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Rains block Jammu-Srinagar highway, many stranded


August 22nd, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 22 (IANS) Incessant rains and landslides for two days have left many stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, considered the lifeline of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Wednesday.Over 500 ... Read more...

Posted in Environment |

British soldiers’ remains stored secretly


August 9th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Remains of British war heroes, who died in Afghanistan and Iraq are being secretly kept in an army lab without permission from their relatives, a media ... Read more...

Posted in Uncategorized |

Sensex slides 156.93 points; consumer durables, realty stocks down


June 4th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets fell 0.98 percent Monday around 12.30 p.m., led by selling pressure in consumer durable, realty and fast moving ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Sensex slides 188.12 points, oil and gas, capital goods stocks down (Lead)


June 1st, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets extended its fall in afternoon trade to 1.16 percent Friday, led by selling pressure in oil and gas, ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Sensex slides below 18,000-points mark (Lead)


March 18th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets fell below the psychological resistance level of 18,000 points Friday on continued selling pressure for the second day ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Gaga’s song on top slot for four weeks


March 11th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, March 11 (IANS) Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" continues to be number one for the fourth consecutive week on the Billboard Hot 100.The top 10 remains fairly ... Read more...

Posted in Entertainment |

‘All in one’ car radio ‘makes calls, connects to GPS, finds online music’


January 8th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): A new smart car radio called Parrot's Asteroid lets drivers make calls, find music with voice activation, and connects to GPS or the Internet - all in one.You ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Sensex slides 0.28 percent to 19,926 points


December 24th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities market declined 0.28 percent in the morning session Friday on selling pressure in auto and banking stocks. The 30-share sensitive ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Damaged vessel in Hoogly may disrupts ship movement


November 28th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) A container vessel damaged five days ago in a collision with another ship in the Hooghly river in West Bengal is awaiting repair even as officials said Sunday ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

A Fifth of Species Slides Toward Extinction; Sixth Mass Extinction Underway?


October 28th, 2010 - 3:07 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One in every five of the world’s pant and animals species are at risk of extinction at this time, according to a shocking new study. The new count ... Read more...

Posted in Sci-Tech |

JetBlue passenger plane blows tire upon landing at Sacramento Int’l Airport


August 27th, 2010 - 3:48 am ICT by BNO News
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- A JetBlue passenger plane blew a tire while landing at Sacramento International Airport on early Thursday afternoon, federal officials said.JetBlue flight 262 left Long Beach Airport at ... Read more...

Posted in World News |

Jetblue Flight Attendant Slides Into Immortality


August 14th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar Aug 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 39 year old Steven Slater may not have expected the popularity that he was bestowed with while sliding down towards joblessness, but his story has surely ... Read more...

Posted in Odd news, World News |

Sensex slides on profit-taking, negative Asian cues


August 10th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities was trading in the negative terrain Tuesday as short-term investors booked profit after the rally in the previous session.The 30-scrip ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Plane evacuated in Chicago airport


August 5th, 2010 - 8:34 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 5 (IANS) Passengers on a plane at Chicago's O'Hare international airport were evacuated after fire broke out in the plane's landing gear. There were 188 passengers and 11 crew members ... Read more...

Posted in World |

New theory on why some mountains form, crumble


July 16th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 16 (ANI): Scientists in Australia have come up with a new theory about the movement of tectonic plates that can help explain why and when some mountains form and crumble.Geophysicist ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Neuroscientists can predict your plans even before you haven’t!


June 24th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): A new American study has demonstrated that neuroscientists can predict your behaviour better than you can.The research, by neuroscientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

Shopian doctors charged with fudging to defame security forces


May 27th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has charged the team of doctors who carried out autopsies on two women in south Kashmir's Shopian town last May with fudging evidence ... Read more...

Posted in National |

Sensex slides, pressure on RIL, SBI (Lead)


May 14th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A benchmark Indian equities index slid into the red in afternoon trade Friday due to selling of heavyweights Reliance Industries and the State Bank of India. ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Unseen Marilyn Monroe pics on ‘Some Like It Hot’ set to be auctioned


March 24th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 24 (ANI): Never before seen pictures of Marilyn Monroe relaxing on the set of her classic comedy film 'Some Like It Hot' are set to go under the hammer in ... Read more...

