According to thehindu.com, “A private tourist bus fell off from the bridge, killing 37 passengers and injuring another 15 on Tuesday morning at around 3.30 am, in a worst ever accident on Mumbai-Goa highway. The bus coming from Goa was heading towards Mumbai. When it reached the bridge over Jagbudi River near Khed in Ratnagiri district, the driver lost his control and the bus landed upside down on a dried patch of the river.” Read Article
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According to icito.com, “NEW DELHI A British woman traveling around India jumped out of the third-floor window of her hotel room early Tuesday after the hotel’s owner allegedly tried to force his way into the room, causing her to fear she was about to be sexually assaulted, police said.” Read Article
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csmonitor.com reported, a Swiss couple bicycling in India were attacked and the woman was gang raped, say police. The alleged attack again raises the profile of sexual violence against women in India. The attack occurred Friday evening after the Swiss couple had stopped to camp in a forest. They were bicycling in the state of […]
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As covered by timesofindia.indiatimes.com, ” As many as 247 people died due to dengue in India last year. Latest data on the disease prevalence released by the health ministry also shows a significant rise in the incidence of dengue-from 18,860 cases in year 2011 to 49,606 in year 2012. About 1,700 dengue cases were reported […]
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As covered by timesofindia.indiatimes.com, “A tourist from Belarus was robbed at Candolim early Wednesday morning. Bakanauskaya Durya, a tourist from Youhen, Belarus, was asleep in her room at a Candolim resort when some unknown persons entered between 3am and 6am on Thursday and robbed a camera, $70 and 2,000 in cash, totally valued at 50,000.” […]
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As reported by deccanherald.com, “The Odisha government has asked the local administration of three districts, two in the coastal region and one in the southern zone, to remain in high alert after a confirmed case of bird flu was detected in Chilka lake which houses one of the topmost winter homes for migratory birds in […]
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As reported by himachalwatcher.com, “Two tourists drowned when their raft overturned in the Beas river near Seobagh area of Kullu district. Lalita Sharma, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and Suresh Kumar, a native of Gaya in Bihar drowned in near Seobagh, about 5-km from Kullu, police said.” Read Article
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nileinternational.net reported that India’s major cities have been put on high alert after two explosions killed at least 15 people and injured more than 100 others in the southern city of Hyderabad, according to Indian officials. Investigators hunted on Friday for perpetrators of the twin bomb attacks near a cinema and a bus stand in […]
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Three sisters aged between six and 11 were raped and murdered before their bodies were dumped down a village well in rural western India, police said on Wednesday. The bodies of the three schoolgirls were found last week, two days after they went missing on February 14 from their home in the Bhandara district of […]
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As reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com, “Five youths were arrested in Colaba for harassing a foreign tourist on Friday night. When hauled up by a police contable, the accused got into a scuffle with him. According to the police, the five, Atul Pujari , Rakesh Mehere, Sunaj Singh, Parag Meher and Sandeep Kinic, who hail from a […]
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