 25th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 25 (IANS) An illegal 'pollution tax' collection centre at the popular hill resort of Lonavala in Maharashtra was shut down Monday by angry activists of the Shiv ... Read more...
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Power tariff in Tamil Nadu goes up
March 30th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Friday further turned costlier to live in for all sections of the people with an average 37 percent increase power tariff effective Saturday.The revised ... Read more...
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Bieber set to shock with gory photoshoot
March 20th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 20 (IANS) Pop star Justin Bieber has thrown himself into the ring for boxing-themed photo shoot that is sure to shock his fans.The star is on the April ... Read more...
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Land and vehicle taxes up; liquor to cost more in Kerala
March 19th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Land and vehicle taxes will go up in Kerala from next month. And so would the prices of cigarettes and liquor, according to the Rs.289.25 crore ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir unhappy, with no sops in budget
March 16th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 16 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's seventh union budget, presented in the Lok Sabha Friday, found few takers in Jammu and Kashmir with no special schemes aimed ... Read more...
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Income tax exemption limit raised to Rs.2 lakh
March 16th, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The tax exemption limit for individuals has been hiked to Rs.2 lakh from the current Rs.1.8 lakh, while the tax slabs have been re-jigged ... Read more...
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7 workers injured in factory accident
December 10th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Seven workers were injured when a slab of an under-construction factory warehouse collapsed in Ghaziabad Friday, police said.The accident occurred in Kavi Nagar Industrial Area, where ... Read more...
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Cancellations drive up air fares, DGCA keeping watch
November 17th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India's aviation watchdog Thursday said it was monitoring air fares which have hit a high due to flight cancellations by major airlines.
"We have been monitoring ... Read more...
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World’s largest chocolate bar weighs six tonnes
October 13th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) This giant slab of milk chocolate, that weighs almost six tonnes and measures 13 feet, has broken the world record for the largest chocolate bar.It has ... Read more...
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Six die in building collapse
September 23rd, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Thane (Maharashtra), Sep 23 (IANS) Six people, including two children, were killed and three injured in a Thane town as a three-storied building collapsed here Friday evening, officials said."The six ... Read more...
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Two killed as monorail slab collapses (Lead)
July 2nd, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Two employees of Larsen & Toubro were killed when a slab of the under-construction monorail collapsed here Friday evening, an official said.The accident took place when ... Read more...
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Two killed as monorail slab collapses
July 1st, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Two people were killed and two others injured when a slab of the under-construction monorail collapsed here Friday evening, an official said.The four victims were staffers ... Read more...
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New fee structure for Tamil Nadu private schools released
June 13th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) A committee headed by retired Justice K. Raviraja Pandian Monday released the new fee structure for around 6,400 private schools in Tamil Nadu.The new fee ... Read more...
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Four children, two women die in building collapse
April 19th, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Thane (Maharashtra), April 19 (IANS) Four children and two women were killed Tuesday when part of a building collapsed in the Ulhasnagar township of Thane, 30 km from the district ... Read more...
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Amitabh Bachchan’s handprint to be placed in Krakow
April 12th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan's handprint will be placed alongside those of entertainers like late King of Pop Michael Jackson in the Polish city of Krakow."And yes, ... Read more...
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Budget will hit Goa’s mining, tourism industry: BJP
February 28th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Goa unit Monday said the hike in export duty of iron ore and service tax on restaurants and mid-sized hotels proposed ... Read more...
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Four kids of family buried alive in Ghaziabad (Lead)
February 9th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Four children were buried alive and four other members of their family were injured when the house they were sleeping in collapsed during an operation to clean a ... Read more...
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Five kids of family buried alive in Ghaziabad
February 9th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Five children of a family, aged between 6-14, were buried alive when the house they were sleeping in collapsed here shortly after midnight, police said Wednesday. The incident ... Read more...
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Brett Favre sued for sexual harassment by ex-Jets’ massage therapists
January 4th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): NFL player Brett Favre has been sued for sexual harassment by two former Jets' massage therapists in the wake of a sex scandal that had cost him 50,000 ... Read more...
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It’s official: It was the coldest December in Britain in 120 years
January 1st, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Last December was the coldest in Britain in more than 120 years, say officials. The benchmark Central England Temperature plunged to an average of -0.6 degrees Celsius over ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 4 Day 79: Dolly & Ashmit have a major fight
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:58 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After being diplomatic and steering clear of fights for some weeks, the old Dolly is back and that too, in full form. She had a major row ... Read more...
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The Illusive McDonald’s McRib Sandwich Returning Briefly
October 14th, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the Wall Street Journal, the McDonald’s McRib sandwich is a "boneless pork patty molded into the shape of a rib slab and adorned with pickles, onions ... Read more...
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Confusion over CWG closure tickets
October 13th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Have the tickets for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony Thursday been sold out? Yes, says the Organising Committee. The online helpline says otherwise."All the ... Read more...
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‘Lip Service’ actress admits feeling like lesbian porn star
October 2nd, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 2 (ANI): The star of saucy new BBC drama 'Lip Service', Laura Fraser, has revealed that filming eight lesbian sex scenes back-to-back started to make her feel like she was ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga’s meat bikini pic in Vogue draws animal rights ire
September 8th, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 8 (ANI): Pop star Lady Gaga has angered animal rights activists after appearing on the cover of the September issue of Men's Vogue Japan clad in a bikini made of ... Read more...
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Mumbai building crashes, minor girl killed
June 9th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) A six-year-old girl was killed Wednesday when the roof of a building collapsed here, officials said.
Phagun Gohil was crushed to death when the slab of a balcony crashed ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s 2010-11 budget to levy fresh taxes of $1.6 bn: Report
May 28th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) Pakistan's budget for fiscal 2010 beginning July 1 will levy fresh taxes of Rs.138 billion to mop up Rs.1,650 billion through various levies, a media report Friday said.
The ... Read more...
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Pterodactyls hung out with birds in prehistoric Japan
March 2nd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 2 (ANI): Newly analyzed tracks in Japan show small pterodactyls also roamed there and seemed to mingle with birds.According to a report in Discovery News, the world's first pterosaur tracks ... Read more...
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MJ’s death re-enacted on US TV
February 28th, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 28 (ANI): A controversial reconstruction of Michael Jackson's death has been shown on US television.The 30-minute macabre re-enactment was broadcast in the US on cable channel VH1, reports News ... Read more...
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Three killed in Italy’s avalanches
February 21st, 2010 - 8:10 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 21 (DPA) At least three people, including a Czech man, were killed in Italy Saturday in three separate incidents involving avalanches on the country's Alps, news reports said.
The deaths brought ... Read more...
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