Suicides soar in Italy
byRome, June 6 (IANS/AKI) Recession-mired Italy saw a 40-percent surge in the number of suicides over a 15-month period between 2012 and the first…
Crime
Man kills father with crossbow in Italy
byRome, June 6 (IANS/AKI) A 24-year-old man in Italy has confessed to killing his father with a crossbow after he refused to give him…
Angolan diplomat robbed in Rome
byRome, June 6 (IANS/AKI) Two young female pickpockets — reportedly Roma gypsies — stole 3,000 euros from an Angolan diplomat in the Italian capital,…
Bengal raises issue of ISI-backed groups
byNew Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Bringing the issue of Pakistan’s ISI-backed fundamentalist organisations to the fore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee Wednesday said…
Rights panel seeks report on Dalit students
byNew Delhi, Jun3 Jun 5 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday sought a report from human resource development ministry over 18 Dalit students’…
Man murdered in Delhi
byNew Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death here and two of his friends injured in an attack by six…
Woman kills two kids, hangs herself
byNew Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A woman allegedly drowned both her children and then hung herself at her home here, police said Wednesday. No…
Meghalaya bus set on fire, hunt on for rebels
byShillong, June 5 (IANS) Police and paramilitary forces launched combing operations in Meghalaya after rebels of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) set…
Assam Police hints at NSCN-IM hand in border area violence
byGuwahati, June 5 (IANS) The Assam Police Wednesday hinted at the involvement of Naga rebel group NSCN-IM in the Monday’s incident of violence in…
Building collapses in Philadelphia
byWashington, June 5 (IANS) A building has collapsed in the city of Philadelphia, with up to 10 people believed to be trapped under the…