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Woman killed in tower fire

A woman was burnt to death and another injured as a fire broke out Sunday on the 15th floor of a residential tower in Mumbai’s suburban Ghatkopar area, fire brigade officials here said.

2 killed in lightning, 10,000 displaced

A newly-married couple was killed in a lightning strike while flash floods triggered by heavy rains displaced more than 10,000 people in 25 villages in Assam on Sunday, officials said.

Ex-Lt. Col-led car thief gang busted

The police on Sunday claimed they had busted a gang of car thieves led by a retired Indian Army officer who is now on the run.

Woman killed by Facebook friend

An Australian woman who had gone to meet a man she befriended on social networking site Facebook has been murdered, a media report on Saturday said.

‘Next US hit may be postmarked Pak’

A former CIA analyst, who helped President Barack Obama formulate his Pakistan-Afghanistan policy, sees “a very serious possibility that the next mass casualty terrorist attack on the United States will be postmarked ‘Pakistan’”.

Crowe wants to do masala Hindi movie

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Hollywood star Russell Crowe wants to do a typical Bollywood movie and says he can do his own singing and can dance a little bit too.

Malay girl dies rehearsing suicide scene

George Town, Malaysia: An ethnic Indian schoolgirl died after she accidentally hanged herself while re-enacting a movie suicide scene.

Unique Tibetan genes help to survive heights

How do Tibetans easily survive at heights where some humans fall critically ill? A new study credits this to 10 unique oxygen processing genes that Tibetans have embraced over the years.

H’wood hottie has Bollywood dreams

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Maxim girl and Indian-origin Hollywood actress Noureen DeWulf has now expressed a desire to work in Bollywood, because she feels it will help her “get back to her roots”.

Amitabh to undergo op due to multiple hernia

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New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is suffering from multiple hernia in his lower abdomen that have swollen up and cause him sharp pain whenever he exerts himself.

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