Five of family found dead in Kolkata fire
April 16th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The charred bodies of five members of a family, including one with injury marks, were found from a house that caught fire early Monday, police said.A ... Read more...
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Bombs hurled at Bahrain school
April 12th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, April 12 (IANS) Two home-made bombs were Thursday hurled into a school in Bahrain, but there were no casualties in the blasts, Xinhua reported.The education ministry said a "loud ... Read more...
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Military plane crashes in western Nepal, killing 6
October 18th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by BNO News
DHORPATAN, NEPAL (BNO NEWS) -- A military plane carrying six people, including a patient, crashed in the western region of Nepal on early Tuesday evening, officials said. There were no survivors.
The accident ... Read more...
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Firecracker blast causes panic in Bangalore
September 9th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 9 (IANS) A loud explosion from a dustbin containing firecrackers late Friday caused panic in the Mavalli area in the southern suburbs of Bangalore, forcing the police to ... Read more...
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Guatemalan woman finds sinkhole under her bed
July 21st, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Guatemala City, July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Guatemalan woman had no idea that her house was sitting right on top of a sinkhole. When Inocenta Hernandez heard a loud explosion, her first ... Read more...
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Thai military helicopter crashes near Myanmar border, 9 missing
July 19th, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) -- A Thai military helicopter has been reported missing on Tuesday and is believed to have crashed near the Myanmar border with nine people on board, officials said.Thailand's ... Read more...
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A powerful blast, and then pools of blood, recount eyewitnesses
July 14th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) There was a deafening blast and then people were lying injured on the road... that was the account by eyewitnesses at the sites of the three ... Read more...
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Assam on high alert after train bombing
July 11th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) A massive security alert was sounded Monday across Assam after the overnight separatist bombing that derailed a passenger train and left more than 100 people ... Read more...
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100 injured as passenger train bombed in Assam (Third Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) At least 100 people were injured, 20 of them critically, when a powerful bomb ripped apart a passenger train late Sunday in India's restive northeastern state ... Read more...
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50 injured as passenger train bombed in Assam (Second Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) Separatists bombed a passenger train Sunday night leaving at least 50 people injured, several of them critically, in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said.A ... Read more...
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Guwahati-Puri Express derails in Assam (Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) Some coaches of the Guwahati-Puri Express derailed at Nalbari district in western Assam Sunday, officials said, adding that casualties were feared.The accident occurred near Ghograpara at ... Read more...
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Chinese woman suffocates to death after TV blast
April 26th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 26 (IANS) A Chinese woman died of suffocation in her Shanghai apartment after a television set exploded in a flat below hers.Cai Shuwen, a student at the Shanghai ... Read more...
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Western military strikes on Libya may threaten Gaddafi regime continuance: NYT
March 21st, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 21 (ANI): The military strikes on Libya by Britain, France and the United States that began on Saturday may threaten the government of that country itself, notwithstanding the Obama administration's ... Read more...
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Fresh blast in Japan n-plant; 2,000 more bodies found (Third Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) An explosion rocked another Japanese reactor in Fukushima Monday, injuring 11 people as technicians scrambled to tackle the cooling problem in a third reactor.The toll is ... Read more...
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Blast in another n-reactor in Japan, 2,000 more bodies found (Second Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 12 (IANS) Eleven people were injured in an explosion that rocked a second nuclear reactor in Fukushima in Japan Monday as 2,000 more bodies were found in the ... Read more...
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11 hurt, 7 missing in Japan’s N-plant blast (Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) At least 11 people were injured and seven others were missing in a second hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, Xinhua reported ... Read more...
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Singapore Airlines grounds three A380s
November 10th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by BNO News
SINGAPORE (BNO NEWS) -- Singapore Airlines on Wednesday announced that it will be taking precautions and replace engines in three of its 11 Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliners because of engine problems.The announcement ... Read more...
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Fire engulfs several homes in US
September 10th, 2010 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) An explosion occurred Thursday evening in California causing a massive fire that engulfed dozens of homes, officials said.
