Australian charged in attack on Indian restaurateur
bySydney, June 19 (IANS) Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian…
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Court allows lie detector test on Raja Bhaiyya
byLucknow, June 19 (IANS) A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday allowed the investigative agency to conduct a polygraph test…
Australian charged in attack on Indian restaurateur
bySydney, June 19 (IANS) Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian…
Punjab hires private chopper to rescue stranded people
byChandigarh, June 19 (IANS) With hundreds of pilgrims from Punjab stranded near the Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib in the calamity-hit Uttarakhand, the Punjab…
Is UP heading for a flood crisis?
byLucknow, June 19 (IANS) With monsoon rains lashing Uttar Pradesh and river banks breached in several districts, the state may be headed for one…
Scant respect for cyclists, say experts
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Cyclists face a harrowing time on roads as motorists have scant respect for them, said experts who feel that…
Survivors bring back harrowing tales from the hills
byHaridwar/Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) Akash and his three friends watched in horror as a rain swollen river in Uttarakhand washed away their car, leaving…
62,000 still stranded; PM, Sonia to visit Kedarnath
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Over 62,000 pilgrims and tourists are still stranded in calamity-hit Uttarakhand while 11,000 have been rescued. Prime Minister Manmohan…
60 killed in Nigerian village attacks
byAbuja, June 19 (IANS) At least 60 people were killed in Nigeria Tuesday when some gunmen stormed four villages of Zamfara state early morning,…
Surveillance programmes thwarted terror plots: US NSA chief
byWashington, June 19 (IANS) Two phone and Internet surveillance programmes run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) helped disrupt over 50 potential terrorist…