Tiger skin seized in Odisha, 4 held
September 4th, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (IANS) At least four people were arrested from a hotel in Odisha after a skin of an adult tiger was found in their possession, officials said Monday.The ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tunnel from Pakistan found near border in Kashmir (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 28 (IANS) An "under construction" tunnel originating from the Pakistani side of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir has been discovered near an army post in Samba ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Couple land 12ft monster sturgeon
July 24th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Kelowna, July 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michael and Margaret Snell caught a 12 foot long white sturgeon and thus created a record for one of the largest catches ever witnessed in North America. ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Shark steals fish from reel in Cherry Grove Inlet
July 12th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cherry Grove Inlet, July 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sarah Brame got the shock of her life when she was trying to catch her first fish. Her stepfather was fishing all day and he ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Now, an entire village for dwarves in Assam
April 24th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) Almost 70 dwarves, ranging from one-and-a-half feet to three feet in height, across Assam will soon have a place to live in with dignity and comfort, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Goodbye to gigantic Ganesh idols (With Images)
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Days of the Ganesh idols towering over the city at over 25 feet are over. Now, idols of the Hinduism's revered elephant god, the harbinger of ... Read more...
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Infant buried on tantrik’s advice, survives
April 14th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), April 14 (IANS) A nine-day-old child was buried alive by his parents in Hapur on the advice of an occult practitioner. The incident came to light Saturday ... Read more...
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Britain shivers in Artic cold
April 4th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 4 (IANS) A mild March has given way to Arctic April in Britain after a freeze descended on the country, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.Snow fell from Devon ... Read more...
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Now, an all India guide map on snakes
March 15th, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) With 46,900 people in India succumbing to snake bites in a year, an NGO has now come up with the novel 'All India Snake Guide Map' ... Read more...
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‘Lucky’ Lahiri wins Sail-SBI open golf
February 26th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) India's Anirban Lahiri endured several heart-stopping moments before he finally reigned supreme over Thailand's Prom Meesawat at the first play-off hole to win the SAIL-SBI ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
ITBP recover 60 kg explosives in Chhattisgarh
February 12th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has recovered 60 kg of explosives from Rajanandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, an official said here Sunday.The explosives were found Saturday ... Read more...
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Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due to heavy snowfall
January 7th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) The Srinagar-Jammmu national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day following heavy snowfall at many places along the road.Chief engineer of the Border Roads Organisation, ... Read more...
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A six-decade-old FIR pays homage to Gandhi
November 14th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) It is a reminder of one of the saddest dates of Indian history -- Jan 30, 1948, when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. More than sixty ... Read more...
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NASA turns on humanoid robot in space station
August 23rd, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS) NASA Tuesday turned on a humanoid robot in the International Space Station for the first time since it was delivered in February, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Joy ride on a toy bike that you just can’t miss (Features, with Image)
July 8th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut, July 8 (IANS) A small toy motorcycle is driving the people of Meerut crazy.Asif, a mechanic, created the miniature motorcycle for his four-year-old son Shaan. He never thought ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Delhi’s Semwal extends lead at Inter-state Golf
June 16th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Coimbatore, June 15 (IANS) Delhi's Siddharth Semwal extended his lead in both the individual and team competitions of the Inter-State Amateur Golf Championship at Coimbatore Golf Club here Wednesday.
Semwal shot ... Read more...
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Dorjee Khandu’s body being brought to Itanagar
May 5th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 5 (IANS) The body of Dorjee Khandu, the Arunachal Pradesh chief minister, was expected to arrive here from Tawang around 12.30 p.m. Thursday, a day after the wreckage ... Read more...
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US police saw UFO explode in 1949: FBI secret files
April 11th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) Secret FBI files that have been made public for the first time reveal that US police and army officers saw a UFO explode over Utah state ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Earthquake disrupts work at crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant
April 11th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 11(ANI): Efforts to cool reactors at Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant were disrupted following Monday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake, which briefly knocked out power supply to the plant.According to a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Japan hit by another 7.1-magnitude aftershock, tsunami warning issued
April 11th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 11(ANI): A magnitude-7.1 aftershock rattled Japan on Monday, one month after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami.The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck at a depth of 10 ... Read more...
Posted in World |
T-Rex’s gigantic cousin located in China
April 1st, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 1 (IANS) A new dinosaur has been identified from fossils dug up in China and has been nicknamed "T-Rex's cousin".
The dinosaur has been officially named "Zhuchengtyrannus Magnus" ... Read more...
Posted in World |
World’s most expensive dog costs a million pounds
March 16th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 16 (IANS) A Tibetan Mastiff has been sold in China for a whopping one million pounds, making it the world's most expensive dog.The Telegraph reported that Tibetan Mastiffs ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Army rescues tourists stranded in Tawang
February 18th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Thirteen tourists, among them two women, stranded at a remote location in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh due to heavy snowfall, were rescued by ... Read more...
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Snake slithers into school bag in Orissa
February 14th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 (IANS) A three feet long poisonous snake found in the school bag of a class five student in Orissa triggered panic in the school campus, the boy's father said ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar
February 11th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 11 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up a railway track in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district early Friday, police said. Train traffic was disrupted.They blew up the track near Kurhni railway station to ... Read more...
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Dubai opens ‘world’s highest restaurant’
January 24th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Dubai has set a new record by opening world's highest restaurant.A fine dining establishment called At.mosphere has opened on the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Take out your ski boots, snow-clad Himachal slopes are here!
January 9th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 9 (IANS) Bored with your weekend bouts of cricket and football? Pack your skiing gear and head to Himachal for some adventure sports as the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Australia’s captaincy can pull Warne out of retirement: Jones
December 10th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 10 (ANI): To rescue the Australia team from another Ashes debacle, Shane Warne could come out of the retirement if he is offered the captaincy, according to cricketer-turned-commentator Dean Jones.The ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Warning of rising seas alarmist and wrong
December 6th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 6 (IANS) Predictions that global warming could cause sea levels to rise by six feet in the next century are alarmist and wrong.The forecast made by the influential 2007 Intergovernmental ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tiny paper plane soars at 90,000 feet in space
November 11th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) Who needs a multi-billion-dollar spacecraft to study the earth when you can use a paper plane?
The plane, with a wing span of three feet and made of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
‘English Devi’ set to find more devotees in India
October 29th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 29 (IANS) An eager bunch of devotees await 'English Devi' in many towns and hamlets of India -- or so it seems from the requests pouring ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Water mining’ prime culprit in rising sea levels
October 11th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) Global warming is not the only villain in raising sea levels. Much of the swelling seas come from "water mining", the pumping of vast amounts of groundwater from ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Rains submerge Delhi crematorium
September 12th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Even the dead were not spared as Nigambodh Ghat - one of the biggest cremation grounds in the city - was flooded after heavy rains lashed the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rains hit Delhi hard, roads flooded (Lead)
September 12th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Roads were flooded, traffic went out of gear and normal life was hit in the national capital as heavy rains continued to pour since early Sunday morning. ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Opt for eco-friendly Ganesh idols, Bangaloreans urged
September 8th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 8 (IANS) With Ganesha Chaturthi festival just three days away, Bangalore civic authorities Wednesday appealed to the people to opt for eco-friendly idols of the elephant-headed god and use 22 ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |