Odisha residents return home after flood water recedes
August 6th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 6 (IANS) About 2,000 people who were taken to safer places a day ago due to overflowing of Hati river in Odisha's Kalahandi district returned home Monday as ... Read more...
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Heavy rains kill nine in Hyderabad, many colonies submerged (Second Lead)
July 21st, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Nine people, including two women and three children, were killed in incidents of wall collapse in Hyderabad as heavy rains lashed the city since Friday ... Read more...
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Heavy rains kill nine in Hyderabad (Lead)
July 21st, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Nine people, including two women and three children, were killed in incidents of wall collapse in Hyderabad as heavy rains since Friday night lashed the ... Read more...
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Suicide bombers attack Kabul shortly after Obama’s visit
May 3rd, 2012 - 4:11 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three suicide bombers attacked the Afghan capital of Kabul on early Wednesday morning, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials said. It happened shortly ... Read more...
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One killed in shooting at US school (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS/EFE) A shooting Monday at Chardon High School in Ohio has left one student dead and four wounded and the suspected shooter is in custody, authorities said.Police ... Read more...
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Official, six policemen injured in Rajasthan communal clash
February 26th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Udaipur, Feb 26 (IANS) An official and six policemen were injured in a communal clash in this Rajasthan district Sunday, police said.The situation remained tense as police twice baton-charged a ... Read more...
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Man shoots woman, kills self at Wal-Mart centre
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) A 40-year-old woman manager at a Wal-Mart distribution centre in the US state of Virginia was shot at by an employee who later killed himself when ... Read more...
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Bihar opens school in tainted officer’s seized house
September 8th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 8 (IANS) History was made Thursday when the Bihar government fulfilled its promise of opening a primary school in the confiscated Patna property of a high-ranking civil servant ... Read more...
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Train derailment in central Poland kills 1, injures dozens
August 13th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by BNO News
WARSAW, POLAND (BNO NEWS) -- One person was killed on Friday afternoon and dozens more were injured when a passenger train carrying some 280 people derailed in central Poland, officials said on ... Read more...
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Make Himachal college’s building operational: Court
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 2 (IANS) Taking a serious view of the dilly-dallying attitude of the state government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed officials to make the new building of ... Read more...
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Kids were paid Rs100-150 in lieu of every ball entering Osama’s Abbottabad compound
May 4th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4(ANI): The comfortable family life Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden enjoyed under the nose of the Pakistani security services is depicted from the fact that neighbours' children were ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
16 dead in Tripura refugee camp fire
March 20th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Agartala (Tripura), Mar. 20 (ANI): At least 16 people, mostly children, were killed and many more got severe burn injuries in a fire incident that broke out in a refugee camp in ... Read more...
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Enterprise Petroleum Plant Fire Scares Neighborhood
February 9th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Enterprise Products Petroleum plant at Mont Belvieu that has been ravaged by a series of powerful explosion and fire is hogging headlines. The neighborhood ... Read more...
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12 dead, thousands displaced in Philippines fire
January 30th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by BNO News
MANILA (BNO NEWS) -- A huge fire in Manila's Navotas city on Saturday destroyed more than 100 houses, killing 12 people and displacing nearly 2,000 others, GMA News reported.Seven children were among ... Read more...
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Jay Z invests in fast food joint in his native NY
January 12th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Jay Z has made a new investment to expand his business empire.The rap mogul has expanded his business domain by investing in a fast food restaurant in his ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Maggie Gyllenhaal opens orphanage in India
November 9th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 9 (ANI): Hollywood couple Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard have recently opened a village for orphaned and abandoned children in India.The SOS Children's Village set up in Alibaug village in ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Mass funeral for Lakki Marwat victims
September 7th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) A mass funeral was organised Tuesday for the victims of the suicide blast targeting a police station in the Lakki Marwat town of Pakistan's Khyber ... Read more...
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Alligator Strolls Through Town
July 4th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
July 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An alligator reportedly strolled through a town in Germany. The Police in the area got a call in the middle of the night from a bystander ... Read more...
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Private tutor held for raping student
July 1st, 2010 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) A private tutor, who had been absconding for over a month, has been arrested for allegedly raping his minor student, police said Thursday.
