Munch’s ‘The Scream’ sold for record $119 million at U.S. art auction
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream", one of the world's most recognizable images, was sold for a record $119,922,500 at an art auction in New York City ... Read more...
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‘Oxford, India collaborating on particle, cancer research’
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Oxford University has broadened the purview of its relationship with India over the years, moving beyond education and publishing to collaborate on important scientific ... Read more...
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‘Repentant’ Manu Sharma donates Rs.5 mn to Missionaries of Charity
December 25th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) Special prayers were offered at Chandigarh's biggest church in Sector 19 Sunday morning after Siddhartha Vashishtha, alias Manu Sharma, who is serving a life term for ... Read more...
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Two lab officials to be charged in Kerala’s Abhaya case
May 31st, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 (IANS) Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate Cherian Varghese Tuesday ordered two government officials to be formally charged for allegedly tampering with medical reports in Sister Abhaya's death.The order ... Read more...
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Ruchika case: School principal innocent, says church official
December 3rd, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 2 (IANS) The principal of the Sacred Heart School, where teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra studied but was expelled from allegedly at the behest of tainted Haryana cop S.P.S. ... Read more...
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NY man survives 39-story plunge after landing on sports car!
September 1st, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep 1 (ANI): In an apparent suicide attempt, a young man in New York leaped from the 39th floor of a West Side building, crashed through the windshield of a ... Read more...
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Ruchika’s school claims inquiry ignored facts
April 4th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Faced with the threat of disaffiliation, the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School claims a magisterial inquiry "willingly ignored" facts while indicting it for the expulsion of ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh Church battles property control
March 27th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Sharma
Bhopal, March 27 (IANS) Catholics in Madhya Pradesh have launched a campaign to garner public support against a proposed legislation that aims to bring Church property under government ... Read more...
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Priest arrested for abetting student’s suicide
March 25th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 25 (IANS) A priest at a church-run seminary in this Madhya Pradesh city has been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 19-year-old studying in the institution, police said ... Read more...
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Woods sexcapades: Ex-room-mate says he’s being sincere about his apology
February 20th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Florida (US), Feb.20 (ANI): An ex-Stanford roommate of golfer Tiger Woods has described the latter's apology on Friday for his many sex-related episodes as sincere, and has commended him for trying ... Read more...
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Ruchika’s school expresses ignorance over CBSE notice
February 5th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) Expressing ignorance over any notice from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), authorities from teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra's school said Friday that they had not received ... Read more...
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Prayer meet to express solidarity with Ruchika’s principal
January 17th, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) Hundreds of people from various communities Sunday gathered at the Catholic church here in Sector 19 to take part in a prayer meeting organised to express solidarity with ... Read more...
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Ruchika’s principal returns state award
January 11th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 11 (IANS) Four days after a magisterial inquiry held the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School here guilty of being unfair in expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra for fee default, ... Read more...
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Ruchika’s school angry over ‘irresponsible’ inquiry
January 10th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Jan 10 (IANS) Terming as "irresponsible" the magisterial inquiry indicting the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School and its principal for the expulsion of teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra, the ... Read more...
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Ruchika alma mater defends itself, says her school fees were not paid
January 1st, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (ANI): The Sacred Heart School in Chandigarh, which facing severe criticism for having expelled Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, claimed on Friday that she was expelled because her fees had ... Read more...
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Ruchika was never expelled, says school
January 1st, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) Ruchika Girhotra had never been expelled but removed from the rolls for non-payment of fees, the Sacred Heart school here said Friday following reports that it rusticated the ... Read more...
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Probe begins into Ruchika’s expulsion from school
December 30th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS) The Chandigarh administration Wednesday began a magisterial probe into the reasons behind the Sacred Heart School here expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra in September 1990.
"Sub-Divisional Magistrate Prerna ... Read more...
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Kevin Jonas Gets Married To Ladylove In Magical Winterland Set-up
December 20th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The eldest Jonas of "The Jonas Brothers" trio- Kevin Jonas and his longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa exchanged vows on Saturday in a ceremony, that was widely attended ... Read more...
