Woman, two daughters commit suicide after family disputeMay 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - An alleged family dispute led a 45-year-old woman to end her life along with her two daughters while the third is battling in a Madhya Pradesh hospital after consuming poison, police said Wednesday. Geeta Devi, the wife of Harimohan Gupta of Datia town, consumed some poisonous substance along with her three daughters Radha, 20, Neetu, 18 and Kranti, 17, Tuesday night, according to police.
Mumbai Indians set Royal Challengers 150-run targetMay 3rd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Mumbai Indians scored 149 for four against Bangalore Royals Challengers at New Wanderers stadium in their Indian Premier League match here Sunday. Brief score: Mumbai Indians 149 for four in 20 overs (Sanath Jayasuriya 52, Dwayne Bravo 50 not out, Abhishek Nayar 29 not out; Dillon du Preez 3-32).
Mumbai Indians set 149-run target for Knight RidersMay 1st, 2009 EAST LONDON - Mumbai Indians scored 148 for six against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match here Friday. Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 148 for six in 20 overs (J.P.
Moscow police chief sacked over supermarket shootingApril 28th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday dismissed the police chief of Moscow, Colonel General Vladimir Pronin, following a shooting involving an off-duty officer in a supermarket earlier this week. Medvedev earlier sacked Major General Viktor Ageyev, who headed the police department in Moscow's southern administrative district, where one of his senior officers, Tsaritsino district police chief Denis Yevsyukov, shot three people dead Monday.
Woman sets herself, family on fire, two deadApril 27th, 2009 MUMBAI - A woman here set herself, her husband and three children ablaze early Monday following a domestic quarrel. The woman and her two-year-old daughter were charred to death, while the rest are battling serious burn injuries in hospital, police said.
Baby boy abducted after family quarrel, rescuedApril 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A year-and-half old boy was rescued by Delhi Police from a relative who abducted the baby after a quarrel with the family over a mobile phone, police said Monday. Police arrested Bhudeshwar Purkaith of Etah in Uttar Pradesh for abducting Subhash, son of a labourer in Vasant Vihar.
Two dead in German court shootingApril 7th, 2009 LANDSHUT - Two people were killed and an undetermined number injured when a gunman went on a rampage in a German court building Tuesday, police said. A police spokesman said the gunman opened fire in different rooms of the district court in Landshut, 70 km north-east of the Bavarian capital Munich.
Over 90 killed in US mass shootings in two yearsApril 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Over 90 people, including eight Indians, have been killed in at least eight deadly shootings in the US in the last two years with the one on April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg being the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. Friday's killing of 13 people in a shooting rampage inside a New York State immigration services centre was at least the fifth deadly mass shooting in the US in the last month alone that have left 44 people dead in all, according to an MSNBC compilation.
Six Indians die in US shooting after 'family quarrel'March 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON/CHENNAI - An Indian IT professional in the US fired at his family after a quarrel with his brother-in-law, killing five people including three children. He then shot himself dead with a gun, a relative in a Tamil Nadu village said Tuesday.
Sixteen killed in German school shooting spreeMarch 12th, 2009 BERLIN - Sixteen people were killed Wednesday when a former pupil went on a shooting spree at a German school before he was shot dead in an exchange of fire with the police. The 17-year-old gunman reportedly shot dead nine students and three teachers at the school in southern town of Winnenden, near Stuttgart, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in Germany.
Two killed during Holi celebrations in BiharMarch 12th, 2009 PATNA - Two men were shot dead and 28 injured in clashes in Bihar's Chhapra district over the manner in which Holi was being celebrated, police said Thursday. Govind Yadav and Narayan Yadav were killed in the clashes that followed an argument over the throwing of mud on people on Holi in Asani village, about 90 km from here.
Police officer shot dead in Northern IrelandMarch 10th, 2009 LONDON - Two days after the fatal shooting of two British soldiers outside a barracks, a police officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Northern Ireland late Monday, authorities said. There was no immediate indication of terrorism in Monday's shooting at a high school in Craigavon in County Armagh.
Boy commits suicide after spat over shampooFebruary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 15-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after a quarrel with his two younger sisters over using a shampoo sachet, Delhi Police said Tuesday. The body of Anmol Saxena, a class 11 student, was found hanging from the ceiling in the bathroom of his home in Shakarpur area in east Delhi Monday, police said.
Eight-year-old knifes younger friend to death after quarrelFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An eight-year-old boy knifed his six-year-old playmate to death - all because of a tiff over a ball. The boy has been sent to a juvenile home, the police said here Monday.
Two killed in clash in DelhiDecember 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - An altercation over a wooden ladder escalated into a major quarrel between neighbours in which two people were killed and four injured in the capital Friday, police said. The quarrel broke out between Shamshad and Abdullah in Shastri Park area of northeast Delhi around noon.
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