Cabinet approves amendments to four key bills (Lead)
August 17th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The union cabinet Friday approved amendments to four key bills for the current parliament session, official sources said.The four amendment bills are Prohibition of ... Read more...
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Delhi street vendors’ market as global model (With Images)
July 18th, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) In a matter of 15 minutes a deserted road facing the capital's Indira Gandhi Stadium complex comes alive with a colourful ensemble of clothing and ... Read more...
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Woman drug peddler arrested in Delhi
July 9th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A 50-year-old woman, who turned to drug peddling to support her family in the aftermath of her husband's death, was arrested here with 300 gm ... Read more...
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Mumbai, a city that never stops eating!
May 21st, 2012 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) Mumbai knows no boundaries! If the city doesn't sleep, it doesn't stop eating either. While jostling one another in the overcrowded streets, Mumbaikers love to savour ... Read more...
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Mumbai street vendor to speak at Rio labour meet (With Images)
May 20th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Vegetable vendor Salma fights for the rights of the city's street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international ... Read more...
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Woman murdered in north Delhi
October 16th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) A 27-year-old mother of two was found murdered in her rented house in north Delhi, police said Sunday.Abha Gupta, a native of Bihar, was found ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan goes bold with ‘Delhi Belly’ (IANS Preview)
June 28th, 2011 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan is known for making family entertainers a la "Lagaan" and "Taare Zameen Par". The actor has, however, gone ... Read more...
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Delhiites flay fuel price hike
June 25th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The government's decision Friday to hike the prices of kerosene, diesel and cooking gas has triggered a wave of resentment among the capital's residents, ... Read more...
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We face an historic opportunity in Mideast: Obama
May 20th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (IANS) Laying out his vision for America's role in the Middle East, President Barack Obama Thursday pledged US support for fledgling democracies across the region, saying: ... Read more...
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Americans celebrate Bin Laden’s death with slogan T-shirts
May 4th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Just hours after US President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan, vendors are trying to make a quick buck by hawking ... Read more...
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Youth killed by militants in Kashmir
May 1st, 2011 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) A 25-year old youth was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town Saturday evening, police said."Shams-ud-Din Mir, 25, was shot from close range ... Read more...
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Is this the Arab world’s Berlin Wall moment? (Comment)
February 18th, 2011 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By P.P. Balachandran
Over 300 years ago, the English poet John Dryden had warned us against the fury of a patient man. Looks like the anger of the patient Arab is finally ... Read more...
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Troops deployed as protests reach Tunisian capital
January 13th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by BNO News
TUNIS (BNO NEWS) - Troops were deployed in Tunisia on Wednesday as anti-government protests spread to the capital of Tunis, media reports said.Approximately 200 demonstrators clashed with police as troops took up ... Read more...
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Delhi’s street vendors now get quit orders
September 27th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Rohit Vaid
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) As Delhi dresses up for the Commonwealth Games and covers up its warts, the ubiquitous street vendor selling vegetables, fruits, cigarettes, utilities or quick eats ... Read more...
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NY hot dog vendor treating Bloomberg and Cameron furious over frivolous fines
July 23rd, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 23 (ANI): The hot dog vendor who served Mayor Bloomberg and the British prime minister said that the City Hall enjoys ticketing vendors on carts in the Big ... Read more...
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Vuvuzelas will now blow loudly for Ghana
June 29th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
Johannesburg, June 29 (IANS) The vuvuzelas meant for Bafana Bafana, as the South African team is known, will now be blowing for Ghana, the only African team to make it ... Read more...
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When Watson played a dog for beau’s music video
June 29th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 29 (IANS) Emma Watson is set to star in her musician boyfriend George Craig's band's new music video as a dog.
The new song of the One Night Only band ... Read more...
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China auctions sidewalks to street vendors
May 17th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 17 (IANS) Street shops in China will be legalised soon with the government launching an auction of sidewalks to vendors, a move that many say was brought about due to ... Read more...
