Seven Maoists gunned down in Gadchiroli forest
byGadchiroli (Maharashtra): At least seven Maoists were gunned down in a fierce gun battle with security forces in Nargunda-Bhatpar tribal area of Gadchiroli district…
Crime
11 Jharkhand legislators raided for cash-for-votes case
byRanchi: The CBI today conducted searches at the houses of 11 Jharkhand legislators in connection with the cash-for-vote charges in the 2010 Rajaya Sabha…
Moderate quake hits Kashmir Valley
bySrinagar: An earthquake of moderate intensity hit the Kashmir Valley Thursday, but no damage to life or property was reported. Sonam Lotus, director of the…
Moderate intensity quake in Kashmir, no casualties
bySrinagar: An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked Kashmir Valley Thursday. No damage to life or property was reported. Sonam Lotus, director…
Quake rocks Afghanistan
byHong Kong, April 4 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan Thursday, the US Geological Survey…
Four die in Puerto Rico gunfight
bySan Juan, April 4 (IANS/EFE) Four people were killed and another wounded in a gunfight on a highway, Puerto Rican police said. More than…
Five members of a family shot dead in Mexico
byMexico City, April 4 (IANS/EFE) At least five people, all members of the same family, were gunned down outside the Mexican Pacific port city…
US offers $5 mn bounty for Uganda warlord
byWashington: The US has announced a $5-million bounty for Joseph Kony, head of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel outfit. At a briefing Wednesday,…
150 kg of banned slimming pills seized in Russia
byMoscow, April 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Border guards in the south Russian city of Astrakhan have seized a consignment of 150 kg of slimming pills…
Princess Cristina of Spain named suspect in corruption case
byMadrid, April 3 (IANS) Princess Cristina of Spain was named Wednesday as a suspect in a corruption case involving her husband. The judge in…