Rajendra Nadar, 52, had been absconding ... Read more...
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Tornado Collapses Normal Life In Dundee, Michigan
June 7th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
People of Dundee, Michigan have experienced one of the worst beginnings of a Sunday morning this week. A confirmed tornado with a speed of around 135 mph roared through Dundee ... Read more...
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Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for Kohat car bomb attack
April 19th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Kohat (Pakistan), Apr 19(ANI): The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide car bomb attack in Northwestern Pakistan's Kohat region.At least seven people were killed and over 31 others ... Read more...
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1,500 people in Colombia forced to leave land
April 6th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 6 (IANS/EFE) A guerrilla group in Colombia has forced around 1,500 people to leave their land, officials said.
The people, mostly peasants, from the hamlet of La Vega del Ingles, ... Read more...
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Buildings evacuated after NYC crane hits skyscraper
March 29th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by BNO News
By Michael van Poppel
NEW YORK CITY (THAINDIAN NEWS) -- Several buildings in Manhattan were evacuated on Saturday evening after a crane struck the 23rd floor of a skyscraper, officials said.The ... Read more...
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16 Taliban militants killed in Pakistani airstrikes
March 15th, 2010 - 1:58 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 15 (DPA) Pakistani fighter jets pounded several Taliban hideouts Sunday, killing 16 militants and injuring several more in north-western tribal region near Afghan border, security officials said.
An intelligence official ... Read more...
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Obama statue removed from Jakarta park following protests
February 16th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta (Indonesia), Feb.16 (ANI): Indonesian authorities removed a statue of US President Barack Obama from a park here following a public backlash against its instalment. The bronze statue, inspired by a ... Read more...
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Maoists step up violence in West Midnapore and Orissa
November 2nd, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Midnapor (WB), Nov 2 (ANI): Suspected Maoist rebels on Sunday killed a former village head in Bhutashole village of West Midnapore district.Anil Mahato, who was a member of the Communist Party ... Read more...
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New York City probes more cases of swine flu
April 29th, 2009 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 28 (DPA) New York health authorities were looking for possible new cases of swine flu at a second high school after 28 cases were confirmed at a nearby school, ... Read more...
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Indian immigrant killed in New Zealand road rage (Second Lead)
April 9th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, April 9 (IANS) A 78-year-old Indian immigrant who subscribed to the principles of Mahatma Gandhi was beaten to death in a road rage incident in New Zealand, it was reported Thursday. ... Read more...
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Orissa tornado leaves 13 dead, thousands homeless (Lead)
April 1st, 2009 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) The death toll in the unseasonal tornado that hit Orissa Tuesday rose to 13 with the recovery of five more bodies Wednesday, officials said adding that nearly ... Read more...
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Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tie played amid heavy security
March 7th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Malmo/Stockholm, March 7 (DPA) Swedish police officers greatly outnumbered anti-Israel protesters at the arena where Sweden and Israel finished 1-1 on the first day of their Davis Cup clash.
The tie in the ... Read more...
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Bakery sparks outrage selling Drunken Negro Face cookies during Obama inauguration
January 24th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 24 (ANI): A Greenwich Village bakery owner has sparked outrage after he sold Drunken Negro Face cookies during President Barack Obama''s inauguration.Ted Kefalinos, who runs Lafeyette French Pastry ... Read more...
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Agitation against textbook claims teacher’s life
July 19th, 2008 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Malappuram (Kerala), July 19 (IANS) A school teacher who was allegedly attacked Saturday morning by agitators protesting against a controversial textbook died in hospital later in the day, police said. The teacher, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Somali president escapes roadside bomb attack
June 18th, 2008 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Mogadishu, June 18 (DPA) A roadside bomb killed three policemen, one of them a senior officer, in Mogadishu Wednesday just minutes after a convoy carrying Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed had driven ... Read more...
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Five injured during leopard rescue operation in Pune
January 29th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by admin
Pune, Jan 29 (ANI): At least five people, including three forest officials, were injured while trying to save a leopard, which had strayed into the parking area of residential society here today.
After ... Read more...
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