Japan’s new envoy to China faints on Tokyo street
September 13th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 13 (IANS) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador to China Shinichi Nishimiya fell unconscious Thursday morning on a street in Tokyo, police said, adding that the sudden fainting was caused ... Read more...
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Body in pieces: Police question victim’s friend
September 4th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Three days after a 23-year-old BBA student's chopped body was found on railway tracks here, police Tuesday questioned a woman, whom the victim secretly married, ... Read more...
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Siberian serial stabber caught eating dog
August 19th, 2012 - 5:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 42-year-old resident of eastern Siberia was held over a stabbing rampage that he concluded by dining on his own dog, police said.The man attacked ... Read more...
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Two murders in Delhi
July 11th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman and an autorickshaw driver were found murdered in two separate incidents here, police said Tuesday.A woman was found with her throat slit ... Read more...
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Delhi youth with criminal background found murdered
July 8th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Just 10 days after his release from Delhi's Tihar Jail, a 25-year-old youth was found murdered here with at least 15 stab wounds on his ... Read more...
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Man found murdered in Delhi
May 25th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) A 55-year-old man was found murdered by a road here, police said Friday.The body of Dwarka Prashad Jaiswal, a resident of Sonia Vihar in east ... Read more...
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British grandma assaulted by boys for a ring
May 19th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
London, May 18 (IANS) A grandmother in Britain was left with bruises all over her body as two schoolboys assaulted her to snatch a 20-pound ring.Patricia Thistleton, 64, was left ... Read more...
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Half-chopped body found in a bag in South Delhi
May 18th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The half-chopped body of a man, with the head and torso missing, was found packed inside a synthetic cement bag in the capital's upscale Defence ... Read more...
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Teacher shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
May 7th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) In a sensational daylight killing in Uttar Pradesh, a teacher was shot dead in Basti district Monday when he was going to an education centre to ... Read more...
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Naked woman’s body found in Delhi hospital premises
April 26th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) An naked body of an unidentified woman was recovered near the doctors' hostel inside Lok Nayak Hospital in the capital, police said Wednesday.The body has ... Read more...
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Youth killed by friend
April 23rd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A 23-year-old man was killed by his friend following an altercation early Monday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Danish, a resident of Amroha ... Read more...
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Delhi Police constable shot dead
April 21st, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable was found shot dead in his car in a deserted place in the capital, police said Saturday.
Rajender Khatri, who was ... Read more...
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Teacher shot dead in capital
April 18th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A 28-year-old school teacher was found shot dead in a park in the capital, police said Wednesday.Pradeep's body was recovered around 10 p.m. Tuesday from ... Read more...
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Nine Shias gunned down in Pakistan
April 14th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) At least nine people, reportedly Shia Muslims, were killed and eight others injured Saturday in three sectarian attacks in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.One incident ... Read more...
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Speeding Mercedes kills constable, injures another in Delhi (Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A police constable was killed and another injured here early Tuesday when a Mercedes car driven at high speed hit the motorcycle they were riding ... Read more...
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Fame isn’t perpetual: Big B
March 29th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Even at 69, megastar Amitabh Bachchan remains one of the most sought after actors in Bollywood, but he feels fame is not perpetual and will ... Read more...
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Mumbai celebrates Holi with fun, frolic and revelry
March 8th, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) As Mumbai woke up to the festival of colours - Holi - young and old started the day not only with colours, but also with fun, ... Read more...
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Mamata’s nephew sent to one day’s judicial custody (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Akash Banerjee and three others, arrested for assaulting a traffic police officer, were Thursday sent to a day's ... Read more...
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Delhi Police constable killed in road accident (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A 45-year-old Delhi Police head constable died after his bike was hit from behind by an unidentified vehicle in the capital, police said Tuesday.Abhay ... Read more...
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New-born girl’s body found in west Delhi dump
February 24th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) In what appears to be a case of female infanticide, the body of a new-born girl was recovered from a dump in the national capital ... Read more...
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Ex-IAF officer killed (Lead)
January 15th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) A 48-year-old former Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who was working with a private company was found stabbed to death here Sunday, police said.Surender Kumar, ... Read more...
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Jilted man kills girl
January 12th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Angered at a girl rejecting his marriage proposal, a man in his 30s killed the 19-year-old and critically injured her younger sister when she came ... Read more...
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Car hits police van, three hurt
January 1st, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Three people, including two policemen, were injured when a speeding car hit a police control room van here Sunday, an official said. The 19-year-old ... Read more...
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Woman jumps off building to escape rape bid
December 31st, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) A woman pursuing a lab technician's course was injured after she jumped off the second floor of a building to escape a rape bid in ... Read more...
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Deaths, accidents as cold wave grips north India (Roundup)
December 19th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) At least 39 deaths, two blinding accidents, and over 90 trains cancelled or delayed -- life was disrupted as the cold wave gripped north India ... Read more...
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Woman’s mutilated body found in two bags
December 8th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) An unidentified woman's mutilated body was found in two bags in west Delhi Thursday, police said.The body parts were found around 5.10 p.m. Thursday after ... Read more...
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South African women raped for being lesbians
November 1st, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Human rights campaigners say at least 10 lesbian women in South Africa are sexually assaulted every week by men who claim to be "curing" their victims ... Read more...
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Man kills woman, lynched by mob
October 27th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) Mob justice ruled in a small town of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district Thursday when a man was lynched by locals after he shot dead a woman ... Read more...
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Official shot dead in Pakistan’s Quetta
October 8th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior government official in the violence-hit southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta late Friday night in an apparent targeted attack, police said.... Read more...
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Woman drugged, raped by friend
October 6th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A 32-year-old married woman was raped by a friend with whom she went out to see Durga Puja celebrations. The friend drugged her and raped ... Read more...
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Youth teases girl, angry father shoots his parents
September 8th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) A retired Pakistan Army officer, who flew into a rage after a youth teased his daughter, shot dead youth's parents.Capt (retired) Meherban Khan went to the ... Read more...
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Newborn girl found abandoned in Rajasthan
July 7th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 7 (IANS) A newborn girl was found abandoned in a railway crossing control room in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district, police said Wednesday.
A passerby noticed the girl after he heard ... Read more...
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Bomb scare at Delhi market
June 30th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) A bomb disposal drill was carried out in Sarojini Nagar market in south Delhi Thursday after a man alerted police about a suspicious article lying ... Read more...
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Man jailed for two years for kidnapping dog
June 11th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 11 (IANS) A dognapper in Britain has been jailed for two years for kidnapping his neighbour's Yorkshire terrier and demanding 500 pounds (over $800) as ransom for its ... Read more...
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16 killed in two blasts in south Afghanistan (Lead)
June 11th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 11 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed in two separate bomb blasts in Afghanistan Saturday, Xinhua reported quoting officials.Fifteen people, including eight children, were killed in a ... Read more...
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