KOLKATA - A high number of casualties is feared as a stationary Vananchal Express was hit from behind by the Uttar Banga Express at Sainthia of Birbhum district in India's eastern state of West Bengal early today.
RIYADH - Saudi authorities have launched a crackdown on narcotics and have seized massive amounts of synthetic drugs and alcohol in the first six months of 2010.
MEXICO CITY - At least 17 people were killed and 17 injured in a northern Mexican state Sunday, when a group of armed miscreants fired at people attending a party, authorities said.
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- Five held in Delhi with drugs worth Rs.1 crore
- Suicide bombers in Iraq kills at least 48, in series of attacks on anti al-Qaida militia
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- 23-year-old woman shot dead in Gurgaon
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- Coast Guard command center battles an ever-evolving Blob _ on walls, on screens, on the coast
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- Samajwadi Party seeks CBI probe into Allahabad blast
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- Six killed in road accident in Jharkhand
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- Shooting incident outside Haryana chief minister’s house
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