Cyclone Thane to cross Tamil Nadu coast Friday morning
December 29th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) The severe cyclonic storm Thane is expected to cross the north Tamil Nadu coast between Nagapattinam and Chennai, close to Puducherry early Friday morning, the India ... Read more...
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Pakistani hockey team leads China 3-0 in international series
December 25th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) Pakistan registered its third straight victory to lead China 3-0 in the four-match series, the first international hockey competition held in this country since 2004.Pakistan won ... Read more...
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Over 50 killed in Nigeria clash
December 25th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Lagos, Dec 24 (IANS) At least 50 rebels of the Boko Haram group and three Nigerian soldiers were killed in a clash in northwestern part of the country, Xinhua reported ... Read more...
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Non-resident Indian woman jumps to death from 14th floor
December 18th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 18 (IANS) A non-resident Indian woman from the US Sunday committed suicide by jumping off the 14th floor of an apartment block in Ghaziabad, police said.Sunita Gupta, 55, ... Read more...
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Roof of room collapses in Jammu hospital (Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 17 (IANS) A portion of the roof of the nurses' ward in the gynaecology and children's wing of a government hospital here collapsed Saturday afternoon. Police sources said ... Read more...
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Pranab praises Mamata’s ‘courageous’ handling of fire
December 11th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) Union Finance Minister and Congress stalwart Pranab Mukherjee Saturday showered praise on West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for her courageous ... Read more...
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Four killed in Delhi building collapse
December 3rd, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Four people, including three women, were killed when a four-storeyed building collapsed Saturday afternoon in west Delhi, a fire brigade official said. Some others were ... Read more...
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Protesting widows, kin of 26/11 victims detained
November 26th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 26 (IANS) Police Saturday detained around two dozen widows and family members of the victims who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the third ... Read more...
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Indian black money overseas exceeds combined deposits of other nationals: Advani
October 22nd, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 22 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said here Saturday that Indian black money in overseas banks was more than the combined deposits of ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi calls on Sonia before meeting Kanimozhi
October 22nd, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) DMK chief M. Karunanidhi met Congress president Sonia Gandhi here Saturday in what was described as a "courtesy call", even as a special CBI ... Read more...
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Financial protests spread across the globe
October 16th, 2011 - 8:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 70 people, including police, were injured in Rome as protests turned violent during demonstrations against global financial policies, the Italian media said Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Shaft collapses at coal mine in southwest China, killing 5
September 25th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by BNO News
KUNMING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- Five people were killed on late Saturday afternoon when a shaft collapsed at a coal mine in southwest China, state-run media reported on Sunday. Two others were ... Read more...
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Jagjit Singh remains ‘critical’
September 24th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh continues to be critical in the Lilavati Hospital, where he was admitted and underwent surgery Friday, a hospital trustee said Saturday.Further ... Read more...
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12 dead in China landslides
September 19th, 2011 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed while 22 were missing in rain-triggered landslides in a northwestern Chinese province, officials said.The landslides began Saturday afternoon. Rock ... Read more...
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Seven killed in China accident
September 18th, 2011 - 2:11 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 30 injured when a tourist bus overturned in a mountainous region in China, officials said.The accident took place near ... Read more...
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Hurricane Irene kills four in US
August 28th, 2011 - 8:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four people, including a child, were killed Saturday as a result of powerful hurricane Irene that has hit the US East Coast, emergency officials ... Read more...
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Major infiltration bid foiled, 12 Lashkar men killed (Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Foiling a major infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LOC) in north Kashmir's Bandipora district Saturday, the army killed 12 guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba ... Read more...
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Security forces continue search post-encounter in Assam
August 20th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Aug 20 (IANS) Security forces Saturday continued their combing operation in Assam following a fierce encounter in which seven tribal militants were killed, police said.The Indian Army soldiers, ... Read more...
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52 missing tourists found in China
August 15th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 15 (IANS) A group of 52 tourists who went missing in a China province have been found safe and secure, rescuers said.The tourists were visiting Linhai in Zhejiang ... Read more...
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TV channel CEO, filmmaker killed in Bangladesh accident
August 13th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) An eminent filmmaker and the chief executive of a local TV channel were killed in a road accident in Bangladesh Saturday afternoon, a media report said.Three ... Read more...
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Punjab, Andhra Pradesh revoke ban on ‘Aarakshan’ (Lead)
August 13th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Punjab and Andhra Pradesh governments have cleared filmmaker Prakash Jha's "Aarakshan" for screening and revoked the statewide ban they imposed on it. ... Read more...
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Probe into police attack on Pakistan newspaper
August 10th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Senior officials have been directed to probe the police attack on a Peshawar based Urdu newspaper, a minister said.Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan ... Read more...
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Three die in house collapse
August 6th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 6 (IANS) A young woman and two children were killed and eight others were injured when the two-storeyed house they were sleeping in collapsed in an Agra locality ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena leader calls Hazare ‘Taliban Gandhi’
August 6th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Aug 6 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Sureshdada Jain Saturday called anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare a 'Taliban Gandhi'.Jain, who has filed a defamation case ... Read more...
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Danish woman survives 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) fall
July 31st, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by BNO News
COPENHAGEN (BNO NEWS) -- A Danish woman has reportedly survived a fall of around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) after her parachutes failed to open, local media reported on Sunday.The Ekstra Bladet newspaper ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad authority to demolish collapsed building
July 19th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 19 (IANS) After suspending junior engineers involved in giving clearance to a five-storey building that collapsed Saturday in Shalimar Garden area, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has decided ... Read more...
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Blasts suspect’s family awaits body for funeral
July 18th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The body of Faiz Usmani, who died after being detained for suspected links with the July 13 bomb attacks here, would be handed over to his ... Read more...
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Compensation for building collapse victims
July 17th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 17 (IANS) The Ghaziabad administration Sunday announced compensation of Rs.1 lakh each for the kin of the deceased and Rs.25,000 for those injured in the collapse of an ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad building collapse toll at five (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 17 (IANS) The toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction here rose to five Sunday, officials said. The condition of 16 injured labourers is critical.The ... Read more...
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Four dead in building collapse
July 17th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 17 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction here rose to four Sunday, with two more people succumbing to their injuries, police ... Read more...
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Youth held for attempt to rape
July 9th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) An 18-year-old youth was held for trying to rape a minor girl here, police said Saturday."Kaliya Kumar was trying to rape his relative at her ... Read more...
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PM visits AIIMS for checkup
July 2nd, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here for a medical checkup, official sources said."The prime minister ... Read more...
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Ship stranded on Mumbai beach refloated
July 2nd, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Three weeks after scrapped cargo ship MV Wisdom ran aground at Juhu Beach in north Mumbai, maritime authorities succeeded in refloating it Saturday afternoon, an official ... Read more...
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Body of drowned Briton taken home
June 29th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 29 (IANS) The body of a 25-year-old British woman, who drowned in Meghalaya's Umkynsan river, has been taken home to Britain Wednesday, police said.Christina Louise Reed was swept ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan talks begin: Focus on Kashmir CBMs, terror (Roundup)
June 23rd, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) With "optimism" and "an open mind," the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries Thursday began two-day talks here to bridge the trust deficit, which touched a ... Read more...
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