Spectacular, innovative opening to 2012 London Olympics (Second Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 7:45 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) The 2012 London Olympic Games were officially opened Friday night with a spectacular ceremony which lasted nearly four hours and which covered many aspects of ... Read more...
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Queen in a helicopter, Beckham on a boat: what more can you ask for? (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) What can you say about an opening ceremony of the Olympic Games that managed to get the queen of Britain into a helicopter with James ... Read more...
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At 86, Queen works more than British MPs
June 3rd, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) In what should be a wake-up call for British parliamentarians, 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has worked far more days this year than any member of parliament, ... Read more...
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Queen’s diamond jubilee celebration kicks off
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 2 (IANS) Britain kicked off nationwide celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee Saturday.The four-day celebrations commenced with the Queen attending a horse racing at the Epsom ... Read more...
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13,500 troops to be deployed for London Olympics
December 16th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 16 (IANS) Around 13,500 armed forces personnel, including specialist dog handlers and bomb disposal experts, would be deployed during the 2012 London Olympic Games.British's navy's biggest ship HMS ... Read more...
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Medals for London Olympics unveiled
July 28th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) The 2012 London Olympics medals have been unveiled, marking the one-year countdown to the mega event.The medals were revealed at a special ceremony attended Princess Anne, ... Read more...
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Elderly father dies while saving drowning daughter
July 16th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) An elderly man in Britain died while trying to save his drowning teenaged daughter who clambered out to safety.Michael Payne, 59 and a severe diabetic, noticed ... Read more...
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China unveils world’s longest sea bridge
January 1st, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): The world's longest sea bridge has been unveiled by China.The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge is 26.4 miles - five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais and ... Read more...
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India not planning to bring Kohinoor back
August 18th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday said it was not contemplating to bring the fabled Kohinoor diamond from Britain and the Peacock Throne from Iran.
There have been several ... Read more...
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1,000 tonnes of fat cleaned from London sewers
July 14th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 14 (IANS) It's leaking lard from London's sewers, authorities found to their dismay when they cleared an estimated 1,000 tonnes of fat - enough to fill nine double decker buses ... Read more...
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Will Kerala’s snake boat make it to Thames river?
June 8th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) Kerala has sought the central government's financial help to showcase its famous snake boat before the British queen on London's Thames river next month.Speaking to IANS ... Read more...
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Will Kerala’s snake boat sail down the Thames?
April 13th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Kerala's famed snake boats attract thousands to the annual boat race in Punnamada Lake. Now, if all goes well, one of the over 100-ft-long boats may ... Read more...
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Abbas Tyrewala hires ‘The Hurt Locker’ art director
March 11th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11(IANS) Filmmaker Abbas Tyrewala has hired David Bryan, who was the supervising art director for multiple Oscar winning movie "The Hurt Locker", to work on his next movie ... Read more...
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Exclusive: 10 things you should know about Vadivelu
September 10th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Vadivelu has so far acted in 450 filmsVadivelu is very fond of Tom and Jerry cartoons. He has a heavy collection of these DVDs.Whenever he finds time he goes to Kuttralam ... Read more...
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31 arrested in Tamil protest at British parliament (Second Lead)
May 12th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) Police arrested 31 people after hundreds of Tamil protesters waving LTTE flags brought traffic to a standstill outside the British parliament in the middle of Monday-morning rush hour.
Police ... Read more...
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Tamils wave LTTE flags in British parliament protest (Lead)
May 11th, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) Hundreds of protesters waving LTTE flags brought traffic to a standstill outside the British parliament Monday after overnight reports of a massacre of Tamil civilians in their homeland.
Sri ... Read more...
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Tamil protesters stage sit-in outside British parliament
May 11th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) Traffic outside the British parliament in central London was brought to a standstill Monday after hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils staged a sit-in to protest the reported massacre ... Read more...
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Jade prepares for 1 mn pound wedding as Brown praises her courage
February 19th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 19 (IANS) Reality television star Jade Goody has left a London hospital to prepare for a televised wedding that is expected to fetch her a million pounds as British premier ... Read more...
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NGO Prayas to launch two international chapters
June 18th, 2008 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Prayas, an Indian NGO that works for street children and marginalised youth, is all set to launch two international chapters in the US and Britain to gather ... Read more...
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The Telectroscope that lets Londoners see their Big Apple counterparts!
May 23rd, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by admin
London, May 23 (ANI): New Yorkers can now see their English cousins across the Atlantic without cable TV or video conferencing, courtesy the evolutionary new device Telectroscope.The Telectroscope is an extraordinary ... Read more...
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