IT department’s biggest office in Delhi opens Wednesday
May 29th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate Wednesday a new office of income tax department at the tallest building in the national capital.Spread over 12 ... Read more...
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China’s tallest building to reach 2,073 feet
May 29th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) The 121-storey Shanghai Tower being built in Shanghai city will be China's tallest building upon completion, the construction company said Tuesday.On Tuesday, it reached a height ... Read more...
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Indian firm to construct Sri Lanka’s tallest building
May 28th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 28 (IANS) An Indian company will construct a 68-storey residential tower in Colombo that is set to become the country's tallest building.The 400-apartment condominium, to be built at ... Read more...
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Tokyo Skytree opens to the public
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tokyo, May 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Tokyo Skytree, the tallest tower ever built, has opened to the public.Tobu Tower Skytree Co., the skyscraper’s operator, expects that the opening of the tower will ... Read more...
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China races to build world’s second tallest skyscraper
December 28th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Dec 28 (IANS) Work crews have completed the foundation for the world's second tallest building one month ahead of schedule and are now constructing the ground structure of the ... Read more...
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Tom Cruise escapes serious injury
December 12th, 2011 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 12 (IANS) Actor Tom Cruise escaped serious injury as he kept slamming into the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai while performing the stunts.The actor ... Read more...
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Construction of Beijing’s tallest building starts
September 19th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 19 (IANS) The construction of Beijing's tallest building, the 500-metre-high China Zun skyscraper, began here Monday.China Zun's design is inspired by an ancient Chinese wine vessel, the developer, ... Read more...
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China to get world’s third tallest building
June 22nd, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 22 (IANS) China is to get the world's third tallest building, the China Daily reported Wednesday.The Wuhan Greenland Center, developed by the Shanghai-based Greenland Group and designed by ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia to build world’s tallest building
April 16th, 2011 - 8:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The world's tallest building, the one-mile high Kingdom Tower, will be built in western Saudi Arabia.The skyscraper, expected to cost $30 billion, will be erected ... Read more...
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Cruise’s high-rise Dubai stunt terrified Holmes
April 6th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Actress Katie Holmes says she was terrified to see husband Tom Cruise diving off the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai while shooting for ... Read more...
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French ‘Spiderman’ scales world’s tallest tower in Dubai
March 29th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 29 (ANI): A French skyscraper climber, who has been dubbed 'Spiderman', has scaled the world's tallest tower in Dubai.Alain Robert, 48, began his ascent of the 2,717-tall Burj Khalifa just ... Read more...
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UAE’s Burj Khalifa bags best construction project award
March 24th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, March 23 (IANS/WAM) The world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in the UAE, has been awarded the best construction project of the year in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, it ... Read more...
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Google tech-head, Bluetooth inventor to address Mumbai students
January 5th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Google's Chief Technology Advocate Michael Jones, Bluetooth inventor Jaap Haartsen, and constructor of the world's tallest building William Baker will address thousands of students at the 'Techfest' organised ... Read more...
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Delhi’s new civic centre has poor connectivity
December 30th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The 28-storey brand new headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is virtually cut off from the rest of the world as it has poor mobile ... Read more...
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Shanghai hotel aims to set height record
December 20th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Dec 20 (IANS) A hotel in Shanghai that will occupy the 84th to 110th floors of a 121-storey skyscraper is aiming a world record.The Shanghai Tower J Hotel, part of the ... Read more...
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China to create world’s 3rd tallest building
December 9th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): The world's 3rd tallest building will be in Central China's Wuhan city.A computer-generated image shows how the building will look when completed in 2014, reports the ... Read more...
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Broadcasting Place Tower is the world’s best tall building
October 25th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Leeds, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Broadcasting Place tower in Leeds has been selected as the world’s best new tall building in the world.It is not that the building is the tallest ... Read more...
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Armani Hotel Coming Up In Paris
October 8th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
The famous Armani Fashion Empire is now eying the luxury hotel business with the third hotel of the brand coming up in Paris. Right now the excitement around the ... Read more...
