Usher’s stepson is declared brain-dead after a jet-ski tragedy
July 10th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Usher’s step son Kyle Glover had a jet-ski accident which has left him brain-dead. He is the son of Usher’s former wife Tameka Foster.The tragic accident ... Read more...
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Spanish football mourns Miki Roque’s death
June 25th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 25 (IANS) Spanish football is mourning the death of Betis defender Miguel 'Miki' Roque Farrero, who passed away as a result of bone cancer Sunday, aged just 23 ... Read more...
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Russian opposition to launch online TV channel
June 15th, 2012 - 9:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian opposition intends to set up an online television channel featuring political content as an alternative to the state-controlled channels.According to the Izvestia daily, ... Read more...
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Nigeria suspends airline firm’s operations after crash
June 6th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, June 6 (IANS) The Nigerian government has suspended the operations of Indian-owned Dana Air, whose aircraft carrying 153 people crashed into a two-storey building in southwestern Lagos State Sunday ... Read more...
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No need to demonize US: Medvedev
April 26th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Both the US and Russia are concerned with what is going on in the other country, but there is no need to "demonize" Washington ... Read more...
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Obama apologisesn over Quran burning
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) President Barack Obama has apologised over the burning of Qurans by NATO troops at a US base in Afghanistan, calling it an inadvertent error, the ... Read more...
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Lesson for Anna: pride goeth before a fall (Comment)
December 31st, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
A day before what turned out to be Anna Hazare's flop show in Mumbai, his colleagues were full of hype and hubris during a television debate.It wasn't only that they ... Read more...
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Kazakh restive town normal, UN experts invited
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Astana, Dec 23 (IANS) Normalcy is returning to the restive western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen as authorities invited UN experts to participate in the probe into riots that left more ... Read more...
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No worries about safety at Indian GP: Ecclestone
October 24th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 24 (IANS) Two deaths on the racing track in the past week have sent shockwakes through motorsports but Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said that he has no ... Read more...
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Tokyo film festival opens
October 23rd, 2011 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Oct 23 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 films from 76 countries will be screened at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival that opened in the Japanese capital Saturday.Jackie Chan and ... Read more...
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Come in the open and fight: Anna Hazare challenges terror groups
September 7th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Sep 7 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Wednesday challenged terror elements and groups to "come out in the open and fight" rather than target innocents in terror ... Read more...
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Delhi blast: Chidambaram to make statement in parliament
September 7th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned and question hour suspended for Home Minister P. Chidambaram to make a statement in parliament on a powerful bomb ... Read more...
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Raquel Welch sympathises with Lohan
August 31st, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) American actress Raquel Welch sympathies with troubled actress Lindsay Lohan even though she "misbehaves"."I'm the antidote to Lindsay Lohan. I know she misbehaves terribly, but ... Read more...
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EU condemns ‘heinous’ Mumbai attack
July 14th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, July 14 (IANS) Leaders of the European Union Thursday condemned and termed as "heinous" the deadly bomb attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 17 people and left over ... Read more...
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Army chief promises action against guilty in teen’s killing
July 6th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) With the Chennai police probing the role of army men in the killing of a teenager at a military residential complex, Indian Army chief General ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets assaulted Uttar Pradesh girl (Lead)
June 27th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday visited the AIIMS hospital here to meet a 14-year-old Dalit girl from Uttar Pradesh who was blinded by ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets assaulted Uttar Pradesh girl
June 27th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday met at a hospital here a Dalit girl who was blinded by her assailants after she resisted rape ... Read more...
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Sheshadri’s ‘Bettada Jeeva’ ideal tribute to the environment (Kannada Movie Review)
June 19th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Bettada Jeeva"; Cast: Daththathreya, Rameshwari Varma, Suchayeendra Prasad, Director: P. Sheshadri; Producer: Basanth Kumar Patil; Music Director: Manohar; Camera: Ananth Urs: Rating: ****"Bettada Jeeva" is based on Jnanpith awardee K. ... Read more...
