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NAT1National/TerrorismWestern India on alert after two blasts Roundup, Combining different seriesAhmedabad/Mumbai, Sep 30 IANS At least four people were killed and several injured in seperate blasts in two communally sensitive towns in Gujarat and Maharashtra late Monday night hours before the start of the festival season, police said.Police officials said that while the blast in Modasa town of Gujarat's Sabarkantha district that claimed one life and injured seven was caused by a crude bomb, the blast in Maharashtra's Malegaon town could have been a cooking gas cylinder explosion read more
NAT5National/Accident40 killed, 120 injured in temple stampede in RajasthanJodhpur, Sep 30 IANS At least 40 people were killed and 120 injured in a stampede at the Chamunda temple on top of the famous Mehrangarh fort in Rajasthan's Jodhpur town Tuesday, officials said. Thousands of people had gathered at the temple early Tuesday to offer prayers to mark the beginning of the Navratri festival. The stampede occurred about 150 feet from the temple when the devotees were rushing downhill on their way back to the town read more
NAT8National/BooksIndia has come to world's top table: journalist Daniel LakBy Madhusree ChatterjeeNew Delhi, Sep 30 IANS If 1991 was India's wake-up call, then today India is out of bed and on its way to office, says senior British Broadcasting Corporation BBC journalist Daniel Lak.But he hastily adds: "Metaphors aside, it means that India has arrived at the world's top table and is awaiting due recognition." His book "India Express" analyses the country's potential role as "Asia's America" read more
ENT3Entertainment/International/CinemaEx-boyfriend puts Britney's sex tape on saleLondon, Sep 30 IANS Pop star Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib has confirmed he owns a sex tape featuring himself and the singer. Ghalib, whom Britney dated during her breakdown, says he will sell the tape for the right price, reports thesun.co.uk. "There is such a tape, but I won't discuss prices for hypothetical enquiries. Unless there is a locked-in deal, I will go no further,” he told Heat magazine read more
INT13International/ScienceFemale fans encourage predatory sex among soccer playersSydney, Sep 30 IANS Some of the female fans have blamed a section of such women for encouraging predatory instincts among footballers, according to a study. The research, part of a larger study of female football fans in Australia and New Zealand, led by Peter Mewett and Kim Toffoletti from Deakin University's Faculty of Arts, looked at female fans perspective about players' sexual misconduct. "By looking read more
ENT2Entertainment/Showbiz/International/CinemaDannii Monogue denies quitting 'X-Factor'London, Sep 30 IANS Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue, who is a judge on "X-Factor", denied quitting the show over icy relations with fellow judge Cheryl Cole. Minogue, who was earlier reported to be upset with Cole because she got more airtime, now insisted that judges were “one big happy family”, reports thesun.co.uk.“I'm not jealous. I'm not furious. There are no crisis talks and there are no ultimatums read more
NAT7National/CrimeMan arrested with explosives in Maharashtra townMumbai, Sep 30 IANS A youth was arrested and a cache of explosives recovered from his house in Maharashtra's Aurangabad town early Tuesday, police said.Hiralal Ramchandra Rotre, 25, was arrested for illegal possession of explosives. He was working as a driver."Investigations are underway to determine the exact nature of the explosives recovered. Among the things found in Rotre's house were six bottles of a suspicious-looking liquid, each weighing about 200 gm," Police Commissioner K read more
ENT4Entertainment/International/CinemaDennis Quaid hits back at Meg RyanLondon, Sep 30 IANS Hollywood actress Meg Ryan's ex-husband Dennis Quaid has angrily hit back at the actress after she accused him of cheating on her throughout their marriage.The actress spoke out last week after years of silence about her image of being portrayed as the home wrecker due to her brief affair with co-star Russell Crowe in 2000, reports dailymail.co.uk.“It was eight years ago, and I find it unbelievable read more
ENT6Entertainment/Showbiz/International'Tings Tings' want to meet their only fan in SlovakiaLondon, Sep 28 IANS The members of upcoming British music group - The Tings Tings - were surprised to learn that they had sold just one album in Slovakia. Now they want to meet the person who bought a copy of their debut album "We Started Nothing"."We found that we had sold one record in Slovakia. One lonesome album... now that to us is very funny and we would love to know who bought read more
NAT3National/AccidentSix killed as bus rolls down 500 ft in JammuJammu, Sep 29 IANS At least six people were killed and over 20 injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded off a mountain road in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district Monday morning, police said.The bus, with 30 passengers on board, was on its way from Bhaderwah in Doda to Jammu, about 200 km away. It had gone about 20 km when it slipped off the road and rolled down 500 feet to the Neeru stream, an official said. Police were being helped by locals in rescue operations read more
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