MPs’ panel wants steps to raise the number of judges
byNew Delhi: A parliamentary panel has expressed “displeasure” over availability of just 13 judges per million in India as against 50 per million in…
Crime
Dhaka building collapse toll reaches 1,126
byDhaka, May 12 (IANS) More than two weeks after an eight-storey building collapsed in the Bangladesh capital, the death toll approached 1,200 Sunday, officials…
Truck mows down two labourers
byNew Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Two labourers were killed and three others injured when a speeding truck hit them here early Sunday morning, police…
Afghan prosecutor killed in bombing
byKabul, May 12 (IANS) A district prosecutor in Afghanistan was killed in a bomb blast Sunday in the southern province of Helmand, a government…
Prisoners flee by digging tunnel in Nepal
byKathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Eight people jailed for rape, burglary and smuggling escaped from a prison in Nepal by digging a tunnel, officials said…
Nawaz Sharif all set to lead Pakistan, again (Third Lead)
byIslamabad, May 12 (IANS) Nawaz Sharif was Sunday poised to return to power after a 14-year hiatus and Pakistan was set to make a…
Five students drown in China
byBeijing, May 12 (IANS) Five students of a middle school in south China’s Guangdong province drowned when one of them accidentally fell into a…
Maoists trying to establish foothold in northeast: Mooshahary
byShillong, May 12 (IANS) Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary Sunday cautioned that Maoists were trying to establish their foothold in India’s northeastern region. “The Assam…
Five kids killed in Russia house fire
byMoscow, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Six people, five of them children aged between 18 months and seven years, died in a fire in Russia’s…
‘War-like store’ of arms seized near LoC in Kashmir
byJammu: The Jammu and Kashmir state police and army troops in a joint operation unearthed a large cache of arms and ammunition from a…