Maoists strike again, kill cop in Odisha (Fourth Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) Upping the ante, suspected Maoist guerrillas in Odisha Tuesday shot dead a 43-year-old police officer, just hours after they had abducted him, and left his ... Read more...
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Orissa forest guard shot dead by Maoists
September 19th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (IANS) A forest guard was Monday shot dead by Maoist rebels in Orissa's Bargarh district, police said.About 15 to 20 Maoists dragged Narayana Duan, 33, from Jaipur ... Read more...
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Four Maoists, one trooper killed in Chhattisgarh gun battle
August 17th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 17 (IANS) One trooper and four Maoist rebels were killed in a prolonged gunbattle Wednesday in a jungle stretch of Chhattisgarh, police said.The gun fight took place in ... Read more...
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Sorry, we blew up ambulance: Maoists
December 4th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 4 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas issued a public apology Saturday for having blown up an ambulance and killing five "innocent" people in Orissa's Kandhamal district last month.The rebels issued a statement ... Read more...
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BJP activists clash with police in Kolkata
November 30th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Police lobbed teargas shells and baton charged stone-pelting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists Tuesday as the party's attempted blockade of the Writers' Buildings, the West Bengal state ... Read more...
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Orissa asks Andhra about arrested wife of Maoist leader
November 16th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 16 (IANS) Orissa has sought details from Andhra Pradesh on a top Maoist leader's wife who was on her way to meet her son when she was arrested last week, ... Read more...
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450 terrorists waiting to enter India, says army
October 25th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 25 (IANS) Around 450 guerrillas are waiting to cross the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian Army officer said Monday, adding that the Pakistan Army resorts ... Read more...
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Four lynched for alleged theft in Orissa (Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 11 (IANS) Four men, who were among seven people caught allegedly attempting to commit a theft in a house, were beaten to death in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district early Monday, police ... Read more...
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Three lynched for alleged theft in Orissa
October 11th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 11 (IANS) Three men, who were among the seven caught allegedly attempting to commit a theft in a house, were beaten to death in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district early Monday, ... Read more...
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Search on for missing Tata Steel engineer
September 25th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 25 (IANS) Search operations have been launched to trace the Tata Steel engineer who has been missing from Orissa's Jajpur district, police said Saturday.
Abdul Salim, 35, who works as a ... Read more...
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Maoists kill Orissa village guard
September 18th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 18 (IANS) Maoists killed a village guard in Orissa's Malkangiri district early Saturday, accusing him of being a police informer, an official said.
More then 30 armed rebels dragged the guard, ... Read more...
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Maoists kill two in Orissa
August 25th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed two people in a forested area of Orissa's Malkangiri district after accusing them of being police informers, an official said Wednesday.
The rebels dragged 50-year-old Manoranjan ... Read more...
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5.9-magnitude quake hits Mariana Islands
August 15th, 2010 - 2:39 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Aug 15 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Mariana Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake hit the island at ... Read more...
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Peepli Live and We Are Family DVD Inlay Cards Seized Before Release!
August 12th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 12, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Alliance Against Copyright Theft (AACT) continues its efforts to curb and eradicate piracy. Over the last five days, AACT along with various enforcement agencies and local ... Read more...
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Kid dies after hiding in tumble dryer
July 27th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) A four-year-old child in Britain who loved playing hide and seek died after he hid inside a tumble dryer.
Sonny Gibson was locked inside the machine for up to ... Read more...
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7-year-old boy killed by Taliban for Spying
June 12th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): This might just top the list of heinous crimes across the world. Taliban murdered a 7-year-old boy, who according to them was spying. The ... Read more...
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Elderly Indian found dead in Australia
June 7th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, June 7 (IANS) A 61-year-old Indian man was found dead with stab injuries in Australia, police said Monday.
The man, who had been living in Doncaster for some time, was found dead ... Read more...
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‘Indian appearance’ baby found abandoned on Sydney street
May 18th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
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origin, was found walking unsupervised in Western Sydney on Tuesday morning.Two off duty ambulance officers spotted the kid ... Read more...
