Stray bullet kills man after Eid prayers in Turkey
August 20th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Ankara, Aug 19 (IANS) A 32-year-old man died in Turkey Sunday after being hit by a stray bullet fired at the courtyard of a mosque after Eid prayers, Xinhua reported.The ... Read more...
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Toxic gases kill four in Rajasthan well
June 17th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 17 (IANS) Four men, aged between 20 and 40 years, Sunday suffocated to death due to poisonous gases in a 30-feet-deep well in Rajasthan, police said.The incident took ... Read more...
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Irked at illicit relationship, sons shoot mother-paramour dead
June 15th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 15 (IANS) A couple, in a live-in relationship, were shot dead early Friday when they were asleep in their house in the Para locality on the outskirts of ... Read more...
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Man kills cousin’s kids, commits suicide in Rajasthan
June 13th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 13 (IANS) A man jumped in front of a moving train after axing to death two of his cousin's children and injuring two others in Rajasthan's Bundi district ... Read more...
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Bombs hurled at Bahrain school
April 12th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, April 12 (IANS) Two home-made bombs were Thursday hurled into a school in Bahrain, but there were no casualties in the blasts, Xinhua reported.The education ministry said a "loud ... Read more...
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Sarkozy says sorry as son hits cop with tomato
March 12th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 12 (IANS) Nicolas Sarkozy had to apologise after his 15-year-old son threw a tomato at a cop guarding the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the French president.Louis ... Read more...
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Dharun Ravi sent messages to roommate on night of suicide
March 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 8 (IANS) Indian American student Dharun Ravi apparently tried to make amends with his estranged roommate after spying his sexual encounter with another man with a webcam, ... Read more...
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Model of India’s biggest mosque unveiled
January 30th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), Jan 30 (IANS) The model of what is billed as India's biggest mosque -- accommodating 25,000 in its courtyard -- was unveiled here Monday.The mosque is to come ... Read more...
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Rushdie address called off as Muslims threaten trouble (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival was called off Tuesday as some of the dozens of ... Read more...
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Muslims threaten trouble if Rushdie speaks
January 24th, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Minutes before Salman Rushdie was to speak to the Jaipur Literary Festival via video link, dozens of Muslims started praying in the courtyard of the ... Read more...
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China to expand oldest Buddhist temple
January 4th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) China's oldest Buddhist temple, built 1,943 years ago, is to be renovated.Baima Temple, or the White Horse Temple, will be expanded into a cultural park of ... Read more...
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Man shoots trespassing neighbour
December 29th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 29 (IANS) A house owner in Ghaziabad shot and killed a man he found trespassing in his compound in the early hours Thursday, police said, adding the ... Read more...
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10-year-old boy kills kid of four
December 15th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy in Sweden has confessed to killing a child of four by strangling him with a skipping rope after an argument, a media report ... Read more...
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Bin Laden mission was a big gamble for Obama: official
May 4th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): The mission that led to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death was one of the toughest decisions US President Barack Obama has ever had to make, according ... Read more...
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Kourtney Kardashian purchases $1.7M mega-home in California
April 2nd, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 2 (ANI): Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian has splurged 1.7 million dollars on a mansion in Calabasas, California.According to Real Estalker, the four-bedroom home has 5,000-plus square feet of ... Read more...
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Shumang Leela festival held to promote northeast culture in Manipur
March 26th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Mar 26 (ANI): The 39th edition of All Manipur Shumang Leela festival was recently held here to promote the culture of northeast India.Not many may know but the art form derives ... Read more...
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Punjab jail inmate commits suicide, probe on
December 30th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sangrur (Punjab), Dec 30 (IANS) An inmate of the Sangrur district jail committed suicide by hanging himself from the grills of the window of his barrack, police said Thursday.Kamaljit, who killed ... Read more...
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3400-yr-old Bronze Age man who broke his neck but survived, found in Spain
December 18th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Bronze Age man that lived more than 3,400 years ago in Spain and suffered a broken hyoid bone, likely caused by ... Read more...
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Man kills father over property row
December 15th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Sangrur (Punjab), Dec 15 (IANS) A man has been booked here on charges of conniving with his wife to kill his elderly father in Punjab over a property row, police said Wednesday.Gurpreet ... Read more...
