Peruvian Woman Severs Cheating Boyfriend’s Organ
September 3rd, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Peru, Sept 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A woman in Peru sliced her boyfriend’s penis while he slept and threw it down the toilet.
The reason as to why the woman did this is ... Read more...
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Baby Boy Born in Emirates Airplane Toilet to Be Named Ek
August 30th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dubai, Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Vietnam when a woman went in to labor. The woman whose name is Filipina gave birth to ... Read more...
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Taiwanese men told to squat when using public loos
August 28th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) A special drive has been launched in Taiwan to teach men to sit down when they wee, especially while using a public convenience.According to government workers, ... Read more...
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Rita Ora suffers from bathroom phobia
August 28th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bathrooms are commonly used for bathing. One must get used to the bathrooms because they are essential in ones life. It is regarded as a basic ... Read more...
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Slovenian accordionist sets new world record
August 28th, 2012 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Ljubljana (Slovenia), Aug 28 (IANS) Slovenian accordionist Zoran Zorko has set a new Guinness world record with a marathon accordion performances that lasted 35 hours and 32 minutes, Xinhua reported.Zorko's ... Read more...
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Kardashian spends $100,000 on toilet
August 24th, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 24 (IANS) Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian is so concerned about maintaining and using a clean washroom that she has reportedly spent $100,000 on ... Read more...
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British Airways steward jailed for hoax bomb threat
August 18th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) A British Airways steward who wrote a bomb threat on a plane's toilet door so that he could "save the day", become a hero and get ... Read more...
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Bill Gates is investing in futuristic toilets
August 17th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 17(THAINDIAN NEWS)The computer inventor Bill Gates is thinking about introducing futuristic toilets. It is said the he has invested a lot of money particularly in the technology of coming ... Read more...
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35 burnt alive as Tamil Nadu Express catches fire (Third Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/Chennai, July 30 (IANS) At least 35 passengers were killed and 25 injured when a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh early ... Read more...
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Five killed as train catches fire in Andhra Pradesh (Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 9:01 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) At least five people were killed and several others injured when the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore in the early hours of Monday, ... Read more...
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Three Tamil Nadu teachers suspended for beating student
July 21st, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) Three teachers of a private school in Tamil Nadu have been suspended for beating up a Class 9 student, the school's headmaster said Saturday. He, however, ... Read more...
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Mark Wahlberg misses marijuana days
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 2 (IANS) Movie star Mark Wahlberg has begun to miss his pot-smoking days while doing comedy film "Ted"."I never missed it at all until Ted, who is ... Read more...
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Lucknow girl escapes rape by jumping off first floor
June 10th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 9 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl was kidnapped by two motorcycle-borne men who tried to rape her at a garage here but she jumped off the first ... Read more...
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‘Sulabh toilet model can be adopted worldwide’
June 3rd, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak Sunday said Microsoft founder Bill Gates could adopt his NGO's model to build low-cost toilets in Asia, Africa and Latin ... Read more...
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Man escapes from police custody in Darjeeling
June 1st, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, June 1 (IANS) A man accused of fraud escaped from police custody in West Bengal's Kalimpong town Friday.Sonam Dorji Bhutia, 33, was arrested May 29 for allegedly cheating several ... Read more...
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Delhi policeman falls to death
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A 43-year-old Delhi Police head constable died of head injuries after falling from the second floor balcony of the police barracks in south Delhi, police ... Read more...
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Mayawati government’s scams (To go with BSP runs for cover as skeletons tumble out)
May 17th, 2012 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
List of alleged scams against the Mayawati regime:Teachers Eligibility Test: Rs.120 crore
Seeds scam: Rs 106 crore
Ban Sagar Project: Rs.1,285 crore
Toilet construction scam: Rs.2,900 crore
Noida plot allotment: Rs.5,000 crore plus
MNREGA irregularities: Rs.12,000 ... Read more...
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Mobiles making Britons lose their manners
May 17th, 2012 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) Britons seem to be doing away with their traditional good manners, as a survey has found two out of three people in Britain wouldn't mind answering ... Read more...
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Man decapitated ex-lover’s pet to scare her
May 15th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 15 (IANS) In a bid to terrify his ex-girlfriend, a furious man in Britain decapitated her pet rodent with a machete, a court heard.The jurors at the Snaresbrook ... Read more...
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UP bride runs away for lack of proper toilet
May 11th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) Lack of a proper toilet is least of reasons a young woman revolts. Not at least in Uttar Pradesh's countryside where half the population is forced ... Read more...
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World’s fastest toilet on wheels
May 5th, 2012 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) A new and unusual land speed world record has been set in Australia -- for the fastest motorised toilet, BBC reported.Canadian stuntwoman Jolene Van Vugt recorded ... Read more...
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May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day
May 4th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The simple task of washing hands is a potential lifesaver -- and to put this point across, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will observe May ... Read more...
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Youth hangs self at police station in UP; two suspended
May 1st, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) Two policemen were suspended after a youth allegedly committed suicide Tuesday by hanging himself at a police station in Uttar Pradesh' Kannauj district.Sardana (25) was found ... Read more...
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NRI children: Abhigyan suffering from attachment disorder
April 27th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Bhattacharya family may have won the legal battle against the Norwegian authorities over Abhigyan and Aishwarya's custody but the young boy faces another challenge -- ... Read more...
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Funds for building toilets to be hiked: Jairam
April 25th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Government is mulling increasing the allocation for constructing toilets under the total sanitation programme, from present Rs.3,500 to Rs.9,900 per toilet, Rural Development Minister Jairam ... Read more...
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The brightest baby in Britain?
April 14th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 14 (IANS) She is just six months old but she can talk, is toilet-trained and can even "conduct" an imaginary orchestra to a music beat.At an age when ... Read more...
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Katy Perry follows Pattinson
April 12th, 2012 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 12 (IANS) "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson, who is in a serious relationship with his co-star Kristen Stewart, is being followed by singer Katy Perry.The singer apparently ... Read more...
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Chinese province spends $4mn on toilets
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) Qinghai province in northwest China is to invest 27 million yuan ($4.3 million) in building 80 public toilets alongside main roads and tourism routes, China Daily ... Read more...
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‘For women, toilets more important than mobiles’ (March 8 is International Women’s Day)
March 7th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 7 (IANS) For a woman, a toilet is more important than a mobile phone, but men don't understand that, feels Anita Narre. She is the 20-year-old tribal whose ... Read more...
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Men prefer taking smartphones to newspapers in loo
February 25th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Taking a newspaper to the toilet has long been a male preserve. But with the tech-age influencing nearly every aspect of life, even this most established ... Read more...
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Tribal woman walks out of marriage over lack of tiolet
February 23rd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Betul (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 23 (IANS) A tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh was Tuesday handed a draft of Rs.200,000 for her "bold action" in leaving her marital home within days ... Read more...
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Japan to make lifeboat for tsunami
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 23 (IANS) Japan has initiated a project to develop a lifeboat which is able to float on rising tsunami waves as one of the evacuation measures, a media ... Read more...
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Jairam calls for eradicating open defecation by 2022
February 15th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday called for making India an open defecation-free country in 10 years.Addressing a national consultation on scaling up sanitation here, ... Read more...
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PIA flight full, so two get seats in loo instead
February 15th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IANS) The plane was full but the toilet wasn't. So, throwing all rules and caution to the wind, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain blithely decided ... Read more...
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Amsterdam airport evacuated after bomb threat
February 13th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, Feb 13 (IANS) Two terminals of the Schiphol airport in the Netherlands capital Amsterdam were evacuated Monday after a bomb threat, police said.The bomb threat came around 11 ... Read more...
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