Maoists set road construction vehicles ablaze
February 7th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 7 (IANS) Dozens of armed Maoists Tuesday set on fire at least four road construction vehicles in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police officials here said.Police say that armed Maoists ... Read more...
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Garo militants abduct 2 Meghalaya engineers
January 25th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 25 (IANS) Heavily-armed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels abducted three Meghalaya government engineers at gunpoint in the state's West Garo Hills district, but one of them ... Read more...
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Alert officials foil rhino poaching in Assam
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) Officials and forest guards at the Kaziranga national park and another reserve in Assam successfully foiled attempts by poachers to kill rhinos in two separate ... Read more...
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Tigress, cubs kill, eat farmer in Yavatmal (With Image)
January 10th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), Jan 10 (IANS) A tigress from a nearby forest reserve killed a farmer while he was working in the field and, along with her cubs, ate the body ... Read more...
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Leopard kills girl
October 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) A leopard killed a seven-year-old girl while she was sleeping outside her house in a village in Uttar Pradesh, an official said Tuesday.After killing Kavita in ... Read more...
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All 269 guilty in Vachathi mass rape, assault case
September 29th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), Sep 29 (IANS) Nearly two decades after a brutal assault on tribals by police, forest and revenue officials in Vachathi village and the rape of 18 women, ... Read more...
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Three tuskers killed in Jharkhand
September 2nd, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 2 (IANS) Three elephants, including one calf, were killed after an electric wire fell on them in Jharkhand's Khuti district early Friday, an official said."Three elephants -- including ... Read more...
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Happily ever after for Raju-Chinki, the monkeys?
July 7th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 7 (IANS) The wedding of Raju and Chinki could put Bollywood to shame. The monkeys were married off in a hush hush ceremony by villagers in Rajasthan before ... Read more...
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Maoist deputy commander killed in gunbattle
July 2nd, 2011 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 2 (IANS) A deputy commander of a local wing of the Communist Party of India-Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces early Saturday in Orissa's Keonjhar ... Read more...
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Eight injured in bison attack in north Bengal
June 17th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), June 16 (IANS) Eight people, including an eight-year old boy, were injured after three bisons strayed into a tea garden and attacked them in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri ... Read more...
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One dead as elephants go berserk in Mysore (Lead)
June 8th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 8 (IANS) Two young wild elephants strayed into Mysore city from a nearby forest early Wednesday and caused havoc, trampling a man to death and causing panic.Forest guards ... Read more...
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One dead as two wild jumbos go berserk in Mysore
June 8th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), June 8 (IANS) Two wild elephants stormed into Mysore early Wednesday, trampling one person to death and causing panic in this cultural city."The wild elephants entered the city ... Read more...
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Wild elephant kills family in Orissa
June 7th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 7 (IANS) A male wild elephant Tuesday killed a couple and their daughter in Orissa's Dhenkanal district early Tuesday, an official said.The victims were identified as Madan Hembram, ... Read more...
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Viper gives birth to 53 at Bangalore park
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 3 (IANS) A Russell's viper, a venomous snake, has given birth to 53 young ones at Bannerghatta Biological Park here -- a record for the park, an official ... Read more...
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Leopard enters Hema Malini bungalow, vanishes (Third Lead)
May 27th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) A leopard strayed into Bollywood actress Hema Malini's bungalow here Friday and created panic before escaping back to a nearby forest.The leopard was sighted in the ... Read more...
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LeT militant held for beheading Congress leader
May 21st, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 21 (IANS) A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist has been arrested for the murder of Congress leader Abdul Gani Rather last week, police said Saturday.Abdul Jabbar was arrested Friday after ... Read more...
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Woman gang raped in husband’s presence in Jharkhand
April 26th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 26 (IANS) A woman was gang raped by eight men in front of her captive husband in steel city Jamshedpur, police said here Tuesday.According to police, the couple ... Read more...
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Abducted Bengal cop untraced
March 6th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) A police constable, suspected to have been abducted by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, remained untraced for the third day, police said Sunday."Search operations ... Read more...
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Snake slithers into school bag in Orissa
February 14th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 (IANS) A three feet long poisonous snake found in the school bag of a class five student in Orissa triggered panic in the school campus, the boy's father said ... Read more...
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Arms seized from Maoist hideout in Chhattisgarh
January 17th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by ANI
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Jan 17 (ANI): Security forces seized massive cache of arms and ammunition from a Maoist hideout in Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur village on Sunday."We got the information that four guns were kept ... Read more...
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Nine Maoists killed in Orissa, railway services affected (Lead)
January 9th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (IANS) Nine Maoists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Orissa's Rayagada district early Sunday, while the guerrillas also clashed with the police in Kandhamal, police ... Read more...
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Leopard injures seven people in Uttar Pradesh
December 26th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Dec 26 (ANI): A leopard injured three villagers, including two minors in Bhawaria village of Uttar Pradesh after they saw it roaming in nearby fields, and tried to scare it away."The ... Read more...
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10 escape unhurt in Maoist landmine blast
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) At least 10 people travelling in a vehicle in West Bengal's West Midnapore district had a narrow escape when a landmine suspected to have been triggered by Maoists ... Read more...
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Peacock Poacher arrested with three carcasses
November 24th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) A peacock poacher, who operated an inter-state racket in its meat and feathers, was arrested with carcasses of the national bird in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police ... Read more...
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Maoists kill man for being police informer
November 17th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (IANS) Armed Maoists Wednesday dragged a man out of his home and killed him in Orissa's Malkangiri district after accusing him of being an informer, police said.Ganga Madkani, ... Read more...
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Report blames pilot error for Air India Express crash that killed 158
November 17th, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by BNO News
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- The May 22 Air India Express plane crash at Mangalore airport that killed 158 people was caused by pilot error, according to the final report, which ... 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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Forest officials rescue python in Durgapur
October 2nd, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
By RajaBurdwan (West Bengal), Oct. 2 (ANI): The forest officials of the Burdwan Muchipara region in West Bengal's Burdwan district rescued an eight-feet long python from a residential colony.The python was found ... Read more...
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Plane makes emergency landing in Russia
September 7th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 7 (IANS) A passenger plane with 81 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing after all of its systems failed, a media report said Tuesday.
The TU-154 Alrosa ... Read more...
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Wild boar captured in Uttar Pradesh village
August 29th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
By Amit KumarAyodhya (U.P.), Aug.29 (ANI): A wild boar entered a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district and attacked its residents.It was spotted on Saturday in a thick growth near a temple. ... Read more...
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Two police officers among 12 killed in Chechnya
August 29th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Grozny, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two police officers and 10 militants were killed Sunday in a shootout in the ancestral village of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.
The shootout took place in Chechnya's Kurchaloyevsky ... Read more...
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Medvedev says Russia’s fire situation ’still tense’
August 12th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 12 (DPA) The number and extent of forest fires in Russia's central European provinces showed signs of abating for the first time in weeks, but the situation was "still tense", ... Read more...
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Sloth bear claws to death four in Maharashtra village
August 5th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Aug 5 (IANS) A sloth bear strayed from the forest and clawed four people to death, including a forest department employee and a teacher, in a village in Maharashtra's Amravati district, ... Read more...
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Three Maoists held with bombs in Chhattisgarh
June 7th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 7 (IANS) Three Maoist rebels were arrested Monday from Chhattisgarh's Kanker district and two bombs recovered from their possession, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, the police team along ... Read more...
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