Good samaritan in China tracked down through internet
August 28th, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 28 (IANS) A good samaritan who helped a man who suffered an epileptic attack even when onlookers told him not to do so has been tracked down ... Read more...
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Gurdwara shooting: Subject down! Subject down!, yelled cop
August 6th, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Police radio dispatches show the tension that build up when a man opened fire, killing six people at a gurdwara in a Milwaukee suburb. The gunman ... Read more...
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Six die in Assam accident (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) Six people, four of them from a family, were killed Wednesday when an ambulance in which they were in collided with a truck, police said.The accident ... Read more...
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Six killed in Assam road accident
August 1st, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) In a road accident, six people, four of them from a family, were killed on the spot Wednesday in Assam when the ambulance in which they ... Read more...
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Wife lures men for sex to kill husband, jailed
July 31st, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) A woman in Britain, who recruited two men whom she met in a bar and wooed for sex at home in exchange for murdering her elderly ... Read more...
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Doctor killed in Jaipur accident
July 23rd, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 22 (IANS) A 40-year-old paediatrician at a private hospital here was killed when his bike was run over by a speeding truck Sunday morning, police said.According to police, ... Read more...
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Woman gives birth to girl on Metro train (Lead)
July 22nd, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a Delhi Metro train Sunday morning. This was the first such incident on the Delhi ... Read more...
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Haryana farmers torch police station
July 22nd, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 22 (IANS) Farmers torched a police station, held several policemen hostage and blocked the Delhi-Jaipur highway Sunday as police opened fire to control protests against land acquisition in ... Read more...
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Woman gives birth to girl on Metro train
July 22nd, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a Delhi Metro train Sunday morning.Juli Devi, 27, was later taken to hospital by Metro ... Read more...
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Berry hospitalised after getting injured
July 19th, 2012 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 19 (IANS) Actress Halle Berry was rushed to a hospital after she suffered an injury while shooting for the movie, "The Hive".Berry hit her head on a ... Read more...
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Harding rescues unknown drunken man
July 12th, 2012 - 7:01 am ICT by IANS
London, July 12 (IANS) Singer Sarah Harding saw a drunken man lying in the street unconscious and rescued him while holidaying in Ibiza."Sarah was driving around the island in a ... Read more...
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The Wanted rescue fan who fainted
July 10th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) The Wanted band members Nathan Sykes and Tom Parker came to the rescue of a female fan who fainted out of excitement and suffered a seizure.The ... Read more...
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Young BMX rider dies after crash
July 1st, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Riga (Latvia), July 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 17-year-old Latvian freestyle BMX rider has died of injuries sustained in a crash during a competition here, organisers said Sunday.Arturs Grikis fell from ... Read more...
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Chinese astronauts return to Earth
June 29th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 29 (IANS) Three astronauts who completed China's first manned space docking safely returned to Earth Friday morning.The return capsule of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft touched down in north China's Inner ... Read more...
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Girl out of borewell, taken to hospital (Lead)
June 24th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Manesar (Haryana), June 24 (IANS) A four-year-old girl who fell into a 70 feet deep borewell here in Haryana four days ago was finally pulled out by soldiers Sunday afternoon.Mahi ... Read more...
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Three crew members injured on ‘Dabangg 2′ sets (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Three technicians were injured on the sets of Salman Khan-starrer "Dabangg 2" at Mehboob Studio here Saturday, and were admitted to the Lilavati Hospital. They ... Read more...
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Lohan in good spirits after health scare
June 18th, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 18 (IANS) Actress Lindsay Lohan, who sparked concern after reports suggested that she had been found unconscious in her suite at a hotel, has laughed off ... Read more...
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Death at Guwahati airport raises questions on facilities
June 16th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 16 (IANS) The death of a passenger at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati Saturday raised serious questions about the facilities available at the airport.Narendra ... Read more...
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At 330 kg, British teenager would secretly gobble food
June 3rd, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) A teenaged girl, dubbed as Britain's fattest teen and presently hospitalised, used to order her favourite junk food online and get it stealthily delivered, her parents ... Read more...
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SBI mulls reduced interest rates for small, medium enterprises
May 29th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) India's largest government-owned lender, State Bank of India (SBI) plans to reduce its lending rates for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from June onwards so ... Read more...
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Pakistani shot while on way to collect bodies of three sons
May 19th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 19 (IANS) A Pakistani woman was injured and three men accompanying her were killed when they were shot at while on their way to a morgue in Karachi ... Read more...
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Russian steals ambulance
May 18th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 18 (IANS) A 24-year-old man in the Russian city of Izhevsk stole an ambulance and drove it around for two days before getting caught, police said.The man climbed ... Read more...
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Italian dies after wife stabs him in genitals
May 16th, 2012 - 7:01 am ICT by IANS
Rome, May 16 (IANS/AKI) A 61-year-old man from the Italian port city of Livorno died after being repeatedly stabbed in the penis by his wife.The 57-year-old woman admitted to attacking ... Read more...
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Man dies after eating heroin-filled cigarettes
May 15th, 2012 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man detained at a Moscow railway station died after eating a pack of cigarettes stuffed with heroin, police said.Police detained the man, who was ... Read more...
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Kid survives on chocolate near dead mom
April 16th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) A two-year-old girl in Australia survived on chocolate for five days after her mother died in their home.The child was found near the body of her ... Read more...
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Storm strikes Vishal Bhardwaj’s movie set, injurs five
April 12th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) A thunderstorm followed by heavy rains destroyed the set of Vishal Bhardwaj's film "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" and injured five people. The film is being ... Read more...
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Online plea gets police to escort sick baby in China
March 21st, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, March 21 (IANS) Modern communication technology proved a possible life-saver when an online appeal prompted police to escort an ambulance carrying a sick baby in China.The four-month-old boy took ... Read more...
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Puerto Rico busts septuagenarian for selling drugs
March 7th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
San Juan, March 7 (IANS/EFE) A bedridden woman in her 70s accused of selling illegal drugs was arrested Tuesday in the town of Orocovis, Puerto Rican authorities.Blanca Ortiz was taken ... Read more...
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Mexican comedian says he’s feeling well after health scare
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Mexican comedian Roberto Gomez Bolanos "Chespirito", 83, is feeling "very well", the artist himself tweeted."Many thanks to everyone asking about my health, I feel tired, ... Read more...
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Suspicious powder found in Pakistani ambulance
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Eight drums of a suspicious powdery chemical were Thursday recovered from an ambulance by police in Pakistan's port city of Karachi.Karachi police raided the city's Tower ... Read more...
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Three die in grenade blast in Colombia
February 27th, 2012 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Feb 27 (IANS/EFE) Three soldiers were killed and 20 wounded when a soldier pulled out the pin of a grenade at an army base in northwestern Colombia, the army ... Read more...
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Pilot becomes ill during flight, dies on landing
February 16th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Feb 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The captain of a Czech airliner flying from Warsaw became ill and died upon landing at an international airport in Prague, CTK news agency reported ... Read more...
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Four die as ambulance falls into canal in Pakistan
February 3rd, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Four women were killed and five injured when their ambulance carrying a body plunged into a canal in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said.The ambulance fell into ... Read more...
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Four killed as ambulance crashes into bus (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Osmanabad (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) An ambulance carrying the body of a 61-year-old man crashed into a bus, killing four more people, including the man's widow, a family friend and ... Read more...
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Ambulance rams into bus, four killed
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Osmanabad (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) At least four passengers were killed when an ambulance from Karnataka carrying a body rammed into a state transport bus near Vadgaon in this district ... Read more...
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