Over 1 lakh pilgrims visit Amarnath shrine in 5 days
June 30th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 30 (IANS) Over 110,000 pilgrims from across the country have paid their obeisance at the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir, since the pilgrimage began June 25, while ... Read more...
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Assam’s stranded train passengers evacuated
June 29th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 29 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Friday said that all passengers stranded at three locations on the Lumding-Badarpur hill section have been evacuated.The NFR ran a special ... Read more...
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Support for Hazare grows in Mumbai, 50 on hunger strike
April 8th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) At least 50 people, including senior citizens, Friday joined the ongoing relay hunger strike at Mumbai's Azad Maidan even as students, office-goers and celebrities expressed ... Read more...
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Rex Ryan Controversy Haunting New York Jets
December 23rd, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wednesday did not prove to be a very nice day for the New York Jets. A controversy has erupted involving a woman who resembles Michelle Ryan ... Read more...
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Putin Hides Dark Eyes With Makeup
October 29th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Halloween is not due until Sunday but it seems that the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cannot wait for it. Recently Putin was ... Read more...
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Pak FO launches diatribe over “ISI-obsessed India’s rhetoric and blame game”
October 29th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 29 (ANI): Pakistan has once again blamed India for playing a blame game over their bilateral disputes, including Jammu and Kashmir.Commenting on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement in ... Read more...
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Gordon Ramsay ’served with $2m tax bill in US’
August 1st, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 01 (ANI): British chef Gordon Ramsay is apparently being chased for more than 2 million dollars in unpaid taxes in the US.The 43-year-old Hell's Kitchen star received three big ... Read more...
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CNN’s Senior Editor Octavia Nasr Fired For Twitter Comments
July 8th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The senior editor of Middle East affairs at CNN, Octavia Nasr was removed from her job yesterday after she published an statement on the reputed social ... Read more...
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Major Malware group bust in Spain
March 4th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Madrid, Mar 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There has been a major malware group bust in Spain. The Spanish authorities have gotten hold of one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers ... Read more...
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Indian Army chief’s remarks reflect offensive nuclear doctrine: Pakistan
November 24th, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday termed Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor's remarks on the possibility of a limited sub-continental was reflective of New Delhi's "offensive nuclear doctrine".
In response to a ... Read more...
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Iranian judge orders action against jailed protesters
July 27th, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 27 (DPA) Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi has ordered immediate action against the protesters detained during the anti-government demonstrations, judiciary spokesman Ali-Reza Jamshidi said Monday.
Three hundred people have ... Read more...
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‘Michael Jackson’s body not stashed in LA crypt’
July 11th, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 11 (ANI): Motown founder Berry Gordy has denied that Michael Jackson's body has been stashed in his family crypt at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.The denial ... Read more...
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World Health Organization calls third emergency meeting
April 29th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by admin
GENEVA (BNO NEWS) – The World Health Organization has called for a third emergency meeting of the committee on Wednesday, BNO News has learned.The meeting is expected to take place later on ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka advises pilgrims to India to take polio vaccine
December 16th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 16 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has advised India bound pilgrims to take the polio vaccine before leaving, following reports of a polio epidemic in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states, ... Read more...
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Brown eyes Gulf funds to fight meltdown
November 5th, 2008 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Nov 5 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to contribute to his proposed expanded International Monetary Fund (IMF) in return ... Read more...
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PCB removes useless Lawson, likely to appoint Intikhab Alam as new coach
October 25th, 2008 - 11:09 am ICT by ANI
Lahore , Oct 25 (ANI): The PCB has sacked team coach Geoff Lawson and chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi. Only a couple of days ago, Board chief Ijaz Butt had described ... Read more...
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Pak foreign office denies leaking N-designs to other nations
June 21st, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , June 21 (ANI): Pakistan s Foreign Office has reportedly denied of having leaked any nuclear design to other nations.It also rejected a recent media report claiming that a nuclear ... Read more...
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Pranab discusses stalemate over N-deal with PM
June 21st, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apprise him about the recent developments over the nuclear deal, especially after the Left ... Read more...
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US says time running out on N-deal
June 21st, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): With the stalemate between the Congress and the Left parties over the proposed Indo-US nuclear deal continuing in New Delhi, the US has once again reminded India ... Read more...
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Indian and Somalian drivers brawl at Melbourne Airport lands cabbie in hospital
June 5th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 5 (ANI): A brawl between Indian and Somalian origin taxi drivers at Melbourne Airport landed a 25-year-old man in hospital late on Wednesday night.The man admitted to the hospital ... Read more...
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Unhappy Musharraf to grill Gilani over deteriorating economic, political situation
May 23rd, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad , May 23 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has decided to speak to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over the political uncertainty prevailing in the country.Musharraf is also said ... Read more...
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Kiwis to play ODI series in Pakistan later this year
April 21st, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by admin
Karachi, Apr 21 (ANI): Ahead of Septembers ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand will tour Pakistan for a short ODI series, a PCB spokesman said here last evening.They have confirmed they ... Read more...
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12 killed in US air raids in Iraq
April 11th, 2008 - 10:06 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Baghdad, April 11 (Xinhua) At least 12 suspected insurgents have been killed in US air strikes in different places in Iraq, the US military and coalition forces said Friday. According to a ... Read more...
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Baloch Liberation Army rejects Pakistan governments offer for talks
April 10th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by admin
Quetta, Apr 10 (ANI): The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has turned down the Pakistan Governments invitation for talks.We regard the governments offer for talks as its defeat because previously it ... Read more...
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Nawaz Sharif, Fazlur Rehman are prime targets
January 16th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Jan 16 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister in the Caretaker Government, Lt Gen (Retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan has said that former premier Nawaz Sharif and main Opposition leader Fazlur Rehman were among ... Read more...
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