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18 June 2011  15:05 ET   A convicted murderer, who was India’s oldest inmate, has been released from prison at the age of 108. Brij Bihari Pandey, a Hindu priest, was serving a life sentence for the murder of four people in 1987, when he was 84. Officials at Gorakhpur jail in Uttar Pradesh state [...]

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5 May 2011 Last updated at 08:25 ET   Police in India say they have arrested eight people for stoning to death a young couple who had a love affair which met with their disapproval. The accused include the parents of the murdered woman, who died alongside her lover. He came from a lower social [...]

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2011-01-02 23:00:00  Two people, including a woman, were killed for practising witchcraft in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said Sunday. No one has yet been arrested. According to police, the two dead bodies were found buried on a river bank near Jolo village of the district, around 140 km from Ranchi. The victims were identified as [...]

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2011-01-02 13:50:00 He is all of 12 years but Utkarsh Tripathi painstakingly brings out a handwritten newspaper every week to spread awareness among his peers on issues like the environment and female foeticide. And all this to satisfy his urge to ‘serve the country’. A Class 8 student of the Brij Bihari Sahai (BBS) Inter [...]

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Wed, 29 Dec 07:46:30 2010 The contest between the two top teams in the world is heating up, and some of it is boiling over, with Paul Harris alleging that “it must have been something personal [said by Sreesanth] for Graeme Smith to react the way he did”. The incident Harris talked about was when [...]

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November 30, 2010 12:38 IST As the Congress closes ranks and tries to dismiss the Jagan factor in Andhra Pradesh, the rebel Reddy is in Kadapa district with his mother, Vijayalaxmi, and will visit the YSR samadhi there to pay respects to the former chief minister. Jagan Mohan Reddy quit the Congress and as the [...]

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2010-11-21 13:40:00 Anand Kumar, who founded Bihar’s free coaching centre Super 30 and helped many students enter the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will share his experience with Hollywood producer and director James Cameron next month. ‘I will share the platform with James Cameron during the INK Conference next month,’ Anand Kumar told IANS [...]

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6:29 AM, October 15, 2010 The most expensive private home ever built offers a breathtaking view of the Arabian Sea on one side — and overlooks the stinking slums of Mumbai on the other. Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, 53, says he plans to move his wife, three children and mother into his new $1.9 billion, [...]

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Thursday, 24 June 2010 06:45 UK India’s cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has been given the honorary rank of a senior officer by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar was conferred with the rank of group captain in recognition of his “glorious achievements as a cricketer and sports icon”. The 37-year-old cricketer holds the world record for [...]

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June 24, 2010 India vs Srilanka Asia Cup final is turning towards a very interesting mode now. India who manage to score 268 runs at loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. This score of 268 will be enough or not, only time will tell this but match will be very interesting as Sri Lanka lost early [...]

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Jun 22, 2010 Batsman India(209/10 in 42.3 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR G Gambhir c S Randiv & b A Mathews 23 31 3 0 74.19 D Karthik c K Sangakkara & b R Herath 40 43 6 0 93.02 V Kohli c K Sangakkara & b F Maharoof 10 14 1 0 71.43 [...]

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June 19, 2010 Harbhajan Singh smashed the penultimate ball of the last over of Indian innings for a six to complete a tense win against arch-rivals Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup at Dambulla in Sri Lanka on Saturday night. Chasing 268 for victory, the Indian chase at one point degenerated from a healthy 180 [...]

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  Jun 16, 2010 at 14:18 A magic spell by part-time off-spinner Virender Sehwag helped India bundle out Bangladesh for a meagre 167 in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Rangiri Dambulla International stadium here on Wednesday. Opting to bat, Bangladesh got off to a brisk start with Tamim Iqbal (22) and Imrul Kayes [...]

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Wednesday 16th June 2010 Gambhir guides India to easy win A composed 82 by Gautam Gambhir and an unbeaten 38 from skipper MS Dhoni ensured a comprehensive six-wicket victory for India against Bangladesh in Dambulla. Click here for SCORECARD India got off to a compact start in pursuit of a paltry Bangladesh target but lost [...]

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Wednesday June 16, 2010 India maybe different now as their star players have returned which includes their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plus add to that line-up openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Indias battling line up includes India’s bSehwag, Gambhir, Dhoni, Raina, Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary and all rounder Ravindra Jadeja. India vs Bangladesh [...]

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