Woman with five kids has 50 fake babies
August 24th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 24 (IANS) A 39-year-old mother of five, told she could not have more kids for health reasons, has filled her home with 50 lifelike baby dolls.Alice Winstone of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jennie Garth spotted with a mystery man
August 17th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 90210 star has announced last week that she is dating again after splitting from her husband of many years Peter Facinell. The 40 years old ... Read more...
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Woman kills self over skin condition
August 17th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A 31-year-old British woman, who was plagued by a skin condition that caused her face to redden, went into depression that caused her to jump to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘English Vinglish’ inspired by my mom: Gauri Shinde (Lead)
August 14th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Ad filmmaker Gauri Shinde is bringing the story of an Indian woman battling language problem in the US in her directorial debut "English Vinglish". She says ... Read more...
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British mom delivers rare identical triplets
August 5th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) In a one-in-200-million cases, a British woman has defied all odds to deliver a set of identical triplets.Thomas, Edward and Harry Chalwin look so alike that ... Read more...
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Florida transvestite charged with manslaughter after injecting woman’s buttocks with cement
July 28th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by BNO News
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- A man accused of injecting several people's buttocks with cement and other substances as a form of cosmetic surgery was charged with manslaughter in Broward County, Florida ... Read more...
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Police release surveillance photo of Cal Ripken Jr.’s mother’s kidnapping
July 27th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Maryland, July 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police have released a surveillance photo of the kidnapping of the 74-year-old mother of Cal Ripken Jr, who is a legend of the Baltimore oriole.
The kidnapper ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Holmes changes Suri’s wardrobe
July 18th, 2012 - 7:49 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 18 (IANS) Following divorce with actor Tom Cruise, actress Katie Holmes is trying to change their daughter Suri Cruise's taste for expensive clothes.The six-year-old's wardrobe is ... Read more...
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Winehouse reincarnated as butterfly, believes mom
July 10th, 2012 - 6:24 am ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) Amy Winehouse's mother believes the late singer has been reincarnated as a butterfly."I'm pretty sure she has come back as a butterfly because she would ... Read more...
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Starving sisters rescued in Delhi to get financial help
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikhsit here Saturday announced financial aid of Rs.1 lakh each for the starving sisters rescued from their north Delhi apartment last ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Delhi’s starved sisters remained locked up for 6 years (Lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An eerie silence shrouded the Gupta household in north Delhi's Rohini where two sisters had locked themselves for the last over six years. Traumatised and ... Read more...
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Pakistani kills ex-girlfriend with hammer
June 7th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 7 (IANS) A jobless Pakistani national bludgeoned his Filipina ex-girlfriend to death with a hammer after a split with the 37-year-old mother of his two-year-old daughter, a ... Read more...
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Mother of three immolates herself in Tibet
May 31st, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, May 31 (IANS) The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Thursday said a mother of three immolated herself in Tibet to protest Beijing's "repressive policies" and demand the return of the ... Read more...
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Indian-American treats wife as slave; gets away with probation
May 24th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 24 (IANS) An Indian American man whose family forced his wife into slave labour was spared jail but sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to perform ... Read more...
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Pakistani girl killed to protect ‘family honour’
May 22nd, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 22 (IANS) A 17-year-old Pakistani girl was murdered by her parents and her body dumped into a river after her westernised lifestyle brought shame on her strict Muslim ... Read more...
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In Brazil, baby’s head accidentally torn off during delivery
May 20th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) A team of doctors in Brazil accidentally tore off a baby's head as the mother struggled to give birth in a hospital. The headless body remained ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Mother-of-three raped in Delhi on Mother’s Day
May 15th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A 30-year-old mother of three children was raped in west Delhi's Aman Vihar area, police said Monday.The victim was sexually assaulted Sunday, celebrated internationally as ... Read more...
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Uday Shankar’s widow to attend Cannes for ‘Kalpana’
May 12th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Revered dancer-choreographer Uday Shankar's 1948 classic "Kalpana" is set for screening at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival May 17, and his 94-year-old widow Amala is ... Read more...
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South Koreans rally against US beef import
May 3rd, 2012 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 3 (IANS) Hundreds of South Koreans held a candlelight rally in the capital Wednesday evening to protest the government's decision to continue beef imports from the US even ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Nearly 90 percent babies immunised in Haryana district
April 26th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak, April 26 (IANS) Nearly 90 percent babies below one year of age in Haryana's Rohtak district have been immunised, much more than the national average, despite illiteracy and people's ... Read more...
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33 days on, Maoists free Odisha legislator Hikaka (Fourth lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Balipeta (Odisha), April 26 (IANS) Thirty-three days after he was kidnapped by Maoists, Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator Jhina Hikaka was Thursday freed from captivity and walked into ... Read more...
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Stinking of rotten fish, woman took 10 showers a day
April 17th, 2012 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
London, April 17 (IANS) A British woman suffers from a rare metabolic disorder that makes her stink like rotten fish. Strangers shout at her in the streets and she even ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Battered Bangalore baby dies, father faces murder charge (Second Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 11 (IANS) Afreen, the three-month-old Bangalore girl battered by her father who wanted a son, died Wednesday in a hospital here after battling for life for several days. ... Read more...
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Battered by father, Bangalore baby dies (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 11 (IANS) Afreen, the three-month-old Bangalore girl who was battered by her own father as he wanted a son, died Wednesday after battling for life for several days, ... Read more...
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Chinese minority celebrates own Valentine’s Day
April 6th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 6 (IANS) An ethnic minority community in China, called the Miao, has its own form of Valentine's Day -- a three-day dating festival for young people to find ... Read more...
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Delhi woman pushed by brothers from first floor, dies
March 30th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In a freak accident, a 25-year-old girl died after being pushed from the first floor of her house by her two brothers when she tried ... Read more...
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Texas executes man who beat baby boy to death
March 29th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by BNO News
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- A Texas man was executed on late Wednesday for using a flashlight to fatally beat a 10-month-old boy whom he was babysitting in Dallas in April 2001, ... Read more...
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Business over funerals?
March 29th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) Some funeral companies in Shanghai are paying doctors, nurses and even ambulance drivers for providing information about dying patients.According to the Shanghai Daily, the Shanghai Emergency ... Read more...
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Mercy sought for man who poisoned mother
March 28th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 28 (IANS) Relatives and neighbours of a Chinese villager who gave a fatal dose of pesticide to his bedridden elderly mother have sought leniency for him, saying it ... Read more...
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Tiger kills 19 year old
March 9th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 9 (IANS) A tiger mauled to death a 19-year old youth in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, police said Friday.The body of the deceased was ... Read more...
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22-kg tumour removed from woman’s body
February 27th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), Feb 27 (IANS) A 45-year-old mother of four got a new lease of life after doctors at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here removed a ... Read more...
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A 7 kg baby is born in China!
February 19th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) A baby boy weighing 7.4 kilograms at birth has set a record for China's heaviest newborn.Chunchun was born via caesarean section that lasted about 20 minutes ... Read more...
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Two held for raping Kolkata woman in vehicle
February 18th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Two people were arrested for raping a 37-year-old mother of two and a former call centre employee in a moving car after offering her a lift ... Read more...
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Tiger mauls woman to death
February 17th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 17 (IANS) A tiger killed the 50-year-old mother of a guide in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, police said Friday.According to the police, the deceased ... Read more...
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Bhanwari case: CBI gets notice for quizzing suspect’s mother
February 6th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Feb 6 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court Monday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other officials involved in missing nurse Bhanwari Devi's case for ... Read more...
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