Six arrested for Sivakasi fire tragedy
September 6th, 2012 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) Six people have been arrested for the blaze in a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi town that killed 38 people, police said Thursday."Six people have ... Read more...
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36 die as firecracker factory catches fire (Fifth Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 36 people were killed and more than 75 injured when a powerful explosion Wednesday tore through one of the biggest fireworks factories in ... Read more...
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33 die as firecracker factory catches fire (Fourth Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 33 people were killed when a powerful explosion Wednesday tore through one of the biggest fireworks factories in Tamil Nadu, triggering a major ... Read more...
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30 dead as flames engulf firecracker factory (Second Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and more than 50 injured Wednesday as flames engulfed a fireworks factory after an explosion in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, ... Read more...
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30 dead as flames engulf firecracker factory (Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and more than 45 injured Wednesday when an explosion tore through a fireworks factory in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, triggering ... Read more...
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Problems follow as floods recede in Assam
July 12th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Pajarbhanga (Barpeta), July 12 (IANS) Floods in Assam are almost over but not the problems of the victims.Most people in Pajarbhanga village, 15 km from Barpeta town in lower Assam, ... Read more...
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24 injured in China quake (Lead)
June 30th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 30 (IANS) At least 24 people were injured and hundreds of cattle died in collapsed sheds as a 6.6-magnitude quake jolted China's Xinjiang Uygur region Saturday and toppled ... Read more...
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Kerala’s 47-day trawling ban begins Friday
June 13th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) An annual trawling ban, starting Friday till 31 July, would be effected along the Kerala coast up to 12 nautical miles into the Arabian sea, Chief ... Read more...
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Two electrocuted in Karachi dust storm
May 20th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) Two people - a woman and a teenager - were electrocuted in the Pakistani port city of Karachi and several others were injured after tin roofs ... Read more...
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4 killed, 40 trapped as fire sweeps cracker factory
February 20th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Solapur (Maharashtra), Feb 20 (IANS) At least four women were burnt alive while another 40 were trapped as a fire broke out in a fire cracker factory in a village ... Read more...
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Kerala’s trawling ban begins June 15; fish to be dearer
May 30th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 30 (IANS) With the annual ban on trawling coming into effect June 15, the price of fish is set to soar in Kerala.A meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen ... Read more...
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Dust storm kills 21 people in Uttar Pradesh
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) A dust storm lashed parts of Uttar Pradesh Sunday evening, leaving 21 people dead, an official said. At least 63 people have been killed in rain, ... Read more...
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Siddle or Hastings to replace injured Bollinger in Oz World Cup squad
February 27th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 27(ANI): Australian fast bowlers Peter Siddle and John Hastings have emerged as frontline options to replace injured fast bowler Doug Bollinger in the World Cup team.Bollinger will return home after ... Read more...
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CBI registers case against former Mumbai Port Trust officials
February 24th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 24 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a former Deputy Chairman and Traffic Manager of the Mumbai Port Trust, besides others for causing ... Read more...
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MCD demolishes, seals illegal structures
December 23rd, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Thursday removed around 350 unauthorized structures from various parts of Delhi."The encroachments were built on public land on Gurdwara Road, Madangir ... Read more...
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Giant heated ‘condoms’ fitted over freezing UK trains to keep them moving!
December 20th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 20 (ANI): Trains in Britain are being fitted with giant heated "condoms" in a bid to thaw them out and keep them moving.Train operator ScotRail has been experimenting with the ... Read more...
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Cactus exhibition in Kalimpong
December 17th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha MenonKalimpong (West Bengal), Dec.17 (ANI): Hundreds of visitors thronged a nursery to see a cactus show displaying unique varieties of the thorny plant in West Bengal's Kalimpong District.The cactus nursery ... Read more...
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Imphal’s Khwairamband Bazar, a symbol of women empowerment
December 4th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal (Manipur), Dec.4 (ANI): The centuries-old Khwaraimband Bazar in Imphal is the world's only market where shops are owned, run and controlled by women.Currently, women vendors are in the process of ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu ordnance factory blast toll five
November 26th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 26 (IANS) The five people who were reported missing in the blast at defence ministry's cordite factory in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri distrct Thursday, were confirmed dead Friday. One body was ... Read more...
