1,000-year-old tomb found in Mexico
September 21st, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 21 (IANS/EFE) Archaeologists have discovered a tomb more than 1,000 years old in the western state of Michoacan, authorities said.The find of the funeral chamber, in which ... Read more...
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Police probing ‘parcel bomb’ case in Madurai
August 4th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) Police are investigating the case of 'parcel bomb' containing two plastic lunch boxes, a timer, electric wires and a packet of ammonia delivered by an ... Read more...
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Pune blasts: Police still to identify perpetrators, detain four (Lead)
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Aug 2 (IANS) Even as investigators from different security agencies Thursday probed the four low-intensity serial blasts in a single area in Pune Wednesday night, police remained clueless about ... Read more...
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One killed, nine injured in bomb blast in Meghalaya
July 12th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 12 (IANS) One person has been killed and nine others injured in Meghalaya in a bomb explosion inside their makeshift camp, police said.The blast occurred around 2 a.m. ... Read more...
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CRPF recovers air pistol at Amarnath Yatra base camp
July 2nd, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) Security forces Monday recovered an air pistol at Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, which was reportedly thrown inside a toilet ... Read more...
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Japan embassy gets bombing threat in Pakistan
June 5th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) The Japanese government has asked its diplomats and citizens living in Pakistan to take extra safety measures following bomb attack threats to its embassy in Islamabad, ... Read more...
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Morphine seized in Guwahati
May 31st, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) The Government Railway Police (GRP) Thursday seized 2 kg of morphine from the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express in Guwahati, police said.According to police, two persons including ... Read more...
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Sonia to go ahead with Assam visit despite bomb blast
May 26th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Despite a bomb blast in Tinsukia district hours ahead of her scheduled visit here, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi decided to join the ... Read more...
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Delhi-based transporter shot dead
April 25th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A 35-year-old transporter was shot dead in his car by unidentified assailants in the national capital, police said Wednesday.Karambeer Singh, a resident of west Delhi's ... Read more...
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11 EVMs replaced in Punjab after tampering complaint
January 30th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Election authorities in Punjab Monday replaced 11 electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Mansa district after complaints that an unidentified person had tried to tamper with ... Read more...
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Woman shot dead near her house
January 11th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A 45-year-old woman, who had left her husband to live with her lover, was shot dead near her house in north Delhi, police said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Student fired at, injured in Delhi
December 29th, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) A 32-year-old student of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was fired at by an unidentified person in his home here, police said Wednesday.The shooting ... Read more...
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Woman claims 13-year affair with U.S. presidential hopeful Herman Cain
November 29th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by BNO News
ATLANTA (BNO NEWS) -- An Atlanta woman came forward on Monday evening to claim she had a 13-year-long affair with Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, just weeks after a series of claims ... Read more...
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Zardari condemns attack on Pakistan-administered Kashmir judge
October 26th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the attack on chief justice of Pakistan-administered Kashmir High Court.Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal was shot at in Muzaffarabad Tuesday evening. ... Read more...
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Terrell Owens was hospitalized for overdose
October 12th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) NFL star Terrell Owens was reportedly hospitalized last week. According to TMZ, the 37-year-old was rushed to the hospital after an unidentified person called the emergency ... Read more...
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Algeria moves Gaddafi’s family to capital
September 3rd, 2011 - 5:32 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Sep 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Algerian authorities have decided to move the family members of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to the capital Algiers over safety concerns, Egyptian website Al-Ahram reported.Gaddafi's ... Read more...
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Stolen Picasso recovered in US
July 16th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 16 (IANS/EFE) A Picasso painting that was stolen three weeks ago in New York has been found in the apartment of a man who was arrested last ... Read more...
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Crime Branch starts probe into boy’s killing
July 4th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 4 (IANS) The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) team Monday started its probe into the killing of a 13-year-old boy by an unidentified person inside the army quarters ... Read more...
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Actress Mariah Susairaj set free (Lead)
July 2nd, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Kannada actress Mariah Monica Susairaj was released from jail here Saturday after being acquitted in the May 2008 killing of television executive Neeraj Grover.Sporting a printed ... Read more...
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Seven arrested for journalist Dey’s murder, motive unclear (Third Lead)
June 27th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Mumbai Police have cracked the murder case of Jyotirmoy Dey, arresting seven men for killing the investigative journalist at the behest of mafia don Chhota Rajan ... Read more...
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RTI activist brutally attacked
June 22nd, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thane, June 22 (IANS) A Right to Information (RTI) activist was brutally attacked here Wednesday, fracturing both his legs and a hand, police said.Advocate C.P. Singh, 44, told police that ... Read more...
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Jackass star Ryan Dunn killed in auto crash
June 20th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pennsylvania, June 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Celebrity website TMZ has reported that Jackass star Ryan Dunn has been killed in an auto crash. The report said the accident took place in Pennsylvania in ... Read more...
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Toddler kidnapped from Delhi hospital
June 14th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A five-month-old girl was kidnapped by an unidentified person from a city hospital here, police said Tuesday."Kavita was sleeping with her elder sisters in the ... Read more...
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Bihar MP again gets extortion message
June 4th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 4 (IANS) For the second time in a week, a Bihar MP has received a message from an unidentified person demanding Rs.50 lakh and threatening to kill his ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar
April 28th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was held here Thursday after protests following the arrest of a local.Police here said ... Read more...
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Militants threat affecting telecom service of Manipur
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Apr 3 (ANI): Frequent extortion demands and attacks on telecom company staff by militants is severely affecting the functioning of telecom service providers in Manipur.Recently, a tower caretaker was attacked in ... Read more...
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‘Freedom of information’ crusader Jemima Khan wins privacy order
March 23rd, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): It has emerged that 'freedom of information' crusader Jemima Khan, a firm supporter of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, has won a court injunction to prevent her private details ... Read more...
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Delhi Police identifies Radhika Tanwar’s killer
March 11th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): Amid increasing outrage over the murder of 21-year-old Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar, Delhi Police on Friday identified her killer as Vijay alias Ram Singh, a ... Read more...
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College students block Delhi roads over Radhika murder case
March 11th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): College students and residents blocked roads in the capital on Friday in protest over the murder of 21-year-old Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar.Upset over alleged ... Read more...
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Delhi University students stage protest over lack of security
March 9th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Delhi university (DU) students on Wednesday staged a protest march at Dhaula Kaun, New Delhi, following the murder of a 20-year-old student outside her college.The students were ... Read more...
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Girl shot dead outside college in Delhi
March 8th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a second year Delhi University student was shot dead outside her college in south Delhi Tuesday morning, police said."Radhika was shot ... Read more...
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Whitney Houston sings at Mama Brown’s funeral
February 2nd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Whitney Houston sang at the funeral of her ex-husband’s mother.The singer and Bobby Brown divorced about four years ago but that did not prevent her from ... Read more...
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Toddlers die in tantric ritual
January 24th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 24 (IANS) In a shocking incident, two toddlers died in Ghaziabad in a tantric ritual for seeking divine help to get rid of their sickness, police said Monday.The incident happened ... Read more...
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Khali mobbed, two fans injured in firing
January 22nd, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Jan 22 (IANS) The fan frenzy to meet World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) champion Khali took an ugly turn in Punjab's Ludhiana city when an unidentified man fired in the air, injuring ... Read more...
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Cold wave continues to grip north India
January 2nd, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.2 (ANI): People shivered as freezing cold wave continues to grip north India on Sunday.In the national capital, the minimum temperature was 8.4 degree Celsius and people lit bonfire to ... Read more...
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