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Elderly couple commit suicide by hanging
December 11th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) An elderly couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves with a rope in the courtyard of their house here Saturday, police said.R.S Yadav, 62, and his 60-year-old wife ... Read more...
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Not able to enroll for a course, woman hangs self
December 2nd, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 1 (IANS) Depressed over not being able to enroll for a computer course due to financial constraints, a 22-year-old woman committed suicide here by hanging herself Wednesday, police said.Swati ... Read more...
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Man kills mother, buries body
October 3rd, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 3 (IANS) A man hacked his mother to death and buried her body in the courtyard of his house in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawa district, police said Sunday.Pankaj Sahu, a resident of ... Read more...
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China opens museum on sex slaves
September 20th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 20 (IANS) China has opened a museum to remember the women who were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers in World War II.
The museum, located in a ... Read more...
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Tripura celebrates `Kharchi’ festival
August 9th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, Aug.9 (ANI): Of the various festivals celebrated in Tripura the one that occupies the pride of place is Kharchi Puja, which helps in binding tribal and non-tribal communities. Fourteen ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh grandma sells off ancestral property to build village school
August 9th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
By Shivshankar SarathiRaipur, Aug.9 (ANI): Setting a unique example of philanthropy, an elderly lady in Abhanpur block, located 10 kilometres from Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, has disposed off her ancestral property ... Read more...
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Slain pro-Maoists’ kin face dark future
August 8th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Sabyasachi Roy
Lalgarh, Aug 8 (IANS) The dilapidated thatched cottage is home to a grieving family. Slain pro-Maoist Lalmohan Tudu's mother Dhamoni asks: "Has the government wiped out the Maoists by killing ... Read more...
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110-yr-old Pak man kills 80-yr-old wife over ‘minor dispute’
July 10th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 10 (ANI): A 110-year-old man in Pakistan brutally attacked his 80-year-old wife with an iron rod and killed her over a 'minor dispute'.Nathal Bhatti, a retired Pakistan Railways employee, is ... Read more...
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Prayers and the peacock - dancing in tune with namaz
July 8th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 8 (IANS) As others lower their heads and offer namaaz, it stands in the courtyard of the mosque and does an elegant dance. No one minds, however, for the dancer ... Read more...
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35 killed in Lahore triple blasts (Second Lead)
July 2nd, 2010 - 2:59 am ICT by IANS
Lahore, July 2 (IANS) At least 35 people were killed and 175 injured in three suicide blasts that rocked the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore Thursday night, police said.
Two attackers blew themselves ... Read more...
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18 killed in Lahore triple blasts (Lead)
July 2nd, 2010 - 2:27 am ICT by IANS
Lahore, July 2 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed in three suicide blasts that rocked the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore Thursday night, media reports said.
Three blasts went off at the ... Read more...
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Triple blasts rock Lahore
July 2nd, 2010 - 1:57 am ICT by IANS
Lahore, July 2 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 25 injured in three blasts Thursday night at a shrine in Lahore, media reports said.
Three blasts went off at the Data ... Read more...
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Child dies after falling into borewell (Second Lead)
June 3rd, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Batala (Punjab), June 3 (IANS) A three-year-old girl who fell into a 200-feet deep, two-feet wide borewell near here in Punjab died Thursday, after rescuers took more than 20 hours to reach ... Read more...
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Child dies after falling into borewell
June 3rd, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Batala (Punjab), June 3 (IANS) A three-year-old girl who fell into a 200-feet deep, two-feet wide borewell near here in Punjab died Thursday, after rescuers took more than 20 hours to reach ... Read more...
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Cash, jewellery robbed from Noida house at gunpoint
June 3rd, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, June 3 (IANS) Unidentified armed men barged into a house in Noida and fled after robbing Rs.200,000 in cash and jewellery at gunpoint, police said Thursday.
The incident occurred Wednesday night in ... Read more...
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Baby falls in borewell in Punjab, army tries rescue (Lead)
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Batala, June 2 (IANS) A one-and-half-year old girl fell into a 200 feet deep, two feet wide borewell near Batala town in Punjab's Gurdaspur district Wednesday. Rescue operations by Indian Army officials ... Read more...
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