General insurers, with value twice of equity base, can tap public: IRDA
September 19th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) Ten years in business with an embedded value of at least twice the paid capital and maintaining a solvency margin are some of the terms that ... Read more...
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Kudankulam to comply with AERB stipulations
September 17th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is still in the process of complying with the pre-conditions laid down by the atomic regulator for fuelling ... Read more...
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Nawaz, Manoj turn revolutionaries for ‘Chittagong’ (Movie Snippets)
September 7th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) After playing rebels in the crime thriller "Gangs of Wasseypur", Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be seen as revolutionaries in the upcoming film ... Read more...
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Smoking scenes to be allowed again in films - with a warning (Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Smoking scenes will be back on the silver screen as the government Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it would shortly permit them - though ... Read more...
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Give kids their childhood back: Roshan Abbas
August 19th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) Roshan Abbas is upset after watching the promo of a children's reality show and blasts show makers for exploiting little ones for TRPs. He has lodged ... Read more...
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Indian-American orphan woman caught in legal tangle
May 25th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) United States has acknowledged that an adopted Indian American woman who faces deportation thirty years after she came here has been caught in a legal tangle, ... Read more...
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Activists flay Maharashtra’s new stringent RTI rules
April 24th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Social activists in Maharashtra Tuesday flayed amendments in the state's Right To Information (RTI) rules which could bestow discretionary powers on officials to deny information to ... Read more...
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PMK’s Ramadoss opposes FDI in retail
November 25th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 25 (IANS) Opposing the central government's move to allow 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the single-brand retail sector, PMK founder S. Ramadoss Friday said the decision ... Read more...
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WWE Raw: Jim Ross & John Cena vs Michael Cole & Del Rio
October 18th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) John Laurenaitis made his way to the ring last night as 'WWE Monday Night Raw' began in Mexico, where the show was taped in Mexico, City. Laurenaitis showed ... Read more...
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Gibson to pay $750,000 to ex-girlfriend
September 1st, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 1 (IANS) Actor Mel Gibson will pay his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva $750,000 in order to settle their custody battle over two-year-old daughter Lucia.They were going through ... Read more...
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WWE Raw: John Cena vs Jack Swagger
May 18th, 2011 - 1:57 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As 'WWE Monday Night Raw' opened up last night, the Miz came out to inform everyone that he fully expects to win this Sunday in an “I Quit' ... Read more...
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Dhaka signs its biggest power deal
May 12th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 12 (IANS) Bangladesh Thursday signed a mega deal to produce 1,017 MW of power in the next three to four years.Three formal deals were concluded with the ... Read more...
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NBC series ‘The Playboy Club’ approved for nudity
April 2nd, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 2 (ANI): The stars of NBC's upcoming series, 'The Playboy Club', may have to bare all in the show as per the contacts they have signed.According to Variety ... Read more...
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Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight recreated in movie
March 24th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Late Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's historic flight around the Earth in 1961 has been recreated in a movie.There is no film to show what Gagarin saw through the ... Read more...
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Deaf can be given driving licences, rules court
February 14th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday asked the government to grant driving licences to deaf people, so far prohibited from driving under the Motor Vehicles Act, if they ... Read more...
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Wankhede Stadium unsafe: Activist
February 10th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The safety and security of Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai has been compromised while carrying out its renovation prior to the cricket World Cup, an activist claimed ThursdayIndian ... Read more...
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Robert De Niro ordered to pay $30,000 to nanny
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 22 (IANS) Hollywood actress Robert De Niro and his wife Grace Hightower have been ordered by a court to give a nanny $30,000.The couple were sued by Alexis Barry, ... Read more...
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Robert De Niro, Grace Hightower to settle nanny lawsuit with $30K
January 21st, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 21 (ANI): Robert De Niro and his wife Grace Hightower have agreed to settle a suit brought by their former nanny Alexis Barry.They will pay 30,000 dollars to ... Read more...
