Two die as suicide bomber targets US vehicle in Peshawar (Evening Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) At least two people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber rammed his car packed with explosives into a US consulate vehicle near a UN office ... Read more...
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No Americans killed in Peshawar blast: US
September 3rd, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) The US embassy here Monday denied that two Americans were killed in a car bomb attack in Peshawar.An embassy spokesman said they had no reports of ... Read more...
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Gurdwara shooter motivated by hate: Romney
August 8th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for a moment of silence in honour of the victims of Sunday's tragic shooting at a Wisconsin gurdwara, saying the ... Read more...
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UNSC slams Bulgaria bombing
July 20th, 2012 - 7:01 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 20 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) Thursday condemned the deadly bombing attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.The Security Council members condemned the terrorist on Israeli tourists ... Read more...
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MMS showing Pinki undergoing gender test goes viral online
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, an MMS showing ... Read more...
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Kolkata rape: Suspect’s fiancee offers help to police
February 21st, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) A Bengali actress and fiancee of Kader Khan, the prime accused in the alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman here earlier this month, said Tuesday ... Read more...
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Reward to catch sadist who fed kitten to python
December 6th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 6 (IANS) British newspaper The Sun has offered a 3,000-pound reward to catch the culprit who fed a kitten to a python, it said on its website Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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EU condemns terrorist attack in Delhi
September 8th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Sep 8 (IANS) The European Union Thursday termed as a "heinous act" the terrorist attack outside the Delhi High Court Wednesday that killed 12 people and injured more than ... Read more...
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UNSC condemns Delhi attack; vows to combat terror
September 8th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Sep 8 (IANS) The UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms Wednesday's terrorist attack in Delhi and reiterated its determination to combat all forms of terrorism ... 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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Rajya Sabha pays tribute to Mumbai blast victims
August 1st, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Reiterating the resolve to fight against terror, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari Monday paid tribute to the victims of the July 13 Mumbai bombings."No ... Read more...
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Bollywood in shock, says government must wake up
July 16th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Bollywood has sharply reacted to the 13/7 Mumbai blasts that left 19 dead and 129 injured. The film fraternity has launched a scathing attack on ... Read more...
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My film is not about Neeraj Grover murder case: Varma
May 6th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Director Ram Gopal Varma has denied reports that his "Not A Love Story" is based on the murder case of Neeraj Grover, creative director with ... Read more...
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Pakistan to write to Pope, Interpol for action on Florida Quran desecration
March 29th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 29(ANI): Pakistan will write to Pope Benedict XVI and the Interpol for taking appropriate action against controversial US pastor Terry Jones, who oversaw the burning of a copy of the ... Read more...
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Indian christians condemn killing of Pakistan minister
March 2nd, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Christians across India have condemned the murder of Pakistan's minister for minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, who was gunned down in Islamabad Wednesday by unidentified ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani strongly condemn Shahbaz Bhatti’s assassination
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 2(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the assassination of the Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti.Bhatti was shot ... Read more...
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Pakistan president, PM condemn minister’s assassination
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday strongly condemned the assassination of the country's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti.Zardari ... Read more...
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Indian court sentences 11 to death for Godhra train blaze
March 1st, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by BNO News
GUJARAT, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- A special court on Tuesday sentenced to death eleven people for setting fire to a passenger train in the Indian town of Godhra in 2002, while 20 ... Read more...
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Sikh massacre: SGPC rejects Haryana government’s probe
February 23rd, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, Tuesday rejected the Haryana government's move to seek a report from a divisional commissioner into an alleged ... Read more...
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Beverly Johnson And Three Other Beauties Join Oprah Winfrey
February 5th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Feb 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ardent fans of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last night witnessed a complete essence of glamor on the show as some of the top models and actresses ... Read more...
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Senior district official set afire by petrol mafia (Second Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Jan 25 (IANS) In a grisly incident that sent shockwaves through the state, a senior district administration official was doused with petrol and kerosene and burnt to death by a ... Read more...
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Petrol mafia burn senior district official on raid (Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Jan 25 (IANS) A senior district administration official was doused with petrol and burnt to death by a gang of petrol robbers when he raided their premises on the outskirts ... Read more...
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Congresswoman’s attacker to appear in court today, charged on five federal counts
January 10th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
Tucson (Arizona, US), Jan.10 (ANI): Twenty-two-year-old college drop-out Jared L. Loughner was charged with five federal counts on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in ... Read more...
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Arizona Shooter Jared Lee Loughner Mentally Unstable?
January 9th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The mass shooting which took place on Saturday morning at a grocery store in Tuscan, killed six people out of the 18 victims. The main suspect ... Read more...
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Staines killing worse than carnage, apex court told
November 11th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the 1999 lynching of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons by Dara Singh and his band of ... Read more...
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Peshawar Police bust drug gang
October 30th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais saleem
Islamabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Police in Pakistan's Peshawar city Saturday busted a gang that -- disguised as Haj pilgrims -- was trying to smuggle narcotics into Saudi Arabia.The Anti-Narcotics ... Read more...
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Seven killed in two suicide blasts at Karachi shrine (Roundup)
October 8th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Karachi/Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Around seven people were killed and over 60 injured Thursday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance of an 8th century Sufi shrine in ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani condemn Karachi shrine blasts
October 7th, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the twin suicide blasts at a Sufi shrine in Karachi, where at least six ... Read more...
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Zardari calls for action over brutal killings, torture of female students in Punjab
August 22nd, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.22 (ANI): Taking strong note of the brutal murder of two brothers by a mob in Sialkot and torture of female students of Bahawalpur Medical college, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari ... Read more...
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Muslims protest blasphemy against ‘Quran’ by American Church
August 7th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, Aug 7 (ANI): Stung by the blasphemous statements made by an US-based church against their holy text 'Quran', scores of Muslims vented their fury by staging a mass demonstration on ... Read more...
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Delhi University student raped in car (Lead)
August 5th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A 50-year-old businessman with two grown up daughters was arrested Thursday for allegedly abducting and raping a Delhi University student in his car in West Delhi, police ... Read more...
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Katie Piper’s Back After Acid Attack!
July 3rd, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
London, July 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Katie Piper, the British model who had been attacked on the face by sulfuric acid several months back, is back home from hospital. The 26 ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani condemn Lahore blasts
July 2nd, 2010 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) The blasts at Lahore's Sufi shrine that killed 38 people show that terrorists have no respect for any religion and such acts will not deter us to ... Read more...
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Headley grilled by NIA team, answers all questions
June 11th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jun 11 (ANI): Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba's operative, David Coleman Headley, answered all the questions of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team in Chicago in connection with his role in ... Read more...
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Rape by traffic cop shakes faith in police: activists
May 26th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The rape of a woman Sunday night in a moving car allegedly by a Delhi Police traffic constable and his friend is not just shocking, but also ... Read more...
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