It’s good to see people appreciating theatre: Kulbhushan Kharbanda
September 20th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Veteran actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda, who returned to theatre after a hiatus of 20 years, has expressed happiness over the growing popularity of theatre."It is good to ... Read more...
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Iran salutes ‘nuke martyrs’ (NAM Diary)
August 30th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 30 (IANS) Iran has created a new category of martyrs - nuclear scientists it says were killed by Israelis. And what better way to unveil this than at ... Read more...
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Iraq executes five over terrorism
August 29th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 29 (IANS) Iraq Wednesday executed five convicted prisoners over terrorism charges, including a Syrian and Saudi national, the justice ministry announced.On Tuesday, Iraq executed 21 prisoners, including three ... Read more...
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21 executed in a day in Iraq
August 29th, 2012 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 29 (IANS/AKI) Iraq Tuesday carried out 21 executions for terrorism-related crimes, the justice ministry said.There were three women among those executed. Iraq has executed 91 people so far ... Read more...
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Pussy Riot appeals verdict
August 28th, 2012 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Defence lawyers for Russian all-female punk band Pussy Riot have appealed the court verdict under which three members of the band were jailed.Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, ... Read more...
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Bloodshed at picnic: 17 Afghan civilians killed by Taliban
August 27th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 27 (IANS) Seventeen civilians, including three women, who were at a picnic were killed by Taliban militants in Musa Qala district in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand ... Read more...
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25 jailed for illegal abortions in China
July 31st, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 31 (IANS) Up to 25 people in China's Anhui province have been sentenced to prison or put under surveillance for administering illegal foetal gender tests and abortions, a ... Read more...
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Three killed in Kashmir gas cylinder explosion (Third Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 28 (IANS) Three women tourists from Maharashtra were killed and four others were injured in Kashmir's Anantnag district Saturday when a gas cylinder on their vehicle exploded, police ... Read more...
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Argentine province offers prostitutes airfare to go home
July 24th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, July 24 (IANS/EFE) The central Argentine province of Cordoba is offering prostitutes airfare to return home, even to other countries, after passing a law to close brothels as ... Read more...
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Four injured in minor explosion in Thane
July 10th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Four people, including three women were injured in a blast in the Vasai area of Thane district Tuesday morning, police said.The explosion took place in a ... Read more...
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Seven killed in UP bus-car smash
July 9th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed when a car they were in rammed into a state transport bus in Muzaffarnagar Monday morning, ... Read more...
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14 killed in blast near Pakistan-Afghan border (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) At least 14 people, including three women and two children, were killed while seven others injured after a landmine blast occurred in the border town of ... Read more...
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Ex-Russian cop suspected of raping, killing 25 women
June 29th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Siberian court has sanctioned detention of a former police officer suspected to have sexually assaulted and killed 25 women.The 48-year-old man has been formally ... Read more...
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Car rolls down gorge in Himachal, five killed
June 29th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 29 (IANS) Five people were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur ... Read more...
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Five arrested for duping people with ready maids
June 25th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) They offered ready maids who would work in households, and collected hefty amounts as advance. The maid would work for a couple of hours and ... Read more...
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India’s men archers qualify for London Olympics
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian men's archery team, comprising Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai, qualified for the London Olympics after they finished second in the qualification ... Read more...
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13 Bangladeshis arrested in Tripura
June 22nd, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 22 (IANS) Thirteen Bangladesh nationals, including three women, have been arrested by the railway police for illegally entering India via the border in Tripura, police said Friday.They were ... Read more...
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Seven killed in two Bengal accidents
June 17th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) Seven people, including three women, were killed and eight others injured in two separate road accidents in West Bengal on Sunday, police said.In the first, six ... Read more...
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Demi Moore’s Daughters Are Considering Staging An Intervention
June 15th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to reports, the daughters of the actress Demi Moore, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, are increasingly concerned over the delicate state the actress is in. They ... Read more...
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10 die in Afghan bombing
June 12th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 12 (IANS) Ten people were killed Tuesday when a minibus was blown up in Wardak province, an official said.The minibus went over a roadside bomb in Sayyed Abad ... Read more...
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14 dismembered bodies found in Mexico
June 9th, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 9 (IANS/EFE) At least 14 dismembered bodies were found in a truck abandoned in El Mante, a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, authorities said.The ... Read more...
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Fourteen dismembered bodies found in truck in Mexico
June 8th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ciudad Mante, June 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fourteen dismembered human bodies have been discovered in a truck in the centre of a Northern Mexican town on Thursday.
Local media believe that the ... Read more...
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150 Sri Lankans headed for Australia detained in Kerala
June 5th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), June 5 (IANS) Around 150 Sri Lankans headed for Australia by sea were apprehended in Kollam by Kerala police and 27 of them, including six children, were Tuesday ... Read more...
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NHRC pulls up Assam over witch hunting, custodial deaths
May 28th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 28 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday pulled up the Assam government for the delay in dispensing justice to victims of human rights violations in the ... Read more...
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Three die in Jharkhand mine collapse
May 26th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 26 (IANS) Three women miners, involved in illegal mining, died after an abandoned mine caved-in in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district Saturday, police said.According to police sources, seven to eight ... Read more...
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15 dead, 30 wounded in Pakistan bus accident
May 26th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) At least 15 people, including three women and a child, were killed and 30 others injured when a speeding bus overturned in Pakistan's Punjab province, police ... Read more...
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2 killed, 2 injured in Ghaziabad blast
May 25th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 25 (IANS) Two people were killed and two critically injured in a blast in a scrapped oil tanker in Ghaziabad Friday, police said.The incident occurred at about 11.00 ... Read more...
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Six buried alive in Uttar Pradesh
May 17th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) Six people, including three women and two children, involved in digging were Thursday buried alive under a mound of earth in Uttar Pradesh, police said.Four other ... Read more...
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Chinese journalists assaulted
May 13th, 2012 - 3:37 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 13 (IANS) An award-winning photo-journalist and two reporters were beaten up in Chinese metropolis Shanghai when the photographer took pictures of a demolition site in the city, police ... Read more...
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CRPF ex-cop sentenced to death for killing seven
April 30th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) A former Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable was Monday sentenced to death in Andhra Pradesh for killing seven people, including his two children.Nearly one-and-half ... Read more...
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Osama had ‘natural viagra’ to stay young
April 28th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 28 (IANS) Believe it or not, terror mastermind Osama bin Laden desperately tried to cling to his youth during his last days in Pakistan, and resorted to using ... Read more...
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Tripura trooper guns down five of family
April 28th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 27 (IANS) A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper Friday gunned down five of his family members, including his wife and two other women, following a family dispute, police ... Read more...
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Three women killed during NATO operation in eastern Afghanistan
April 28th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by BNO News
SAYDABAD DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least three women were killed Thursday during a clash between NATO-led forces and militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Friday. It was not immediately ... Read more...
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Six more killed in cracker shop blast in Uttar Pradesh
April 24th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Barely 24 hours after five people were killed in two explosions of stockpiled crackers at two places in Uttar Pradesh, six more people were killed Tuesday ... Read more...
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5 killed in Uttar Pradesh cracker blasts
April 23rd, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Five people, including three women and two children, were killed Monday in explosions of stockpiled crackers at two places in Uttar Pradesh, police said.Two women and ... Read more...
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