Impersonation arrests puts Nigerians under airport scanner
byNew Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Nigerian nationals are under the scanner at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport after eight people from the country were…
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Illegal phone recordings set to quiet burial in Himachal Pradesh
byShimla: Probe into the sensitive phone tapping case is up against a legal wall for the investigators hold that contents of the unauthorized snooping…
Maoist-PLA links broken, says government
byImphal, May 31 (IANS) The tie-up between Maoists and the Manipur-based People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been broken, according to a senior official in…
IPL scandal ‘shocking’, says Sachin
byNew Delhi: Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar today described the spot fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League (IPL) as “shocking and disappointing”….
Girl burnt to death by friends’ mothers
byBhubaneswar, May 31 (IANS) An 11-year-old girl was allegedly burnt to death by two women for letting out that their daughters too were part…
R.R. Patil’s security being reviewed after Maoist threat
byMumbai, May 31 (IANS) The Maharashtra government is reviewing security for state Home Minister R.R. Patil following an open threat issued by Maoist guerrillas,…
Suspected Boston bomber’s friend was executed: father
byMoscow, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The father of Ibragim Todashev, the man who was shot dead last week by US authorities while questioning him…
Eight killed in Syrian attacks
byDamascus, May 31 (IANS) At least eight people were killed Thursday in separate explosions and mortar attacks in Syria, as the country’s army regained…
Guilty of Russian terror plot, woman walks free
byVilnius (Lithuania), May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Lithuanian woman was found guilty Thursday of plotting a suicide bomb attack in Russia. But still she…
Thousands affected by floods in China
byBeijing, May 31 (IANS) Heavy floods triggered by rainstorms have affected over 16,400 people while causing two deaths in China’s Xinjiang Uygur region, authorities…