THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Drinking pure water is considered one of the primary steps towards healthy life. In the households of Kerala, boiling drinking water in the kitchen at the start of a day was a common sight. When water purifiers entered the scene, many opted to switch on the machine to get purified drinking water at homes. Though both these practices are still in vogue, many city dwellers have switched to packaged drinking...
11:21 AM, May 12, 2012
CHENNAI: Guess where every plastic bottle that you toss on a Chennai-bound train ends up? China! In an effort to ensure the safe disposal of plastic waste, piling up in the pit lanes of coach maintenance yards, the railway has engaged an agency to collect these non - biodegradable material and ship it out of the country to China for recycling. The new initiative that is on a trial run...
08:01 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Mumbai: In a twisted irony, the Maharashtra state's stringent de-addiction policy sprang brazenly back in its face when 14 Navi Mumbai policemen were caught smuggling 500 bottles of alcohol from Goa. The cops, including an assistant inspector and two assistant sub-inspectors, have been placed under suspension pending further inquiry. The incident happened on Wednesday night when the police team, on deputation with the Reserve Bank of India, were returning from...
12:59 PM, Mar 16, 2012
Mumbai: Excise officials were taken by surprise on Tuesday when they found 105 Scotch bottles hidden in suitcases filled with ladies undergarments and other clothes. In the run-up to the BMC elections, the excise department had tightened their vigil, in an attempt to avoid any alcohol smuggling. However, during one of their raids, they found the expensive alcohol in the bags of four people returning to the city from Goa....
01:22 PM, Feb 15, 2012
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Donald Wylie was 11-years-old in 1985, when he threw the bottle into the sea. ...
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Melbourne: Centurion Virat Kohli lashed out at the Australian players for constantly indulging in sledging and the local fans Down Under for not treating the Indian cricketers with respect. They (players) sledge when they get frustrated. Obviously it was hot out there. Constantly they were sledging the players so that they could spoil their concentration. During that partnership (between him and Wriddhiman Saha) they were really, really having a go,...
10:01 PM, Apr 15, 2008
Johannesburg: Indian cricketers don't drink much but are still loud and noisy in their celebrations, disclosed former South Africa opener Herschelle Gibbs in his autobiography, 'To the Point'. My Indian teammates might be frustratingly quiet on the field but put a trophy in their hands and the celebrations are about as loud and as noisy as they get, Gibbs wrote in a section on the 2009 Indian Premier League final...
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