Manohar Aich: Top Indian bodybuilder dies, aged 104

Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe 1.49m- (4ft-10.5in) tall bodybuilder was popularly known as 'Pocket Hercules' Tributes have been paid to a celebrated Indian body-builder, Manohar Aich, who has died in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), aged 104. Mr Aich died of age-related "complications" on Sunday, his family said. He is survived by four children. Mr Aich was the first Indian to become Mr Universe in 1952, five years after the country's...

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'Bombs Everywhere': Mathura Cult's Children Were Trained In Arms

NDTV spoke to three children who recounted the horror of Mathura clashes A cult at the centre of deadly clashes in Mathura that was running a parallel judicial system and had its own constitution, jails and several "battalions" of soldiers, also gave arms training to children, a senior police officer has said."Children as young as eight years old were being given training in arms," senior police officer DC Mishra told AFP news agency.Some...

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Mathura Cult Chief Ram Vriksh Yadav Killed In Clashes, Say Police

    The members of the cult in Mathura had set off has cylinder explosions when they clashed with the police. MATHURA: Ram Vriksh Yadav, leader of the cult that clashed with policemen in Mathura on Thursday, was among those killed in the violence, the police have said.Twenty-four people, including two policemen, had diedin the clashes.Yadav was the key accused of leading the violence andran a camp backed by a private...

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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies aged 74

The former heavyweight champion was widely regarded as the greatest boxer of all time Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona, after being admitted on Thursday. He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease. The...

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