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One killed, 12 students injured in UP road mishaps


May 3rd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) A school student was killed and more than a dozen others injured in two separate road accidents in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, police said.The first incident took ... Read more...

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Four killed in Rajasthan bus accident


April 28th, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 28 (IANS) Four men were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a bus in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district Saturday, police said.The mishap occurred in the ... Read more...

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Six die as car falls into gorge in Himachal


April 27th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 27 (IANS) Four members of a family were among six people killed Friday when a car they were travelling in rolled down into a gorge near Dhami, about ... Read more...

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4 killed, 10 injured in Bikaner road accident


April 26th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 25 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and 10 others wounded when the car they were travelling in collided with a bus in Rajasthan's Bikaner district Wednesday ... Read more...

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Four women die as boat capsizes in Assam


April 24th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) Four women died while seven other people were rescued after an overloaded boat capsized in lower Assam's Dhubri district Tuesday, police said.The victims were brick kiln ... Read more...

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5 killed in Uttar Pradesh cracker blasts


April 23rd, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Five people, including three women and two children, were killed Monday in explosions of stockpiled crackers at two places in Uttar Pradesh, police said.Two women and ... Read more...

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Three killed, 25 injured in Rajasthan accident


April 16th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) At least three men were killed and 25 others seriously injured Monday when the bus they were travelling in overturned in Rajasthan's Kota district, police said.The ... Read more...

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Labourer killed in Udaipur lift accident


April 13th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A labourer was killed while 12 others were seriously wounded when a lift they were using to descend into a water tunnel broke collapsed at a ... Read more...

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HAL chopper lands atop building; pilots safe (Lead)


April 13th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 12 (IANS) A chopper of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's training academy Thursday made an emergency landing atop a building in the eastern suburb of the city, with ... Read more...

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Five killed, 20 injured in Rajasthan


April 13th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 12 (IANS) Five men were killed and 20 injured in Rajasthan Thursday when the truck in which they were traveling overturned, police said.The mishap occurred at Khera village ... Read more...

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Two more get bail in ship hit-and-run case


April 10th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), April 10 (IANS) A court here Tuesday granted bail to two officials on board the Singapore-based vessel Prabhu Daya which hit a fishing boat off the coast here ... Read more...

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Two killed in Andhra fire mishap


April 2nd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 2 (IANS) At least two people were killed and nine others injured in a huge fire at a firecrackers manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district Monday, ... Read more...

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Four killed in Andhra fire mishap


March 29th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Four persons were killed in a blaze in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district Thursday, police said.A police official said a fire broke out and soon engulfed ... Read more...

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Rachel Wood underwent surgery to fix tooth problem


March 20th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 20 (IANS) Actress Evan Rachel Wood underwent dental surgery to put the finishing touches to her smile, six months after losing a tooth during a mishap in France.The ... Read more...

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11-year-old killed in school bus accident


March 14th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 13 (IANS) An 11-year-old student was killed 20 others were seriously injured when their school bus collided with a truck in Rajasthan's Ajmer district Tuesday, police said.According to ... Read more...

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Delhi Metro bags national award in non-film category


March 7th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has won the national award for the best promotional film in the non-feature film category, a Delhi Metro ... Read more...

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One dead in battle tank accident


March 2nd, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) In a freak accident, a soldier perched over a T-90 battle tank was killed when its driver lost control and dashed against a concrete structure here ... Read more...

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More women in Britain do make-up on public transport


March 1st, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) A rising number of women are preferring to put on their make-up while commuting for work rather than in the privacy of their own bathrooms, says ... Read more...

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CISF officer killed in Moradabad accident


February 29th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 29 (IANS) A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer was killed when a speeding truck rammed into his car at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday.According to information received ... Read more...

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Osama’s Pakistan hideout razed


February 27th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) The imposing compound in Pakistan's Abbottabad city where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hunted down and killed by US commandos last year has been ... Read more...

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V-day brings heavy security for Chandigarh


February 14th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) Over 900 police personnel spread out over Chandigarh Tuesday - the reason? Security for the Valentine's Day.Police say they intend to stop any hooliganism that ... Read more...

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CCTV police officer ‘chased himself’ after being mistaken for burglar


February 9th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest edition of the Police magazine has given a hilarious account of a burglar chase in England. The report said a junior officer chased his shadow ... Read more...

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Srinagar’s night temperature rises above freezing point


February 3rd, 2012 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) For the first time in 40 days, the minimum temperature in Srinagar rose above the freezing point early Friday even as the weather office forecast moderate ... Read more...

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Three killed as molasses tank bursts in Odisha


January 23rd, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) An elderly woman and two minor children died due to suffocation after the molasses tank of a sugar factory burst and the slurry entered their slum ... Read more...

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Man stuck in door a freak accident, says DMRC


January 20th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Three days after a commuter's ankle got stuck in the door of a Metro train forcing him to cling on to the door till the ... Read more...

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Elderly man suffocates, six hospitalised


January 17th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 17 (IANS) An elderly man suffocated and six others were hospitalised in Odisha's Kandhamal district Tuesday after a fire they kept in their room to warm themselves resulted ... Read more...

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One Indian crew member missing in Italian ship capsize


January 16th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 16 (IANS) Rebello Russell Terrance, an Indian crew member on board the Italian cruise ship which ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea, is missing and has not been ... Read more...

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La Redoute apologises for naked man photo


January 5th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Paris, Jan 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) French fashion outlet La Redoute has apologized for publishing an image that inadvertently included a naked man at a beach. The image which was published on the ... Read more...

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Disabled man rescues girl from well


December 29th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Udaipur, Dec 29 (IANS) A physically challenged man became an unlikely hero in a Rajasthan village when he jumped into a 30-feet-deep well to save a 15-year-old girl, lifted her ... Read more...

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Kieron Pollard out of Big Bash with hamstring tear


December 16th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 16 (IANS) West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has been ruled out of the Big Bash League Twenty20 cricket with a tear in his right hamstring.It was a major ... Read more...

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AMRI flouted affidavit promising to clear basesment: Minister


December 12th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) The inferno at the AMRI hospital that took 93 lives could have been averted had the fire department not "trusted" an affidavit given by the hospital ... Read more...

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Mamata pays homage at AMRI victims’ memorial column


December 12th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) In a subtle message to the police and administration, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday called for ensuring there was no recurrence of the ... Read more...

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Pranab expresses condolence to AMRI victims


December 10th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday visited the SSKM Hospital where the autopsy of those killed in the AMRI Hospital fire was being done and ... Read more...

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Metro worker killed in accident


November 18th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 18 (IANS) A 37-year-old labourer was killed at a construction site of Jaipur Metro when he was run over by a dumper Friday, said police. It was the ... Read more...

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15 killed in Afghanistan road accident


November 12th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed Saturday in a road accident involving a bus, a car and two motorcycles in Afghanistan's Helmand province, police said."A passenger ... Read more...

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