Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), March 22 (IANS) One person was killed and five people were injured Monday when a 40-ft high water tank on a temple roof burst here, police said.
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Chicago, March 22 (IANS) Even as the Department of Justice (DoJ) continues to dismiss as "absurd" the freshly mounting claims in India that Mumbai terror plotter David Coleman Headley was a double agent gone rogue, there is now a virtual stonewall around what his covert connections might have been....
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Kailashahar (Tripura), March 21(IANS) A 12-year-old maid was allegedly hit again and again with a hot iron rod by a hotel owner's family for eating salty tidbits meant for their pet dog, in a horrifying instance of how Indians continue to treat underage domestic helps.
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By Sanu George---
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) Captive elephants in Kerala are feeling the heat of temple festivals. Often working overtime, without sufficient food and water in this hot season, they are going berserk on a daily basis.
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New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) India Saturday said it has started preparing documents to launch judicial proceedings in order to question terror suspect David Headley, who is in a US jail and has confessed to having plotted the 2008 Mumbai terror attack with the Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan....
Chicago, March 19 (IANS) In changing his plea from 'not guilty' to 'guilty', Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley has given graphic details of his preparations for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, including training at Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) operated camps in Pakistan.
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Chicago, March 19 (IANS) To avoid a possible death sentence and extradition to India, Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley has pleaded guilty to a dozen federal terrorism charges, admitting his role in planning the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks....
Panipat, March 17 (IANS) Seven of the eight members of the Special Task Force (STF), set up to tackle criminals in Haryana, who were arrested after being caught on camera trying to extort money from a jeweller here, were sent by a local court to police remand till March 20, police said Tuesday....
By Vishal Gulati----
Shimla, March 17 (IANS) He is rugged, handsome and the undisputed monarch of his vast territory, but terribly lonely. Subhash, a nine-year-old snow leopard at a Himachal Pradesh nature park, is waiting for a suitable mate and authorities are worried the forced celibacy could adversely affect his behaviour....
By Madhusree Chatterjee----
New Delhi, March 16(IANS) Once the leaders of the people, many of the erstwhile Indian royalty who lost their standing post independence have now become followers of their hearts as they have broadened their role as protectors of India\\\'s heritage, culture and even human rights....