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NY ‘bomb-foiling’ street vendor set to profit through ’saw something-say something’ T’s
May 15th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 15 (ANI): The handbag vendor, who alerted the security agencies on time to prevent the crude bomb from going off at the Times Square on May 1 has now ... Read more...
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A street vendor turned entrepreneur who shared high table with Obama
May 10th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 10 (IANS) From a street vendor kid to sharing the high table at a presidential summit on entrepreneurship hosted by President Barack Obama to deepen America's ties ... Read more...
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Video emerges of Times Square suspect buying fireworks
May 7th, 2010 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (DPA) A video has been aired in the US showing the suspect in the attempted bombing of New York's Times Square purchasing fireworks.
Broadcaster CNN aired the footage Thursday captured ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban deny link to New York bomb plot
May 6th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 6 (DPA) Pakistani Taliban Thursday denied any link to the botched attempt to explode a car bomb in New York's landmark Times Square.
Faisal Shahzad, a naturalised US citizen of ... Read more...
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Faisal Shahzad NEW Info: Fireworks In Home, Awaits Charges
May 5th, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As previously mentioned in an article posted earlier today, details in the case of Faisal Shahzad are quickly coming in. Shahzad is the suspect who was ... Read more...
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Faisal Shahzad NYC Bomb Suspect Arrested At JFK, Dubai Bound
May 4th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Thanks to the diligence of a street vendor, Lance Orton who was alert enough to realize something was wrong, there is a thirty year old male suspect ... Read more...
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Six policemen killed in Mexico ambush
April 24th, 2010 - 6:58 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), April 24 (DPA) Six police officers and one civilian were killed Friday in an ambush in the centre of Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico.
Four federal police officers died at ... Read more...
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Mayor gunned down in Guatemala
February 19th, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Feb 19 (IANS/EFE) The mayor of the northwestern Guatemalan town of La Democracia was killed Thursday along with his two bodyguards and a bystander, authorities said.
The governor of Huehuetenango province, ... Read more...
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Youth run over by car in Gurgaon
February 11th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 11 (IANS) A youth was killed after being hit by a car on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road Thursday morning, police said. The occupants of the car were also injured as it ... Read more...
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India fourth largest illegal downloader
December 15th, 2009 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) India is the fourth largest illegal downloader of online content, according to two reports released Tuesday by the Motion Picture Distributors Association (MPDA).
The reports were prepared on behalf ... Read more...
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Times Square Shootout Results In Street Vendor’s Death
December 12th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
New York, Dec.12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) As New Yorkers and tourists thronged the busy Times Square on Thursday indulging in Christmas shopping with festivities just around the corner, they were in ... Read more...
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Man killed in Times Square Shooting by the police
December 11th, 2009 - 2:46 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Dec 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man who was a 25-year-old street vendor was shot dead in New York’s Time Square by a plainclothes New York police officer today. There ... Read more...
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Street vendor kills woman for talking to other men
November 11th, 2009 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) A street vendor allegedly killed a housewife, with whom he had an affair, for talking to other men, the police said Wednesday.
Dhirender Singh, a resident of Uttar ... Read more...
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Man dead in police custody, alleges protesting family
July 2nd, 2009 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A Delhi youth arrested in a theft case was killed in police custody, angry family members of the deceased alleged as they blocked vehicular movement in south ... Read more...
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Man held for raping minor sister in Delhi
June 12th, 2009 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A 26-year-old east Delhi resident was arrested Thursday for raping his 12-year-old sister, police said.
Deshraj, who is a street vendor, was arrested after his family members caught ... Read more...
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Gloom at BJP office, leaders and workers stay away
May 16th, 2009 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The otherwise bustling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ashoka Road office here wore a deserted look Saturday, with both leaders and party workers staying away as election ... Read more...
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Three killed in clashes in Yemen
May 3rd, 2009 - 5:22 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), May 3 (DPA) Three civilians were killed and seven people were wounded in clashes Saturday between anti-government protesters and security forces in restive southern Yemen, witnesses and local officials said.
Witnesses ... Read more...
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