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Stunned over Pallavi’s death: Excel Entertainment officials


August 11th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Murdered woman lawyer Pallavi Purkyashtha, who worked as a legal adviser at Farhan Akhtar's production company Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., was a "friend" and an ... Read more...

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50,000-pound reward to find Indian student’s killer


December 31st, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 31 (IANS) Police in Britain have offered a reward of 50,000 pounds to anyone who tracks down the killers of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve who was ... Read more...

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US woman kills baby in microwave oven


June 23rd, 2011 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 23 (IANS) A woman in the US state of California has been arrested on suspicion of killing her six-week-old baby by burning her in a microwave oven, ... Read more...

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US mom charged with killing baby in microwave


June 23rd, 2011 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 22 (IANS) A US woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her six-week-old baby by putting her in a microwave oven, Xinhua reported Wednesday.Ka Yang, 29, ... Read more...

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Haryana twin murder: Weapons not traced


April 21st, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani, April 21 (IANS) More than three days since this Haryana district was rocked by the gruesome murder of two widows, police have not been able to trace the sticks ... Read more...

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Rapist nephew arrested for beating to death aunt, another widow (Lead)


April 19th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), April 19 (IANS) A convicted rapist out on bail was arrested along with his cousin for brutally beating to death in full public view his own aunt and ... Read more...

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Village tense after killing of widows, accused unrepentant


April 19th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), April 19 (IANS) A convicted rapist out on bail has been arrested along with his cousin for brutally beating his own aunt and another widow to death in ... Read more...

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US man ‘rapes toddler at SeaWorld, saves crime pics on his phone’


February 27th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 27 (ANI): A man in US reportedly raped a toddler at SeaWorld and saved pictures of the horrific crime on his cell phone, according to police.Michael Grzybowicz, of Cocoa ... Read more...

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Court calls man ‘coward’ for killing woman, two kids


February 11th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 11 (IANS) A hoodlum in Britain, who set fire to a house killing a mother and her two young children, was Friday branded a coward by a judge who imprisoned ... Read more...

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Woman strangles her newborn baby in Dubai airport


December 28th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 28 (IANS) In a horrific crime, a woman strangulated her newborn baby after giving birth in an airport toilet in Dubai and then took a flight after dumping the tiny ... Read more...

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12 killed, house set afire in Russia


November 6th, 2010 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 6 (IANS) A horrific crime has been reported in Russia in which 12 people, including four children, were murdered and their house set on fire.The incident occurred in Kushchevskaya village ... Read more...

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7-year-old boy killed by Taliban for Spying


June 12th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): This might just top the list of heinous crimes across the world. Taliban murdered a 7-year-old boy, who according to them was spying. The ... Read more...

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Taliban Executes 7 Year Old Boy Charged With ‘Spying’


June 10th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Taliban militants have murdered a seven year old boy whom they accused of being a spy, according to reports in 'The Daily Mail' which were posted today (Thursday). The child was apparently ... Read more...

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Amish School Shooting Movie Draws Criticism


March 29th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey Pennsylvania, Mar 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The movie adaptation of the shooting that took place in the West Nickel Mines Amish School is drawing heavy criticism from the authors on whose ... Read more...

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FIU Player Kendall Berry Stabbed On University Campus


March 26th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by GD
By Meena KarMiami-Dade, Florida, Mar 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Florida International University was in for a huge shock when Kendall Berry, who played in the running back position of the FIU football ... Read more...

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Canada gives Toronto bombing plotter life sentence


January 19th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Jan. 19 (ANI): A Canadian-origin man, who masterminded an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist plot to blow up Toronto targets, has been given life sentence in the stiffest punishment imposed to date under the ... Read more...

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Toll in Philippine political massacre reaches 57 (Lead)


November 25th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Nov 25 (DPA) Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up three vehicles and 10 more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry in the country's troubled south, ... Read more...

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Who was Marwa El-Sherbini?


October 1st, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dresden, Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Marwa Ali El-Sherbini born on October 7, 1977 was an Egyptian pharmacist and the mother of a young boy. She was killed in a courtroom in ... Read more...

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Yale student Annie Le strangled & murdered


September 18th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
In a horrific crime on the prestigious Yale University, graduate student Annie Le was strangled and then murdered. Her body was found in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research ... Read more...

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Cage to star in ‘The Hungry Rabbit Jumps’


September 8th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 8 (IANS) Oscar winning actor Nicolas Cage is set to star in the thriller "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps". According to hollywoodreporter.com, the movie will be directed by Roger Donaldson for ... Read more...

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Book detailing ’secret killings’ in Assam unveiled


March 26th, 2009 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Should the family of a thief be punished for a crime that he committed? Raising questions on the "extra-judicial killings" of family members of a militant group ... Read more...

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Court quashes suicide abetment charges against Nithari families


March 17th, 2009 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Noida/Allahabad, March 17 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Tuesday quashed a Noida police complaint that families of some of the victims of the Nithari killings had abetted and attempted suicide during a ... Read more...

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First verdict in Nithari killings likely on Thursday


February 11th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A special court is likely to pronounce its first verdict in the grisly Nithari killings Thursday, more than two years after body parts of 19 children and ... Read more...

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Victims or victimised? Nithari families face arrest


February 5th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 5 (IANS) His daughter was one of the 19 children and young women whose body parts were found from a drain in this affluent suburb of the national ... Read more...

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Karnataka Police arrests Ram Sena leader


January 27th, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore , Jan 27, (ANI): Karnataka Police on Tuesday arrested the State convener of the Sri Ram Sena, Prasad Attavar for his role in the attack on women at a pub ... Read more...

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“Keddie Murders” Unsolved crime into screen


October 22nd, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot
The horrific crime happened in April, 1981. Three members of the Sharp family were murdered along with a teenaged friend who was spending the night in cabin 28.This unsolved crime is now ... Read more...

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Lanka Govt responsible for disappearances of its citizens: HRW


March 6th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 6, 2008: In a report that could have damaging ramifications for the Sri Lankan Government, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has laid the blame for widespread abductions and disappearances of ... Read more...

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