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Rescued Thai boys to be ordained in Buddhist ceremony
World | Jul 26, 2018, 11:05 PM ISTMost members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave will have their heads shaved and don robes to be ordained as novices in a Buddhist ceremony on Tuesday
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See Pics! 47-feet giant blue whale rescued off Maharashtra’s Konkan coast (Video)
India | Sep 12, 2016, 11:49 AM ISTLocals, fishermen and forest officials on Sunday collectively rescued a 47-feet blue along the Konkan coast in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. The largest marine mammal was spotted fighting for survival by residents of Madban village
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Italy earthquake: Dog who spent 9 days under rubble rescued miraculously
World | Sep 03, 2016, 08:12 PM ISTIn an incident which has all elements of being a miracle, a dog has been rescued by Italian firefighters more than a week after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy. The dog was salvaged
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Couple rescued from remote desert island after writing SOS message in sand
World | Aug 29, 2016, 12:04 AM ISTA couple have been rescued from a desert island after crews saw their "SOS" in the sand on uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii News Now reports. A US Navy aircraft crew spotted the pair on
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Five-foot rat snake rescued from JNU campus
India | Jul 08, 2016, 07:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: A five-foot-long rat snake was recently rescued by two snake rescuers from the JNU campus after students spotted it outside the central library. The snake was found to be in good health and
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More than 4,000 migrants rescued off Libya: Italian coast guard
World | May 27, 2016, 07:11 AM ISTRome:Some 4,100 people were rescued off the Libyan coasts on Thursday, Italian officials said. Overall, 22 operations were carried out to assist migrants and refugees sailing aboard overcrowded crafts in the Strait of Sicily, between
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Indian sailor rescued after over 40 days in custody of pirates
India | Mar 20, 2016, 11:26 PM ISTAn Indian sailor, who was taken hostage by pirates nearly a month-and-a-half ago, has been "rescued", External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday.
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Nepal earthquake: Woman rescued alive after 128 hours
World | May 01, 2015, 09:47 AM ISTKathmandu: A woman was rescued alive from rubbles of a collapsed building after 128 hours in Nepal, which has been hit by a massive earthquake on April 25, a media report said.Krishna Devi Khadka, 24,
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Army rescues four Kashmiris trapped in snow
India | Feb 22, 2015, 08:11 PM ISTJammu: The army Sunday said it has rescued four people from a snow-hit area in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district."Personnel of the Delta Force rescued four stranded civilians yesterday (Saturday) night when they got trapped
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Police: 350 child labourers rescued from Hydrabad over week
India | Jan 31, 2015, 08:08 PM ISTHyderabad: Around 350 child labourers, mostly from Bihar, who were forced to work in hazardous industries here have been rescued over the past one week, a senior police officer said today.“So far about 350 children
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Kidnapped Pakistan legislator Rana Jamil Hasan rescued
World | Dec 09, 2014, 07:32 AM ISTPeshawar: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Jamil Hasan, who was kidnapped earlier this year, has been rescued, an official statement said on Monday.The provincial legislator Rana Jamil Hasan, also known as 'Gudo Khan', was
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6-month-old leopard cub rescued by Uttarakhand forest officials
India | May 22, 2014, 10:43 AM ISTAlmora: People faced a tough time when a leopard cub entered one of the rooms of the Vivekanand Hill Agriculture Institute in Almora on Wednesday morning.However, no untoward incident was reported after entry of the
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Know how Mamata Banerjee was rescued from hotel room fire
India | Apr 18, 2014, 04:14 PM ISTMalda (West Bengal): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was inside the toilet, when the room air conditioner in Golden Park Hotel suddenly caught fire on Thursday evening. She screamed and shouted for her aide Joydeep, who
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Nearly 600 stranded tourists rescued in Sikkim
India | Feb 18, 2014, 08:03 AM ISTKolkata: Army personnel have rescued nearly 600 tourists, including women and children, who were stranded due to heavy snowfall in Sikkim, a defence spokesperson said Monday.In a rescue operation carried out by personnel of the
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11 trapped miners rescued from South African mine
World | Feb 17, 2014, 12:53 PM ISTJohannesburg: Eleven of the more than 200 illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg have been brought to surface, rescuers said Sunday.The miners were trapped after allegedly being robbed of their gold
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Afghan girl, 10, forced to wear suicide vest, rescued
World | Jan 07, 2014, 12:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Afghan Interior Ministry says it has detained Spozhmay, a 10-year-old girl who was about to be used by Taliban as a suicide bomber.The girl was allegedly rescued before she could blow up
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31 workers rescued from traffickers in Odisha
India | Dec 23, 2013, 07:45 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Police yesterday rescued 31 workers, including women and children, being transported by traffickers in Odisha to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to work in brick kilns.The workers belonged to the Boden area of Nuapada district and
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Nine fishermen stranded mid-sea rescued in Tamil Nadu
India | Nov 19, 2013, 11:19 AM ISTChennai: Nine fishermen, who had been missing since last few days, were rescued by the Coast Guard and fellow fishermen in two separate incidents in Tamil Nadu today.Coast Guard rescued six city-based fishermen whose boat
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Four drowned as jeep carrying them falls in canal, 3 rescued
India | Sep 30, 2013, 12:07 PM ISTHisar: Four persons drowned while three others were rescued by the villagers with the help of police, when a jeep carrying them fell in to Petwar Canal between village Bhatol and Thurana, about 45 km
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118 bonded labourers rescued in TN
India | Aug 24, 2013, 08:20 AM ISTChennai: More than 100 bonded labourers hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and Tamil Nadu have been rescued from 27 locations in Krishnagiri District during raids this week.Based on a National Human Rights Commission's notification