239 die as blaze engulfs two factories in Pakistan (Fourth Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 12 (IANS) At least 239 people met a macabre death when fire raced through two factories, one in Karachi and the other in Lahore. The bigger of the ... Read more...
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25 dead in Lahore factory blaze (Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) At least 25 people died in Pakistan's Lahore city Tuesday when a huge fire engulfed a shoe factory.The fire broke out around 4.30 p.m. The injured ... Read more...
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9 killed in Peshawar bomb blast (Second Lead)
August 31st, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) At least nine people including two children were killed and over 20 others injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar Friday evening, ... Read more...
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Woman’s gall bladder removed instead of appendix
August 17th, 2012 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) In a case of alleged negligence, doctors in a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir removed the gall bladder of a woman instead of her swollen appendix.The ... Read more...
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Cinematographer Ashok Mehta dead
August 15th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Ashok Mehta, one of India's best known cinematographers, is no more. He was suffering from advanced lung cancer and breathed his last at a hospital here ... Read more...
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Chennai doctors closely monitoring Deshmukh’s condition
August 7th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who has been admitted to the Global Hospital here with a liver ... Read more...
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Gadkari visits Bal Thackeray in hospital
July 26th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) BJP president Nitin Gadkari Thursday visited ailing Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, who is admitted in a hospital here, party officials said.Gadkari was accompanied by Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray hospitalised
July 24th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) A day after Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray returned home after undergoing an angioplasty, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray was Tuesday admitted to hospital ... Read more...
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Rajesh Khanna hospitalized again
July 14th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Actor Rajesh Khanna was Saturday again admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here, six days after he was discharged from there, hospital sources said.A hospital source told ... Read more...
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Rajesh Khanna fine, undergoing tests
June 30th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Yesteryear's superstar Rajesh Khanna, who is being treated in Lilavati Hospital for the past week, is fine but is undergoing some tests, according to hospital sources."Rajesh ... Read more...
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Three injured in freak railway mishap near Mumbai
June 26th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) In a freak accident, three passengers of a local train in Thane in Maharashtra were injured Tuesday after being hit by broken pieces of pantograph, the ... Read more...
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Athlete Pinki undergoes gender test again in Kolkata
June 25th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Asiad gold medallist sprinter Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", Monday underwent medical tests for determining gender at ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Pakistan blast
June 16th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 16 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and dozens of others, including children, injured in Pakistan's Khyber Agency after a blast occurred in a market Saturday, Geo ... Read more...
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Eight die in Pakistan blast
June 7th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Eight people, including two children, were killed Thursday in a massive blast outside a seminary in Pakistan's Quetta city, a media report said.The deafening explosion took ... Read more...
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Delhi legislator shot, stable (Second Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) An independent Delhi legislator, Bharat Singh was Saturday shot in his office by three or four unidentified men who sped away in a car ... Read more...
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Munda recovering in hospital after chopper crash
May 10th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda was recovering well but continued to be in hospital, his aides said Thursday, a day after he survived a helicopter ... Read more...
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Jharkhand CM survives nasty chopper crash (Evening Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered multiple injuries Wednesday when the helicopter in which he was travelling with his wife developed a technical snag and ... Read more...
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Munda injured after chopper crash lands (Second Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered multiple injuries Wednesday when the chopper in which he was travelling with his wife developed a technical snag and ... Read more...
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Separatist guerrillas shoot cop in Srinagar
April 20th, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 20 (IANS) A police officer was critically injured Friday when separatist guerrillas shot at him near a police station in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, police said."Separatist ... Read more...
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12 killed in Somalia blast
April 10th, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Mogadishu, April 9 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and over 30 injured Monday after a bomb blast hit a market place in a Somalian town, police and witnesses ... Read more...
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Kin of deceased man vandalise Noida government hospital
March 21st, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), March 21 (IANS) Doctors at the Noida district hospital went on strike for nearly 14 hours Wednesday after the kin of a deceased man assaulted them Tuesday ... Read more...
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Congo blast: Toll rises to 200
March 5th, 2012 - 8:24 am ICT by IANS
Brazzaville, March 5 (IANS) The toll in Sunday's arms depot blast here in the capital of the Republic of Congo has risen to 200, the country's presidential office said.Citing hospital ... Read more...
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Chinese woman shot dead in Pakistan (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) A Chinese woman and a male Pakistani friend were Tuesday shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen in Peshawar city, police said.Tahir Ayub, senior superintendent of police, ... Read more...
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Militants gun down 18 bus passengers in Pakistan (Evening Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed Tuesday in a suspected sectarian attack in Pakistan when gunmen dressed in army uniforms stopped a bus, ordered the ... Read more...
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Militants gun down 18 bus passengers in Pakistan (Second Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed Tuesday in a suspected sectarian attack in Pakistan when gunmen dressed in army uniform stopped a bus, ordered the passengers ... Read more...
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Battered Rajasthan boy given security
February 26th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Hospital authorities here have provided security to a three-year-old boy who is battling for life after his alcoholic step father beat him up brutally, hospital sources ... Read more...
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Four Pakistani girls come under acid attack
February 19th, 2012 - 9:09 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Unidentified miscreants allegedly threw acid on four girls in Pakistan's Faisalabad city Saturday, Geo News reported.The men after throwing the acid fled the scene in Ghulam ... Read more...
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Four Pakistani girls come under acid attack
February 19th, 2012 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Unidentified miscreants allegedly threw acid on four girls in Pakistan's Faisalabad city Saturday, Geo News reported.The men after throwing the acid fled the scene in Ghulam ... Read more...
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25 killed in Pakistan suicide blast (Lead)
February 17th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and over 50 others were injured in a suicide blast that hit a mosque Friday in Pakistan's northwest tribal Kurram ... Read more...
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Historian Sharada Dwivedi dead (With Image)
February 6th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Noted urban historian and author of several books on the history and culture of Mumbai, Sharada Dwivedi passed away here Monday, a family member said. She ... Read more...
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18 killed in Pakistan bombing (Second Lead)
January 15th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a bomb blast Sunday at a religious gathering of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab ... Read more...
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Rat attack on patient: Action against two hospital employees
January 12th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 12 (IANS) Authorities at a Rajasthan government hospital removed from duty two employees for negligence over an incident in which rats allegedly nibbled on the ears, nose, lips ... Read more...
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Rats nibble on paralysed man as hospital staff sleep
January 11th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 11 (IANS) A 70-year-old paralysed man on ventilator in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a government hospital here was allegedly attacked by rats who nibbled on his ... Read more...
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Roof of room collapses in Jammu hospital (Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 17 (IANS) A portion of the roof of the nurses' ward in the gynaecology and children's wing of a government hospital here collapsed Saturday afternoon. Police sources said ... Read more...
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Six bullet wounds among 20 injuries on Kishenji’s body: Autopsy
November 27th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) There were 20 injuries, including six bullet wounds and two induced by shrapnel, on the body of killed Maoist leader Kishenji, according to the initial autopsy ... Read more...
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