Tearful farewell to murdered teacher
February 10th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) A woman teacher who was stabbed to death by a student was consigned to flames here Friday, with hundreds of teary-eyed relatives, friends, colleagues and students ... Read more...
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Pakistan apex court tells ISI to produce missing people
February 10th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday asked the ISI to bring before it all the people reported to be missing but believed to be in the spy agency's ... Read more...
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Two former DMK ministers raided
February 10th, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) The residences and business premises of two former DMK ministers in Tamil Nadu were raided Friday morning for allegedly having assets disproportionate to their known sources ... Read more...
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Sab TV’s new show focuses on Indian value system
February 9th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Sab TV, known for making comedy shows, is now coming up with a new daily soap "I Love My India" which will show what happens ... Read more...
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Hooch kills 19 in Odisha (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 19 people died in Odisha and more than a dozen others were battling for life after consuming medicines as a substitute for liquor, officials ... Read more...
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Teenaged terrorist jailed in Russia
February 8th, 2012 - 7:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 19-year-old Russian has been sentenced to jail for nine years for starting a terrorist cell while still underage.The teenager was also linked to a ... Read more...
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Norway killer asks court for immediate release
February 7th, 2012 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
Oslo, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Anders Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July last year, has asked an Oslo court to release him immediately."I ... Read more...
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Wife indicted in Argentine governor’s death
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 3 (IANS/EFE) The widow of Gov. Carlos Soria, who was shot in the face after a New Year's eve party, has been indicted on aggravated manslaughter and ... Read more...
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Russian city tells Dante fans to talk to dead poet
January 30th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) St. Petersburg officials have denied re-registration to the city's branch of the world-renowned Dante Alighieri Society, insisting its members must seek permission from the ... Read more...
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Iraq bans visits to Saddam Hussein’s grave
January 22nd, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 22 (IANS) The Iraqi authorities Sunday banned individuals from visiting former Iraqi president Saddam Hussien's grave over two years after having already prohibited organised visits to it in ... Read more...
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Tihar authorities term PUDR report ‘false’
January 20th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Tihar Jail authorities have termed as "false" the findings of a study brought out by a civil liberties organisation that described living conditions in the ... Read more...
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Tihar Jail authorities arbitrary, biased: Report
January 19th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Authorities in the capital's Tihar Jail provide poor living conditions to inmates, take arbitrary decisions and are biased towards high-profile prisoners, said a study report ... Read more...
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Italian cruise tragedy: 17 Indians return, others on way
January 19th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Seventeen of over 200 Indians rescued from the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, which hit a rock and sank off the coast of Italy last ... Read more...
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Rescuers blast holes in Italian cruise liner
January 17th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti reported) Italian Navy specialists carried out two controlled explosions Tuesday to facilitate a search inside the cruise liner that capsized off the country's coast.The operation will ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi prince attends mass wedding
January 15th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Jan 14 (IANS/WAM) Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attended a mass wedding of 68 bridegrooms.Sheikh Mohammed, ... Read more...
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AIIMS shelter for homeless relatives
January 13th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will build in three months a large waiting shed with all basic amenities to house relatives of ... Read more...
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Opposition drops complaint in chief minister’s box
January 13th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 13 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh leader of opposition Ajay Singh Friday dropped a complaint against the home minister in the complaint box installed at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's ... Read more...
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Spring gala for overseas Chinese
January 13th, 2012 - 4:17 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 13 (IANS) A function was organised here for the non-resident Chinese to celebrate the country's traditional Spring Festival.Thursday's event was attended by senior officials like Jia Qinglin, chairman ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct two villagers
January 10th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Maoists abducted two villagers in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-riddled Bastar region claiming they were spying for security personnel, police said Monday.Relatives of the two middle-aged men from Koilibera ... Read more...
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Venezuelan inmates hold 700 jail visitors hostage
January 8th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Inmates of Venezuela's jail held hostage over 680 people visiting their relatives in the Los Teques prison, the Globovision channel reported Sunday.The inmates said ... Read more...
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In delhi, nearly all rapes are by relatives, neighbours
January 6th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) It is mostly relatives, neighbours and acquaintances who are involved in rapes in the national capital, whereas the indulgence of strangers in this brazen crime ... Read more...
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College student jumps to death in Delhi hospital (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Depressed over failing in an exam, a student of Zakir Hussain College jumped to his death from the third floor of a hospital where he ... Read more...
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Delhi college student jumps to death in hospital
January 5th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Depressed over failure in exam, a student of Zakir Hussain College in central Delhi jumped to his death from an hospital's third floor after ... Read more...
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PETA wants a cow memorial in Illinois
January 4th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), memorial should not be denied any specie when it is deserved. Subsequently, the group which seeks ... Read more...
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Cousin, uncle held for siblings’ murder
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A cousin and an uncle of a young woman and her brother, found murdered in their house in central Delhi the day before, have been ... Read more...
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Man shot in suspected honour killing in Uttar Pradesh
January 2nd, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, January 02 (IANS) In a suspected case of honour killing, a man and woman were fired at by members of the woman's family Sunday in a village near Meerut. ... Read more...
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Toll in Andhra hooch tragedy mounts to 15 (Lead)
January 1st, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 1 (IANS) The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district rose to 15 with five more people succumbing Sunday, police said.Hours before the dawn ... Read more...
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Toll in Andhra hooch tragedy rises to 13
January 1st, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 1 (IANS) The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district rose to 13 with three more people succumbing Sunday, police said.Hours before the dawn ... Read more...
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Spurious liquor kills eight in Andhra village (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 31 (IANS) What could have been New Year's Eve celebrations turned into mourning and tragedy in a village in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district Saturday as eight people died ... Read more...
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Woman sets herself, daughter on fire
December 31st, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 31 (IANS) Depressed over frequent domestic feuds, a woman in Rajasthan burnt her two-year old daughter and herself to death Saturday, police said.The woman. identified as Ganga Devi, ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu boat capsize kills 13 (Lead)
December 25th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed when a boat carrying 25 passengers capsized in Pulicat Lake in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur district near here Sunday, police said. ... Read more...
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Three US nationals gunned down in Mexico
December 25th, 2011 - 8:40 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 25 (IANS) A 39-year-old American woman and her two daughters died when unidentified gunmen opened fire at three buses in Mexico, officials said.The gang of five gunmen ... Read more...
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Hospital to probe patient’s death by ‘rat bite’
December 24th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Authorities at the state-run SSKM hospital Saturday ordered an enquiry into the death of a patient after he was allegedly bitten by a rat.A 53-year-old patient, ... Read more...
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AMRI fire Tripura victim’s body found after 12 days
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 22 (IANS) The mutilated body of a Tripura man, who went missing after the AMRI Hospital fire Dec 9, has been found at the morgue of SSKM ... Read more...
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9-year-old killed at Delhi wedding
December 16th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A 9-year-old boy was killed when he was hit by a bullet in his neck during a marriage ceremony in south Delhi, police said.Shivam, a ... Read more...
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