RAGING INFERNO: The civic authorities have rushed injured to hospital, now battle the blaze.Copyright...
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Personal Number Plates and Window Stickers Points to Road Rage and Driver AggressionGot a personalised number plate, rear window stickers and furry dice adorning your car? Well, it may be more than just style. Experts believe that such behavior indicates an aggressive driver prone to road rage.Experts from the Colorado State University have found that drivers who personalise their vehicles, thereby...
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Flames and black smoke are seen coming out of an IOC oil depot in Jaipur. Photo Courtesy: AP.The devastating fire engulfing IOC's fuel depot on the outskirts of the city of Jaipur continued to rage on Friday, 16 hours after it broke out claiming the lives of six persons and leaving 150 others injured.Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, who rushed here to take stock of the situation, said the fire has to...
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Gota personalised number plate, rear window stickers and furry dice adorning yourcar? Well, then you might just be an aggressive driver prone to road rage,researchers say.Experts from the Colorado State Universityhave found that drivers who personalise their vehicles, thereby marking theirterritory, tend to guard "their" road space against incursions."Boththe number of territory markers and attachment...
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Parts of Scotland and northern England were under several feet of water Friday morning after raging rivers burst their banks and flooded towns, officials said.A police officer was missing after flooding in Cumbria, near the border with Scotland, Cumbria police said Friday. An earlier report that 11 people were missing was incorrect, a police spokesman said.The Cumbria town of Cockermouth was one of...
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physician's conviction in a bicycle crash case reveals a noxious form of road rage.On Monday, Dr. Christopher Thompson, the driver who abruptly stopped his car in front of two cyclists last summer, was found guilty of six felonies and a misdemeanor. The trial, which lasted three weeks and captivated the cycling community, revealed a particularly virulent form of road rage. Christian Stoehr suffered...
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a personalised number plate, rear window stickers and furry dice adorning your car? Well, then you might just be an aggressive driver prone to road rage, researchers say.Experts from the Colorado State University have found that drivers who personalise their vehicles, thereby marking their territory, tend to guard "their" road space against incursions."Both the number of territory markers and attachment...
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JAIPUR: The fire in the Indian Oil Corp (IOC) depot that has been raging since Oct 29 might finally abate by Wednesday evening, officials here said. The fire at the depot in Sitapura, about 20 km from here, broke out last Thursday, killing 11 people and injuring over 150. It seems to be abating now, with only two of the 11 tanks ablaze, said Jaipur District Collector Kuldeep Ranka. "The fire is raging...
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casualty count in the Jaipur inferno has reached 10, since it started off on Thursday. Over 60 hours after the fire started at the Indian Oil depot, it still rages on.The fire is now 10-20 feet - subsiding from its earlier height of 40 metres - but its heat is spreading horizontally.The fire had also spread to an adjacent factory, but army and civilian authorities managed to douse it in time.6:45 pm,...
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JAIPUR: The fire that swept through the Indian Oil Corporation fuel depot in the Sitapura Industrial Area near here continued to rage for the second day on Friday.Black clouds of smoke billowing from the vertical petrol, diesel and kerosene tanks could be seen from a distance of 10 km. Four persons were dead and about 200 injured.Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, who flew in here, said nothing much could...
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