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How Jail Slippers Helped Reunite Mentally-Challenged Man With Family
A pair of black rubber slippers with the number 24 prominently painted on them in white helped trace the family of a mentally-challenged man found at Canning in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district.
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Trinamool Congress Leader, Two Aides Murdered In West Bengal Town
Swapan Majhi, member of a panchayat in Canning, was on his way to a meeting when attacked around 9am
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Madrasa Teacher Wouldn't Shout "Jai Shri Ram", Pushed Off Bengal Train: Report
A madrasa teacher was allegedly beaten up and pushed out of a moving train in West Bengal last week by a group of men who were forcing him to shout the "Jai Shri Ram" slogan, news agency IANS quoted a government railway police officer as saying today.
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Woman, Man Caned In Indonesia Over "Extra-Marital Affair": Report
A woman and a man were publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Thursday for having an extramarital affair.
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Fire Still Raging In Bagri Market, Firemen May Take Hours To Tame Flames
The fire that engulfed the famous Bagree Market in the central part of the city early on Sunday is still raging, with fire fighters saying it may take several hours to control the blaze.
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17 Hours On, Kolkata Market Fire Still Rages; Safety Norms Under Scanner
A massive fire broke out last night at a building in central Kolkata's Bagri Market area. About 30 fire engines have been trying to douse the fire in the congested area on Canning Street. There has been no injury as the fire broke out late in the night and no one was present.
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Caning Of Lesbians Counter To "Compassion Of Islam": Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and raised fears about the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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Ledikeni: A Case of Mispronunciation, Curiosity and Oodles of Sweetness
According to the most popular legend, a special sweetmeat was prepared by ace confectioner Bhim Chandra Nag in the honour of Lady Canning, the wife of the Governer General Lord Charles Canning, during her stay in India from 1856 till her death in 1861
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Indonesian Men Caned For Gay Sex Before Jeering Crowd
Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there is mounting hostility towards the small LGBT community.
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Indonesian Men Sentenced To Caning For Having Gay Sex
A sharia court Wednesday sentenced two Indonesian men to be publicly caned for gay sex for the first time in the conservative province of Aceh, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country.
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8 Processed Foods to Avoid and Why
It is important to know which processed foods you should avoid. Heres a list to get you started.
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Head for the Vendors with a Strategy in Mind
Beyond preserving's seasonal time crunches - sour cherries are here and gone! - it's important to be organized and tactical, and to put up only what you'll eat or give away before it expires.
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7 Dead as New Zealand Helicopter Crashes Into Glacier
Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during bad weather today, police said.
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From the Farmers' Market to the Freezer
While dedicated home cooks buzz over pickling, canning and curing projects, Meyer has joined a growing number of chefs who are quietly employing another time-tested method of preservation: the freezer.
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Repeated Floods, Ethnic Violence Make Assam a Human Trafficking Epicentre
Earlier this month, 40 children were rescued from a Mumbai fish canning factory by a local NGO. But Assam's human trafficking crisis runs deep.
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How Jail Slippers Helped Reunite Mentally-Challenged Man With Family
A pair of black rubber slippers with the number 24 prominently painted on them in white helped trace the family of a mentally-challenged man found at Canning in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district.
-
Trinamool Congress Leader, Two Aides Murdered In West Bengal Town
Swapan Majhi, member of a panchayat in Canning, was on his way to a meeting when attacked around 9am
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Madrasa Teacher Wouldn't Shout "Jai Shri Ram", Pushed Off Bengal Train: Report
A madrasa teacher was allegedly beaten up and pushed out of a moving train in West Bengal last week by a group of men who were forcing him to shout the "Jai Shri Ram" slogan, news agency IANS quoted a government railway police officer as saying today.
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Woman, Man Caned In Indonesia Over "Extra-Marital Affair": Report
A woman and a man were publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Thursday for having an extramarital affair.
-
Fire Still Raging In Bagri Market, Firemen May Take Hours To Tame Flames
The fire that engulfed the famous Bagree Market in the central part of the city early on Sunday is still raging, with fire fighters saying it may take several hours to control the blaze.
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17 Hours On, Kolkata Market Fire Still Rages; Safety Norms Under Scanner
A massive fire broke out last night at a building in central Kolkata's Bagri Market area. About 30 fire engines have been trying to douse the fire in the congested area on Canning Street. There has been no injury as the fire broke out late in the night and no one was present.
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Caning Of Lesbians Counter To "Compassion Of Islam": Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and raised fears about the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
-
Ledikeni: A Case of Mispronunciation, Curiosity and Oodles of Sweetness
According to the most popular legend, a special sweetmeat was prepared by ace confectioner Bhim Chandra Nag in the honour of Lady Canning, the wife of the Governer General Lord Charles Canning, during her stay in India from 1856 till her death in 1861
-
Indonesian Men Caned For Gay Sex Before Jeering Crowd
Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there is mounting hostility towards the small LGBT community.
-
Indonesian Men Sentenced To Caning For Having Gay Sex
A sharia court Wednesday sentenced two Indonesian men to be publicly caned for gay sex for the first time in the conservative province of Aceh, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country.
-
8 Processed Foods to Avoid and Why
It is important to know which processed foods you should avoid. Heres a list to get you started.
-
Head for the Vendors with a Strategy in Mind
Beyond preserving's seasonal time crunches - sour cherries are here and gone! - it's important to be organized and tactical, and to put up only what you'll eat or give away before it expires.
-
7 Dead as New Zealand Helicopter Crashes Into Glacier
Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during bad weather today, police said.
-
From the Farmers' Market to the Freezer
While dedicated home cooks buzz over pickling, canning and curing projects, Meyer has joined a growing number of chefs who are quietly employing another time-tested method of preservation: the freezer.
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Repeated Floods, Ethnic Violence Make Assam a Human Trafficking Epicentre
Earlier this month, 40 children were rescued from a Mumbai fish canning factory by a local NGO. But Assam's human trafficking crisis runs deep.
