Man pierced by iron rods, saved by doctors
March 12th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS) A youth, pierced through the body by two iron rods, got a a new lease of life as doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad shootout latest twist in mounting extortion trade
November 22nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 22 (IANS) The shootout at a marriage in Ghaziabad last week, where four people were killed in an attack on a gang leader, was the latest episode in ... Read more...
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Tamil newspaper editor attacked in northern Sri Lanka
July 30th, 2011 - 3:37 am ICT by BNO News
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BNO NEWS) -- The chief editor of a newspaper in northern Sri Lanka was attacked on Friday by an unidentified gang outside his office, police said.The Colombo Page reported ... Read more...
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Zoo not right place for animals, says Anoushka Shankar (With Image)
May 5th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Sitarist Anoushka Shankar is against the idea of keeping animals in the zoo and is spreading this message in a new PETA ad.In the new ... Read more...
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Jailhouse rock at India’s largest prison
March 6th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Taj Mohammad, a 28-year-old inmate of Tihar Jail here, is serving life term for murder. His fellow inmates recall the time when he tried to ... Read more...
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Israeli soldiers fired at Gaza-bound aid ships in self-defence, says inquiry
January 24th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Jan 24 (ANI): The Israel Government-appointed Turkel Commission has claimed that the country's soldiers opened fire in self-defence during a deadly attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla of aid ships May 31, ... Read more...
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Four killed, 10 injured as trucks collide
January 11th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 11 (IANS) At least four labourers were killed and 10 critically injured in a head-on collision between two speeding trucks in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district early Tuesday, police said.The accident ... Read more...
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25 injured as shop catches fires in Uttar Pradesh
December 16th, 2010 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) Twenty-five people received burn injuries when a massive fire broke out in a commercial establishment where kerosene and diesel were being sold illegally in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich town, ... Read more...
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Woman sold as sex slave for old car
November 17th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) A French couple sold their daughter for a used car. She was subjected to sexual and physical abuses for three years that included hiring out for sex to ... Read more...
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Teen daughter sold in exchange for car used as sex slave for 3 years
November 17th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a couple allegedly traded in their daughter for a used car to another family who used her as a sex slave for three years.A ... Read more...
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Northern Afghan warlords rearming to stave off possible Taliban resurgence
October 24th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 24 (ANI): Warlords in Northern Afghanistan are reportedly rearming, fearing and dreading the prospect of a possible Taliban return to power after almost a decade.According to the Telegraph, leaders ... Read more...
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Ayodhya case: Date wrong by century in judge’s verdict
October 1st, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 1 (IANS) It is interesting that a high court that unambiguously asserts the authenticity of a birth which could well be several millennia old is careless enough to get the ... Read more...
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Three arrested for cheating traders
July 13th, 2010 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Three members of a family, including a woman, were arrested in the capital for cheating metal traders from West Bengal of Rs.87 crore, police said Monday.
Lalit ... Read more...
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Probe finds flaws in Israeli flotilla takeover
June 20th, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, June 20 (DPA) An internal Israeli military investigation into the takeover of an aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip has revealed flaws in operation planning, and in the way naval ... Read more...
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Five activists on flotilla linked to Al Qaeda, Hamas: Israel
June 7th, 2010 - 5:32 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 7 (DPA) The Israeli Army has said five activists of different nationalities aboard the Turkish-flagged ship intercepted last week were linked to Hamas and Al Qaeda.
The five were reported to ... Read more...
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Aid activists may have Al-Qaeda link: Israel
June 3rd, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 3 (IANS/AKI) Israel has said about 40 of the activists arrested in the attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla may have had links to Al-Qaeda.
According to the Israeli defence ... Read more...
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Israelis shot people in forehead, says Pakistani
June 2nd, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 2 (DPA) A Pakistani journalist who was captured during a naval attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla alleged Wednesday that Israeli soldiers were shooting people in cold blood.
Talat Hussain, one ... Read more...
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UN resolution ‘unacceptable’, says Israel
June 1st, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 1 (DPA) A UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its navy raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip, was "unacceptable and did not advance peace and ... Read more...
