5.5 magnitude quake hits Myanmar
byYangon, April 11 (IANS) A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted northern Myanmar Thursday morning, reports Xinhua. According to Nay Pyi…
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Sri Lanka probes asylum seekers’ ride to Australia
byColombo, April 11 (IANS) The Sri Lankan navy has launched inquiries to know how a boat of over 60 asylum seekers reached Australia without…
Finland apologizes for wrongly blacklisting Putin
byMoscow, April 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Finland’s Interior Minister Paivi Rasanen has apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin after he was erroneously put on a…
Nearly 2,000 UP cops transferred in two years
byLucknow, April 11 (IANS) A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that 1,828 officers of the provincial police service (PPS) in Uttar Pradesh…
Colombia returns land to peasants plundered by militia
byMonteria (Colombia), April 11 (IANS/EFE) President Juan Manuel Santos travelled to the northern province of Cordoba Wednesday to preside over the restoration of lands…
Andhra police to quickly reach trouble spots
byHyderabad, April 11 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh will now be able to quickly reach trouble spots anywhere in the state with the extension…
Six troopers wounded in accidental blast in Kashmir
bySrinagar, April 11 (IANS) At least six troopers were wounded in an accidental blast inside a camp in north Kashmir Thursday morning. A senior…
UP’s 1090 women’s helpline heading for closure?
byLucknow, April 11 (IANS) Is the much-hyped 1090 women’s helpline, meant to check obscene calls, SMSes and MMSes, set for closure a year after…
Cuba turns over to US couple who kidnapped their sons
byMiami, April 11 (IANS/EFE) A US couple accused of kidnapping their two sons in Florida and fleeing to Cuba by boat were turned over…
Mexican journalist’s killer gets 38 years in prison
byVeracruz (Mexico), April 11 (IANS/EFE) The man convicted of killing Mexican journalist Regina Martinez has been sentenced to 38 years and two months in…