Pak businessman is Delhi’s first marrow transplant case from unrelated donor
September 17th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Abdul Samad, 36-year-old businessman from Pakistan, has doctors in the national capital and a donor from Germany to thank for a fresh lease of life.A ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Bengal Tiger gets new home
August 13th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Guadalajara, Aug 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Guadalajara, the capital city of the western Mexican State of Jalisco has been home to the 6month old Bengal tiger cub called Albert for the past 3 ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Baby Falak’s brother found
February 15th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Baby Falak's five-year-old brother has been found in Uttam Nagar here, police claimed Wednesday, while the two-year-old battered girl continued to be critical.Police found the ... Read more...
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Gorkhaland demand not a closed chapter: GJM
July 18th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Sukna (West Bengal), July 18 (IANS) The demand for Gorkhaland was not a closed chapter, a member of the Gorkhaland Janamukti Morcha (GJM) said Monday while describing the tripartite agreement ... Read more...
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Osama’s death a milestone for anti-terror effort: China
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 3 (IANS) China has described the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a milestone and a positive development for international anti-terrorism efforts.
Foreign Ministry ... Read more...
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China says Bin Laden’s death milestone for anti-terrorism efforts
May 3rd, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, May 3 (ANI): China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said that the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a milestone and a positive development for the international anti-terrorism efforts.Jiang Yu ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Protests erupt in Agra as botched abortion victim dies
April 29th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 29 (IANS) As activists continued protests against quacks and the administration kept up raids on illegally-running nursing homes with unqualified personnel, a 29-year-old woman died here Friday - ... Read more...
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BP gets another 24 hours
July 21st, 2010 - 6:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 21 (DPA) BP Plc Tuesday was given another 24 hours to maintain its cap on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as engineers continued monitoring for ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
BP’s oil cap tests extended for 24 hours
July 18th, 2010 - 8:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 18 (DPA) BP Plc and the US government agreed Saturday to extend pressure testing on the new cap sealing the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, which ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Karzai agrees to creation of village defence force
July 15th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, July 15 (ANI): The Afghan government has approved a program to establish local defense forces that American military officials hope will help the country's remote areas thwart attacks by Taliban ... Read more...
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BP places ‘top cap’ over leak
June 6th, 2010 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 6 (DPA) Oil giant BP has succeeded in placing a containment cap over the ruptured well head that is gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but was working ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Barack Obama To Increase Troops In US-Mexico Border
May 26th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, May 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The President's national security adviser, James Jones sent a letter to the Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin in which it has been stated that ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
BJP working on formula to tackle Maoism: Parrikar
May 3rd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is working on a formula to tackle Maoism by empowering tribals, former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said Monday.
Parrikar, convener of BJP's newly ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Simply banning plastic bags no solution to problem: NGOs
March 18th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Playing down the Delhi civic agency's "no plastic" campaign, environmental NGOs here said that simply seizing plastic bags from shopkeepers and putting a ban on these will ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
‘Expectations determine whether wife outearning husband ruins marriage’
February 13th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): Expectations determine whether wife outearning husband is a marital sore spot, according to two financial therapists at Kansas State University.They say that when a wife is the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Afridi should bat as specialist batsman at No. 6 in Oz test series: Ex PCB consultant
December 19th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec 19(ANI): Former Pakistan Cricket Board security consultant, Ahmad Ishaque Jahangir has said that the biggest challenge before the team during the tour of Australia will be finding the right batsman ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Expert team probes oil spill in Haryana schools
September 24th, 2009 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala, Sep 24 (IANS) A team of experts began its probe into the oil spill in two schools in Haryana's Ambala Cantt town, officials said Thursday.
The expert team, comprising of ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Alarming rise in groundwater levels in Jodhpur
July 25th, 2009 - 11:11 am ICT by ANI
Jodhpur, July 25 (ANI): Alarming rise in groundwater level in Jodhpur has become a cause of concern for the residents and the administration.The groundwater level in the city has increased to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Laser therapy is meant for hair reduction, not removal
July 1st, 2009 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A common myth about laser hair removal therapy is that it results in permanent hair removal. But all this treatment does is to help reduce hair growth.
In ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Panjab University to re-employ retired teachers
November 2nd, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) Panjab University (PU) has decided to re-employ retired academicians on contract after 58 faculty members retired at one go Saturday following a court ruling, an official said Sunday.The ... Read more...
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