"The flames are being fuelled by something. There was a loud ... Read more...
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Navy warns of fighter planes’ sonic booms in Goa
September 7th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 7 (IANS) After the sonic booms of Indian Navy's MiG-29K fighter planes triggered an alarm in Goa in February, the force Tuesday advised people not to panic if they hear ... Read more...
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14 dead in Nepal plane crash, soldiers search for bodies
August 24th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) Soldiers of the Nepal Army aided by police began to collect scattered and badly burnt body parts in a village Tuesday after a private aircraft exploded in mid-air, ... Read more...
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Sonic Boom In Seattle Puzzles Corporate Workers
August 18th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Seattle, Aug 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The recent visit of President Barack Obama to Seattle created headlines as expected from any of his activities. He came to the place for fundraising ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh holds meet to discuss Kashmir violence
August 2nd, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, chaired a high-level meeting here on Monday, which was attended by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and members ... Read more...
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Advani takes on PM over Kashmir violence
August 2nd, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani raised the issue of Kashmir violence in the Lok Sabha on Monday and asked Prime Minister Dr ... Read more...
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Omar to meet PM, Chidambaram on Kashmir violence
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is expected to meet Home Minister P Chidambaram here today to review the law and order situation in the ... Read more...
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Shock, horror for bloodied train accident survivors
July 19th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Sainthia (West Bengal), July 19 (IANS) Shock, pain and sheer horror: Survivors of the train accident in the early hours of Monday in this West Bengal town recalled the fateful moment when ... Read more...
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Low intensity bomb defused in Ranchi
June 16th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi (Jharkhand), June 16 (ANI): The security forces defused a low intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) here on Wednesday, thereby averting a major Maoist attack.The officials said the 50-kilogram bomb that was ... Read more...
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Three killed in US natural gas line explosion
June 8th, 2010 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 8 (IANS) At least three people were killed and six injured while 10 others went missing after a powerful explosion in a natural gas line in Texas state, media reports ... Read more...
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Air India crash eyewitnesses say better rescue facilities could have saved more lives
May 23rd, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Mangalore, May 23 (ANI): Though investigators on Sunday (May 23) remained busy searching for more clues, as they sifted through the wreckage of the Air India Express plane a day after the ... Read more...
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Pamir Airways passenger plane carrying 41 crashes between Kunduz and Kabul
May 17th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A Pamir Airways passenger plane carrying more than 40 people is believed to have crashed in a mountain in Salang Pass, between Kunduz Province and Kabul, according to ... Read more...
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Couple killed in mysterious blast in Mizoram
April 29th, 2010 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, April 29 (IANS) A couple was killed in a powerful blast inside their house Thursday in Mizoram, police said.
Vanlalrema, 32, and his wife, Ramnunmawii, 36, were killed in the blast that ... Read more...
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National Investigating Agency begins probe into Bangalore blasts
April 20th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 20 (ANI): A six-member National Investigating Agency team has begun its probe into the twin blasts that occurred outside Bangalore's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.On Tuesday, the first day of ... Read more...
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Bangalore Blast: Home Ministry expresses unhappiness with Karnataka Police
April 19th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): Union Home Ministry on Monday expressed its unhappiness with Karnataka Police for not taking proper security measures during the Bangalore IPL match.At least 17 people were ... Read more...
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Yeddyuruppa objects to BCCI shifting IPL semi-finals out of Bangalore
April 19th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 19 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyuruppa has strongly objected to the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to shift the two semi-finals of the cash-rich ... Read more...
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IPL semi-finals shifted to Navi Mumbai
April 18th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr 18 (ANI): The two semi-finals of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, which were scheduled to b held in Bangalore, have been shifted to Navi Mumbai for security reasons.Television ... Read more...
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Another bomb scare near Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
April 18th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 18 (ANI): One more explosive was found outside Gate Number One of Bangalore's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.Earlier this morning, a suspicious object was found near the Gandhi Murti outside ... Read more...
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