Blinding amoeba targets contact lens users
September 7th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A deadly amoeba present in tap water, showers and swimming pools, is targeting contact lens users by chewing through their eyeballs and causing blindness.The bug has ... Read more...
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No row will be brushed under carpet: army chief (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Nothing would be brushed under the carpet, Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh said Friday, sending out on his first day in office a strong ... Read more...
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Attack on judges: Delhi lawyers observe strike
May 18th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Protesting the attack on three judges by bike-borne men in yet another incident of road rage in the capital, lawyers in all the six district ... Read more...
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Attack on judges: Lawyers threaten strike Friday
May 17th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) To protest an attack on three Delhi judges by four bikers in a road rage incident in south Delhi, lawyers at the Saket district courts ... Read more...
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Road rage: Three judges attacked in Delhi (Lead)
May 17th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) In yet another case of road rage in the capital, four young men on two motorbikes Thursday viciously attacked three judges, leaving one of them ... Read more...
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Apex court bans use of black films on car glasses
April 27th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday banned the use of black films of any visible light transmission (VLT) percentage or any other material on the front and ... Read more...
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Man survive two months in car in -30C
February 20th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 20 (IANS) A Swedish man was pulled of a snow-covered car after having survived two months in sub-zero temperatures.Peter Skyllberg, 44, had eaten nothing but handfuls of snow ... Read more...
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Apples fall from sky in Coventry
December 15th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A bizarre incident happened in the British town of Coventry when motorists literally had to duck and avoid being hit by falling apples. On Monday night residents ... Read more...
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Pakistani minister escapes Taliban fire
October 31st, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 31 (IANS) A provincial minister of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had a miraculous escape Monday when he was fired at by suspected Taliban militants, police said Monday.Amjad ... Read more...
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4×4 vehicle scales Snowdon again
September 30th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Snowdon, Sept 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For the second time this month, a 4x4 vehicle has been left on Sowdon. It is believed that the abandoned vehicle was the same on that authorities ... Read more...
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Aaron Denham wakes up from coma & makes a miraculous recovery
August 22nd, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 22-year-old cyclist was just hours away from being declared dead when he miraculously started recovering from a horrible accident. Hospital officials had contemplated turning off the ... Read more...
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UK man faces the sack for Christian cross on his van dashboard
April 17th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 17 (ANI): An electrician in the UK is facing the sack for displaying a small cross on the dashboard of his company van.Former soldier Colin Atkinson has been summoned to ... Read more...
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Qantas’ woes continue as ’scary’ cockpit fire forces Sydney-bound jet to divert to Cairns
March 24th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Cairns, Mar 24(ANI): A Sydney-based Qantas Airways' flight from the Philippines has made a forced landing in Cairns after a fire broke out in the plane's cockpit.Qantas said that the Airbus A330 ... Read more...
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Police unable to get hold of slain Pak minister’s cell phone, driver
March 6th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 6(ANI): Police officials probing the assassination of Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti have neither been able to access his cell phone nor his driver, which could help yield valuable ... Read more...
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Oz train driver wins appeal against C-word use in workplace rant
March 4th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 4 (ANI): A train driver in Australia has escaped punishment for using the C-word in a workplace rant after a court ruled that it is fine to use the taboo ... Read more...
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Argentinean Woman Miraculously Survives A Fall Of 23 Stories But Is Severely Injured
January 25th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 25, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): As per the BBC, a 30-year-old Argentinean woman has endured a ‘23 story fall’ from a luxury hotel located in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires. ... Read more...
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Woman survives 23rd storey hotel jump after waiting taxi breaks her fall
January 25th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 25 (ANI): A woman, who jumped from the 23rd storey of a Buenos Aires hotel, has managed to survive after a waiting taxi broke her fall.The 30-year-old woman, who suffered ... Read more...
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Drivers face £60 fine for having snow on their vehicle’s roof
December 8th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British authorities have warned that driving with snow on your car roof could earn you a £60 fine.That act can also cause you three points on your ... Read more...
