Haryana villagers happy after Subhash Ghai’s land allotment revoked
September 19th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 19 (IANS) Lured by the Haryana government into giving away village common land on the plea that Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's film school project would bring development ... Read more...
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No beef, pork festival: High court tells JNU
September 19th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and city police to ensure that no "beef and pork" festival takes place in the ... Read more...
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Man stole cemetery urns for scrap
August 8th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sarnia, Aug 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wonders in the world will never cease as it was reported that a man stole cemetery urns to fake it for scrap.
The man was caught when ... Read more...
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Himachal greens upbeat over ‘environmental justice’
May 6th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 6 (IANS) Greens are upbeat after the Himachal Pradesh High Court handed out what they term "environmental justice" by fining a corporate house Rs.100 crore for violating the ... Read more...
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Noida police draw flak for exposing rape victim (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Noida/New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) After drawing flak from all sides over the naming of the 17-year-old victim of a gang-rape, Noida police have ordered an inquiry in the ... Read more...
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Noida police irresponsible, broke law: Women actvists
February 27th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Women rights activists Monday slammed the Noida police for their superintendent of police (SP) naming a gangrape victim at a press conference, and said ... Read more...
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Sangma asks Garo rebels to surrender arms
February 8th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 8 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday asked the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) -- a terrorist outfit operating in western parts of the state -- to ... Read more...
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Court summons Shimla officials on illegal parking
January 11th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 11 (IANS) Irked over illegal parking of tourist vehicles in Shimla's auto-free zones on New Year's Eve, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has summoned top administrative and police ... Read more...
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Indonesian prosecutors seek 20-year jail for prison warden
December 29th, 2011 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Dec 29 (IANS/AKI) In a rare late-night trial session, prosecutors demanded that a former warden at Indonesia's Alcatraz prison be sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for protecting a drug ... Read more...
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Parents of octuplets in China face hefty fines
December 21st, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 21 (IANS) A wealthy Chinese couple who conceived eight babies through in-vitro fertilization may face hefty fines for violating the family-planning law.The babies were conceived by the wife ... Read more...
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Meghalaya minister fined Rs.1,000 for illegal parking
December 15th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 15 (IANS) A Meghalaya minister was Thursday fined Rs.1,000 for illegally parking his vehicle at the busy Khyndai Lad area of the city.Saleng A. Sangma, the youngest cabinet ... Read more...
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Google to add Thailand to Street View
September 2nd, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Google and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) have announced plans to introduce Google Street View to Thailand in the next few years. It will include special areas ... Read more...
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This summer, Kashmir to fight murderers of another kind
May 19th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 19 (IANS) Newspaper advertisements, TV messages, raids on ultrasound clinics, door-to-door campaigns -- shamed by the dismal sex ratio revealed by the latest census report, the Jammu and ... Read more...
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German consulate officer detained for injuring four Pak policemen released
February 26th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Feb 26(ANI): German Consulate employee Martin, who had slammed his vehicle into a parked police van at a traffic signal in Karachi in the wee hours of Saturday, has been released ... Read more...
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Taseer’s assassin should be punished only for violating law, not murder: Qari Hanif
February 15th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Feb 15(ANI): Slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassin Malik Mumtaz Qadri should be punished by the court only for violating the law, not on murder charges, Qari Hanif Qureshi has said.Qari ... Read more...
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Chinese adults can’t take parents’ money - that’s law
January 22nd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Jan 22 (IANS) In a bid to ensure elderly persons' social welfare, parents in an east China province have been empowered by a new law to decline their adult children's monetary ... Read more...
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Demand for resignation over POSCO unjustified, says Naveen Patnaik
December 15th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the demand for his resignation by the opposition parties over giving land to the steel maker POSCO is illogical and ... Read more...
