Pakistani electricity firm bills consumers for power not used
September 19th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 19 (IANS) A Pakistani electricity supply company has billed its customers for power that was neither supplied nor used, prompting a daily to note that "bill-paying customers were ... Read more...
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Rs.500 penalty for negligence in Pakistan factories
September 14th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) The factory owner in Karachi will have to pay a measly Rs.500 penalty for negligence, said a media report after nearly 300 people were killed ... Read more...
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‘Lazy’ policeman faces jail for sabotaging probes
September 13th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) A police official in Scotland Yard is facing jail after he failed to investigate rape cases that allowed the alleged rapists to escape prosecution, because he ... Read more...
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Norway case rerun: Curbs on Indian couple meeting son in US
September 9th, 2012 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) In a virtual replay of the Norway children custody case, a US-based Indian couple from West Bengal has been given limited access to their one-year-old son ... Read more...
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Mamata raps civic bodies for negligence in preventing dengue
September 7th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) Criticising civic bodies run by both her Trinamool Congress as also the opposition Left Front for negligence in combating dengue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Engineering students vandalize vehicles in Gurgaon
September 6th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 6 (IANS) Anguished over the death of a 19-year-old girl student due to alleged negligence, students at an engineering college here staged a violent protest Thursday in the ... Read more...
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Chinese officials being grilled on live TV
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 2 (IANS) Facing public grilling on live television can be a tough experience for officials, but some Chinese local governments think it might be an effective measure to ... Read more...
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Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger sue airline
August 30th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Texas, Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A gay couple is suing an airline for allegedly revealing a sex object that was in their luggage. Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger are suing the United ... Read more...
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FIR against Sikar government hospital head
August 28th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 27 (IANS) A FIR was lodged against a superintendent of a government hospital for alleged negligence after a 23-year old woman and her newly-born daughter died Monday in ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to simplify caste certification process
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 22 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways to simplify the caste certification procedure, administration sources said Wednesday.According to sources, ... Read more...
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Woman’s gall bladder removed instead of appendix
August 17th, 2012 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) In a case of alleged negligence, doctors in a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir removed the gall bladder of a woman instead of her swollen appendix.The ... Read more...
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Now I value my wife, health more than ever: Shatrughan Sinha
August 3rd, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) He is now 12 kg lighter, wiser and more health-conscious - veteran actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has been in the hospital since a month, says ... Read more...
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One electrocuted to death in Rajasthan
July 31st, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 31 (IANS) A 19-year old youth was electrocuted to death while his uncle sustained severe burns when they were trying to get illegal electricity supply for a temple ... Read more...
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Class 10 student dies in accident in Delhi
July 25th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) In a freak accident Wednesday, a 16-year-old boy was killed in Delhi after being struck by an electricity pole when he stuck his head out ... Read more...
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Russian cops accused of filming prison sex
July 12th, 2012 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police officers in western Russia's Sverdlovsk region are suspected of filming a detainee sodomising a fellow inmate instead of stopping the violence, officials said.The officers ... Read more...
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Abandoned pit: Gurgaon contractor gets notice
July 10th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 9 (IANS) Power utility Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (DHBVN) has served a termination notice on the contractor in charge of the two constructions sites of the ... Read more...
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Portion of Rajasthan University’s science wing collapses
July 5th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 5 (IANS) A portion of a three-storey building that housed the University of Rajasthan's science laboratories for research scholars collapsed here about an hour before the classes were ... Read more...
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Japan’s Fukushima crisis was man-made, says parliament
July 5th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, July 5 (IANS) A Japanese parliamentary panel said in a report Thursday that last year's crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was "a man-made disaster", RIA Novosti reported.The March ... Read more...
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Art neglected and works dying in Pakistan, laments daily
July 3rd, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) The government is not doing enough to fight negligence as art crumbles in Pakistan, said a leading daily.An editorial in the Dawn Tuesday said that it ... Read more...
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Gurgaon doctors booked for death due to negligence
July 1st, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 1 (IANS) At least six doctors from a multi-specialty hospital here were booked for causing a death due to negligence, police said Sunday.Sunil Bedi, 40, a trader from ... Read more...
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Court rejects bail to accused in Mahi death case
June 29th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 29 (IANS) A local court Friday dismissed the bail application of Rohtash Singh, an accused in the Mahi death case and owner of the house at Kasan village ... Read more...
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Notice to village head in Mahi’s death in borewell
June 26th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 26 (IANS) Authorities have issued a notice to the village head of Kasan village in Haryana's Gurgaon district where four-year-old Mahi died after she slipped into an open ... Read more...
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Mantralaya fire: toll climbs to three (Lead)
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The death toll in the major fire that swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here rose to three, an official of the city disaster control said.While ... Read more...
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Relatives create ruckus after woman’s death in hospital
June 14th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 14 (IANS) Family members of a migrant woman from Pakistan created ruckus at a private hospital here when she died while undergoing treatment Thursday, police said.A first ... Read more...
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Mother arrested after she drives off with baby on car roof
June 5th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Phoenix, June 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A mother strapped her 1 month old son to a child car seat and kept that car seat on the roof of the car and then drove ... Read more...
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Rs.14 lakh stolen from Ghaziabad district office
May 31st, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 31 (IANS) Cash amounting to Rs.14.25 lakh was found stolen from the district office here Thursday morning, police said.The money was kept in a cash box in the ... Read more...
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Pregnant woman dies after being hit by car in Delhi
May 26th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A 28-year-old pregnant woman died Saturday after a speeding car hit her in south Delhi, police said.The accident occurred outside the main gate of the ... Read more...
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Boy drowns in pothole in Delhi hospital
May 25th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy drowned in a pothole in the premises of Lady Hardinge Hospital in central Delhi, police said Thursday.The victim identified as Monty drowned ... Read more...
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Three Pakistan Navy officers convicted for Karachi attack
May 22nd, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) Three Pakistan Navy officers have been convicted for their negligence of security measures during a deadly attack at the PNS Mehran base in Karachi last ... Read more...
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Haryana official suspended for wrong map
May 19th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) A senior officer of Haryana's secondary school education department has been suspended Friday after an erroneous content, which depicted Jammu and Kashmir state not being apart ... Read more...
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Kids’ deaths: Omar visits hospital; says situation grave
May 18th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday visited the G.B. Pant Hospital in the summer capital where 368 children have died since Jan 1 ... Read more...
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Six buried alive in Uttar Pradesh
May 17th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) Six people, including three women and two children, involved in digging were Thursday buried alive under a mound of earth in Uttar Pradesh, police said.Four other ... Read more...
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Hilary Swank sues home-audio firm
May 15th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 15 (IANS) Actress Hilary Swank has filed a lawsuit against a home-audio company for using her pictures without her permission.The actress filed the lawsuit in a ... Read more...
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Man murders friend for killing goldfish
May 11th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) A Frenchman has been arrested on charges of murdering a neighbour whose negligence led to the death of his goldfish.The suspect - named Mario P - ... Read more...
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Tearful mother greets kids back from Norway
April 26th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) After nearly a year's wait, a tearful Sagarika Bhattacharya Wednesday got her two children back in her lap. The children had returned to India from Norway ... Read more...
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