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John Cena Waved His Last Good Bye To WWE
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) John Cena allowed champion Randy Orton to retain his title against Wade Barrett, but in the bargain he had to bid his last goodbye to WWE. ... Read more...
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John Cena Fired From WWE
November 22nd, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) John Cena is definitely going through a tough time thinking that he could have avoided the biggest blunder of his life by not officiating the match ... Read more...
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Coming soon: Airplanes that look like birds!
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): Airplanes may soon start looking like birds as scientists are pondering over re-designing the current airplanes to make them more fuel-efficient.Geoffrey Spedding, an engineer at the University of ... Read more...
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Jessica Simpson camp accused of cutting performance of singing soldiers
October 27th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): Producers for Jessica Simpson's PBS holiday special have been accused of cutting 4Troops, a musical quartet made up of four former army soldiers, from a planned performance with ... Read more...
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‘Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewak’ scheme made flexible
September 6th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.6 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways has modified the existing scheme of Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewak (JTBS), thereby giving more benefits to the operators.The step has been undertaken ... Read more...
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New Yorkers Denounce ‘Bagel Tax’
August 26th, 2010 - 8:30 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 26, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): American consumers will have to fork out extra cash for a carved bagel in the New York state. The tax bureaucrats of the ... Read more...
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Govt. sanctions 288.23 million dollars aid to Ethiopia
August 25th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.25 (ANI): The Government of India has sanctioned two tranches of 122 million dollars and 166.23 million dollars respectively in response to a request of the Government of Ethiopia for ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Life insurance firms mull riders to take policyholders for a ride
August 1st, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Aug 1 (IANS) The dirty tricks departments in life insurance firms are busy at work to beat the new regulations for unit-linked insurance policy (ULIP) issued by the regulator, ... Read more...
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English test must for non-EU migrants who settle in Britain
July 27th, 2010 - 9:55 am ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 27 (IANS) The English language test announced by the British government for all non-European migrants applying to come to Britain to join or marry their settled partner ... Read more...
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Modi allowed to be represented by counsel at hearing
July 16th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) The disciplinary committee of the Indian cricket Board Friday decided to allow Lalit Modi, suspended Indian Premier League chairman, to be represented by his legal counsel at the ... Read more...
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NAC wants communal violence bill redrafted
July 15th, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The National Advisory Council (NAC) chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said that the draft bill on communal violence lacks "some essential features" and ... Read more...
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Jordan, Alex Reid ‘on baby-making honeymoon’
July 6th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): Kate Price and Alex Reid have jetted to Thailand for a baby-making honeymoon, and that too with a camera crew in tow.In fact, Alex has even promised ... Read more...
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3 Expire In Athens Due To Riots Over The Debt Dilemma
May 6th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Rioting over unkind austerity measures have left three individuals dead in a burnt down Athens bank. Clouds of tear gas have floated past the ... Read more...
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Conan O’Brien To Appear In An Interview On ‘60Minutes’
April 29th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Conan O'Brien will be on television this weekend with his opening post-‘Tonight Show’ interview.O'Brien will communicate with Steve Kroft on ‘60 Minutes.’ This was ... Read more...
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Cheryl demands lifelong gag order on Ashley
April 25th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) Singer-actress Cheryl Cole has reportedly issued her estranged husband and soccer star Ashley Cole a string of "extraordinary" demands, including life-long gag order preventing him from ever ... Read more...
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Cardinal Mahony Vilifies The Arizona Immigration Legislation
April 20th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 20, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Los Angeles Cardinal, Roger Mahony, has disparaged the law enacted on Monday by the Arizona legislators that would severely attack unlawful immigrants. Mahony has ... Read more...
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Gibson to pay child support to ex-girlfriend?
April 18th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 18 (IANS) Actor Mel Gibson may have to pay a substantial amount of child support to ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva for their five-month-old daughter, Lucia following their break up.
According ... Read more...
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