Hooch kills 29 in Odisha, 10 held (Night Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 29 people died and about 40 others were battling for their lives in hospitals in Odisha after consuming spurious liquor laced with drugs, officials ... Read more...
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Hooch kills 29 in Odisha, 10 held (Fourth Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 29 people died in Odisha after consuming spurious liquor laced with drugs, officials said Wednesday. A total of 10 people have been arrested.The victims ... Read more...
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Hooch kills 26 in Odisha, probe ordered (Third Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 26 people died in Odisha after consuming spurious liquor laced with medicines, officials said Wednesday. A total of eight people have been arrested.The victims ... Read more...
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Hooch kills 24 in Odisha (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 24 people died in Odisha after consuming spurious liquor laced with medicines, authorities said.The victims from Cuttack and Khordha districts fell ill Tuesday after ... Read more...
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Mentally ill man kills father
February 7th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A 33-year-old mentally ill man killed his father here by hitting him with a pestle over a petty dispute, police said Tuesday. The man also ... Read more...
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Maldives president quits (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 7 (IANS) Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigned Tuesday following overnight protests, authorities here said.A spokesperson at the Maldives High Commission in Colombo said Vice President Mohammad Waheed was ... Read more...
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Strike over attack on family of Pakistan politician
February 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A strike was observed Saturday in a southwestern Pakistani province against the killing of wife and daughter of an assembly member earlier this week.Balochistan assembly member ... Read more...
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35,000 narcotic tablets seized in Bangladesh
January 31st, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) About 35,000 narcotic tablets were seized from three people who were travelling in a bus in Bangladesh, a media report said Tuesday.Border Guard Bangladesh arrested the ... Read more...
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Fire in Uttar Pradesh forest, no casualties
January 31st, 2012 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 31 (IANS) A fire in Uttar Pradesh's Keitham forest, close to the state's largest lake where thousands of migratory birds are camping, on the Agra-Delhi highway destroyed nearly ... Read more...
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Husband, wife commit suicide
January 25th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Apparently depressed over frequent spats due to financial problems, a 50-year old man and his wife committed suicide by setting themselves ablaze in Rajasthan's churu district, ... Read more...
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Afghan security personnel overrun Taliban stronghold
January 24th, 2012 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 24 (IANS) Afghan security personnel have overrun the Taliban-held Nawa district and established government control there after four years, a police official said Tuesday."Finally, Afghan army and ... Read more...
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Nigeria violence toll rises to 185
January 24th, 2012 - 2:13 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Jan 24 (IANS) The toll in the killings in Nigeria has risen to 185, police said in a statement.A statement issued by police in Kano state Monday night said ... Read more...
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Granada sack coach Fabri
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 23 (IANS) Spanish La Liga football club Granada has sacked coach Francisco Gonzalez 'Fabri'.The man who led Granada to promotion to the top flight of Spanish football for ... Read more...
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It’s a girl for Lara, Mahesh!
January 20th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Actress Lara Dutta and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi became proud parents of a daughter here Friday afternoon.Mahesh copied Abhishek Bachchan's style of announcing his fatherhood, ... Read more...
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Father, son arrested for four murders
January 17th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 17 (IANS) A man and his son have been arrested for murdering four members of a family -- three women and an infant -- here early January over ... Read more...
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One killed, 30 injured in China gas leak
January 17th, 2012 - 4:05 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) One person was killed and nearly 30 were injured after carbon monoxide gas leaked in a steel company in northeast China late Monday night, said local ... Read more...
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Big B turns ‘chauffer’ for Oprah Winfrey
January 17th, 2012 - 3:06 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan must be having several chauffers at his disposal, but he decided to drive international talk show queen Oprah Winfrey himself to a ... Read more...
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Oprah drapes sari to meet Ash, Beti B
January 16th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) International talk show queen Oprah Winfrey chose to go truly Indian on her maiden India visit as she draped an orange and golden sari as ... Read more...
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Beti-B on Oprah Winfrey’s priority list
January 16th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Oprah Winfrey has arrived and guess who she plans to visit first? The international talk show queen wants to meet Bollyood couple Aishwarya Rai and ... Read more...
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Woman shot dead near her house
January 11th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A 45-year-old woman, who had left her husband to live with her lover, was shot dead near her house in north Delhi, police said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Delhi eatery owner fired upon by cop, escapes unhurt
January 10th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A roadside eatery shop owner in Delhi was shot at by a police constable Monday night but escaped unhurt, police said.Arjun Prasad Gupta, the eatery ... Read more...
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Police nab criminal who fled custody
January 10th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 10 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police have arrested a wanted criminal who had escaped from police custody when he was brought to attend a court hearing about two month ... Read more...
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Pakistani lawyers protest senior advocate’s killing
January 10th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Lawyers in Pakistan observed a day-long strike Tuesday to protest the killing of a senior lawyer in Lahore city of Punjab province, Geo News reported.Nasrullah Waraich, ... Read more...
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Tripura woman gives birth to triplets
January 10th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) A 24-year-old woman has given birth to triplets at a government hospital in Tripura, a health official said Tuesday."Pratima Nama delivered two daughters and a son ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu doctors strike work over killing of colleague
January 5th, 2012 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) Government doctors in Tamil Nadu went on a strike Wednesday protesting against the killing of a lady doctor T. Sethulakshmi working in the Employees State Insurance ... Read more...
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Phil Hughes punched by a stranger in a bar
December 29th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 29 (IANS) Australia's axed Test opener Phil Hughes was punched by a stranger while he was drinking, and lost his shirt during the melee that took place at ... Read more...
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Hazare arrives in Mumbai
December 26th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Anna Hazare Monday evening reached Mumbai ahead of his three-day agitation for a strong Lokpal bill.Hazare, who looked fit and fine, is likely to halt ... Read more...
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Hefner prefers playing cards over girlfriends
December 26th, 2011 - 6:16 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Playboy chief Hugh Hefner says that he spends his evenings watching films and playing cards instead of getting intimate with girlfreinds.The 85-year-old, who is ... Read more...
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Woman sleepwalks to death
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 22 (IANS) A 55-year-old US woman sleepwalked into a lake and drowned, a media report said Thursday.Charlene Ferrero left her Oaklyn, New Jersey apartment Saturday night and fell ... Read more...
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Passenger misbehaves with female airline staffer
December 21st, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) A female airline staffer was mistreated by a passenger at the IGI international airport Monday night, police said Wednesday.A senior police official said the incident ... Read more...
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Army men booked for black buck poaching
December 20th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bikaner, Dec 20 (IANS) A first information report (FIR) was registered against some unidentified army men on charges of poaching a black buck in a forested area in Rajasthan, police ... Read more...
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Rajasthan legislator sent to CBI custody, suspended from Congress
December 20th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 20 (IANS) A court here Tuesday sent Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, arrested after questioning in the missing nurse case, to custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation ... Read more...
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Delhi municipal councillor’s kin attacked
December 20th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The brother and nephew of a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) councillor were attacked outside their home by around a dozen men armed with knives ... Read more...
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Constable thrashed by drunken duo
December 20th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Two men are on the run here after attacking a constable and firing and seriously wounding a man after an accident led to heated row, ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata factory
December 20th, 2011 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A big fire broke out in a rubber factory at Tiljala area in east Kolkata Monday night, said fire brigade sources.There are no reports of any ... Read more...
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