Blast in US fertilizer plant
byHouston, April 18 (IANS) An explosion occurred at a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the US state of Texas and may have caused dozens…
Crime
Six UP cops suspended for custodial death
byLucknow, April 18 (IANS) Six policemen, including an inspector were suspended in Uttar Pradesh after a man facing charges for running an illegal arms…
Mubarak to undergo new retrial May 11
byCairo, April 18 (IANS) An Egyptian court has set May 11 as the date to retry former president Hosni Mubarak and his interior minister…
41 missing, one dead as boat capsizes in Indonesia
byJakarta, April 18 (IANS) At least one person died while 41 went missing after a boat carrying some 50 people overturned in Indonesia Wednesday….
Bangladeshi pro-opposition daily’s editor sent to jail
byDhaka, April 18 (IANS) The editor of a Bangladesh’s pro-opposition daily was sent to jail Wednesday in a case filed for publication of a…
Video points to Boston bomb suspect, no arrest yet
byWashington, April 18 (IANS) Amid reports that investigators have found video footage of a man who they believe may have planted the deadly bombs…
Minor sodomised by schoolteacher in Delhi
byNew Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A five-year-old kindergarten student was sodomised by his schoolteacher here in the capital, police said Thursday. The incident was…
Ricin poison laced letters sent to Obama and lawmakers (Third Lead)
byWashington, April 17 (IANS) Two days after the Boston bombings, Washington was Wednesday rattled by the discovery of deadly ricin poison-laced letters addressed to…
Congress distances itself from leader’s remark on blast
byNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday distanced itself from party leader Shakeel Ahmad’s remarks alleging the blast near the BJP’s office in…
Class 10 student gang-raped in Delhi
byNew Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A Class 10 student was allegedly abducted by her three neighbours and gang-raped in a car in an isolated…