Buddhist clergy step out to support Sri Lanka at UNHRC
March 19th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 19 (IANS) Hundreds of Buddhist clergy gathered for a vigil in the capital to protest a US-backed war crimes resolution on Sri Lanka as the government released a ... Read more...
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Fake Indian currency recovered, three held
March 18th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 18 (IANS) Tripura Police have arrested two people, both residents of Bihar's Kishanganj district, with fake Indian currency notes while depositing them in a bank here, police said ... Read more...
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Four stabbed in US office building
March 15th, 2012 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 15 (IANS) A man in a US state stabbed four people in a downtown office building before being shot by police, local media reports said.According to a police ... Read more...
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Guerrilla killed in Tripura
March 11th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 11 (IANS) A Mizoram-based guerrilla was killed in a shootout with police in Tripura, an officer said here Sunday.Police said that the slain militant had came from the ... Read more...
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12 more Myanmarese held in Tripura
March 8th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 8 (IANS) The influx of Myanmarese into India through Bangladesh continues, with 12 more, including a woman, being held for illegally entering Tripura, police said Thursday.With this, 95 ... Read more...
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200 tonne boulder kills motorist
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 3 (IANS) A 200 tonne boulder hurtled on to a picturesque French village, killing a motorist.The massive rock not only turned over a car being driven by the ... Read more...
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Sgt. Jon Varley: ‘Deer saved a woman from an attacker’
March 1st, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A deer saved the day on Sunday by scaring away a woman’s attacker. The police say the man had attacked the woman and was trying to ... Read more...
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Engineering students arrested for topper classmate’s murder
March 1st, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Feb 29 (IANS) Two days after they allegedly shot dead their classmate in front of their college, two students of a private engineering college have been arrested by ... Read more...
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Four killed in Tripura road mishap
February 28th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 28 (IANS) Four youths were killed and their friend seriously injured when the car they were travelling in dashed against a tree near the Tripura capital early Tuesday, ... Read more...
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Bus accident kills 26 in Ecuador
February 20th, 2012 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS
Quito, Feb 20 (IANS) At least 26 people were killed and 15 others injured Sunday when a bus fell into a 50-metre-deep cliff in the South American nation of Ecuador, ... Read more...
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Several injured in Nigeria blast
February 20th, 2012 - 3:43 am ICT by IANS
Lagos, Feb 20 (IANS) Several people were injured in a car explosion Sunday near the Nigerian capital city Abuja, Xinhua reported. There were no reports of any casualties.Muhammed Garuba, police ... Read more...
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Whitney Houston found under water
February 14th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 14 (IANS) Police have confirmed Whitney Houston was under water and unconscious when she was found by members of her staff.Contactmusic.com reports that police have confirmed that ... Read more...
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Man held over bomb threat to Amsterdam airport (Lead)
February 13th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, Feb 13 (IANS) A man who claimed to have a bomb at the Schiphol airport in the Netherlands capital Amsterdam was arrested Monday, police said. Two airport terminals ... Read more...
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Convicted stalker of Madonna, Halle Berry on run
February 11th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) A 54-year-old man, convicted of stalking pop star Madonna in 1996 and having "very violent tendencies", has escaped from a psychiatric hospital.He was jailed for ... Read more...
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Nasheed calls for release of 500 supporters
February 10th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Feb 10 (IANS) Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has called for the immediate release of around 500 supporters arrested for allegedly burning down police stations and court houses, a ... Read more...
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Three tribal youth get life terms for murder
February 8th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Feb 8 (IANS) A court in Mizoram Wednesday sentenced three tribal youth to life terms for robbing and killing a couple belonging to their community in 2009, police said."The ... Read more...
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Mayor shot at in the Philippines
February 5th, 2012 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Feb 5 (IANS) A mayor of a Philippines town was Saturday shot at by motorcycle-borne gunmen, police said.Restituto Abad, mayor of Carranglan town, and his driver were wounded in ... Read more...