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BJP makes veiled attack on Rahul over Ramdev crackdown
June 9th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday made a veiled attack on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for not expressing sympathies with those injured during police ... Read more...
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Bieber, Perry, Longoria help Tornado victims
May 25th, 2011 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
London, May 25 (IANS) Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, singer Katy Perry and actress Eva Longoria are raising funds to help the victims of the devastating tornado in Missouri, ... Read more...
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Inquiry into why Pakistan intelligence couldn’t track Osama
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has promised a "full inquiry" to find out why Pakistani intelligence services were not able to track Al ... Read more...
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Pakistan safeguarding interests in Afghanistan ‘through people having guns’: Expert
May 1st, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, May 1(ANI): Pakistan has safeguarded its own interests in Afghanistan "through people having guns", in contrast to India and Iran, which launched many development schemes for the war-ravaged country, Aimal ... Read more...
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Michelle Clark Karl Davies’ twins die months after death of father
March 11th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Salford, Mar 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 28-year-old woman in just a matter of five months lost three important personalities in her life.Friends and family members are trying to console Michelle Clark after ... Read more...
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Air India cancels Tokyo flight
March 11th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Air India Friday said it has cancelled one of its Tokyo flights following the earth quake and tsunami that hit the country but maintained that ... Read more...
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Patil inaugurates budget session, condoles Ladakh cloudburst (Lead)
February 21st, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Inaugurating the budget session of parliament, President Pratibha Patil Monday offered her sympathies to the people of Ladakh where a cloudburst had killed nearly 200 people ... Read more...
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India has gone through difficult year: President (Second Lead)
February 21st, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Inaugurating the budget session of parliament, President Pratibha Patil Monday admitted India has gone through a "difficult year", plagued by inflation and violence in certain areas."We ... Read more...
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“Diehard cricket fan” Veena Malik to appear in two Indian ‘crick-o-tainment’ TV shows
February 18th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 18(ANI): Pakistani artiste Veena Malik, who became a household name in India following her stint on reality TV show Bigg Boss, will now appear in two more shows on the ... Read more...
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Think why support is pouring in for Sen, asks Bengali poet
January 26th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) Noted Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh, who was named for a Padma Bhushan, Tuesday said authorities should introspect over why sympathies were being showered on jailed rights activist Binayak ... Read more...
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Qureshi telephones Krishna, conveys felicitations on Republic Day
January 25th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi telephoned External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna today to convey his felicitations on the eve of India's Republic Day and the duo ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to probe fisherman’s killing
January 23rd, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) India Sunday strongly condemned the tragic killing of another Indian fisherman allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy personnel and asked Colombo to investigate the latest incident a day ... Read more...
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Amitabh Bachchan Extends A Helping Hand Towards The Ailing A. K. Hangal
January 22nd, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
A. K. Hangal, the actor of yesteryears, is in a pitiful state at 95-year. He has been suffering from age related illness and his family, which consists of his 75-year ... Read more...
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Thousands pay homage to dead NCP leader
January 13th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Thousands of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers paid homage to senior leader and legislator Gurunath Kulkarni Thursday morning. Kulkarni, 70, passed away here Wednesday after prolonged illness, a ... Read more...
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‘Disturbed’ Narayanan asks Bengal government to act decisively
January 7th, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Saying he was "deeply disturbed and concerned" over the killing of seven people in a clash between two groups Friday near Maoist-affected Lalgarh, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan ... Read more...
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Pak security elements having sympathy with Taliban ‘must still be there’: Musharraf
January 7th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged that some parts of the state security apparatus have sympathies with the Taliban or al Qaeda, and they may as well ... Read more...
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Spot-fixing case: Afridi will “stick” to his earlier statements at Doha hearing
January 4th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 4 (ANI): Pakistan's limited overs captain Shahid Afridi has made it clear that he will stick to his earlier statements recorded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the spot-fixing ... Read more...
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