Nasim Ahmad Zaidi is new election commissioner
August 7th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Former civil aviation secretary Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi was Tuesday appointed an election commissioner by President Pranab Mukherjee."The president has appointed Syed Nasim Ahmad ... Read more...
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Dundee to take Rangers’ place in Scottish League
July 17th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Dundee Football Club will next season fill the vacancy in the Scottish Premier League (SPL), created by the demotion of Glasgow Rangers."It was agreed that Dundee ... Read more...
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Punjab Police to register cases of fraud recruitment ads
July 6th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 6 (IANS) The Punjab education department Friday directed the state police to register cases against unscrupulous elements who issue fraudulent advertisements for recruitment in the department.The department's direction ... Read more...
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SC permits online counselling for undergraduate medical students (Lead)
June 7th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday permitted the union health ministry to undertake online counselling for students seeking admission to undergraduate medical courses against 15 percent ... Read more...
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Rowling plans ‘Harry Potter’ encyclopaedia
April 18th, 2012 - 7:06 am ICT by IANS
London, April 18 (IANS) "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is a woman of her words. She had promised fans an encyclopaedia on her popular series, and has now revealed it ... Read more...
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Annan to visit Iran next week on Syria
April 5th, 2012 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 4 (IANS) Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League's joint envoy, will visit Iran next week for holding talks on Syria, the Iranian foreign minister said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Punjab to fill all vacancies of teachers
April 2nd, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday announced that all vacancies of school and college teachers will be filled soon.Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal gave approval to fill all ... Read more...
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Sangita Gairola is new culture secretary
February 29th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Sangita Gairola, an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer, has been appointed as secretary in the ministry of culture, an official statement said Wednesday.Gairola, presently special ... Read more...
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Battle lines drawn for Kerala by-election
November 21st, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 21 (IANS) The rival political fronts in Kerala have announced their candidates for Ernakulam district's Piravam assembly constituency by-election which would be the first acid test for the ... Read more...
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India elected to UN Economic and Social Council
October 25th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, Oct 25 (IANS) India and 20 other countries have been elected to serve on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the main UN body tasked with furthering economic ... Read more...
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Stop being selfish, Mohsin Khan tells Akmal
October 17th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Oct 17 (IANS) Pakistan's chief selector and interim coach Mohsin Khan has asked middle-order batsman Umar Akmal to "stop being selfish" and work on playing big innings.Akmal was dropped ... Read more...
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Congress flays BJP over Advani comment
September 21st, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said there was "upheaval" in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- after its leader L.K. Advani indicated he was not keen ... Read more...
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TV journalist is AIADMK Rajya Sabha candidate
June 30th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) Journalist and television anchor A. William Rabi Bernard will be the AIADMK candidate for the July 22 Rajya Sabha by-election, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa ... Read more...
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Lagarde is new IMF chief
June 29th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Tuesday it has selected French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as its next managing director, Xinhua reported.Lagarde's rival candidate was Mexico's ... Read more...
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Cabinet reshuffle expected in Jammu and Kashmir
May 23rd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 23 (IANS) The ruling National Conference-Congress coalition in Jammu and Kashmir will see major changes in the cabinet soon after the panchayat elections are over by mid-June, a ... Read more...
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Women’s strength in Agartala civic body increases
April 21st, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 20 (IANS) The domination of women in the 140-year-old Agartala Municipal Council (AMC) in Tripura has increased with the election of senior journalist-social activist Fulan Bhattacharjee to the ... Read more...
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Kirsten keen to coach South African team
April 11th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, Apr 11 (ANI): Former Indian coach Gary Kirsten, who stepped down after guiding Team India to its second World Cup, now wants to take up the top job in South Africa ... Read more...
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Hema Malini elected to Rajya Sabha
March 3rd, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 3 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Hema Malini was Thursday elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.She defeated noted Kannada writer K. ... Read more...
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Job ad for naked male handyman taken off student website
February 7th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Feb 7 (ANI): An advertisement for a "nude male handyman" has been deleted from a student's website.The ad, which had been placed on Student Job Search's website, asked for one male ... Read more...
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Asim Kamal rues being “in and out” of Pak team despite performing well
January 30th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 30(ANI): Pakistan's middle order batsman Asim Kamal has expressed disappointment that he has not been able to cement his position in the national team despite performing well."What irks me ... Read more...
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Use social media for job search
January 25th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) With the advent of the Internet and the increasing use of technology, the way that jobs are sought has been transformed tremendously.Many people have found extraordinary ... Read more...
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New Punjab minister sworn in
January 16th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 16 (IANS) Balbir Singh Bath was Sunday sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Punjab government headed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.Bath was sworn in at the ... Read more...
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10 million reasons for not returning to Australia: Saker
January 5th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 5 (ANI): England bowling coach David Saker, who is one of the main architects behind his team retaining the Ashes, has said that he has 10 million reasons for choosing ... Read more...
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Flower confident of bowling coach Saker staying on with England
December 31st, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 31(ANI): England coach Andy Flower has played down suggestions that bowling coach David Saker will follow the paths of Troy Cooley and Dene Hills in quitting the team to return ... Read more...
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Lesser England lights being put through their paces in hope of replacing hurt Broad
December 8th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Adelaide, Dec.8 (ANI): England fast bowling coach David Saker has taken captain Andrew Strauss's missive of putting the foot on the pedal and not letting the Australians in to heart, as he ... Read more...
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Year 2010 to be observed as “Forensic Year”: Govt.
November 30th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said on Tuesday that the Government is
observing 'year 2010' as "Forensic Year" ... Read more...
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Hughes accuses Mancini of secretly stealing his job at Man City
November 20th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 20 (ANI): Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini's predecessor Mark Hughes has accused him of secretly plotting to take his job.Mancini met City's Arab owners to discuss taking over three ... Read more...
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Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg Team Up For Contraband
September 21st, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 21, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Hollywood star Kate Beckinsale has recently signed on to star with Mark Wahlberg in the Icelandic thriller entitled Contraband.Contraband will be directed by Baltasar Kormakur; who ... Read more...
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Brahma is new election commissioner
August 25th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) H.S. Brahma Wednesday took over as election commissioner in the country's top poll panel, a statement said.
A press release issued by the Election Commission said that Brahma ... Read more...
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Diamond could be the key to next generation of supercomputers
August 24th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 24 (ANI): Scientists in California are developing diamond-based computers that, they believe, would store millions of times more information than the current silicon-based systems.The researchers have used commercially available technology ... Read more...
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Rocker Steven Tyler signs a deal with Fox to be the American Idol judge
August 22nd, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After a long time, the mystery of who would be the next American Idol judge seems to have finally been solved. There were so many ... Read more...
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Netflix App Headed For Android Market
August 12th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Netflix is gearing up for conquering the mobile market as it seems from its latest moves. The company has made an application meant for the Android ... Read more...
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Cost of maintaining British royal family drops
July 5th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) Maintaining the British Queen and the royal family cost 62 pence per person last year, down 7 pence as compared to a year before, Buckingham Palace accounts show.
The ... Read more...
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Court orders fresh poll in Orissa assembly constituency
June 23rd, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) The Orissa High Court Wednesday ordered a fresh poll in the state's Athgarh assembly constituency, a lawyer said.
Justice R.N Biswal passed the order at Cuttack, some 26 km ... Read more...
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Government must reinstate us, say sacked AIDS workers
June 16th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, June 16 (ANI): Lashing out against the government's decision to sack them, AIDS outreach workers staged a highly charged agitation here on Tuesday.Demanding that the government immediately reinstate them, the outraged ... Read more...
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