Two arrested for kidnapping boy from Punjab
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) In an effort to cover up her flesh trade and dodge the police, a woman and her paramour kidnapped a child but the ploy failed ... Read more...
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Eid Mubarak at Wagah-Attari border
August 20th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 20 (IANS) Border guards of India and Pakistan at this international border checkpost embraced and exchanged sweets as they wished each other "Eid Mubarak" Monday.Officers and troopers ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army, Rangers fire on Indian posts on LoC, border (Lead)
August 16th, 2012 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 15 (IANS) Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire for second day Wednesday by firing at two Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) late evening on India's Independence ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistan border guards exchange greetings
August 15th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 15 (IANS) Pakistani border guards Wednesday greeted their Indian counterparts on the occasion of India's 66th Independence Day.Officers and troopers of Pakistan Rangers walked up to the ... Read more...
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Carnival at Baprola village as Sushil scripts history
August 12th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) It was carnival atmosphere at Baprola village on the outskirts of Delhi as celebrations broke out after local wrestler Sushil Kumar Sunday got ... Read more...
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Kolkata celebrates as Pranab becomes president
July 25th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The city erupted with joy Wednesday as Pranab Mukherjee was sworn in as the country's new president, the first Bengali to occupy the high office. ... Read more...
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Nitish Kumar congratulates Pranab, invites him to Bihar
July 22nd, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 22 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday congratulated Pranab Mukherjee on his election as India's 13th president and invited him to visit the state."I have congratulated ... Read more...
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Pranab celebrates with ’sandesh’, ‘laddoos’
July 22nd, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) 'Motichoor laddoos', 'malai kulhars' and the evergreen 'sandesh'....sweets were being distrubuted galore Sunday after Pranab Mukherjee was elected president of India.The supporters had begun ... Read more...
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Pakistanis kill two shop robbers
July 19th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Two armed men died in Pakistan's port city of Karachi when they attempted a robbery at a shop Thursday, and enraged citizens snatched their weapons and ... Read more...
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12-year-old Bihar boy clears Class 12 after cracking IIT-JEE
May 29th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 29 (IANS) After cracking the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), Satyam Kumar, the 12-and-half-year-old boy from Bihar has now passed Class 12 with 85 ... Read more...
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12-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE
May 19th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 19 (IANS) A 12-and-a-half-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).Satyam Kumar of Bakhorapur village in Bhojpur district qualified ... Read more...
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DMK supporters celebrate Raja’s release
May 15th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Scores of DMK supporters, gathered outside a Delhi court Tuesday, cheered out loud on hearing that their leader and former communications minister A. Raja was ... Read more...
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DMK workers celebrate Raja’s bail
May 15th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 15 (IANS) DMK party workers in Perambalur Tuesday burst crackers and distributed sweets after party MP and former telecom minister A. Raja was granted bail in the 2G ... Read more...
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Maharashtra Police officer gets bail in rape case
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Anil Mahabole, a Maharashtra Police officer accused of rape, Monday secured interim bail from the Bombay High Court, which observed that prima facie, a case of ... Read more...
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Bengalis celebrate ‘Poila Baishak’
April 14th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) People greeted each other with a warm "shubho nabo borsho" and exchanged sweets or visited temples to pray for a good year as West Bengal Saturday ... Read more...
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Victory celebrations in TRS camp
March 21st, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 21 (IANS) Celebrations broke out in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) camp Wednesday after its victory in the by-elections to seven assembly seats, six of them in ... Read more...
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Now, cricket lovers celebrate with ‘Sachin chalisa’
March 19th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 19 (IANS) A packed audience made up of Sachin Tendulkar fans and local sportspersons joined a popular bhajan singer at Eklavya Stadium here to recite the 'Sachin ... Read more...
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Agra celebrates for Sachin
March 16th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 16 (IANS) Youngsters burst crackers and distributed sweets in several parts of the Taj city Thursday as Sachin Tendulkar punctured the psychological barrier of the 100th century.
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Poll results give BJP reason to celebrate
March 6th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) It was a splash of saffron and festivities at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office here as the party managed to pull together a ... Read more...
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Three run over by train, one loses legs
February 26th, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Three people were killed and one other lost his lower limbs after they were run over by a train while crossing rail tracks in south ... Read more...
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PM, other leaders greet Jayalalithaa on birthday (Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday greeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on her 64th birthday.According to a statement issued by the AIADMK, the prime minister ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa turns 64, AIADMK leaders and cadres celebrate
February 24th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) AIADMK leaders and cadres across Tamil Nadu celebrated the 64th birthday of their leader and state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday.At the AIADMK headquarters here where ... Read more...
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Definition: What are Paczkis?
February 21st, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Due to their similarities, Paczkis are often referred to as doughnuts and vice versa but there is a slight difference between the two. Over the years, ... Read more...
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A sweet factory where 61 couples are in love
February 12th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 12 (IANS) A factory in Britain that produces heart-shaped, sugar-coated sweets has a total of 500 employees, of which 122 -- or 61 couples -- are in a ... Read more...
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Having desserts for breakfast good for slimming
February 8th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Feb 8 (IANS) Those with a weakness for sweets can now include cookies and cake in a 600 calorie breakfast menu with some proteins and carbs to shed ... Read more...
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Tihar business grows and grows!
January 31st, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Tihar Jail here recorded a turnover of Rs.15.25 crore in 2011 from selling products made by prisoners, ranging from sweets and cookies to textiles and ... Read more...
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Raja, Kalmadi relish paneer, kheer, halwa…
January 1st, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Disgraced politicians A. Raja and Suresh Kalmadi welcomed 2012 in Tihar Jail with a special lunch: paneer, kheer, halwa and more.The two VIP prisoners spoke ... Read more...
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Police give out 10,000 sweets to drunk students
December 5th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The police in Britain have figured out a way to keep rowdy students quiet. In an unprecedented move, the police have bought about 10,000 sweets and intend ... Read more...
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Jamie Oliver blames Michael Gove for eroding healthy school food standards
November 25th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver says Britain’s Education Secretary Michael Gove should be blamed for ‘eroding’ the food standard of schools in the country. Jamie believes that the ... Read more...
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Andhra ‘laddu’ enters Guinness World Records
November 18th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 18 (IANS) A huge 5,570-kg 'laddu' prepared for the recent Ganesh festival in Andhra Pradesh has entered the Guinness World Records.The laddu was prepared by Suvarnabhoomi Developers Private ... Read more...
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India, Pakistani troopers exchange sweets on Eid
November 7th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Nov 7 (IANS) Border guards from India and Pakistan Monday exchanged sweets at the joint check post along the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan on the occasion ... Read more...
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No more junk food at Fiji schools
October 31st, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Suva, Oct 31 (IANS) Fiji wants all school canteens to just sell fruits and vegetables.Fiji's health ministry said Monday that it wants all school canteens in the island nation to ... Read more...
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Heidi Klum’s Halloween costume for 2011 tops all
October 27th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Oct 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Supermodel Heidi Klum is well known for her outlandish Halloween costumes and this year is no exception. She is going to be a bald and ... Read more...
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Go slow on sweets, Bips warns on Diwali
October 26th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 26 (IANS) Dusky beauty Bipasha Basu wants people to stay away from sweets this Diwali -- for their own good."Guys go slow on sweets! If you eat, ... Read more...
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Early morning Diwali festivities in Tamil Nadu
October 26th, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) People in Tamil Nadu woke up early on Diwali Wednesday with children bursting crackers and adults conducting pujas in their homes and temples.People had special sesame ... Read more...
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