65-yr-old man arrested for sexually assaulting minor girl in Tamil Nadu
A 65-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl at Veerappanchatram village in the district, police said. The minor’s parents had gone out when the man allegedly took the girl to his house yesterday and sexually assaulted her. The parents returned a... read more »
Illegal mining case: Janardhan Reddy gets conditional bail
After spending three years and four months in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Prison, mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, accused in the illegal mining case, has been granted conditional bail by Supreme Court on Tuesday. Though the bail has been granted, Reddy had to... read more »
Secret Service Inspects Taj Mahal for Obama Trip, Agra is Watchful
Barack Obama is the first US president to visit India twice while in office. His three-day visit will include a townhall in Delhi with students among the audience, a private dinner with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence a day -long trip to the Taj Mahal with his wife Michelle. President... read more »
India’s growth rate to surpass China’s in 2016: IMF
WASHINGTON: India is expected to grow at 6.3 per cent this year and 6.5 per cent in 2016 by when it is likely to cross China’s projected growth rate, the IMF said on Tuesday while terming the new government’s reforms as “promising” but insisted that their implementation is... read more »
Indonesian official says ‘pings’ detected in search for AirAsia black boxes
Search and rescue teams looking for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 have detected pings which may have come from the plane’s cockpit voice and data recorders, an Indonesian... read more »
Sri Lanka’s new Prez Maithripala Sirisena: Man who did the impossible
In an outcome that many would have seemed impossible until a few weeks ago, Sri Lanka’s united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena defeated incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in the... read more »
Spectrum case: Relief to Sunil Mittal, Ravi Ruia
In a relief to Bharti Cellular Ltd. CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the order of the special court summoning them as... read more »
Jean-Claude Juncker proposes further €1.8bn aid for Ukraine
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Thai assembly begins impeachment hearing against former PM Yinglu...
Thailand’s parliament began an impeachment hearing against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday that could lead to her being banned from politics for five years and stoke tension... read more »
