Sippy to direct thriller, excited to explore unknown genre
August 31st, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Ramesh Sippy has believed in taking risks ever since the release of his first directorial venture "Andaz". Now, when he returns to direction after 17 ... Read more...
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‘Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi’: Farah shines in pastiche Parsi romance (IANS Hindi Film Review)
August 25th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi"; Starring: Boman Irani, Farah Khan; Directed by: Bela Bhansali Sehgal; Rating: ***When two Parsis fall in love, there's bound to be friction. They ... Read more...
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Mahesh Bhatt compares ‘Jism 2′ to ‘Last Tango In Paris’ (Movie Snippets)
July 6th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has seen the final cut of "Jism 2" and feels it is on a par with Italian romance drama "Last Tango ... Read more...
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Scotsman has directly descended from African Eve
July 1st, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) Retired lecturer Ian Kinnaird who took a DNA test about his ancestry found he has directly descended from the earth's very first woman, who lived 190,000 ... Read more...
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Father in police custody for raping teenage daughter
June 3rd, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) A 42-year-old labourer was Sunday remanded to police custody here till June 7 for allegedly raping his teenage daughter, police said.The accused, Satyajeet Chowdhary, allegedly raped ... Read more...
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Retired teacher waits for Gandhi memorabilia auction result
April 18th, 2012 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), April 17 (IANS) A 70-year-old retired school teacher has been waiting patiently for the outcome as his rare collection of Mahatma Gandhi memorabilia went under the hammer in ... Read more...
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N.K.P. Salve is dead (Lead)
April 1st, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Former central minister and ex-cricket board president N.K.P. Salve died early Sunday at a hospital here due to age-related problems, family sources said. He was 80.A ... Read more...
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Communist leader, 106, dead
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 3 (IANS) Iconic Marxist leader Brajamohan Jamatiya, one of the founders of the Communist movement in Tripura, has died, his family said. He was 106.Jamatia, a widower, died ... Read more...
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Selena’s widower publishes memoir
March 3rd, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, March 3 (IANS/EFE) The guitarist who was married to the singer Selena when she was murdered in 1995 has published a book telling the story of his love ... Read more...
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104 years old Taufeek Khanjar becomes oldest UK citizen
February 6th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Taufeek Khanjar, a 104-year-old Iraqi native, has become the oldest naturalized citizen in Britain. The documentation to become a British was completed when he joined the ceremony ... Read more...
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Radcliffe’s ‘Woman In Black’ to release in India Feb 10
January 12th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Actor Daniel Radcliffe starrer "Woman In Black" is set to hit Indian screens Feb 10.Directed by James Watkins, the film would be Radcliffe's first ... Read more...
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Mahatma’s companion dead
November 28th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Pushpa Ranjan Chatterjee, who fasted with Mahatma Gandhi in 1947 here against India's break up and communal riots, died at his home in Hooghly Monday, family ... Read more...
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Former union minister Vasant Sathe dead
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader and former union minister Vasant P. Sathe died late Friday evening, according to official sources. He was 86.Sathe was a widower and ... Read more...
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Retired journalist commits suicide
September 8th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) Eminent journalist Madhusudhan Guharoy, who broke the news of the assassination of Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman, commited suicide by jumping in front of a Metro train, ... Read more...
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Welsh great-grandma gets a boob job
September 8th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wales, Sept 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A widower has got a breast implant at the age of 66 years. The grandmother changed her bra size from A to F. Joan Lloyd told reporters ... Read more...
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Woman jailed for ‘wicked murder’
August 8th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) A woman in Britain who beat an elderly man to death before burying him in her garden was jailed for life Monday.Ann Browning, 54, was ordered ... Read more...
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Science fiction movie “Another Earth” all set to release
July 22nd, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The science fiction movie Another Earth is set to hit the giant screens this weekend. The movie was first shown at the 27th Sundance Film Festival ... Read more...