Posted in Entertainment |

iPad to be available from the 3rd of April in US


March 5th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The much-hyped product from Apple’s stables – iPad will be available from the 3rd of April in the United States. The Wi-Fi model can ... Read more...

Posted in Technology Industry News |

OPEC oil price slides to $68.86


February 9th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Feb 9 (DPA) The oil price of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued falling at the start of the week, the cartel announced Tuesday. OPEC-produced oil slid to $68.86 ... Read more...

Posted in World |

Apple’s iPad has a battery life of 10 hours


January 28th, 2010 - 1:51 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
San Francisco, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Apple launched the iPad at a special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco today, which was an invitation only ... Read more...

Posted in Technology Industry News |

Plane makes emergency landing at US airport


January 11th, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 11 (DPA) A United Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport, but all 53 people on board were safe. The plane lurched ... Read more...

Posted in World |

Air Berlin jet slides off runway, no one injured


January 3rd, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dortmund (Germany), Jan 3 (DPA) A jet of German budget airline Air Berlin with 165 passengers on board slid off the runway at Dortmund airport Sunday morning, following an aborted take-off, an ... Read more...

Posted in World |

American Airlines flight crashes in Jamaica


December 23rd, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Kingston, Dec 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An American Airlines flight that started from Miami has crashed in Kingston, Jamaica. There were around 150 people onboard the flight and it overshot a runway ... Read more...

Posted in World News |

No fixed term for state secretary in new document: CPI-M leader


November 29th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 29 (IANS) A senior leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said the party's 'rectification document' prepared to reverse its electoral slides and strengthen cadre base does ... Read more...

Posted in Politics |

Aarushi murder case: CBI reconstitutes team


September 9th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): The CBI has reconstituted its team of officials investigating the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.CBI chief Ashwani Kumar took the decision in this effect, as he did not ... Read more...

Posted in National |

Four-member team set up to probe Air India fire incident


September 5th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep 5 (ANI): A four-member in-house committee has been set up to probe the Air India fire incident that took place at Mumbai International Airport on Friday.Nearly 200 passengers were ... Read more...

Posted in National |

DGCA recommends derostering of Air India maintenance engineer for fuel leak


September 4th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered the derostering of the maintenance engineer who was working on Air India flight 829 after it developed a fuel leak.The ... Read more...

Posted in National |

Fuel leak behind Air India flight fire: Experts


September 4th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): Aviation experts on Friday said that a fuel leak from the wings of an Air India flight caused one of the engines to catch fire.Ruling out the possibility of ... Read more...

Posted in National |

Fire in Air India flight engine, passengers safe


September 4th, 2009 - 3:28 pm ICT by IBNS
Mumbai, Sept 4 (IBNS) Passengers of a Boeing 747 Air India flight were panic-stricken after one of the engines caught fire Friday just before take off from the Mumbai Airport.“It was the ... Read more...

Posted in India |

Air India flight grounded in Mumbai as engine catches fire


September 4th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): A major tragedy was avoided at Mumbai Airport on Friday morning when an emergency was declared after one of the engines of an Air India flight caught fire while ... Read more...

Posted in National |

Plane slides off runway on Thai holiday island


August 4th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Aug 4 (DPA) Several passengers were injured Tuesday when a plane slid off a runway when landing at the popular Thai tourist island of Samui, an airline spokeswoman said. The Bangkok Airways ... Read more...

Posted in World |

Michael Jackson spent $6 mn on statues


May 26th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 26 (IANS) Pop legend Michael Jackson had spent nearly $6 million on statues of Peter Pan and children and most of them are now being auctioned to raise cash ... Read more...

Posted in World |

OPEC crude price slides below $42


March 4th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, March 4 (DPA) The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped $1.21 Tuesday, sliding below the $42 mark, the Vienna-based cartel announced Wednesday. One ... Read more...

Posted in World |

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