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BSF man held at airport with bullets
February 4th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 4 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was Saturday detained by security personnel at the Agartala airport following the recovery of some bullets from his baggage, police ... Read more...
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QPR’s Ferdinand gets a bullet by post
January 28th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) English football club Queens Park Rangers received a "malicious package", reportedly a bullet, addressed to defender Anton Ferdinand ahead of the fourth-round FA Cup clash against ... Read more...
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Cocaine found in UN headquarters
January 27th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 27 (IANS) More than 35 pounds (15 kg) of cocaine was sent in a bag that turned up at the UN headquarters in New York, CNN reported.The ... Read more...
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Northeast defies militant boycott calls on R-Day
January 26th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl, Jan 26 (IANS) Defying boycott calls by militant groups and stray attempts by the rebels to create panic, India's northeast celebrated the 63rd Republic Day and vowed to bring ... Read more...
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12 police cars burnt down in Germany
January 24th, 2012 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Jan 24 (IANS) Twelve new cars ordered by police in a German city were burnt down by unidentified arsonists.The arson attack took place Monday in the eastern city of ... Read more...
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Maoists massacre 13 Jharkhand policemen (Second Lead)
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 21 (IANS) Thirteen policemen escorting a government official were killed Saturday when Maoists blasted their vehicle in a forested part of Jharkhand and opened fire, authorities said.At least ... Read more...
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Bangladesh border guard held after killing Indian (Lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) Troopers of Border Guard Bangladesh shot dead an Indian farmer along the border with Tripura Friday, but one of them was detained by angry Indian villagers ... Read more...
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Bangladesh Border Guard held after killing Indian
January 20th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) Troopers of Bangladesh's Border Guards shot dead an Indian farmer along the border with Tripura Friday, but one of them was detained by angry Indian villagers ... Read more...
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Son takes dead mom home on 58-km bus journey
January 19th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 19 (IANS) A son took his dead mother on a 58-km bus journey home after she died on the way back from a day out, a media report ... Read more...
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Demanding beer, Russians threaten to bomb shop
January 16th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two men in Russia's St. Petersburg have been held for allegedly robbing beer from a shop by threatening the shop assistant with a hand ... Read more...
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Six killed in South African car accident
January 16th, 2012 - 7:52 am ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Jan 16 (IANS) A total of six people were killed after a car rammed into a shop in Cape Town Sunday, said South African police.Five occupants in the ... Read more...
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Politician slain in Guatemala
January 14th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Jan 14 (IANS/EFE) Congressman Oscar Valentin Leal and his brother were murdered here Friday on the eve of retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina's inauguration as Guatemala's president.The slain ... Read more...
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Police find Rs.20 lakh on dead trader
December 28th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 27 (IANS) Police and doctors at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) Tuesday found almost Rs.20 lakh on a man who was found unconscious near the inter-state bus terminal ... Read more...
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Three Indians crash into Bangladesh territory, held
December 27th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 27 (IANS) In a bizarre accident, three Indian men in a speeding car crashed into a checkpost on Bangladesh border, Tripura Police said here Tuesday. They were arrested ... Read more...
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Train engine catches fire
December 26th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 26 (IANS) The engine of the Dharmanagar-bound passenger train Monday caught fire in Tripura but no one was hurt, police said here.Flames enveloped the engine at Nabincherra in ... Read more...
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20 killed in Afghan suicide attack
December 25th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 25 (IANS) At least 20 people, including a parliamentarian, were killed and over 50 injured in a suicide blast during a funeral in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province Sunday, ... Read more...
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BSNL employee arrested for giving guerrillas SIM cards
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) An employee of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was arrested for providing SIM cards on fake names to separatist guerrillas in north Kashmir's Sopore town, ... Read more...
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Two held for exorcism in Bolivia
December 21st, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, Dec 21 (IANS/EFE) A judge in the central Bolivian province of Cochabamba ordered the arrest of two members of an evangelical group after a young woman drowned during ... Read more...
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