Mumbai fights for Bijlee, age 58, weight 5 tonnes

Written by Saurabh Gupta , Edited by Samira Shaikh | Wednesday June 19, 2013, Mumbai

Bijlee, a 58-year-old elephant, collapsed under her own weight on June 11 in suburban Mulund. Weighing 5000 kilograms, the pachyderm is suffering from degenerative joint disease brought on by her obesity. She now needs to go on a crash diet to lose 1500 kilos.

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Delhi University gets around 1.5 lakh paper forms, online registration triples

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday June 20, 2013, New Delhi

Delhi University (DU) received around 1.5 lakh offline admission forms while its online registration tripled compared to last year as the admission process to its four year undergraduate programme ended on Wednesday.

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ATM with Rs 10-15 lakh cash stolen in Bangalore

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 18, 2013, Bangalore

In a daring heist, a gang of six unidentified men stole an entire ATM, containing Rs.10-15 lakh, from a branch of the state-owned State Bank of India (SBI) in the city's northeast suburbs on late Tuesday night, police said.

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Minor allegedly raped, video uploaded on social media

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 18, 2013, Jaipur

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Rajasthan's Alwar town and the video of the crime then uploaded on a social networking website, police said on Tuesday.

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Police officer loses control over SUV; five dead including his wife

Written by Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday June 18, 2013, Pune

In yet another fatal accident on the Pune-Ahmednagar highway, five people were killed and another five were seriously injured when a senior police officer lost control of a Sports Utility Vehicle or SUV that he was driving.

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