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‘9 to 12′ an enjoyable suspense thriller (Kannada Movie Review)
July 3rd, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "9 to 12"; Cast: Kishore Kumar, Nivedita, B.C. Patil, B.V. Radha, Mandeep Rai and Jayarama; Producer-Writer-Director: Ashok Patil; Cameraman: Niranjan Babu; Music Director: Karthik; Rating: ** 1/2NRI director Ashok Patil ... Read more...
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Benazir Bhutto posthumously honoured at Tehran conference
June 26th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has been posthumously conferred an award for her struggle against terrorism and militancy, a media report said.The award was conferred ... Read more...
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Maid lived as wife, should get maintenance: high court
April 19th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A 65-year-old man will have to pay maintenance of Rs.3,000 per month to his domestic help as she was living with him like a wife, ... Read more...
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Jade Goody’s spirit visited me in court, says Jack Tweed
March 30th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 30 (ANI): Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed claims her spirit visited him when he was in court facing a rape charge, and assured him he would be cleared.Jack said ... Read more...
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‘Harry Potter’ star Daniel Radcliffe’s grown up role in ‘Woman in Black’
March 10th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 10 (ANI): Daniel Radcliffe has given his wand the axe to play a fully matured man in 'Woman in Black'.It's a whole world away from playing the bespectacled boy wizard ... Read more...
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Musharraf smoked cigars and had coffee with Zardari even after Benazir’s assassination
February 17th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Feb 17(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he had meetings with Asif Ali Zardari even after former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination.Musharraf said during a SAMAA TV ... Read more...
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Has Zardari secretly married US-based PPP activist?
February 4th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4(ANI): Pakistan's Presidency and Dr Tanveer Zamani, a practicing surgeon and PPP activist in the US, have commented quite differently on a flood of reports and Internet blogs referring ... Read more...
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Kate Roberts swindled out of her savings in a scam
January 31st, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A British woman has been swindled out of her life savings in an Internet love scam.Kate Roberts who is a mother of three, told reporters that she ... Read more...
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Single parents in a fix over nursery admissions
January 4th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Lack of clarity on the points distribution system for nursery admissions has created confusion among many parents in the capital, especially single mothers."Single parent only means 'widow/widower' ... Read more...
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11 childrens’ courts to come up in Delhi
December 30th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Eleven children's courts will soon be set up in the Indian capital in an effort to reach out to child victims of crime who suffer ... Read more...
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Anni Dewani’s widower not to return to S. Africa to identify murderers
November 26th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.26 (ANI): The widower of Indian-origin British woman Anni Dewani, who was murdered on her honeymoon in South Africa, and is not a formal suspect in the investigation, has no plans ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh government employee jumps to death (Second Lead)
November 9th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh government employee jumped to his death from the third floor of the secretariat annexe in the Hazratganj area here Tuesday, police said.Anil Kumar, aged around ... Read more...
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Drunk government employee jumps to death (Lead)
November 9th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) A drunk government employee jumped to his death from the third floor of the Secretariat Annexe building in Hazratganj area here Tuesday, police said.Anil Kumar, aged around 40 ... Read more...
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Drunk government staffer jumps to death in Lucknow
November 9th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) A middle-aged government staffer jumped to his death in an inebriated condition Tuesday from the third floor of the Secretariat Annexe building here, police said."Anil Kumar Srivastava ... Read more...
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Jack Tweed’s new Essex bar torched by thugs
October 30th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 30 (ANI): A suspected arson gang put Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed's new Essex bar on fire just hours after the reality show 'The only way is Essex' was ... Read more...
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Acting is about concentration: Clive Owen
October 16th, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Arpana
Abu Dhabi, Oct 16 (IANS) Golden Globe winning English actor Clive Owen feels performance is all about concentration."Acting is about concentration. You know what is required and you know what you ... Read more...
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Renewed Episodes Of “Caprica” On SyFy
October 6th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The science fiction drama television series "Caprica" is renewed with all new episodes and the audience watched their favorite drama with interest and appreciation. The first ... Read more...
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Former Pakistani President Musharraf launches new party
October 2nd, 2010 - 1:34 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) – Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Friday announced his return to politics by launching a new party in London in an attempt to return to power.Musharraf also apologized ... Read more...
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