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Gang-rape victim shifted out of hospital, headed to Singapore
The 23-year-old gang-rape victim, who is battling for life for the past 10 days at Safdarjung hospital, was tonight shifted and headed to a hospital in Singapore.- India hopes for MFN status from Pakistan by December end
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The massive waves that struck down thousands of lives in 2004 are at the back of everybody's mind in Chennai.
While the state transport department has suggested introduction of Global Positioning System navigation and tracking devices in cabs and autos in the city to reduce crimes against women, their functioning and feasibility are being questioned by experts.
The man, who was arrested for the kidnap and rape of a 4-and-a-half-year-old girl, had made two similar attempts in the past to sexually assault the same girl, police have said.
Dinesh R Shenoy, an artist who ekes out a living by painting heritage buildings is not enthused by the alleged ‘opulence’ that is accompanying the show or the ‘patronage’ shown by the government towards the organisers.
It was either a Christmas miracle or sheer dumb luck that nobody got hurt when an old, enormous peepal tree (‘arayal’) on the Museum premises got uprooted and crashed to the ground on Monday.
Jayalalithaa urged the Prime Minister to allot all the power generated from the four Central power stations in the State.
The CBI special court here on Monday dismissed CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan’s plea for beginning the trial in the SNC Lavalin case at the earliest by excluding the Lavalin company and its former vice-president Klaus Triendl in the case.
KJP president B S Yeddyurappa said that he would meet Governor H R Bhardwaj to urge him to dismiss the BJP-led government saying that it has lost its majority as many leaders had joined his new party.
Sonia Gandhi is understood have been upset with his unwarranted comments on the Delhi gang-rape and believes it has dented the party’s image.
As Opposition campaign against the Naveen Patnaik Government intensifies, the Biju Janata Dal has decided to observe its foundation day tomorrow at the block and constituency levels in a big way to launch a counter-campaign.
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A heated argument erupted between Ishant Sharma and Kamran Akmal and umpires had to step in to separate them during the thrilling game which Pakistan won by five wickets.
Chelsea ended Norwich's five-game home unbeaten run in the Premier League with a solid if unspectacular 1-0 victory Wednesday at Carrow Road.
A Commission of Inquiry headed by a former Delhi High court judge to go into the gang-rape incident was set up today by the Centre which also ordered a probe into allegations of police interference in recording the victim's statement that has snowballed into a major row.
Survivors of a Christmas Day crash-landing of an airliner in Myanmar told terrifying tales of escape Wednesday as carrier Air Bagan apologized for what it called the worst accident since it started flying in 2004.
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