56 killed, over 500 injured in China quake
byBeijing, April 20 (IANS) At least 56 people were killed and more than 500 others injured Saturday when a massive earthquake measuring 7.0 on…
Crime
Three killed in Moscow building gas blast
byMoscow, April 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three people were killed and four others injured in a gas explosion and fire in a high-rise building in…
Boston bomber captured; questions remain (Fourth Lead)
byBoston, April 20 (IANS) The massive manhunt for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings ended Friday night with the dramatic capture of…
President bemoans ‘repeated failure’ to ensure women’s security
byNew Delhi, April 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed deep shock and anguish at the latest incident of sexual assault and rape in…
Men need to change their mentality: Krishna Tirath
byNew Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Expressing shock over the brutal rape of the five-year-old girl, Union Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Saturday…
Schoolgirl raped in Odisha, one held
byBhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by five people and later raped by two of them in Odisha’s Balasore district,…
Delhi rape accused held in Bihar, victim stable
byNew Delhi/Patna, April 20 (IANS) The 25-year-old Delhi rape accused, who brutally tortured and raped a five-year-old girl, was arrested from Bihar, police said…
Child rape: Protestors gather at police headquarters, AIIMS
byNew Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The brutal sexual assault on the five-year-old girl in Delhi has brought protestors out on the streets again. A…
Five-year-old rape victim stable, say doctors
byNew Delhi: The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment here after she was brutally raped for two days is responding to treatment, doctors said Saturday, adding…
Boston bombers’ parents say their sons framed
byWashington, April 20 (IANS) The parents of the two Boston bombing suspects have flatly denied that their sons, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, and his older…