India seeks Sarabjit, family asks PM to quit (Intro Roundup)
byAttari/New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) India Wednesday made a fervent appeal to Pakistan to release the critically injured death row prisioner Sarabjit Singh or…
Crime
Bengal ex-minister’s aide questioned in chit fund scam
byKolkata, May 1 (IANS) Police Wednesday quizzed an aide of a prominent minister of the erstwhile Left Front government of West Bengal, as also…
Woman alleges rape by five, including two brothers-in-law
byNew Delhi, May 1 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman accused five people, including two of her brothers-in-law, of raping her in south Delhi, police said…
Three more held for Boston bombing
byWashington, May 1 (IANS) Three more suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing have been taken into custody, Boston police said Wednesday, but assured people…
Maharashtra BJP leader’s son commits suicide
byJalgaon (Maharashtra), May 1 (IANS) Nikhil Khadse, the son of Maharashtra’s BJP Opposition Leader Eknath Khadse, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head…
10 killed, 37 injured in a wave of violence in Iraq
byBaghdad, May 1 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 37 others wounded in separate incidents of bombings and shootings in central and eastern Iraq…
Juvenile among four pickpockets held in Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Three persons were arrested and a juvenile was held on charges of picking the pockets of people commuting by…
Six killed in Turkey bus accident
byIstanbul, May 1 (IANS) Six people were killed Wednesday when a tour bus carrying around 30 passengers fell off a dam in central Turkey,…
Elderly man held for bid to rape five-year-old in Haryana
byGurgaon, May 1 (IANS) A 62-year-old man was arrested here Wednesday for attempting to rape a five-year-old child, police said. Aas Mohammad entered the…
Cabinet approves changes in anti-graft law
byNew Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in key laws to protect honest officials from frivolous charges and for laying…