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Newly wed man kills self as wife refuses to fast for his long life
A 21-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Saturday after his recently-wedded wife refused to observe the ‘Karwa Chauth’ fast. Deep Chand was found hanging from the ceiling
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17 killed as passenger van plunges into ravine in Pakistan
At least 17 were killed and one woman was injured when a passenger van fell into a ravine in Pakistan's north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Sunday night, media reported. The van, carrying 18 passengers, was on its way to Rawalpindi city
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Indonesian plane crashes into sea with 188 aboard, wreckage found : Video
A Lion Air flight with at least 188 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia's island of Java on Monday, shortly after take off from the capital on its way to the country's tin-mining hub, officials
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World's longest sea-crossing bridge finally opens : Video
A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion
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India beat Pakistan 3-1 at Asian Champions Trophy hockey
India continued its dominance over arch-rivals Pakistan with a 3-1 win to register their second consecutive win at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey
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Severe cyclone hits eastern Indian coast; 8 killed
A severe cyclone damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles Thursday in eastern India, where eight people were killed and about 300,000 forced
Read MoreBangladesh court hands life sentence to acting opposition party chief over 2004 blasts
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to life in jail, and 19 more to death, over a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2004, lawyers
Read MorePro Kabaddi 2018 Highlights: UP Yoddha, Puneri Paltan emerge winners on Day 2
Pro Kabaddi League 2018: Puneri Paltan and UP Yoddha were victorious on the second day of the Pro Kabaddi 2018 season as they beat Haryana Steelers and Tamil Thalaivas respectively in Chennai. Pro Kabaddi 2018, Puneri Paltan vs Haryana
Read MoreIndia beat Sri Lanka to win Under-19 Asia Cup title for sixth time
India won the Under-19 Asia Cup on Sunday with a 144-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. This comes just a couple of weeks after the Rohit Sharma-led senior Indian team defeated Bangladesh in the
Read MoreModerate earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan
A moderate earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Karachi and parts of Sindh and Balochistan on Wednesday. According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 12 kilometers
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