 | The church in the predominantly Christian northeastern state of Mizoram is grappling to fight a bizarre phenomenon of tribal youths worshipping Satan, seeking supernatural powers to perform miracles.
"The trend is nothing but shocking,"... More |
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 | Hailstorms sweeping southern Bangladesh Saturday left at least 10 people dead and nearly 300 injured, officials said.
The storms, reaching wind velocities of more than 100 km per hour, wrecked mud walled homes, uprooted trees and devastated rice... More |
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 | Fashion designers here have nothing against India-born designer Anand Jon getting his comeuppance if proved guilty of rape, but say such charges are no reflection on the Indian fashion industry.
Jon, who has dressed celebrities like Paris Hilton,... More |
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 | Indian Railways is all set to play a lead role in global railway management, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad made this claim while inaugurating the Global Rail Freight Conference-2007 (GRFC) here Thursday.
The two-day conference, which is being... More |
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 | Indian-born Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan was Thursday named winner of the Norwegian Abel Prize, known as the "Nobel Prize for mathematics".
Varadhan was cited for his "fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for a unified... More |
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 | An engineering student in Orissa was allegedly abducted by his friends, who later killed him after his parents failed to meet their ransom demand of Rs.500,000, police said Thursday.
Police have arrested two of the three youths who allegedly... More |
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 | Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's keynote address at the India Today Conclave 2007 here Friday:
"I am delighted to be once again at this annual conclave. However, I truly wish that I was here to listen, rather than speak.... More |
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 | As India reaches out to its neighbours, it also wants them to prosper and feel secure since their prosperity guarantees the welfare of its 1.17 billion people, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Friday.
"We must make better use of the... More |
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A fire that engulfed a jewellery manufacturing unit in the commercial district of Karol Bagh here early Friday killed six workers who lived in the premises.
The fire broke out at 6.40 a.m. and was put out in half hour. But by then, the men were... More |
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 | A fire that engulfed a jewellery manufacturing unit in the commercial district of Karol Bagh here early Friday killed six workers who lived in the premises.
The fire broke out at 6.40 a.m. and was put out in half hour. But by then, the men were... More |
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