Brutality in Afghanistan : Public execution of a woman

A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital.In the three-minute video, a turban-clad man approaches a woman kneeling in the dirt and shoots her five times at close range with an automatic rifle, to cheers of jubilation from the 150 or so men watching in a village in Parwan province."Allah warns us not to get close to adultery because it's the wrong way,"

Bol Bachchan ke bade bol, gross 72.8 crore profit

After opening at 12.10 crore net on friday and 14 crore net on saturday by Bol Bachchan, the net box office saw a tremendous increase on Sunday with the day's total of 17 crore, and still counting...

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Hyundai Elantra Fluidic to be launched in August

Hyundai Motor company created buzz in the Indian auto market with the news of bringing the much awaited Elantra Fluidic at Indian shores. 

With 1.8L petrol and common rail diesel engine options, it is priced between 13-16 lakhs.

Floods kills 559 animals in Assam

The devastating monsoon floods in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam have killed at least 559 animals.

                           According to reports, carcasses of 14 rhinos, 475 hog deer, 30 wild boars, 5 porcupines, 1 wild buffalo, 1 elephant, 2 hog badgers, 10 swamp deer, 2 pythons, 18 sambers and a fox have been found so far. Besides, two rhinos were killed by poachers. The hunters, taking advantage of the floods, killed the pachyderms at Haldhibari and Karbi hills and chopped off their horns.       - full story

Paes-Vesnina lose in the final of Wimbledon 2012

Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will have to wait for their first Grand Slam title together as they lost the closely fought Wimbledon mixed doubles summit clash to Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond, here today. The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair suffered a 3-6 7-5 4-6 defeat at the hands of second seed Americans after battling for two hours and four minutes.


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