Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents (Second Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student of a reputed public school here Thursday stabbed to death his teacher for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.The ... Read more...
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Financial woes upset parent-child bond
December 8th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Individuals upset by financial problems may feel a disconnect with their children, affecting the kids in negative ways."The study serves as a reminder that children's behaviours ... Read more...
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Indians unwilling to pay premium for electric cars
August 18th, 2011 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian car buyers are not willing to pay premium/higher price for a battery powered car than the conventional car unlike their counterparts in many other markets, ... Read more...
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Imran beats Agra heat with water! (With Images)
April 19th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Bollywood actor Imran Khan, who is busy shooting with Katrina Kaif in Agra for "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan", has found the best solution to beat ... Read more...
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Budget sops welcomed by young and old alike
February 28th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Raising the income tax exemption limit to Rs.1.8 lakh, lowering the threshold age for senior citizens to 60 and creating a special income tax category for ... Read more...
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Kenya hardselling leisure, biz travel in India
February 18th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) You can visit Kenya 20 times and still do something different each time, may be even snack on your favourite samosa! The east African nation ... Read more...
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‘Kalgejje’ lacks newness in script (Kannada Movie Review)
February 6th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Rajapur
Film: Kalgejje; Cast: Vishwas, Roopika, Rangayana Raghu, Anant Nag, Pavitra Lokesh, Sumithra and others; Director: Bangaru; Producer: Nagabhushan; Music Director: Gandharva; Camera: A.C. Mahendar; Ratings: * 1/2Debutant writer-director Bangaru's "Kalgejje" ... Read more...
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Kiwi actor lands lead role in film about Wills-Kate marriage
January 28th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 28 (ANI): A little-known New Zealand actor has bagged the lead role in a film about Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage.Nico Evers-Swindell, a former Victoria University of Wellington ... Read more...
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Bonham Carter used royal links to unearth Queen’s mom’s secrets
January 8th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 8 (ANI): It has emerged that Helena Bonham Carter, who played the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, used her links to the Royal family to help her with the part.The ... Read more...
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Should the rich suffer an increase in taxes?
January 5th, 2011 - 1:58 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) President Barack Obama has signed to extend the Bus-era tax cuts but the arguments as to whether the rich should be made to pay more in ... Read more...
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Monaco promotes itself as destination for upper middle-class India
November 24th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The European principality of Monaco, known as the playground of the rich and the famous, is promoting itself as a high-end tourism destination for the double-income upper ... Read more...
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New breed of terrorists are from cities: Pakistani daily
October 8th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 8 (IANS) The new breed of terrorists "come not from the tribal areas but from cities", an editorial in a leading Pakistani daily said while noting that extremism was an ... Read more...
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Indian luxury market to grow over 25 percent
September 30th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Indian luxury market will grow more than 25 percent over the next few years as disposable income of the upper middle class is surging on the back ... Read more...
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‘For Real’ - Sharp symphony on domestic harmony (IANS Movie Review - Rating: ***)
September 17th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "For Real"; Cast: Sarita Choudhury, Adil Hussain, Zoya S. Hassan, Sriharsh Sharma Churai, Sameer Dharamadhikari; Writer-Director: Sona Jain; Rating: ***And quietly slips the night into a tortured morning-time ... Read more...
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I’m a Bengali, says Tipu Sultan’s descendant
July 27th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
By Biswajit Choudhury
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Bespectacled and grey hair brushed back, Husain Shah, 70, is the quintessential elderly Bengali man next door. But within him he carries a historic legacy, as ... Read more...
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Pagan burial altar unearthed in Israel
May 29th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): A 2,000-year-old altar has been found in an Israeli cemetery, according to archaeologists.The 24-inch-high granite structure, decorated with carvings of three bull heads, ribbons, and laurel wreaths, ... Read more...
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Have your kitsch art and eat it too - at La Ramblas (Eating Out With IANS)
May 16th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Art and food have come togther in a unique gourmet experience at La Ramblas, the new baby of Delhi-based restaurant magnate A.D. Singh. It offers contemporary Indian kitsch art along ... Read more...
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150 years of Tagore: The magic still endures
May 4th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The magic and imagery of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's words will once again cast a spell over the audience when his "Noukadubi", a tale of ... Read more...
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Apple iPad will take time to hit Indian market
April 4th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Aggarwal
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Craving to get your hands on the Apple iPad? Wait for a while as it will be still some time before it becomes available ... Read more...
