13 injured in Pakistan blast
byIslamabad, April 24 (IANS) At least 13 people were injured when a bomb went off outside a hospital in Pakistan’s southwest Quetta city Wednesday,…
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Boston bombing relief fund raises $20 mn
byWashington, April 24 (IANS) A relief fund for the Boston Marathon bombing victims has raised $20 million in just over a week, authorities announced….
Man held for rape bid on teen daughter
byBhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) A man in Odisha, who had been released from jail six months ago and faces several criminal cases, has been…
Man held in Gurgaon for raping minor stepdaughters
byGurgaon, April 24 (IANS) A man was arrested here Wednesday for allegedly raping his stepdaughters, aged 7 and 14, police said. Sachin, 26, had…
Agra student’s murder: accused sent to judicial custody
byAgra, April 24 (IANS) Two people have been sent to judicial custody in the rape and murder case of a 25-year-old research student at…
Hush up mass killings, Russian leader tells media
byMoscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the nationalist LDPR party, has called on the media to stop covering mass…
Two abducted bishops released in Syria
byBeirut, April 24 (IANS/AKI) Two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped by gunmen in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo have been freed, the Zenit.org website…
Boston suspects learned to make bombs from Al Qaeda magazine
byWashington, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators that he and his brother learned to make homemade pressure-cooker…
SEBI asks Saradha to wind up schemes, return money to depositors
byKolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Tuesday directed Saradha Realty India Ltd and its managing director Sudipta Sen…
Violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband, policemen attacked
byLucknow, April 23 (IANS) Violence broke out in Deoband city in northwest Uttar Pradesh late Tuesday, following the death of a vendor who was…