Jaipur royal Gayatri Devi passes away

Gayatri Devi, the elegant former princess of Cooch Behar who became the maharani of Jaipur and was once considered among the world's most beautiful women, died in Jaipur on Wednesday, an official said. She was 90.

She was admitted to the Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital (SDMH) in Jaipur on July 17.

"She developed gastric problems in London and was admitted to a hospital there. She expressed her desire to return and was flown in an air ambulance to Jaipur. She was in SDMH since then," an administrative officer of SDMH said.

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Teen ends life as parents forbid him

Ashar Mendon was all set to study in Australia.



But now, the 18-year-old's dream has died with him.

Ashar, the son of a garment exporter committed suicide by hanging himself in their flat in Colaba on Monday.

The reason: his mother scared by the racial attacks on Indians in Australia forbade him to go.

Just days ago, Ashar had got admission at the Bond university in New South Wales for an undergraduate Information technology course.

The police have not recovered any suicide note and are investigating his mobile records and going through his computer to get an idea of why he took this extreme step.

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Gunshot-hit Britons die in Iraq

Two British hostages who died after being held by kidnappers in Iraq had been shot, a television channel reported on Tuesday.

The bodies of Jason Swindlehurst, 38, and Jason Creswell, 39, were handed over to the British embassy in Baghdad on June 19. According to the television channel, the coroners report concluded that the men had died from gunshot wounds.

The pair was among four guards protecting British computer consultant Peter Moore when around 40 heavily armed militants seized all five men in the Iraqi capital in May 2007.

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