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‘China-Norway ties affected by Nobel Peace Prize’
December 2nd, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 2 (IANS) China Thursday said its relations with Norway had been affected by the Nobel committee's decision to award this year's Nobel Peace Prize to "convicted criminal" Liu Xiaobo."I think ... Read more...
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Italian town of Castellammare di Stabia to ban mini skirts
October 25th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Castellammare di Stabia, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pretty soon, miniskirts will be history in the Italian town of Castellammare di Stabia.The mayor of the town, Luigi Bobbio believes that the move will ... Read more...
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Check ecological threat due to Orissa port: Greenpeace
September 23rd, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Activists of environment group, Greenpeace, Thursday accused the central government of inaction over checking the threat of ecological damage posed by a port in Orissa and sought ... Read more...
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US allows ‘jailbreaking’ of iPhone
July 27th, 2010 - 8:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 27 (DPA) New government rules announced Monday will allow iPhone users to unlock, or "jailbreak," their phones without violating the law.
The amendments to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act will ... Read more...
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Former railway minister’s son arrested
July 13th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) Sangramsinh Rathwa, the son of Naran Rathwa, former union minister of state for railways in the first UPA government, was arrested for the second time in 24 ... Read more...
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Bhutan to ban tobacco sale - again
June 11th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Shubha Singh
Thimphu (Bhutan), June 11 (IANS) Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom that takes pride in living by a pristine set of values, began its second attempt to ban the sale of tobacco ... Read more...
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IHF derecognition illegal: Delhi High Court
May 21st, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday quashed as illegal the central government order derecognising the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
Giving relief to IHF president K.P.S. Gill, Justice S. ... Read more...
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A.Raja should quit or be sacked immediately: CPI-M
May 20th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday asked Communication and IT Minister A. Raja, who is facing an enquiry into the 2G spectrum scam, to quit immediately. ... Read more...
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NGO catches Ajay Devgn smoking in public (With Images)
May 19th, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 19 (IANS) A tobacco watchdog organisation Wednesday asked the health authorities to fine Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn for smoking in public while on the sets of his film "Golmaal ... Read more...
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Venezuelan President Chavez says raids expected in currency probe
May 15th, 2010 - 4:05 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said that its government will likely carry out raids on people linked to currency websites, as part of a fight ... Read more...
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60 percent doctors in China still smoke
April 27th, 2010 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) China has not been able to put down its brakes on smoking because a majority of doctors - 60 percent - themselves can't say no to the habit, ... Read more...
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Hyderabad turned into fortress to foil students’ protest
February 20th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 20 (IANS) People in Hyderabad had a harrowing time Saturday as police closed several roads to traffic and local trains were cancelled to foil the Osmania University students' ... Read more...
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Tatas’ domination in Munnar should end, says LDF
February 18th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 18 (IANS) The day-long state committee meeting of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Thursday asked the V.S. Achuthanandan government to ensure that everything is done to end the Tatas' ... Read more...
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Irked at ‘act poor’ Australian advice, students write to PM
February 8th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8 (IANS) Upset over the "act poor" advise to Indian students in Australia by the Victoria police chief, students from the community have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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On eve of Rahul Gandhi visit, Congress hits back at Shiv Sena
February 4th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) On the eve of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mumbai, leaders of the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday hit back at the Shiv ... Read more...
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I am not afraid, says besieged Fonseka
January 27th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) "I am not afraid," Sri Lankan presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath Fonseka said Wednesday after heavily armed soldiers threw a tight circle around his hotel.
"...Their (Sri ... Read more...
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Malaysian Unmarried Couples Arrested On New Year’s Eve
January 9th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Selangor, Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The unmarried Malaysian couples who were enjoying the New Year's eve with their partner in the hotel rooms of Selangor had never anticipated that their ... Read more...
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Ringling Bros wins lawsuit over the Elephant abuse case
January 4th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ringling Bros and the Barnum & Bailey Circus have won a lawsuit in which they were accused of handling their elephants badly. They won the lawsuit ... Read more...
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