India verifying if US sold ‘faulty’ defence equipment
August 8th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India Wednesday said it was verifying if "faulty spare parts made in China" were used in defence equipment being sold by the US to it. ... Read more...
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Two dead in Mantralaya fire
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Two dead bodies were recovered from the sixth floor of the Mantralaya or the Maharashtra secretariat as the fire fighters were late Thursday still engaged in ... Read more...
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Dozens trapped in burning Mantralaya, navy called (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) A major fire raged in the Maharashtra Mantrayala or secretariat here Thursday, with a man who escaped claiming that some 50 people were trapped in the ... Read more...
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US carrier rescues eight Iranian sailors
August 20th, 2010 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
Manama (Bahrain), Aug 20 (DPA) Eight Iranian sailors whose vessel caught fire were rescued by US Navy helicopters in the Arabian Sea, according to a US military statement late Thursday.
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Two U.S. Navy helicopters arrive in Pakistan to provide aid to flood relief efforts
August 15th, 2010 - 4:21 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD (BNO NEWS) – Two U.S. Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopters arrived in Pakistan on Saturday as part of the continued U.S. humanitarian operation in the country to support flood relief efforts ... Read more...
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10 die, including kids, as bus falls into river near Kottayam in Kerala
March 23rd, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan SamuelKottayam (Kerala), March 23 (ANI): At least 10 persons including school children, women and one rescuer died when a private bus carrying around 40 passengers fell into a deep river ... Read more...
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Eight killed as bus falls into Kerala river (Second Lead)
March 23rd, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), March 23 (IANS) At least seven people died when the bus they were travelling in fell into the Meenachil river near here Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. A person engaged ... Read more...
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11 killed, 19 missing as boat capsizes in Andhra Pradesh (Second Lead)
January 30th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) At least 11 people including four women and four children were killed and 19 were missing Saturday after an overcrowded boat capsized in Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh.
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German Navy arrest nine Somali pirates
March 4th, 2009 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 3 (DPA) The German Navy arrested nine people Tuesday following a dramatic action to head off a pirate attack on a German merchant vessel off the coast of Somalia.
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Britain reveals close encounters of the weird kind
October 20th, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) The British defence ministry has released hitherto-secret files revealing a string of unexplained UFO sightings, including a near-miss encounter between a passenger jet and a brown missile-shaped object. ... Read more...
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