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UK’s former deputy PM John Prescott has incest in family
November 29th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 29 (ANI): Former Deputy PM of UK John Prescott made a shocking discovery while tracing his family tree for a BBC documentary.He found that his great great grandmother had four ... Read more...
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Brit girl, 10, puts ‘annoying but cuddly’ grandma on eBay!
October 1st, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): A 10-year-old British schoolgirl tired of her grandmother's "moaning" decided to sell her on eBay.Zoe Pemberton, a pupil at the Great Clacton Church of England Junior School, described ... Read more...
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Archaeologists uncover 17th century theatre in Dublin
August 15th, 2009 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Dublin, August 15 (ANI): An archaeological excavation in Dublin, Ireland, has uncovered the foundations of a 17th century theatre and a number of artefacts from theatrical performances.According to a report by RTE ... Read more...
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Police hunt for clues in Karnataka priest’s death
July 31st, 2009 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Police Friday said they are investigating the death of James Mukalel, a 39-year-old Catholic priest, whose body was found a day earlier on a roadside in Karnataka's Dakshin ... Read more...
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Court wants unedited video of narco tests in Kerala nun murder
June 25th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 25 (IANS) A Kerala court Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to get within 10 days the unedited video footage of the narco-analysis done on three accused in ... Read more...
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In Kerala, leftists, church attack CBI’s movie-gilded image (Comment)
February 2nd, 2009 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
Kerala's largest political organization, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), and best organized religious establishment, the Catholic Church, are venting their spleen on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). At stake is ... Read more...
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Priests, nun accused in Abhaya murder case given bail
January 1st, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi (Kerala), Jan 1 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Thursday freed on bail two priests and a nun, who are the accused in the sensational Sister Abhaya murder case. The body ... Read more...
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Judicial custody extended for three accused of Kerala nun’s murder
December 29th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Dec 29 (IANS) In response to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition, a court here Monday extended the judicial custody of the three people accused of having murdered Sister Abhaya ... Read more...
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Knanaya Catholic Church says arrested priests, nun innocent
December 9th, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), Dec 9 (IANS) The Knanaya Catholic Church, which is in the thick of controversy after two of its senior priests and a nun were arrested in connection with the ... Read more...
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Priest denied bail in Abhaya murder case
December 3rd, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Dec 3 (IANS) Father Jose Putarika, a priest accused in the 1992 murder of Sister Abhaya, was denied bail by the Ernakulam chief judicial magistrate court here Wednesday as the Central ... Read more...
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Sister Abhaya was hacked to death with axe: CBI
December 2nd, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the 1992 murder of Sister Abhaya, told a court here Tuesday that she was hacked to death with an ... Read more...
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Court upholds arresta of priests, nun in Abhaya murder case
November 28th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi Nov 28 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Friday upheld as "correct" the arrests of the two priests and a nun in the Sister Abhaya murder case being investigated by the Central ... Read more...
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CBI to submit evidence leading to arrests in Abhaya murder
November 26th, 2008 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi (Kerala), Nov 26 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file all evidence that led to the arrest of two priests and a nun ... Read more...
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Former police official who investigated Abhaya case found dead
November 25th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), Nov 25 (IANS) A former police official who had prepared the inquest report of Sister Abhaya, a nun who was murdered in a Kerala convent in 1992, was found dead ... Read more...
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CBI questions bishop in Abhaya murder case
November 24th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Nov 24 (IANS) Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday questioned Archbishop Mathew Mulekattu for over two hours here to elicit more information about the murder of Sister Abhaya ... Read more...
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Abhaya murder casts shadow on Sunday mass
November 23rd, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), Nov 23 (IANS) Two priests and a nun under arrest and a retired bishop being questioned for two hours -- the murder of Sister Abhaya 16 years ago cast a ... Read more...
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On live TV raped Orissa nun relates horror tale (Lead)
October 24th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Appearing live on TV news channels, a scarf covering her head and face and her voice faltering, a sobbing nun who was allegedly raped by a mob ... Read more...
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