Body of BBA student found in pieces in Delhi
September 3rd, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The chopped body of a 23-year-old Bachelor of Business Administrative (BBA) student, with the head missing, were found near a railway track here, police said ... Read more...
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Youth falls from Delhi shopping mall, critical
August 31st, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A 25-year-old youth was critically injured after he accidentally fell from the second floor of a shopping mall in the capital Friday, police said.The incident ... Read more...
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Harvard probes dozens of students on cheating allegation
August 31st, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Harvard University said it is investigating dozens of undergraduate students over allegations of cheating on a take-home final exam in the last semester.The Harvard College Administrative ... Read more...
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Woman jumps off Delhi metro station
August 27th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A 24-year-old woman committed suicide Monday morning by leaping off an elevated metro station here onto the road below, police said.Karishma Narang, a teacher in ... Read more...
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Venezuela prison brawl toll rises to 26
August 24th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 24 (IANS/EFE) The toll in last weekend's battle between heavily armed inmate gangs at the Yare I prison near Caracas has risen to 26, said authorities.The initial casualty ... Read more...
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25 killed in brawl at Venezuelan prison (Lead)
August 21st, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 21 (IANS/EFE) A battle between heavily armed inmate gangs at the Yare I prison near Caracas left 25 people dead and 43 injured, Venezuela's minister of penitentiaries said.Among ... Read more...
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Labourer’s body found near Chautala’s Delhi house
August 11th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The decomposed body of a 25-year-old missing labourer was recovered from a drain flowing a few metres away behind the house of Haryana's former chief ... Read more...
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Family dispute leads Delhi resident to suicide
August 10th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) A 50-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan inside his general store shop here Friday morning, police said.Selvamani, resident of west ... Read more...
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250 Afghan students believed poisoned
May 15th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 15 (IANS) At least 250 children in Afghanistan's Khost province had to be rushed to hospital Tuesday when they showed symptoms of poisoning after drinking contaminated water in ... Read more...
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Rs.380 mn fraud in Benazir Park construction
May 5th, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) The authorities in Pakistan have filed a case against 22 officials for their alleged involvement in corruption of over Rs. 380 million (over $4 million) in ... Read more...
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Cop fails to save stab victim, catches killer
April 17th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Deli, April 17 (IANS) The prompt action of a Delhi Police officer could not save the life of a man, who was stabbed Monday in a busy market ... Read more...
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One dead, 12 hurt in Pakistan building collapse
March 24th, 2012 - 7:03 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) One woman was killed and 12 people, including six children, were injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Pakistan Multan city Friday night, a media ... Read more...
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20 killed as suicide bomber hits Yemen’s presidential palace
February 26th, 2012 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Aden, Feb 25 (IANS) A suicide bomber blew up a car outside the presidential palace in Yemen's Hadramout province Saturday, killing at least 20 Republican Guards and injuring dozens of ... Read more...
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Afghan national jumps from shopping mall, survives
February 23rd, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A 28-year-old mentally challenged Afghan national, who had arrived in the city three days ago, jumped off a second floor of a shopping mall in ... Read more...
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Student dies in China school blast
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) A student was killed and six others were injured in a blast at a school in China's Shanxi province, authorities said Thursday.A steam boiler, which authorities ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa in graft case (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition that challenged the quashing ... Read more...
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Four injured in Israeli car blast: Home ministry
February 13th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Four people, including an Israeli woman, were injured in an explosion in an Israeli embassy vehicle here Monday, a home ministry official said."An Innova car ... Read more...
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Three killed in China shipyard blast
February 12th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 12 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 12 injured in a shipyard blast in east China's Jiangsu province Sunday, the authorities said.The accident occurred in the ... Read more...
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Maoists kill village Congress leader in Maharashtra
January 28th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Jan 28 (IANS) Ahead of Maharashtra's civic and zilla parishad (district council) polls, Maoists shot dead a panchayat samiti member of the Congress party near the Dandakaranya forests ... Read more...
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Seven killed in China illegal mining accident
January 15th, 2012 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 15 (IANS) Seven farmers were killed and four injured in north China while attempting to illegally blast their way into a mine by using explosives, said the government.As ... Read more...
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Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for blast (Lead)
January 10th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for the bomb blast which killed at least 20 people and left about 40 others injured Tuesday at a taxi ... Read more...
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Two men arrested for sacrificing minor girl
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh have arrested two men for killing a girl to appease their god for a better harvest, an officer said Monday.The arrest was made ... Read more...
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Nine killed in China bus-truck collision
December 10th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 10 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and seven seriously injured in northwest China after a long-distance bus collided with a truck in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ... Read more...
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Two killed, 10 injured in China bank blast (Lead)
December 1st, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 1 (IANS) At least two passers-by were killed and more than 10 injured Thursday in an explosion in front of a bank in China, police said.The explosion occurred ... Read more...
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Spain busts gang that hid drugs in babies’ diapers
November 29th, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 29 (IANS/EFE) Spanish police, with the collaboration of Belgian and Dutch authorities, broke up a gang that used children and babies to smuggle cocaine into Europe by plane ... Read more...
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China probes schoolgirl’s suicidal jump
November 22nd, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 22 (IANS) Authorities in China are probing the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl who is suspected to have jumped to her death last week following corporal punishment meted ... Read more...
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Hugh Grant to testify in the phone hacking scandal
November 21st, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The UK government is investigating the phone hacking scandal that rocked the country earlier this year. Several people have been lined up to testify in the enquiry. ... Read more...
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38 die in Pakistan school bus accident
September 27th, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) At least 38 people were killed and some 70 injured Monday night when a bus packed with school children overturned while returning from a picnic in ... Read more...
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CBI will study Swamy’s documents on Chidambaram, court told (Lead)
September 22nd, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that the CBI will study the documents from Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy linking Home Minister ... Read more...
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Six dead in China shop fire
August 25th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) Six people, who were sleeping inside a shop, were killed Thursday after a fire engulfed an entire floor of a three-storey building in China, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Mystery Orange goo found in Alaska is actually fungal spores
August 19th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Alaska, Aug 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A group of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have announced that a mysterious orange goo recently discovered on the shoreline of an Alaskan village ... Read more...
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On Pakistan Independence Day, blasts, accidents kill 39 (Lead)
August 14th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) At least 39 people died in tragic incidents, including bombings and bus accidents, across Pakistan Sunday, the country's 65th independence day.Eleven people were killed and 21 ... Read more...
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Village chief shot at in Meghalaya
August 5th, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 4 (IANS) A tribal Garo village chief in Meghalaya was Thursday shot at by suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), police said.Greaterson R. Marak, the ... Read more...
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Five killed in China fire
July 4th, 2011 - 7:31 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 4 (IANS) Five people were killed when a three-storey building caught fire in China Sunday, officials said.The fire broke out at a store in Lusong area of Zhuzhou ... Read more...
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Boy sodomised, murdered (Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An eight-year-old boy was abducted from his home, sodomised and strangulated to death here, police said Thursday.The Class 3 student's semi-naked body was found in ... Read more...
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