90 dead in Kenya floods
byNairobi, May 10 (IANS) Floods caused by heavy rains in Kenya since March have claimed the lives of at least 90 people and displaced…
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PM to inaugurate conference on disaster risk reduction
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the first session of the national platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) here…
Rajasthan CPI-M lawmaker arrested in 2004 arson case
byJaipur, May 10 (IANS) A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator in Rajasthan was arrested Friday on charges of arson and destroying public property…
Delhi gang-rape victim’s kin mourns on her 24th birthday
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) On the 24th birthday of the Delhi gang-rape victim here Friday, her house was silent. “I can’t forget my…
Reports of attack on Pakistani prisoner false: Tihar jail
byNew Delhi: Tihar Jail authorities Friday described media reports of attack on a Pakistani prisoner as “false, frivolous and mischievous” and said there was no…
Geetika suicide: Kanda charged with rape, abetment of suicide
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A Delhi Court Friday framed charges against ex-Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda for raping and abetting the suicide of…
US citizen stabbed in Cairo
byCairo, May 10 (IANS) A US citizen was Friday stabbed by an unidentified assailant near the American embassy in Cairo, state-run Ahram Online news…
Three arrested for double murder in Gurgaon
byGurgaon, May 10 (IANS) Three men have been arrested for the murder of two people here, including a woman, police said Friday. Sunil alias…
School teacher arrested for raping minor
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A 22-year-old government school teacher was arrested here for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl after promising to marry her,…
Dead Boston suspect talked jihad in Russia
byLondon, May 10 (IANS) Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed by police during a manhunt, held extreme views of jihad and…