Olympic athletics: Bolt claims historic double with 200m gold (Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 3:56 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) In a display of his sprint dominance to sports fans around the world, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 metres ... Read more...
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British hockey coach amused at Indians’ discomfiture
May 4th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) Great Britain coach Jason Lee seems to be getting vicarious pleasure seeing the Indians, who are here to play in the four-nation hockey tournament to ... Read more...
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Lucknow road rage: driver arrested
March 24th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 24 (IANS) Twenty four hours after an inebriated driver ran over a young man in posh Gomtinagar, the man was finally arrested late Friday, police said.Arjun, 24, was ... Read more...
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WWE Smackdown: Sheamus Faces Christian, Battles Barrett
September 11th, 2011 - 1:26 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Christian came out and postpones all of the matches for the rest of the night, “because Teddy Long refuses to do the right thing.” He claimed that he ... Read more...
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Anna to leave Tihar Jail
August 18th, 2011 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Gandhian activist Anna Hazare's health is fine and he will begin fasting at Ramlila Ground after leaving Tihar Jail, his aide Arvind Kejriwal said here ... Read more...
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Laws under which Anna Hazare was detained (Lead)
August 16th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Delhi Police used two sections - 107 and 151 - of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to detain social activist Anna Hazare. These are:Section 107 ... Read more...
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Seven more children die of mysterious illness in Bihar
June 19th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Seven more children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district taking the death toll to 20, officials said Sunday.The children reported high fever, ... Read more...
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India to wrap up safe evacuation operation in Libya
March 9th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) India expects to wrap up the safe evacuation of its citizens in strife-torn Libya as another batch of 2,400 Indians stranded in the north African ... Read more...
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14,000 Indians evacuated from strife-torn Libya
March 9th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): The External Affairs Ministry on Wednesday said that as scheduled, some 14,000 Indians have been evacuated from Libya, including about 1000 passengers who were flown back last ... Read more...
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World Star Hip Hop Site Shuts Down Briefly as 50 Cent Steals Spotlight
January 26th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The website known as 'World Star Hip Hop' was shut down yesterday and was back up within twenty four hours, after rapper 50 Cent rushed to his Twitter ... Read more...
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Binmen in Birmingham was Paid £225000 in One Year
January 13th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It seems that the job to have in Birmingham would be as a binsman, since that particular position earned a total of £225000 just for last year, a ... Read more...
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Cold wave intensifies in North India, Delhi shivers at 3.7 degrees
January 4th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 4 (ANI): The minimum temperature in the national capital on Tuesday plunged to the season's lowest so far at 3.7 degrees Celsius.The minimum temperature dropped below the expected average, ... Read more...
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London more attractive city to visitors than Paris, say the French
November 19th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): The French have conceded that London is better than Paris, says a new tourism survey.Officials responsible for selling Gallic attractions to the world admit that visitors would be ... Read more...
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No More Saas, Only A Unique Sasural On Sony Entertainment Television
October 18th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 18, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): For more than a decade, Indian Television has been ruled by various facets of Saas – Dramebaaz, Paltbaaz, Samajwasi, Poojiwadi, Kuch Khitkhit toh Kuch Khatkhat, ... Read more...
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Leona Lewis trying to fly out of blasts ridden Nigeria
October 3rd, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oct 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Leona Lewis, the former X Factor winner wanted to desperately leave Nigeria for her home yesterday evening. The 25-year-old was in a hotel in the Nigerian capital, Abuja ... Read more...
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Fennell’s 24-hour deadline to set Games Village in order
September 21st, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell Tuesday said that parts of the Commonwealth Games Village are still not fit for the accommodation of athletes and asked ... Read more...
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Freezable fruit fly created to extend organ donor shelf life
August 20th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): A team of Rutgers-Camden biologists is working to engineer cold tolerant fruit flies and ultimately human cells within the next three years.The research breakthrough can be credited to ... Read more...
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Karachi violence: arrests of hardline Islamist leaders mere ‘window-dressing’
August 5th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.5 (ANI): Following the massive violence in Karachi, which had erupted after the murder of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) MPA Raza Haider's assassination, the local administration has nabbed several hardline Islamist ... Read more...
