India: PM's security details allegedly cost a patient his life

In a sad outcome of a regular VVIP security proceeding, a patient with critical kidney failure lost his life in Chandigarh, India on his way to the hospital on Tuesday. Sumit Prakash Verma (32) died on Tuesday after the security personnel allegedly delayed the entry of the...

Baby Fat

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Ms Claus Gets No Coin

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