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Blast in ordnance factory near Ooty
November 25th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 25 (IANS) At least five workers were missing after a blast Thursday evening in the defence ministry's cordite factory in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district, police said."The blast occurred around 3.30 ... Read more...
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Diabetes treatment to help patients shed kilos
September 12th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) An injection that controls diabetes and fights obesity could be available in Britain by Christmas.
The injection, called Victoza, has been given the go ahead by drugs watchdog ... Read more...
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Rain Fail To Fizzle Kaboom Town Fireworks
July 4th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Addison, July 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Spectacular fireworks transformed the skyline of the city of Addison in Texas on Saturday as the Kaboom Town was observed with much elan. Despite the ... Read more...
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Himachal move to change land act opposed
April 10th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 10 (IANS) Ahead of a discussion on an amendment to the land reforms act in the Himachal Pradesh assembly, an NGO Saturday opposed the government's move to change the ... Read more...
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Jailed Chandigarh councillor faces cheating charge
January 6th, 2010 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IANS) Jailed Chandigarh Municipal Corporation councillor Devinder Singh Babla of the Congress faced further trouble as police Tuesday slapped fresh charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and forging documents. ... Read more...
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Animals get blankets in Orissa zoo to beat the cold
January 5th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) Like humans, animals are snuggling up in blankets provided to them by authorities to beat the cold at the Nandankanan zoo in Orissa, an official said Tuesday.
"Blankets have ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu seeks to make its firecracker industry globally competitive
November 16th, 2009 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu accounting for the lion's share of the country's firecracker production, the state government is planning to undertake a detailed study on measures to make the ... Read more...
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UNESCO team to evaluate Matheran railway
October 22nd, 2009 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A team from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will visit India this month to evaluate the Matheran Light Railway for its possible inclusion ... Read more...
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Kashmir tax on poultry produce from other states helps local farmers
September 4th, 2009 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanSrinagar, Sep 4 (ANI): With an objective to improve the condition of local poultry farmers, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has imposed tax duties on poultry products being brought ... Read more...
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Over 120 sex offenders live within five miles of US Fritzl’s house
September 1st, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 1 (ANI): The house where 'American Fritzl' Philip Garrido and his wife Nancy held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years is surrounded by dozens of sex offenders.More than 120 ... Read more...
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US couple who kidnapped girl 18 years back deny charges
August 29th, 2009 - 7:17 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 29 (DPA) The California couple charged with abducting an 11-year-old girl and holding her for 18 years denied all 28 charges Friday during a brief court appearance.
The hearing in ... Read more...
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Daughter lost and found, after 18 years!
August 28th, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IBNS
By Tanya GhoshAug 28 (IBNS) Lost and found, after 18 years; sometimes true for a commodity but hardly credible in case of a human being!Police said a US woman, who turned ... Read more...
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Jaycee Dugard: Kidnapped At 11, Found 18 Years Later
August 28th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jaycee Dugard, the 11 year old who went missing in 1991, after she was abducted from her school bus has miraculously been found this Thursday after her abductor Philip Garrido ... Read more...
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Eight dead in explosion in fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu
July 21st, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Namaskarichanpatti/Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu), July 21 (ANI): Eight workers were killed and 45 others injured in an explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Namaskarichanpatti in Tamil Nadu.The explosion took place on ... Read more...
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Spurious ghee manufacturing unit raided in Agra
June 14th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 14 (IANS) A spurious ghee, or clarified butter, manufacturing unit was raided and hundreds of tins of the adulterated product seized in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said Sunday.
A ... Read more...
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Fish in Kerala to get dearer as trawling ban begins June 16
June 10th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 10 (IANS) Fish will become costlier in Kerala as the state enforces an annual trawling ban in the sea up to 12 nautical miles from the coast for 47 days ... Read more...
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