Lohan thinks Bynes should be punished
September 18th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 18 (IANS) Actress Lindsay Lohan, who has served jail for her irresponsible driving, feels it's unfair that fellow actress Amanda Bynes has not yet been arrested for ... Read more...
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Russia-made amphibious plane crashes in Iran
July 30th, 2012 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russia-made amphibious plane crashed in northern Iran leaving three people injured, Press TV reported.The Aerovolga LA-8 twin-engine amphibious aircraft crashed Sunday as it was ... Read more...
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Week after leg crushed by bus, girl dies
July 24th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 24 (IANS) A week after her leg was crushed under the wheels of a state transport bus near her school here, Anupama Sarkar lost her battle for life ... Read more...
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Mahindra First Choice plans to sell 1 lakh pre-owned cars by 2015
July 21st, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Mahindra First Choice Wheels, one of India's largest multi-brand pre-owned car companies, is planning to sell one lakh vehicles by 2015 and 45,000 by the end ... Read more...
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Clos to replace Narain for opening British GP practice
June 29th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Silverstone, June 29 (IANS) HRT reserve driver Dani Clos will take the wheels from India's Narain Karthikeyan for the opening practise session of the Formula One British Grand Prix here ... Read more...
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‘Looking at CPI-M workers’ faces will bring bad luck’
June 17th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress leader known for his weird pronouncements has tossed up another one, asking his party cadres not to look at Communist Party of ... Read more...
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Alert women pilots save over 48 lives aboard Air India plane (Lead)
June 10th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 10 (IANS) The presence of mind of two women pilots saved the lives of 48 passengers and the crew aboard a Guwahati-bound Air India plane Sunday after it ... Read more...
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Italy quake causes $250 mn loss to farmers
May 21st, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 21 (IANS/AKI) The earthquake that struck Italy Sunday caused a loss of around 200 million euros (over $250 million) to agriculture, a trade association said Monday.The Coldiretti farmers' ... 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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Alonso fastest on day one of mid-season test
May 2nd, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mugello (Italy), May 2 (IANS) Fernando Alonso brought joy to the Ferrari fans gathered at the Mugello Circuit here by setting the fastest time on a rain-affected opening day of ... Read more...
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Indian mother faces trial in Britain for suicide attempt
March 24th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 24 (IANS) An Indian woman is facing trial in Britain for allegedly trying to kill her child and attempt suicide by jumping before a train.The Snaresbrook Crown Court ... Read more...
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Police cameras to watch ‘devils on wheel’
March 20th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Delhi Police is installing cameras at accident prone roads to rein in speeding "devils at wheels", an official said Tuesday.Joint Commissioner Satyendra Garg posted ... Read more...
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Man kills woman while parking car
March 10th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 10 (IANS) An elderly woman in China was run over by a man who was reversing his car to park it near his house.The accident, which occurred Friday ... Read more...
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All-terrain wheelchair for disabled use
March 8th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) An all-terrain wheelchair with tracks instead of wheels that can go almost anywhere has been developed by scientists.The Action Trackchair is made by Action Manufacturing in ... Read more...
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Man jumps before Metro train, dies (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
March 6th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A 22-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a metro train in Mayur Vihar station in the capital, police said Tuesday.The identity of the ... Read more...
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Karthikeyan hits track as HRT unveils 2012 car
March 6th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, March 6 (IANS) India's Narain Karthikeyan finally got behind the wheels of a Formula One car 13 days before the season's first race as HRT unveiled their new car ... Read more...
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Man jumps before Metro train, dies
March 6th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A 22-year-old man who borrowed 10 rupees from the station staff to enter a Delhi Metro station here committed suicide by jumping in front of ... Read more...
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Woman held for posing as Mamata’s aide
February 8th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A 40-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday for posing as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's personal assistant and duping people of more than Rs.8 ... Read more...
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A royal scratch that would cost her $29,800
February 8th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) That's a scratch that will cost her dear, and she feared much more. But a woman in China is "relieved" she would have to pay only ... Read more...
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Big B turns ‘chauffer’ for Oprah Winfrey
January 17th, 2012 - 3:06 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan must be having several chauffers at his disposal, but he decided to drive international talk show queen Oprah Winfrey himself to a ... Read more...
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Learner driver jailed for killing 9 year old
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 34-year-old learner driver who killed a 9-year-old girl on her first driving lesson has been jailed two years. Beatrice Mawamba allegedly panicked while driving and lost ... Read more...
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Kris Marshall banned from driving for 6 months
November 11th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor Kris Marshall has been banned from driving for six months. The actor was punished for failing to submit to breathalyzer. This is not the first time ... Read more...
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Mahindra First Choice eyeing 55 percent more sales in east India
November 10th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd, one of India's largest multi-brand pre-owned car companies, is aiming at 50 to 55 percent growth in sales in terms of ... Read more...
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Seven Gujarat pilgrims killed in Punjab accident
November 6th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 6 (IANS) At least seven pilgrims from Gujarat were killed when their bus skidded off the road and landed in a drain near Jalalabad town in southwest Punjab ... Read more...
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Fearing world’s end, he builds ark with AC
September 8th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 8 (IANS) A Chinese man is convinced the world will end in 2012, and has hired workers to build an ark like that of the biblical Noah.The ark ... Read more...
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Buy a home for just $99!
September 2nd, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Helping many ordinary people realise their dream to own a house, an American firm is offering wooden houses which can be bought at just $99.Besides ... Read more...
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Kerala gets floating pathology lab
August 23rd, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 23 (IANS) Starting Wednesday, people living around the famous Punnamada Lake in central Kerala can get their blood sugar levels checked at a specially-designed floating laboratory on ... Read more...
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Sober behind wheels? Czech cops will give you a bottle!
July 28th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, July 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Czech traffic police will award drivers who will successfully pass sobriety tests with a bottle of non-alcoholic beer till the end of August, Czech television ... Read more...
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Assaulted sportswoman trained in beauty care
July 26th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Volleyball player Arunima Sinha, who lost a leg after being thrown out of a train by criminals, has been trained in beauty care by Shahnaz ... Read more...
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Minor girl crushed to death in Delhi
July 15th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) A four-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh lost her life after she came under the wheels of a bus in Delhi Friday, police said. The driver ... Read more...
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Study reveals that despite ban on Cell phone usage while driving accident rates still high
July 8th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, July 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new study has rubbished the long-held assertion that using hands-free phone while driving reduces the risk of having an accident when compared with using ... Read more...
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Rajdhani derailment: Railway safety panel begins probe
June 16th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) The railway's safety panel has begun its inquiry into Wednesday's derailment of Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, a railway statement said Thursday."The Commissioner of Railway Safety (Eastern ... Read more...
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Caterpillars stop train in China
June 13th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 13 (IANS) Caterpillars forced a train to stop in China after they gummed up the wheels and created a thick sticky layer on the track as it chugged ... Read more...
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1 lakh used cars sale by 2014: Mahindra First Choice
June 6th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd, one of India's largest multi-brand pre-owned car selling companies, is eyeing to sell one lakh used cars by 2014, a top ... Read more...
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Horse’s tragic death cancels royal ceremony
June 3rd, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) A royal gun salute marking the Queen's coronation was cancelled after an Army horse died accidentally while participating in the ceremony.Members of the public watched in ... Read more...
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