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Gaza aid flotilla attack: UN calls for impartial inquiry
June 1st, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 1 (ANI): The UN Security Council has called for a prompt and impartial investigation into the Israeli attack against a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the immediate ... Read more...
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Three held for attacking Asian food outlet in Italy
March 17th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, March 17 (IANS/AKI) Three youths who allegedly attacked Bangladeshi immigrants at their takeaway food outlet in Rome have been arrested.
The youths are reported to have beaten three immigrants with iron ... Read more...
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Haiti quake refugee camps tighten security to prevent rape of women
February 7th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Feb.7 (ANI): One of the unmentioned effects of last month's earthquake in Haiti, is that women and young girls are suffering a rising number of rapes and sexual assaults, according ... Read more...
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New Zealand taxi-drivers “arming themselves” after Hiren Mohini’s killing
February 2nd, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland, Feb 2(ANI): Shocked by the killing of Indian-origin taxi driver Hiren Mohini in Auckland's suburb on Sunday, several taxi drivers in the country are carrying weapons to protect themselves from ... Read more...
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Race war hits Italian town, four Africans shot
January 9th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 9 (IANS) White residents have shot four African migrants and beaten two others with iron bars in a southern Italian town that has been in the grip of a massive ... Read more...
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Green Games? Turning browns into greens is a tall order
October 15th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Will Delhi be able to green itself in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games? With barely 11 months to go for the opening ceremony, ... Read more...
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60 injured, 130 held during extremist violence in Germany
September 13th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Sep 13 (DPA) At least 60 people were injured and 130 arrested during extremist rallies in the German city of Hamburg over the weekend, police said Sunday.
Hundreds of rioters took to ... Read more...
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Six prisoners shot dead in Sri Lanka
April 15th, 2009 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, Apr 15 (IANS) At least six prisoners were shot dead by guards when they attempted to escape from a jail in Sri Lanka in ... Read more...
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Police battle anti-NATO protesters in Strasbourg
April 4th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Strasbourg (France), April 4 (DPA) Groups of anti-NATO protesters skirmished with police in central Strasbourg Saturday as the leaders of the 28-member alliance prepared to meet for a summit celebrating its 60th ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Punjab accident
March 4th, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 4 (IANS) At least seven people were killed Wednesday when their vehicle rammed into a stationary truck loaded with iron bars in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district, police said.
The accident occurred ... Read more...
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JK Rowling started charity after viewing image of a caged child
December 5th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 5 (ANI): Wizard whiz JK Rowling was so moved by an image of a boy in a cage in a newspaper that she decided to start a charity to ... Read more...
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Neo-Nazis in explosion of xenophobia against Bengali shopkeepers in Rome
May 26th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by admin
London, May 26 (ANI): Balaclava-clad gangs, some wearing bandanas emblazoned with swastikas, smashed shop windows with iron bars and baseball bats and beat up Bengali shopkeepers in the eastern Roman suburb ... Read more...
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Anti-foreigner rage explodes in South Afrca
May 20th, 2008 - 7:22 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Johannesburg, May 20 (DPA) Shop owners in central Johannesburg battened down the hatches Tuesday as a wave of xenophobic violence that has claimed at least 23 lives in poor neighbourhoods in the ... Read more...
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Hindu temple in Karachi converted into auto workshop
May 3rd, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by admin
Karachi, Apr 3 (ANI): The century-old Ratan Talha Hindu temple in Pakistan, once known for its beautiful architecture, has been reduced to an auto-workshop with rusted broken iron bars and wrecked ... Read more...
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SAIL to enter Kerala through joint venture
March 20th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by admin
Kozhikode, March 20 (IANS) The ailing Kerala government-owned Steel Complex Limited (SCL) will be managed by public sector behemoth Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) as a joint venture project. "A rolling ... Read more...
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Indore priests perform fire rituals to ensure long life for ailing ‘big cats’
December 14th, 2007 - 1:18 pm ICT by admin
Indore, Dec 14 (ANI): Hindu priests performed a series of fire rituals at the Kamla Nehru Zoo here for the long life of an ailing tigress and a lioness.
Sixteen-year-old lioness Rani and ... Read more...
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