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Maharashtra rains have claimed over 46 lives: Chhagan Bhujbal
June 17th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 17 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said that heavy rains in the State have claimed over 46 lives so far.The incessant rains in Mumbai on Wednesday led ... Read more...
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FBI files show that Ted Kennedy received threats
June 15th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jun 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to FBI documents that were released on Monday, Senator Edward Kennedy received lots of death threats over a period of two decades.According to ... Read more...
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Ted Kennedy faced several deaths threat after brothers’ assassinations: FBI
June 15th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 15 (ANI): Declassified secret memos of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have revealed that former US Senator Edward Kennedy received many death threats in the years after his ... Read more...
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Chinese doctors dismiss HIV-like mystery disease as prostitute guilt
February 10th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Feb. 10 (ANI): A mystery illness with HIV-like symptoms has been reported by hundreds of Chinese, but doctors believe it is just "HIV phobia" caused by guilt from having sex with ... Read more...
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Cold wave in northern India leaves over 125 dead
January 5th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jan 5 (ANI): With temperatures dipping below normal and snowfall witnessed in the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh and the Kashmir valley, the normal life ... Read more...
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US Muslim leaders try to counter radicals’ influence on their youths
December 26th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 26 (ANI): Mosques and Islamic organizations across the United States regularly issue statements rejecting violence and fringe ideologies, but after the arrests of five Americans in Sargodha, Pakistan, on terror-related ... Read more...
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Encephalitis death toll mounts to 552 in UP
December 4th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 4 (ANI): The eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh have been affected by Encephalitis and the death toll has risen to 552 here.During the last twenty-four hours, two more ... Read more...
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“Too busy to celebrate!” Mohit Sehgal
December 3rd, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
TV's heartthrob Mohit Sehgal aka Samrat of "Miley Jab Hum Tum' just turned a year old but his hit show is keeping him so busy that he does not even have ... Read more...
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‘Worried’ Zardari goes into overdrive to resolve PPP-MQM standoff
November 29th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.29 (ANI): Perturbed by the increasing differences between the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and coalition partner the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), President Asif Ali Zardari has met National Assembly Speaker ... Read more...
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Cyclone Phyan: Mumbai Cyclone Update
November 11th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Mumbai, Nov.11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) People in Mumbai as well as in the some other coastal regions are busy checking the Mumbai Cyclone Update on Wednesday afternoon. Weather observatories in Mumbai ... Read more...
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Cyclone alert issued across Maharashtra, Gujarat coastline
November 11th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai/ Ahmedabad, Nov 11 (ANI): A cyclone alert has been sounded across north Maharashtra and south Gujarat, besides coastal areas by the Meteorological (Met) Department in the wake of a deep depression ... Read more...
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No trace of schoolboy kidnapped in Patna
September 15th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 15 (IANS) Twenty-four hours after a Class 1 student was kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of Patna while he was on his way to school, police have failed to ... Read more...
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New monkey malaria ‘poses human threat’
September 10th, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 10 (ANI): An Indian origin researcher in Malaysia has confirmed the potentially deadly nature of an emerging new form of malaria, mainly found in monkeys, by identifying key laboratory and ... Read more...
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Want proof of Taliban casualties: Pakistani editorial
June 20th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) Despite the Pakistani military's anti-Taliban operation in the country's restive northwest entering its 56th day and claims of over 1,400 militants being killed, there was no visual ... Read more...
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Pakistani security forces kill 27 Taliban
June 9th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have killed 27 terrorists and captured 22, the military said Tuesday as its operations against the militants in the Malakand division of the country's ... Read more...
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Day ahead of cabinet oath-taking, berth pangs continue (Lead)
May 21st, 2009 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Twenty-four hours ahead of the swearing-in of Manmohan Singh as the prime minister for a second consecutive term with his team of ministers, the Congress was ... Read more...
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Mayawati may go Congress way, ask for central berths
May 15th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Darshan Desai
New Delhi/Lucknow, May 15 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati might tilt towards the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and seek ministerial berths ... Read more...
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