Boston bombers’ first target was July 4
byWashington, May 3 (IANS) The Boston Marathon bomber brothers initially planned to carry out a suicide-bomb attack on America’s July 4 Independence Day, the…
Crime
73 insurgents killed in Russia’s North Caucasus in 2013
byMoscow, May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Law enforcement personnel in Russia have killed 73 alleged Islamist insurgents in the North Caucasus region over the first…
900 held in China for meat-related crimes
byBeijing, May 3 (IANS) A total of 904 people have been arrested in China during a three-month campaign for crimes such as producing fake…
Over 700 Iraqis killed in April: UN
byUnited Nations, May 3 (IANS) A total of 712 people were killed in violence across Iraq in April, bringing the country’s death toll from…
Sarabjit’s body arrives in India; state funeral Friday (Intro Roundup)
byAmritsar/New Delhi/Lahore, May 2 (IANS) Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh’s body was brought to India after he died in a Pakistani hospital early…
Elderly Dalit woman raped, killed in Bihar
byThe victim, a labourer, lived alone in her house in Nunnagar village in Saran district, about 50 km from here. She was raped and…
Bengal chit fund agent kills herself, toll rises to five
byKolkata, May 2 (IANS) The toll in the chit fund bust rose to five in West Bengal Thursday with an agent of a chit…
Property dealer abducted at gunpoint from Gurgaon
byGurgaon, May 2 (IANS) A property dealer was Thursday kidnapped at gunpoint in daylight from the heart of this town by four unidentified men,…
Aarushi case: Defence wants former CBI official to depose
byGhaziabad, May 2 (IANS) In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, defence counsel pleaded before a special court here Thursday to summon former CBI joint…
Attempt to blow a bridge in Tamil Nadu
byChennai, May 2 (IANS) An attempt to blow a bridge near Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram was made among the stray incidents of violence in some…