The bus was carrying 40-45 people and most of those killed were students of elementary classes, aged below ten.
India, and its neighbours (although Musharraf has suddenly eschewed hypocrisy), are giving democracy a bad name. In none of these nations has democracy been anything more than a charade and a hoax.
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The boat was carrying around 40 people and turned turtle when it was about to reach the river bank.
The bodies of six victims, wrapped in red flags, were kept on a platform near the district collectorate complex, with wailing relatives sitting by their side.
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Most of the victims are school children, officials said, adding that they were returning home after half-a-day at school.
Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television quoted the chief of the Emirates' civil defence forces, Rached al-Matruchi, as saying that the blaze did not cause any casualties.
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The story of Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeeviyanu oscillates between political satire and slapstick, says Paresh C Palicha.
Rehana herself has been convicted for sheltering Ashfaq.
'The Gogoi episode can lead to our evolving a rational way to get better people who will head our checks and balances of democracy,' says former Chief Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi.
A deafening bang and a powerful tremor flung sleeping passengers off their berths as the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express jumped the tracks.
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Locals alleged that the road that was closed some time ago over safety issues was reopened at the insistence of TSRTC officials to save on fuel.
Mumbai's wailing wall attracts large number of suggestions to better the city.
'Odd thing: Parliament says this marital rape thing doesn't apply in India, but official reports say that 97 per cent of women are raped by people they know and intimate partners. Hmm. But that means... That means... Can it be true? Oh god'
Siren calling government workers to office in Kashmir sounded after 16 years
'The sorry image of a wailing leader visiting relief camps for riot victims was completely incoherent with what he did next, blaming the minority community for the disturbance.' Utkarsh Mishra pens a tribute from the heart.
Two devoted J Jayalalithaa followers speak of what the TN chief minister meant to them.
The state government had announced relief of Rs 7 lakh to her family.
'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.
I rushed out of the kitchen and saw her standing frozen in front of the washbasin, the remains of her lunch crusting on her fingers.
At least 28 people have been killed and dozens more feared dead in a fire that blazed through a slipper factory in Sitio Gitna, Barangay Ugong in Valenzuela City on Wednesday.
Vikas Gupta and Arshi Khan certainly think so.
Heart-rending wails pierced the air as bodies of children were carried to the pyre.
The Hussains, hailing from Madhubani district of Bihar, had planned to go shopping on Sunday, but fate willed otherwise.
Seven-year-old Irfan Khan was playing with his sister in Goregaon when a panther attacked him.
Zora's family has convinced her that her father has gone for Hajj and will return soon.
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