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Zed asks India’s affluent not to ‘pollute’ ancient wedding traditions
March 31st, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), March 31 (ANI): Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has asked the upper-middle class of India to keep the marriage traditions intact and not to copycat the West.Zed, who is president ... Read more...
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‘Mundhinam Partheney’ brings freshness in Tamil movies (Tamil Movie Review)
March 21st, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan DI
Film: "Mundhinam Partheney"; Cast: Arvind, Ektaa, Lisna, Sai Prashanth; Director: Magizh Thirumeni; Composer: Taman; Rating:***One should admit both the film and filming comes as a pleasant surprise. When big ... Read more...
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‘Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai’ is immature (Tamil Film Review)
February 13th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan D.I.
Film: "Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" Cast: Vishal, Neetu Chandra, Tanushree Dutta, Sarah Jane, Prakash Raj, Santhanam, Mayilsami and Sathyan; Director: Thiru; Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja; Rating:**"Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" (TVP) is Vishal's ... Read more...
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Profile of Jyoti Basu
January 17th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 17(ANI): Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu was born on July 8, 1914 as Jyoti Kiran Basu into an upper middle-class Bengali family in Kolkata (previously ... Read more...
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Arrested Maoist leader frequently visited Delhi: police
September 22nd, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A day after top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandi was arrested here, police Tuesday said he was a frequent visitor to the national capital and his interrogation may ... Read more...
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Sleek, urban films won’t save Bengali film industry
September 7th, 2009 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
By Soudhriti Bhabani
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) When a new breed of sleek and technically sound Bengali movies such as "Anuranan" and "Dwanda" made its way into the theatres in the land ... Read more...
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Exotic vegetable cultivation picks up in Jammu and Kashmir
August 29th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
By Parvez BhattGopalpura (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 29(ANI): Vegetable farmers in Jammu and Kashmir have opted for cultivation of exotic vegetables, as it has turned out to be more beneficial to them ... Read more...
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Good old Nirula’s keeps up with changing palate (Eating out with IANS - with images)
August 29th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Spicy mutton vindaloo, chicken xacutti, Goan vegetable curry, Portuguese soup...all this at a place famous for its ice creams, burgers and sundaes! Fast food joint ... Read more...
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Iranian blogger tells of escape from Tehran
August 5th, 2009 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
By Nadeem Sarwar and Sajjad Malik
Islamabad, Aug 5 (DPA) When Iran sought to hide its crackdown on people protesting the allegedly rigged presidential election of June 12, young Hamid Raza Khoshnya used ... Read more...
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Searches For Maria Belen Chapur Pictures Still Rages On
July 1st, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by GD
Even after a week has gone by, the search for the pictures of Maria Belen Chapur remain the hottest 'looked for' topic on almost all search engines. The 43 year old ... Read more...
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Confusion Over Pictures Of Maria Belen Chapur
June 27th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by GD
Yesterday morning, till the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett hit the internet, this was the most searched topic on the net. People have been going crazy looking for photographs ... Read more...
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Government to bring education reforms soon: Sibal (Lead)
June 24th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Stating that the government was committed to improve and reform education standards in India, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday an apex panel on ... Read more...
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India’s first ‘in-taxi’ magazine hits Mumbai
May 20th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Stuck in a traffic snarl and wondering how to kill time? India's first 'in-taxi' magazine is here to help.
Called MumBaee, the magazine that was launched Tuesday evening has ... Read more...
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In Aarushi’s Noida neighbourhood, blame is on police, media
May 15th, 2009 - 9:48 am ICT by IANS
By Prerna Sodhi
Noida, May 15 (IANS) Old wounds take time to heal. Jalvayu Vihar, the upper middle class neighbourhood on the edge of Delhi, is still haunted by the mysterious murders ... Read more...
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Delhi beats Pappu factor, 53 percent cast votes (Second Lead)
May 7th, 2009 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Delhi voters beat the 'Pappu' factor and came out to vote, recording a decent turnout of 53 percent Thursday - higher than in the previous two ... Read more...
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Delhi beats Pappu factor, over 50 percent cast votes (Lead)
May 7th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Delhi voters beat the 'Pappu' factor and came out to vote, recording a decent turnout of over 50 percent Thursday - higher than in the previous ... Read more...
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