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Speeding Scorpio runs down two pilgrims 15 March 2010, 15-1 HrsAgra, March 15 Two pilgrims from Agra on their way to an annual fair in Rajasthan's Karauli district were crushed to death by a speeding Scorpio on the highway, police said Monday. In another incident, half a dozen pilgrims from this city were injured in a gas cylinder explosion that burnt 50 shops near the fair site in Karauli. |
NRI's lawsuit seeks contempt action against Kolkata hospital 15 March 2010, 15-1 HrsNew Delhi, March 15 A US-based Indian origin medical practitioner has moved the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against a Kolkata hospital for ignoring the court's order to pay a penalty of Rs.500,000 for causing his wife's death due to medical negligence. |
Peruvian cyclists take to road in buff 15 March 2010, 15-1 HrsDozens of people wearing bathing suits, or nothing at all, rode bicycles through the streets of Lima to promote the use of non-motorised transportation as an alternative to the automobile as well as to defend the environment in Peru. |
Spanish boat fights off pirates near Seychelles 15 March 2010, 15-1 HrsVitoria (Spain), March 15 (IANS/EFE) The security team aboard the Txori Argi, a Spanish fishing boat, have fought off a group of pirates who attacked the vessel off the Seychelles Islands, but no one was injured in the incident, the shipowner said. |
Villagers turn radio jockeys in Gurgaon 15 March 2010, 15-0 HrsGurgaon, March 15 Sporting multi-function wireless head phones, their heads bobbing in tune to the beats in front of studio mikes and confident fingers tapping the keys on the console-- they are not the stylish urban radio jockeys but ordinary villagers playing on a community radio. |
Backlash from Taliban attacks pushes Pakistan to act, says US 15 March 2010, 15-0 HrsWashington, March 15 The backlash from Taliban attacks on places from Kashmir to Karachi has led to greater Pakistani cooperation with the US in the Afghanistan war, says the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
Cartoonist lampoons niqab, angers Muslims in Canada 15 March 2010, 15-0 HrsToronto, March 15 A controversial cartoon in a Montreal newspaper at the weekend has further fuelled the niqab controversy and angered Muslims in Canada. |
Lucknow turns blue on eve of Mayawati's rally 14 March 2010, 14-2 HrsLucknow, March 14 Blue -- the colour of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) -- dominated Lucknow city Sunday on the eve of the ruling party's rally to mark its silver jubilee, touted as the biggest ever with a million people expected to attend. |
Government confident of women's bill passage: Moily 14 March 2010, 14-2 HrsNew Delhi, March 14 Despite several hiccups that the women's reservation bill is facing in parliament, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Sunday night said the central government is confident to pass the bill in the current budget session. |
Emma Watson calls it splits with beau 14 March 2010, 14-2 HrsLondon, March 14 Harry Potter star Emma Watson is single again after reportedly splitting from her longtime boyfriend. |
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