Journalist among nine held for terrorist links
August 30th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 30 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested nine people, one of them said to be a journalist with an English daily here, for alleged links with terrorist outfits, police ... Read more...
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Looking for creativity in love stories
August 8th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India's best-selling author of love stories, Ravinder Singh, is waiting for a work that will break through the fairy-tales set on campuses to push ... Read more...
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Facebook hiring for its engineering office in London
July 25th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Social networking site Facebook is hiring engineers for its new office which would be located in London. This would be Facebookâs first engineering office, which would be ... Read more...
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Prohibitive ticket prices keep Indian diaspora off Olympics opening
July 24th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 24 (IANS) With three days to go for the Olympics opening ceremony, the rush for tickets is intense - but not for the estimated 1.6 million Indians ... Read more...
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‘Delhi ought to have its own film setup’ (With Images)
July 20th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Director Hemant Gaba, who shot his internationally acclaimed "Shuttlecock Boys" here, feels that with increasing numbers of Delhiites entering the film line, it is high ... Read more...
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Young techie trampled to death by tuskers near Bangalore
July 17th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 17 (IANS) Satwik Shastry, a 24-year-old techie was found trampled to death by wild elephants in a thick forest near Bannerghatta National Park, about 20 km from Bangalore, ... Read more...
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Shock, disgust in Karnataka over BJP power struggle (Karnataka Newsletter)
July 13th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 13 (IANS) The unabashed hankering for power and exploiting caste lines for it in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is evoking shock and disgust in the ... Read more...
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Confirmed that 26/11 controlled from Pakistan: Chidambaram (Second Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The interrogation of Abu Jindal Hamza, an Indian national arrested for the 26/11 strike, has confirmed that the terror attack was being controlled from ... Read more...
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Confirmed that 26/11 controlled from Pakistan: Chidambaram (Lead)
July 4th, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The interrogation of Abu Jindal Hamza, an Indian national arrested for the 26/11 strike, had confirmed that the terror attack was being controlled from ... Read more...
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Don’t underestimate talent in India: Animator Arjun Rihan (With Image)
June 23rd, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Indian animator Arjun Rihan had a fulfilling experience while working on his first international project, Disney-Pixar's just released 3D animation film "Brave". But he says ... Read more...
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Man hangs himself to death in Gurgaon
June 16th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 16 (IANS) "Sorry, dad-mom" - wrote a 33-year-old software engineer in his suicide note before hanging himself to death from a ceiling fan in his rented accommodation here, ... Read more...
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Headless body of software engineer found
June 1st, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 1 (IANS) The headless body of a software engineer was found near railway tracks here Friday, police said.The victim was identified as Amar Bahadur, 25, who worked with ... Read more...
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Knowledge Graph: Google unleashes the Big Boy
May 17th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) After revolutionising the Internet, Google has now unleashed its next-generation technology - 'Knowledge Graph' - which can locate even more relevant information for you than ever ... Read more...
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Engineer becomes thief to recover business losses
May 11th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) In order to recover his business losses, a 43-year-old software engineer stole jewellery worth Rs.3 lakh from his neighbours' flat but landed in the police ... Read more...
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Weekend tourists drive adventure tourism in India (Business Feature)
May 6th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Rafting in the rapids of the Ganga at Rishikesh and ending the course with a leap of faith into swirling green waters from a 25-foot-high ... Read more...
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‘Shikari’ - good attempt, despite flaws (Kannada Film Review)
April 1st, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Film: Shikari; Cast: Mammootty, Poonam Bajwa, Adithya, Mohan, Innocent, Neenasam Achyutha, Sharathi Lohithashwa, Sathish, Neenasam Aswath, Mathew, Sihi Kahi Chandru, and others; Producer: K. Manju; Story-Screenplay-Direction: Abhaya Simha; Cinematographer: Vikram Shrivastava; ... Read more...
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Five Chinese found dead in US house
March 24th, 2012 - 9:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 24 (IANS) Five people of Chinese origin were found dead inside a house in the western US port city of San Francisco. Police termed the multiple homicide as ... Read more...
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Chinese youths hire dates to please parents (Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) The best gift a Chinese bachelor thinks he can take home for parents is a bride-to-be. Under parents' pressure to marry, many young men in China ... Read more...
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Chinese youth hire dates to please parents
January 28th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) The best gift a Chinese bachelor can take home for parents is a bride-or-bridegroom-to-be. Being pressurised to marry, many bachelors in China opted to hire women ... Read more...
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Software engineer, beautician commit suicide in Bhopal
January 27th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 27 (IANS) An unemployed software engineer and a beautician whose husband had died two months ago committed suicide in two different incidents in the state capital Friday, ... Read more...
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24 children to get National Bravery Awards
January 18th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi. Jan 18 (IANS) An 11-year-old boy who saved eight of his school mates from a burning van in Uttar Pradesh, and a 14-year-old girl who rescued her ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa gets anticipatory bail in land scam case
January 17th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday secured anticipatory bail in a land scam case, taking to four the number of cases in which the ... Read more...
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Zuckerberg’s private Facebook photos goes viral
December 7th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's private photos were made public after a web expert managed to gain access to his page due to a glitch in ... Read more...
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Infosys woman manager hangs self
November 29th, 2011 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 28 (IANS) Infosys' assistant manager and former woman journalist Smita Rao, 32, hanged herself at her home Monday due to alleged harassment by her husband Rohit, a software ... Read more...
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26/11 survivors live with ugly scars and deafening silence (Three years after the 26/11 attack)
November 24th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Life moves on, but what remains are the ugly scars. Nearly three years after the gruesome attack on Mumbai, 26/11 is still fresh in the minds ... Read more...
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Software engineer killed in Noida
November 1st, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Nov 1 (IANS) A 27-year-old software engineer was crushed to death and her colleague critically injured when a speeding dumper hit their motorcycle here Tuesday, police said.Rupali Sharma of ... Read more...
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Wounded in body and mind, but coping with terror (Week after Delhi High Court blast)
September 14th, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Pellets pierced their bodies. One, a 60-year-old, had to let his leg be amputated but hasn't shed a tear. Another, much younger and with shrapnel ... Read more...
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Reaching out to the Delhi blast victims’ families
September 8th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Some Delhi residents who had suffered in earlier terrorist attacks turned up at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Thursday to offer solace and share moments ... Read more...
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Kashmiris prepare for Eid with prayers, shopping
August 29th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) Ahead of the Muslim holy festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, markets in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar are crowded with shoppers as locals engage in hectic buying ... Read more...
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Anna supporters take out candle light vigils
August 16th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Angry over his arrest, thousands of supporters of social activist Anna Hazare shouted slogans in his support as they held candle light vigils at several ... Read more...
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Cynicism, indifference trails PM’s I-Day speech
August 15th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) It was another laidback national holiday for most Indians, with not many bothering to switch on their TV to listen to what Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Software engineer’s body found near Islamabad
August 5th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) The body of a software engineer, who was missing for the past five days, was found in the hills near here. He had been shot ... Read more...
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Terrafugia Transition gets US approval
July 19th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, July 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In just five years time, the long-held dream of seeing a flying car may come to pass. US officials gave the greenlight to the car as far ... Read more...
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Train, flight services normal in Mumbai
July 14th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) But for some delays due to heavy rain, train and flight operations in India's commercial capital were normal Thursday morning, a day after a terror ... Read more...
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I wanted a tall husband: Ratan Rajput
July 10th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) TV actress Ratan Rajput chose software engineer Abhinav Sharma as her life partner because he not only fulfilled all her criteria -- and he is very ... Read more...
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