Terror in US: three killed in Boston bombings (Afternoon Lead)
byBoston/Washington, April 16 (IANS) Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and 144 injured as terror returned to the US with two powerful…
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Bangladesh crackdown on bloggers escalates
byBangladesh should immediately drop charges against and release four bloggers and a newspaper editor arrested this month – Human Rights Watch
Boston blasts’ eye-witness recalls Mumbai attack
byBoston, April 16 (IANS) A woman who saw the horror unfold at the Boston Marathon compared it with the 2008 attack in Mumbai, the…
`Somebody’s leg flew by my head’
byBoston, April 16 (IANS) “Somebody’s leg flew by my head,” said a horrified eye-witness to the carnage following the twin bombings at Boston Marathon…
10 amputations following Boston bombings
byBoston, April 16 (IANS) At least 10 amputations have been performed and doctors pulled “ball bearings out of people” following the twin Boston bombings…
PM condemns Boston bombing as senseless, cowardly
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday wrote to US President Barack Obama, condemning the bomb attack in Boston as a…
Bihar labourers held hostage in Bhutan, kin seek help
byPatna, April 16 (IANS) Family members of 12 Bihar labourers held hostage in Bhutan Tuesday demanded the state government’s intervention for their safe release…
10 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh
byRaipur, April 16 (IANS) At least 10 Maoist guerrillas were killed early Tuesday when security forces stormed their hideout in a thickly forested area…
`You heard boom-boom, then people screaming’
byBoston, April 16 (IANS) “You heard boom-boom, then people screaming,” said an eye-witness who recalled the horror of the twin Boston Marathon bombings that…
Boston bombings: Early progress in forensics analysis
byWashington, April 16 (IANS) Investigators probing the twin Boston bombings that left three people dead have a number of active leads and have made…