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BJP youth wing to continue protests against Mirwaiz
December 1st, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing vowed to continue their protest against Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday, a day after they tried to ... Read more...
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BJP youth wing activists attack Mirwaiz’s car
November 30th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing Tuesday attacked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's car as it was entering the Foreign Correspondent's Club, where the Hurriyat conference ... Read more...
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Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists attack Mirwaiz in New Delhi
November 30th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by ANI
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Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists on Tuesday attacked the All
India Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq in New Delhi when ... Read more...
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Brit housewife is UFO magnet after 17 encounters with aliens
November 11th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): A British housewife has become known as a UFO magnet after she claimed that she has been visited at least 17 times by them, with five such episodes ... Read more...
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World’s first 3D printed fully functioning hybrid car
November 4th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 04 (ANI): Two firms in the US have collaborated to develop a car built entirely by a 3D printer.Urbee was made using additive manufacturing processes, which prints layer upon layer ... Read more...
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Rare ice rainbow clicked in Britain
October 24th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 24 (IANS) A British photographer has captured on camera an optical phenomenon known as an ice rainbow, whose brilliant white light almost blinded him while driving.Photographer Reyaz Limalia spotted the ... Read more...
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Dismissed police officer seizes tourist bus in Philippines (Lead)
August 23rd, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 23 (DPA) A sacked police officer armed with an assault rifle Monday seized a bus carrying more than 20 Chinese tourists in the Philippines, police said.
Authorities said the suspect, police ... Read more...
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Briton kills wife for his ‘twisted obsession for sex’
August 12th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) A Briton who murdered his wife due to his "twisted obsession for sex" has been sentenced to 25 years in jail.
Just days before their divorce, 32-year-old Brent Mott ... Read more...
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BP doctored oil spill image to make staff look busy
July 22nd, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) British Petroleum (BP) was caught up in yet another controversy after bloggers noticed an image of its US oil spill command centre was digitally modified to make the ... Read more...
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Race attack: Indian students’ cars torched in Australia
July 14th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 14 (IANS) A group of international students, mostly Indians, in the Australian city of Adelaide are living in constant fear after a gang fire-bombed three of their cars Tuesday, the ... Read more...
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Government to implement pan India automated toll system
July 2nd, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India will soon see a uniform electronic toll collection system on its national highways, increasing the revenue, curbing leakages and ensuring smooth travel across the country.
The system, ... Read more...
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Thilakan gears up for politics
June 28th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 (IANS) Thespian Thilakan Monday said he would contest against Kerala legislator K.B. Ganesh Kumar in the assembly elections, after the car of his film director was allegedly stoned by ... Read more...
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Footage shows US soldiers killing civilians, laughing
April 6th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
London/Washington, April 6 (IANS) A video leaked online shows US soldiers shooting dead civilians in Iraq and then laughing at their bodies, a media report said Tuesday.
The footage on website WikiLeaks shows ... Read more...
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The End Of Hummer Story
February 26th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) General Motors are done with Hummers. No matter how astonishing the news might sound to be, Hummers are destined to be rolled off and forever. Sale ... Read more...
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Two more Indians assaulted in Australia
January 22nd, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Brisbane, Jan 22 (IANS) Two Indians, including a taxi driver, have been assaulted in two separate incidents in this Australian city.
Following the attacks late Thursday and early Friday, Queensland's Acting Premier Andrew ... Read more...
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‘Accident On Hill Road’ - too much noise and gore (IANS Film Review; Rating:**)
January 2nd, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Film: "Accident On Hill Road"; Cast: Celina Jaitley, Abhimanyu Singh, Farooque ShaikhRating: **There's a man stuck on your windscreen! That's what you want to scream to Celina Jaitley. But ... Read more...
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French actor Gerard Depardieu smashes car
December 23rd, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 23 (ANI): French actor Gerard Depardieu has admitted damaging a car parked outside a nightclub near his Paris home.The 60-year-old Oscar nominee was seen "swaying and staggering" towards the vehicle ... Read more...
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