e-cigarettes damaging lungs?
September 3rd, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Sep 3 (IANS) Electronic cigarettes, touted as a safer substitute for cigarettes, could turn out to be a remedy worse than the disease and end up damaging the lungs, ... Read more...
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Schweinsteiger to miss Germany’s World Cup qualifiers
August 31st, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 31 (IANS) Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has not called up by Germany coach Joachim Loew for the country's next two World Cup qualifiers.Germany will play against the Faroe Islands ... Read more...
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Bayern Munich claims win against newcomer
August 26th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 26 (IANS) Bayern Munich claimed a comfortable 3-0 win against newcomer Greuther Fuerth at the Bundesliga Saturday.In another match, Monchengladbach's Juan Arangos' dead ball goal sealed the ... Read more...
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Ex-flight attendant’s suicide: Victim’s photos, laptop seized
August 6th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) A laptop, a mobile phone and some photographs of Geetika Sharma, a former flight attendant who hanged herself at her residence here the day before, ... Read more...
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Maharashtra man returns after two years in Pakistani jail (With image)
June 17th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmednagar, June 17 (IANS) As Pakistan released five Indians from jail Saturday, the family of 58-year-old Bhanudas Karale from Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district were the first to reach Amritsar to welcome ... Read more...
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Koushik in joint lead in world junior chess
August 10th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 10 (IANS) The dream run of Girish Koushik continued as he defeated Swedish Grandmaster Gandelius Nils in the eighth round of the SDAT-RAMCO 50th World Junior and 29th ... Read more...
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Tandon moves into second round of world junior squash
July 14th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Herentals (Belgium), July 14 (IANS) Ramit Tandon, the highest seeded Indian, led three of his compatriots into the second round of the WSF men's World Junior Squash Championships here.Tandon, seeded ... Read more...
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Lobbying is legal but up to a point: Salman Khurshid
December 16th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid Thursday said lobbying and public relations were part of the democratic set-up, but cautioned against their use to subvert corporate ... Read more...
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One killed in Allahabad blast (Second Lead)
July 12th, 2010 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad/Lucknow, July 12 (IANS) One person was killed and five others, including an Uttar Pradesh minister, were seriously injured in a bomb blast in Allahabad city Monday, police said.
"The 45-year-old man who ... Read more...
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Brit magician Paul Daniels claims to have bedded 300 women
May 13th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 13 (ANI): Brit magician Paul Daniels says he's an "international sex symbol" and has had 300 lovers."Feel, feel," Daniels said at an interview flexing his biceps. "That's just from push ... Read more...
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Kasab - how a poor Pakistani became India’s terror nightmare
May 3rd, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) From the bylanes of a village in Pakistan to a heavily guarded prison cell in Mumbai as India's most wanted terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab had indeed come a ... Read more...
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Confinement phenomenon observed for first time in condensed matter
November 30th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 30 (ANI): An international team of scientists have observed for the first time an experimental realization and a proof of confinement phenomenon observed in a condensed matter system.The concept of ... Read more...
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Brit man creates ‘Doctor Who’ Dalek from 480,000 matchsticks!
September 26th, 2009 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 26 (ANI): A British man has created a full-scale model of one of television's scariest aliens-Dalek from 'Doctor Who'-using 480,000 matchsticks.After spending more than two years on the task in ... Read more...
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Bollywood newcomers prefer good scripts over big banners
August 9th, 2009 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Teenage pregnancy, terrorism, an out-and-out actioner or a spooky jungle thriller-Bollywood newcomers like Shruthi Haasan, Ruslaan Mumtaaz and Arunoday Singh are opting for different ... Read more...
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India off to good start in world team squash (Lead)
August 3rd, 2009 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 3 (IANS) India were off to a flying start in the preliminary league of the junior women's World team squash championship with a 3-0 win against Germany here Monday.
Pitted in ... Read more...
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Ancestors may have used bone tools to make fruit smoothies
April 23rd, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 23 (ANI): A new analysis of mysterious 1 to 2 million-year-old tools suggests that ancient humans might have used animal bones to grind fruit smoothies as well as dig up ... Read more...
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India responds to Pakistan’s Mumbai queries, wants credible action (Roundup)
March 13th, 2009 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) India Friday handed over to Pakistan answers to 30 questions it had posed on Mumbai's "horrific terror attacks" and hoped that this step will lead to "credible ... Read more...
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India-Sri Lanka accord sabotaged by governments in Colombo: Kumaratunga
February 18th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Successive governments in Colombo have spiked the provisions of the 1987 India-Sri Lanka accord aimed at devolving powers to provinces in the island nation, former Sri Lankan ... Read more...
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Tinge of grass adds spice to Ahmedabad Test
April 2nd, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by admin
By Avishek Roy
Ahmedabad, April 2 (IANS) A tinge of green is enough to shroud the 22-yard strip at the Sardar Patel Stadium here with suspense, and spice up the crucial second Test ... Read more...
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Cabinet gives approval to Anandpur Sahib, Talwandi Sabo development
March 20th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): The Cabinet today gave its approval for taking up the development of Anandpur Sahib and Talwandi Sabo as Commemorative Projects under the Ter-Centenary celebrations of Guru-ta-Gaddi ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Armenia protests over presidential poll rsults
March 2nd, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Yerevan, March 2 (RIA Novosti) Eight people have been killed in the Armenian capital in clashes between police and demonstrators protesting the presidential election results, the police said Sunday. "The Prosecutor ... Read more...
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