Archive for July, 2008
Congress Govt falls in J&K, Azad resigns »
Jammu & Kashmir’s CM Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned after losing the floor test. The Azad government was reduced to a minority after PDP withdrew support on June 28. Ahead of the confidence vote, Azad, along with...
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife in hospital after suicide attempt in Patiala »
Cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot kaur has on Saturday attempted to commit suicide at her residence in Patiala. She has been admitted in Intensive care unit in Sadbhavna medical & heart hospital in Patiala....
Three opposition MLAs join BJP in Karnataka »
The ruling BJP in Karnataka got a boost on Saturday when two JD(S) & one Congress legislators quit their parties to join it. The two JD(S) MLAs — Balachandra Laxman Rao Jarkiholi & K Shivanna Gouda Naik...
International serial killer Charles Sobhraj marrying Nihita Biswas »
Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted & sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, is engaged & plans to marry a woman of 44 years younger than he is. Both Sobhraj, 64 years old...
Bomb blast in Yemen killed five »
At least five people have been killed on Sunday in an explosion in central Saada, a town in northwest Yemen at the focus of a Shiite revolt. Rescue services evacuated the casualties as security forces sealed off...
Earthquake struck Arunachal borders »
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter Scale struck the Arunachal Pradesh border early on Saturday morning. The earthquake hit Eastern Xizang on the Arunachal borders at 03:05 a.m.. There were no immediate reports of any...
Lakshmi Mittal tops UK’s Richest Power list; Sarin at 24th »
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal figures right on the top of a new “richest power list”, compiled after combining two separate rankings of the most powerful & the most richest in the UK. Giving Mittal Company on the...
Judge orders Google to give YouTube user data to Viacom »
U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. & other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than...
Major fire in Mumbai Mahalaxmi racecourse »
A major fire has been broke out at the Mahalaxmi racecourse in central Mumbai on Thursday evening. Seven fire engines & eight water tankers have been rushed to the spot. Fire broke out in the kitchen of...
3 killed in Jerusalem bulldozer rampage »
At least three people have been killed 44 others injured on Wednesday afternoon (local time) when a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem. Police has said that the driver plowed his vehicle into two...
Sikhs protest attack on girl whose hair was chopped off in New York »
Sikh community has took out protest march in New York against an attack on a 12 years old girl who had her long hair cut off by a fellow student. Sikhs are demanding actions to stop such...
VHP calls Bharat bandh on July 3 »
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called “Bharath Bandh” on July 3 after the Jammu & Kashmir government revoked land allotment to Amarnath Shrine Board. The VHP also demanded scrapping of subsidy on Haj pilgrimage. Pravin Togadia,...
Man killed 5 officers, sets fire at police station »
A man wielding a knife broke into a Shanghai-area police station on Tuesday & killed five police officers & injured four others. He also set fire to the building’s main gate. Police identified the 28-year-old suspect only...
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