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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30 dead as flames engulf firecracker factory (Third Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and more than 50 injured Wednesday when an explosion tore through a fireworks factory in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, triggering ... Read more...
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30 dead as flames engulf firecracker factory (Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and more than 45 injured Wednesday when an explosion tore through a fireworks factory in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, triggering ... Read more...
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Five die in Peshawar blast (Lead)
March 11th, 2012 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Five people were killed and 29 injured Sunday when a massive explosion tore through funeral prayers being held in Pakistan's Peshawar city, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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11 killed, 126 injured in metro station blast in Belarus
April 12th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Minsk, Apr 12 (ANI): At least eleven people were killed and 126 others were wounded in an explosion which tore through a metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk on Monday evening.The ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Punjab blast, probe ordered (Lead)
January 8th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 8 (IANS) Eight people were killed Saturday in Punjab's Gurdaspur district when a powerful explosion tore through a house where firecrackers were being manufactured illegally, police said. A probe has ... Read more...
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Three killed in Punjab blast
January 8th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 8 (IANS) Three women were killed Saturday in Punjab's Gurdaspur district when a powerful explosion tore through a house where firecrackers were being made illegally, police said.The blast near Dhariwal ... Read more...
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One injured in bomb blast in Peshawar, school bus escapes attack
January 6th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Jan 6(ANI): A bomb blast took place in Garhi Hasan area of Peshawar on Thursday, wounding one person.According to police, a five-kilogram bomb was planted on the roadside near Peshawar Cantonment ... Read more...
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At least five children injured in school bus bomb attack in Balochistan
January 4th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Jan 4 (ANI): At least five children were wounded when a bomb explosion tore through a school bus in insurgency-hit Balochistan on Tuesday.Police and military officials said the bus was ... Read more...
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Two die in Pakistan blast
November 30th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 30 (IANS) At least two people were killed Tuesday when a powerful explosion tore through a police station in Bannu in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The blast took place at the ... Read more...
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Second blast rips through New Zealand mine; all 29 miners dead (Second Lead)
November 24th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Nov 24 (IANS) In the worst mining disaster in New Zealand in nearly 100 years, all 29 miners trapped 120 metres underground died Wednesday when a second explosion tore through ... Read more...
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19 killed in Pakistan blasts (Lead)
February 18th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed Thursday in two bombings in northwest Pakistan, media reports said.
Ten people were killed when a deafening explosion tore through a cattle market ... Read more...
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Karachi Muharram blast not a suicide attack: minister
January 4th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) The blast in a Muharram procession in Karachi that claimed 25 lives was not a suicide attack, Pakistan's interior minister said Monday, adding that investigations into the ... Read more...
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Blast at Shia procession in Pakistan kills five (Second lead)
December 28th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (DPA) An explosion tore through a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi Monday, killing at least five people, media reports said.
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Blast in Shia procession in Pakistan
December 28th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (DPA) An explosion tore through a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi Monday, police said. Casualties were feared. Read more...
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Suicide attack kills 11 in Pakistan, injures dozens (Second Lead)
December 28th, 2009 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 27 (DPA) At least 11 people were killed and scores injured in a suicide bombing that ripped through a gathering of Shia Muslims in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region Sunday, ... Read more...
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Blast kills six in Pakistan
December 27th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 27 (DPA) An explosion tore through the house of a government employee in Pakistan's troubled Kurram tribal district Sunday, killing him and five other family members, an official said.
The ... Read more...
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