Army called in to protect Islamabad diplomatic enclave
September 20th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) The Pakistan government called in the army Thursday after a large number of enraged protesters tried to storm Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave to register their protest ... Read more...
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Russia may block YouTube over anti-Islam video
September 18th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's communications minister has warned that his country may block access to YouTube over the anti-Islam video that has sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world.Nikolai ... Read more...
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Russian Prosecutors seek ‘Innocence of Muslims’ ban
September 18th, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has declared the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" extremist and will seek a court ruling to ban the video in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Murdoch buys Dutch league rights
August 8th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, Aug 8 (IANS) Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has bought the live broadcasting rights of the Dutch football league for around 1 billion euros.Murdoch's US television network Fox will ... Read more...
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Puerto Rican singer studying reality show offer
May 9th, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 9 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican singer Olga Tanon is studying an offer by a US television network to do a reality show in her home, she told EFE ... Read more...
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China expels Al Jazeera correspondent
May 8th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) China has expelled an American journalist working for Al Jazeera, a move that prompted the television network to shut its bureau in Beijing.Al Jazeera closed its ... Read more...
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Spanish foreign minister visits Mali for hostage release
March 4th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 4 (IANS) Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has paid a visit to Mali for releasing two Spanish aid workers kidnapped by groups linked to Al Qaeda ... Read more...
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Daniel Radcliffe can perform bizarre tongue tricks
February 16th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe impressed his audience during a television interview with series of tongue tricks. The 22-year-old folded his tongue to three bizarre shapes during ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Ram and deer to marry in China
February 15th, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beijing, Feb 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Officials at a Chinese zoo have decided marry a ram and a deer. The two creatures have been attracted to each other and previous attempts to separate ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Judge falls asleep during Swedish trial
February 8th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Gothenburg, Sweden, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Swedish court has ordered a retrial after an appeals court judge fell asleep during a trial. The unnamed judge insist that he did not fall ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Nicki Minaj’s video banned
February 2nd, 2012 - 2:29 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Rapper Nicki Minaj's latest music video has been banned from a US television network.Black Entertainment Television (Bet) bosses are refusing to broadcast the hip-hop star's video. ... Read more...
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Mexican comic blasted for joke about fire victims
January 18th, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 18 (IANS/EFE) Mexicans went to Twitter and other social networks with demands that a comic lose his job as a television clown after he joked about the ... Read more...
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Dutch TV airs cannibalism segment
December 21st, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Amsterdam, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Dutch television network insists that cannibalism actually took place live on the network. BNN says when presenters Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno appeared on a live ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Football players trained with electric shocks in Norway
December 20th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Seattle, Dec 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As if playing football is not hard enough, a group of soccer players in Norway were given something to worry about. In an experiment that was carried ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
30 NATO oil tankers torched in Pakistan (Lead)
December 9th, 2011 - 6:37 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) At least 30 NATO oil tankers and containers were torched in a rocket attack at a terminal in Pakistan Thursday night, state-run television network PTV reported. ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
16 killed in two Pakistan attacks
November 13th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and nine injured Sunday in two attacks in Pakistan's northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a media report said.
Eight people were ... Read more...
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Eminem says that usage of Ambien erased his memory for that duration
October 18th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rapper Eminem says he lost five years of his life to the prescription drug ambien. According to the singer, the use of the drug caused him ... Read more...
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Trapped Chilean miners discussed cannibalism
October 11th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago, Oct 11 (IANS/EFE) The 33 Chilean miners who spent more than two months trapped 700 meters underground discussed the possibility of cannibalism in the first days of their ordeal, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chinese firm fumes over CNN’s disgusting food remark
July 6th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, July 6 (IANS) A Chinese food company has asked the US television network CNN to apologize after it claimed one of its products as the "most disgusting food" in ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela
July 5th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, July 5 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived early Monday in Caracas aboard an airplane from Cuba, state-owned VTV reported.Chavez arrived at 2 a.m. and the state television network ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Cowell pushed me for ‘The X Factor’: Cole
May 30th, 2011 - 3:36 am ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole never wanted to appear on the US version of "The X Factor" but producer Simon Cowell pushed her in doing the show. Cole ... Read more...
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Olivia Munn to appear on HBO pilot
May 19th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Olivia Munn has been reportedly handed a deal for her to appear on the HBO pilot “More as the Story Develops.” The actress had her show ... Read more...
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Nepal TV station broadcasting night bulletin using ‘lantern’ to protest against power cuts
February 4th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Feb 4 (ANI): A top television network of Nepal has reportedly been broadcasting its nightly news bulletin in semi-darkness using a lantern to highlight the effects of massive power cuts.Nepal is ... Read more...
Posted in World |
ISI offered 1.5 million dollars to journalist to kill Indian envoy in Afghanistan
January 31st, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Jan.31 (ANI): Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is allegedly reported to have offered 1.5 million US dollars (Rs.7.50 crores) to an Afghan journalist to assassinate India's Ambassador to Afghanistan Jayant Prasad and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Zee TV To Make Friday Nights More Interesting For Middle East!
January 26th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Now we all know about India’s leading television network Zee TV, don’t we? Be it the “saas bahu” soaps or the singing and dancing reality shows, all of us at ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
NRJ Music Awards: Shakira, Lady Gaga And Justin Bieber Named Winners
January 24th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
J The NRJ music award ceremony was held on Saturday night, which was the 22nd of January, in Palais des Festivals et des Congres at Cannes, in France. The event was ... Read more...
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Oprah Winfrey To Invite Ted Williams To OWN
January 8th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
She is no longer the talk show queen that America had known, else Oprah Winfrey would already have scheduled an interview with Ted Williams, the 53 year old man who has ... Read more...
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‘The Kennedys’ miniseries shot down
January 8th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 08 (ANI): A and E Television Network has shot down the controversial miniseries 'The Kennedys' after deciding that it wasn't a good fit for the History Channel.The channel was ... Read more...
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‘Gossip Girl’ star Jessica Szohr, Comes Into Sight In A Sexy Ad With Just A Thin Body Paint
January 7th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 7, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): Celebrity of ‘Gossip Girl’ (GG), Jessica Szohr, has come into view in a provoking fresh ad campaign that would certainly make her personality in ... Read more...
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Winter “Wipeout” Premieres On ABC
January 7th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The year has begun with a blast, no doubt. All new shows are making their debut this week and it is good to get back to ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Meet Phoenix Jones, the masked vigilante protecting streets of US town
January 7th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): A masked "superhero" vigilante going by the name Phoenix Jones is said to be protecting the streets of an American town.Jones, who wears a bulletproof vest and stab ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Philippines likely to impose no-sex rule on the beach
January 7th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Philippine authorities may soon impose no-sex rule on the world famous beaches of Boracay island, according to the local mayor.The plan comes after a television crew filmed two ... Read more...
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Piers Morgan Ropes In Oprah Winfrey As Talk Show Guest
January 7th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Chat show queen, Oprah Winfrey will be the guest of the first episode of British journalist Piers Morgan’s television talk show, claims reports in the media. ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’ begins ... Read more...
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Eva Longoria Will Not Feature In A Reality Show
December 30th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Actress Eva Longoria, who has sought divorce basketball player husband Tony Parker in the recent past will not feature on a television reality show based on her life, as was ... Read more...
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‘Mukti Bandhan’ Gets Ready For A January Broadcast
December 29th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
At the beginning of January, Colors television network will get ready to broadcast its new daily soap ‘Mukti Bandhan’. Going by the trailers that are presently doing the rounds on ... Read more...
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