Sushma Swaraj meets Bangladeshi counterpart
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali here in New Delhi on Saturday. The Bangladesh Foreign Minister, who is in New Delhi for the third meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission, had recalled the historical,... read more »
13 Get 20 Years in Prison for Ordering Gangrape of Tribal Girl in Bengal
LABHPUR: A court in West Bengal has sentenced 13 people to 20 years in prison over the gang-rape of a tribal girl at Labhpur village in the state’s Birbhum district in January this year. The 13 men were part of a kangaroo court that had ordered that the girl be gang-raped as... read more »
Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese soldier
9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security sources and a statement on Twitter said on Friday. The statement, distributed by an account affiliated with the group, said the soldier had... read more »
MH17 crash: 225 victims now identified
Around 225 victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have now been identified. The Dutch ministry of security and justice Friday said that out of 14 more who have been identified, seven were Dutch, Xinhua reported. At the request of the embassies of the countries concerned, the... read more »
M6 earthquake jolts Tokyo vicinity, injuring at least 16
A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 jolted central Tokyo on Monday morning. The quake, which struck around 5:18 a.m., measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity... read more »
13 people killed in bridge, house collapse in China
At least 13 people were killed when an illegal bridge under construction collapsed in southern China and a residential complex caved in east China, officials said today. Eleven people were... read more »
3 killed, 60 injured in bus blasts on second day of violence in Kenya
At least three people were killed when two buses driving on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi were struck by explosive devices on Sunday, the day after attacks in Mombasa killed... read more »
Sebi frowns on plan to extend trading time on poll result day
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India is not in favour of tinkering with the trade timing on May 16, the day the result of the Lok Sabha elections will be... read more »
Reliance Comm shares fall as earnings disappoint
Shares in Reliance Communications Ltd(RLCM.NS) fell as much as 2.7 percent on Monday after the mobile carrier’s consolidated net profit dropped more than expected in the January-March... read more »
