Three doctors go missing in Balochistan
byIslamabad, June 14 (IANS) Five people, including three doctors, have gone missing while travelling in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a media report said. Muhammad Anwar,…
Crime
Meira Kumar condemns Maoist attack
byNew Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Friday condemned the Maoist attack on a train in Bihar which killed three people….
Boy’s family burns lover girl, assaults mother
byLucknow, June 14 (IANS) A woman was assaulted and her daughter burnt to death in an Uttar Pradesh village by the family of a…
Three drown as boat capsizes in Bengal
byKolkata, June 14 (IANS) At least three people drowned and over a dozen were reported missing after a boat carrying about 70 passengers capsized…
Unable to afford treatment, parents kill baby girl
byAgartala, June 14 (IANS) Unable to afford costly treatment for their six-month-old daughter, a daily-wage labourer and his wife strangled her to death and…
Heads roll, Chandy in defensive mode
byThiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, under intense criticism from the Left opposition over his staff members being in contact with…
Lover’s family pours kerosene on girl, burns her to death
byLucknow, June 14 (IANS) A woman was brutally assaulted and her daughter burnt alive in public view, and in the presence of the village…
One dead, 77 injured in US chemical plant blast
byWashington, June 14 (IANS) At least one person was killed and 77 injured in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Indian-American…
Huge spurt in rape cases in Jharkhand
byRanchi, June 14 (IANS) Jharkhand has witnessed a steep rise in the number of rape cases registered in the first five months of this…
23 held in Italy anti-mafia raid
byRome, June 14 (IANS/AKI) Police in Italy’s southern Calabria region have arrested 23 suspects on charges of mafia association, drugs and arms trafficking, property…