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NYPD to give all-clear in suspicious car probe shortly
May 14th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Authorities on early Friday were wrapping up an investigation into a suspicious vehicle near Union Square in lower Manhattan, which caused some evacuations in the nearby ... Read more...
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Volcano Erupts In Iceland
March 22nd, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Hvolsvoellur, Iceland, Mar 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A volcano in Iceland erupted on early Sunday morning, which led to hundreds of residents fleeing from their homes and large scale evacuation taking ... Read more...
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Dutch authorities issue rare Amber Alert for missing 12-year-old girl
March 11th, 2010 - 11:55 pm ICT by BNO News
DORDRECHT (BNO NEWS) -- Dutch authorities on Thursday issued an Amber Alert for a missing 12-year-old girl, the third time such an alert was issued since the system was launched in the ... Read more...
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Jharkhand villagers want campaign to conserve 145 million-year-old foodgrain fossils
March 7th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar OjhaKathghar (Jharkhand), March 7 (ANI): Rare foodgrain fossils, dating back to 145 million years and recently found in Jharkhand's Katghar village, have become the talk of the town here, ... Read more...
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Man beaten to death in west Delhi
January 24th, 2010 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A man was beaten to death and his younger brother was severely injured by four allegedly drunk men when the duo objected to their urinating on their ... Read more...
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Minor raped by 20-year-old man
January 9th, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) A nine-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in the heart of the national capital, police said Saturday. No arrests have been made in the case ... Read more...
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CPM supporter shot dead by Maoists in Lalgarh
December 23rd, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Lalgarh (West Bengal), Dec 23 (ANI): The state of affairs in Lalgarh has tensed after suspected Maoists shot dead a CPM supporter Sadhan Mahato at Pirakata here.Suspected Maoists allegedly calling him out ... Read more...
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Tense Mourinho jostles reporter after dismal draw
December 14th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 14 (DPA) Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho jostled and insulted a reporter after the Serie A game in which his side drew 1-1 at Atalanta, the ANSA news agency reported.
Andrea ... Read more...
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Two arrested in Varanasi for noise pollution
November 26th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Nabeel A. Khan
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 26 (IANS) In the first such case in this ancient city, two people have been arrested for causing noise pollution. This come four years after ... Read more...
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41 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing (Third Lead)
October 12th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 12 (Xinhua) At least 41 people were killed and 45 others injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded market in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said.
The bomb ... Read more...
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Guard guns down youth over peeing in Delhi
October 1st, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Answering the call of nature in public can be fatal. A 22-year-old man was shot down by a petrol pump station guard after a heated argument over ... Read more...
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Bikers rob Delhi jeweller
August 28th, 2009 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In a daring daylight robbery, two motorcycle-borne men snatched a bag said to contain gold jewellery worth Rs 4.2 million, police said Thursday.
Pradeep Kumar Bedi, a ... Read more...
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Scientists plan to decipher ancient Zapoteca Writing in new Mexico lab
August 24th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 24 (ANI): A team of scientists is all set to test nearly 300 engraved stones in a new laboratory in Mexico, in order to decipher the ancient Zapoteca Writing.The laboratory ... Read more...
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Indian workers at Afghan dam face security nightmare
August 13th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) One of India's flagship projects in Afghanistan, the Salma Dam, has turned into a security nightmare, with its neighbourhood being the battleground for two rival ... Read more...
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BPO employee held for raping colleague in Delhi
August 9th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 28-year-old employee of a call centre was arrested here Sunday after his junior colleague accused him of giving her a sedative in cold drink and ... Read more...
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Orissa intensifies combing operation to nab Maoists (Lead)
July 17th, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 17 (IANS) Police intensified combing operations to nab Maoists who shot dead a policeman and killed a paramilitary trooper in a landmine blast Friday in two separate incidents in Orissa's ... Read more...
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Four-year-old raped by teen in Delhi
July 17th, 2009 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in R.K. Puram in south Delhi, police said Thursday.
The incident took place Wednesday evening when the ... Read more...
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