Blaze at fireworks factory in southern India kills 38, injures 60
September 6th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by BNO News
SIVAKASI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- A fast-moving fire swept through a fireworks factory in southern India on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 60 others, emergency officials ... Read more...
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PM condoles Sivakasi fire victims
September 5th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday expressed deep shock over the Sivakasi firecracker tragedy in Tamil Nadu and condoled the deaths in the accident."The ... Read more...
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Nine perish as two IAF choppers collide (Second Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Nine defence personnel, including five officers, were killed Thursday when two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters collided mid-air near Jamnagar in Gujarat, an official said.The ... Read more...
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UP to upgrade and modernise autopsy centres
August 26th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh, where over 2,000 people die of unnatural causes every month, has undertaken an ambitious project to upgrade and modernise its post-mortem centres, most of ... Read more...
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US gurdwara shooting: DSGMC to compensate Delhi victims’ kin
August 7th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee will give financial aid of Rs.1 lakh each to the next of kin of two people from Delhi who ... Read more...
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Punjab to pay for transporting bodies of gurdwara victims
August 7th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday said it would bear the entire expenditure of transporting the bodies of those who were killed when a gunman opened fire at ... Read more...
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PM condoles deaths in Tamil Nadu train fire (Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday expressed "shock and grief" over the death of 32 people who were burnt alive in the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil ... Read more...
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Obama to visit victims of Batman movie shooting
July 22nd, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US President Barack Obama will travel to Aurora city in Colorado state to meet the families of victims of Friday's shooting incident where a man ... Read more...
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14 killed in blast near Pakistan-Afghan border (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) At least 14 people, including three women and two children, were killed while seven others injured after a landmine blast occurred in the border town of ... Read more...
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Three-day mourning in Kenya after chopper crash
June 11th, 2012 - 5:00 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, June 11 (IANS) Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki has declared three-day national mourning which begins Monday onwards, following a helicopter crash near the capital Nairobi in which a minister, his ... Read more...
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Four kids dead in Lahore hospital fire (Lead)
June 7th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) A massive fire broke out Thursday in the children's emergency ward at a government hospital in Lahore, killing at least four children and injuring 21, officials ... Read more...
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Families mourn Iraq blast deaths, government silent
May 29th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) While two Indian Dawoodi Bohras on pilgrimage were Sunday evening killed in a blast targeting a bus near Baghdad, Iraq, their bereaved families in Maharashtra have ... Read more...
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Fishermen paid damages, but Italian Marines face trial (Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 24 (IANS) Italian authorities Tuesday handed over two demand drafts of Rs.1 crore each to the Lok Adalat as compensation to the families of two Indian fishermen shot ... Read more...
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Pakistan to probe plane crash that killed 127 (Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday announced a judicial probe into the air-crash near here that killed 127 people. Several staff of the airline ... Read more...
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Boeing offers to assist Pakistan in crash probe
April 21st, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) US aircraft company Boeing has offered technical assistance to Pakistan in the investigation into the plane crash near here that killed 127 people Friday.In a ... Read more...
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Three killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train (Second Lead)
April 19th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Three people were killed in Mumbai Thursday after they fell off an overcrowded local train, railway officials said.Fourteen people travelling in other packed trains were also ... Read more...
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Three killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train (Lead)
April 19th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Three people were killed in Mumbai Thursday after they fell off an overcrowded local train, railway officials said.Fourteen people travelling in other packed trains were also ... Read more...
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British police to visit family of slain Indian student
January 1st, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 1 (IANS) British police officers would visit India to meet the family of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve who was shot dead in Manchester a day after Christmas, ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane toll now 46, life limps back to normalcy (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) The deaths due to cyclone Thane that hit the Tamil Nadu coast Friday morning went up by nine to 46 Saturday. Though life started limping back ... Read more...
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Indian-origin MP wants more rights for British crime victims
December 15th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) Victims of crime in Britain are to be given more rights, including the power to influence sentencing, under a new law proposed by Indian-origin Conservative MP ... Read more...
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Zardari seeks report on killing of Hindu doctors
November 8th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has sought a report on the killing of three Hindu brothers, who were doctors, in Pakistan's Sindh province.Ajit Kumar and his two ... Read more...
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Bodies of missing South Korean pilots found
October 31st, 2011 - 8:09 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, Oct 31 (IANS) The bodies of the two South Korean pilots of a crashed cargo plane were found Sunday, three months after the accident, Xinhua reported.Choi Sang-gi, 52, and ... Read more...
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Royal couple raise 625,000 pounds for kids’ charity
October 16th, 2011 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 16 (IANS) British royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton have helped to raise 625,000 pounds for a charity, after hosting a special dinner here.Dailystar.co.uk reports that ... Read more...
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Plane crash victims’ kin to travel to Nepal
September 25th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 25 (IANS) A small group from Tiruchirappali in Tamil Nadu will Monday travel to Nepal to bring back the bodies of the Indians killed in Sunday's air crash ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa condoles deaths in Nepal air crash
September 25th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday condoled the deaths of 19 passengers in an aircraft crash in Nepal."I am grieved on hearing the news of ... Read more...
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Delhi blast: Japan hopes India will overcome quickly
September 7th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Describing the bombing outside the Delhi High Court complex as an "atrocious act of terrorism", Japan Wednesday hoped that the people of India will "quickly ... Read more...
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Terrorism unacceptable, unjustifiable: Sheikh Hasina
September 7th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) Stating that any act of terrorism is "unacceptable" and "unjustifiable", Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday expressed her "profound shock and outrage" over the bomb ... Read more...
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India not to succumb to terrorism: PM
September 7th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) India will "never succumb to the pressure of terrorism", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday after a bomb blast at the Delhi High Court ... Read more...
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Nine children die when canoe capsizes in Zambia
July 27th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by BNO News
MPONGWE, ZAMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- Nine young children were killed last week when a canoe capsized on the Kafue River in central Zambia, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.The accident happened on ... Read more...
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Tibetans are close to Norwegians: Dalai Lama
July 24th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 24 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama condoled the deaths of over 90 people in Norway, saying the Tibetans have a "close connection" with Norwegians.The Dalai Lama ... Read more...
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Citizens from India, Pakistan condemn Mumbai blasts
July 14th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Prominent citizens of India and Pakistan jointly condemned the serial blasts that rocked three areas of south and central Mumbai Wednesday killing 17 people and injuring ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka condemns Mumbai blasts
July 14th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has condemned the "cowardly terrorist attacks" in Mumbai that led to the death of 17 people Wednesday evening, a government ... Read more...
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Arunachal chief minister’s death mourned
May 4th, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Leaders across the country Wednesday mourned the death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash.Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, who served briefly ... Read more...
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PM condoles deaths in Myanmar quake, offers help
March 26th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday mourned the loss of lives in an earthquake that hit Myanmar Thursday night and offered help in the rescue ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh condoles loss of lives in Myanmar earthquake
March 26th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 26(ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Saturday condoled the loss of lives in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and offered assistance to the government.In his condolence ... Read more...
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