Former cop kills 38, including 22 children, at daycare centre in Thailand

Bangkok, October 6 A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said. The children at the daycare centre…

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Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh urges people to refrain from leaking singer’s unreleased songs, says ‘don’t put us through uncalled troubles’

Chandigarh, October 6 Late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh has urged people to refrain from leaking his son’s unreleased songs. Taking to Instagram, Balkaur Singh issued a statement where he can be heard saying that he’s noticed that Moosewala’s recorded songs were being leaked. Singh asked the late…

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India awaits WHO information on any cough syrup link to Gambia deaths

New Delhi, October 6 India is awaiting World Health Organization evidence of a link between an Indian cough syrup and the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia after the UN agency said the medicine may cause kidney damage, two Indian officials said on Thursday. The death of 66 children…

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Students among 9 dead as Kerala school bus collides with another bus

Palakkad (Ker), October 6Nine people, including five students, were killed after a private tourist bus hit a state-run KSRTC bus from behind at Vadakkenchery here, Kerala Road Transport Minister Antony Raju said on Thursday.The minister said the accident occurred around 11.30 pm on Wednesday when the private bus, which was…

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‘Kidnapped’ Punjabi family found dead in orchard in California: Sheriff

Chandigarh, October 6 The sheriff of Merced County in California on Thursday said a baby girl and three other Sikh family members who were kidnapped at gunpoint have been found dead. Sheriff Vern Warnke announced on Thursday that the bodies were found in a Merced County orchard and told reporters:…

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8 drown in flash floods during Durga idol immersion in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri

Jalpaiguri (WB), October 6 At least eight people drowned and several others went missing after they were swept away in the Mal river due to flash floods during idol immersion on Vijayadashami here, a senior official said. Four of the dead are women. The incident took place around 8.30 pm…

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Indian-American student killed in US; roommate who ‘murdered’ him called 911, arrested

New York, October 7 Varun Manish Chheda, a 20-year-old Indian-American student at US’s Purdue University, was killed in his dorm room by his roommate, who has been arrested on a preliminary murder charge, police said. Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old junior cybersecurity major from Seoul, South Korea, has been held…

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Modi sounds poll bugle in Himachal Pradesh, joins Dasehra festivities

Bilaspur/Kullu, October 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sounded the poll bugle in the election-bound hill state as he inaugurated the AIIMS in Bilaspur and paid obeisance to Lord Raghunath, becoming the first Prime Minister to take part in the Dasehra festivities at Kullu. PM Modi addressed a public…

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Shah rules out dialogue with Pak, says JK poll after electoral rolls published

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, October 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday lashed out at those advocating dialogue with Pakistan, saying, “I don’t want to talk to Pakistan, but I want to talk to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.” Addressing a rally in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, Shah…

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Amit Shah rules out dialogue with Pakistan, says JK poll after electoral rolls published

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, October 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday lashed out at those advocating dialogue with Pakistan, saying, “I don’t want to talk to Pakistan, but I want to talk to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.” Addressing a rally in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, Shah…

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Gazette notified, JK delimitation final: EC tells Supreme Court

New Delhi, October 5 The delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir has attained finality after the publication of the Delimitation Orders in Gazette Notifications on May 5 in terms of the Delimitation Act, the Election Commission has told the Supreme Court. Before publication of the final order, a number of…

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Cough syrups by India’s Maiden Pharma potentially tied to deaths in Gambia: WHO

October 5 The World Health Organization on Wednesday said that four cough and cold syrups made by India’s Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd could be potentially linked with serious kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children in Gambia. New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals declined to comment on the matter. WHO issued a medical…

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‘Contaminated’ Indian medicines linked to deaths of 66 children in Gambia: WHO

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 5 The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued a medical product alert for four “contaminated” Indian pediatric medicines, manufactured by a firm in Haryana’s Sonepat, saying these drugs identified in Gambia had been potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children in…

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Stamp of traitor will remain forever: Uddhav Thackeray tells Eknath Shinde at Dussehra rally

Mumbai, October 5In a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his supporters, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said their reputation as “traitors” will never be washed away.Addressing the annual Dussehra rally at the iconic Shivaji Park ground here, Thackeray lashed out at Shinde, whose rebellion…

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