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Empire State Building to get rival skyscraper in New York
August 26th, 2010 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 26 (DPA) New York's Empire State Building got a rival Wednesday after a developer received a green light to build a skyscraper that would rival the height of ... Read more...
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Emaar Properties posts $451 mn profit
July 23rd, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, July 23 (IANS/WAM) Dubai-based real estate firm Emaar Properties has posted a net operating profit of 1,656 million dirhams ($451 million) in the first half of 2010.
The gains mark a 122 ... Read more...
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MCD’s new building, tallest in Delhi (Sidebar)
April 22nd, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) swanky new headquarters, inaugurated by Home Minister P. Chidambaram here Thursday, is the tallest building in the city and gives a ... Read more...
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Burj Khalifa wins real estate award
April 20th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, April 20 (IANS/WAM) Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, which forms the iconic centrepiece of Dubai, has won a real estate award for integrating business enterprises and residences in a "pleasant ... Read more...
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Highest magic trick world record attempt hit by Burj Tower’s broken lift
February 27th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Feb 27(ANI): A British magician's hopes of breaking the world record for the world's highest trick have vanished after the lift at the tallest building on the planet, the Burj Tower, ... Read more...
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French Spidey Alain Robert to climb Burj Khalifa
January 17th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Kula Lumpur, Jan 17 (ANI): French Spiderman Alain Robert has now set his sights on another landmark - he now plans to scale Burj Khalifa, the tallest building of the world in ... Read more...
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Skydivers jump from the world’s tallest building
January 11th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dubai, Jan 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Skydivers jumped from the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa, to create a new world record. Two sky divers legally jumped from the Burj Khalifa ... Read more...
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Skydivers Set New Record After Jumping From World’s Tallest Building
January 11th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dubai, Jan 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dubai, which saw the grand opening of the Burj Dubai tower last week, experienced a real spine-chilling moment when two sky-divers jumped from a height ... Read more...
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Daredevils skydive from world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa
January 8th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 8 (ANI): Just days after the Burj Khalifa was officially opened in Dubai, two daredevils have smashed the record for the highest base jump by skydiving from the world's tallest ... Read more...
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NRI entrepreneur yet undecided on using space in Burj Khalifa
January 7th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 7 (IANS) NRI entrepreneur B.R. Shetty may have acquired two floors in the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, after shelling out a stupendous Rs.100 crore-plus -- but he doesn't ... Read more...
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World’s tallest building in Dubai sways back and forth about 5.5 feet
January 6th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 6 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, then even the world's tallest building, that is, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, would sway back and forth about 5.5 feet, which ... Read more...
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Burj Dubai is the World’s tallest building, renamed as Burj Khalifa
January 5th, 2010 - 2:39 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dubai, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The world’s tallest building is an amazing 828 meters tall and it was inaugurated today by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and ... Read more...
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World’s tallest building opens in Dubai (Second Lead)
January 5th, 2010 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Jan 5 (DPA) Thousands of people craned their necks Monday evening in Dubai to watch fireworks shoot from the sides of the world's tallest building, now called the Burj Khalifa, after ... Read more...
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UAE vice-president opens world’s tallest building
January 4th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Jan 4 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice-President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated the world's tallest building Burj Dubai here Monday, WAM news agency reported.
Sheikh Mohammed unveiled the ... Read more...
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Clinton greets UAE on opening of Burj Dubai
January 4th, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Jan 4 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday sent a special message of felicitation to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ... Read more...
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Dubai set to open world’s tallest building at gala
January 4th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Jan 4 (DPA) Security was tight in the Gulf city-state of Dubai Monday, as officials prepared for the opening of the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest skyscraper.
The gleaming glass and steel ... Read more...
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Indian sweat and toil helped Burj reach for the skies
November 23rd, 2009 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Nov 23 (IANS) On Jan 4, when Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building at 818 metres, is officially opened, the Indian expatriate community in this glittering Gulf city can rightfully bask ... Read more...
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