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Monthly News May 2014

Singapore riot: Indian nationals withdra...

Singapore riot: Indian nationals withdraw judicial review plea

Four Indians, facing charges for their roles in Singapore’s worst riot in four decades in December last year, have withdrawn their applications for judicial review proceedings against the government. Three Indian nationals – Arun Kaliamurthy, Rajendran Mohan and Ravi Arun Vengatesh –... read more »

Jammu: 4 people killed, 11 injured in ho...

Jammu: 4 people killed, 11 injured in hotel fire

Jammu: Four persons were killed and 11 injured when a fire broke out in a hotel in Jammu in the early hours of the day. The incident occurred in Hotel Neelam in bus stand area of Jammu city at around 2:30 AM, police said. As the smoke started billowing out of the three-storey building, police and... read more »

Baduan gang-rape: Five main accused arre...

Baduan gang-rape: Five main accused arrested, 2 still at large

Five main accused, including two policemen, have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape and murder of two cousins in Katra village of Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district, police said on Saturday. Constable Chhatrapal Yadav was arrested late on Friday night and Urvesh Yadav was detained... read more »

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Asks for Special P...

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Asks for Special Privileges at Airports to be Withdra...

New Delhi – Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written a letter to the Special Protection Group or SPG, asking for special airport exemptions provided to her family, when they are travelling together, to be withdrawn. Priyanka and her husband, Robert Vadra, are currently on a list of VIPs which lets... read more »

Badaun Gang-Rape: Fifth Accused Arrested; Two Cops Booked for Ignoring Family’s Comp...

Badaun / Uttar Pradesh – Police on Saturday arrested the fifth accused in the gang-rape and murder of two teen sisters in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. Two policemen have... read more »

China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan

45 hurt in China quake along Myanmar border

A moderately strong earthquake in southwestern China has injured 45 people and forced thousands to seek shelter in an area near the border with Myanmar, Chinese authorities said on... read more »

4 killed, 11 injured in Jammu hotel fire

Four persons were killed and 11 injured when a fire broke out in a hotel in Jammu in the early hours on Saturday. The incident occurred in Hotel Neelam in bus stand area of Jammu city at... read more »

Nigeria: Islamic leader on way to funeral killed by militants

Gunmen on Friday shot dead a Nigerian Islamic traditional leader in the northeastern state of Borno as he and other Muslim royals were heading to a funeral, the state government... read more »

Vodafone executives meet government, want to settle Rs 20,000 cro...

NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Vodafone, which has served an arbitration notice on India in connection with its Rs 20,000 crore tax dispute, sought to reach out to the new government as the companies... read more »