Ohio terrorism suspect wanted to shoot Obama in head
A man accused of plotting an attack at the U.S. Capitol said in an interview with an Ohio television station if he hadn’t been arrested he would have gone to Washington and shot President Obama in the head. Christopher Lee Cornell called into WXIX-TV in Cincinnati from a Kentucky jail and... read more »
Bar Council issues notice to Dec 16 gang rape convict lawyers
The Bar Council of India (BCI) late Friday night issued show cause notices to two lawyers who had appeared for the accused in the December 16 gangrape case for allegedly making derogatory anti-women remarks. According to PTI, BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said, “We have issued the show... read more »
Pakistan arrests 45 Indian fishermen: Police
Islamabad: Pakistani marine forces have arrested 45 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, police said on Saturday.Pakistan`s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) detained the fishermen on Friday after they strayed into Pakistani waters, and they were handed over to local... read more »
Attacks have begun against me from AAP leader Ashish Khetan and others: May...
New Delhi: After stirring up the hornet’s nest by his blog against the sacking of AAP’s two senior leaders from the PAC, the party’s Maharashtra face, Mayank Gandhi wrote another blog stating his fellow partymen have begun taking aggressive steps against him.Gandhi, in his new... read more »
Venezuela arrests opposition mayor accused of coup plot
Venezuela arrested opposition leader and Caracas metropolitan mayor Antonio Ledezma on Thursday in a move the government said was needed to halt a U.S.-backed coup plot but foes decried as... read more »
Manjhi quits ahead of floor test
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned on Friday ahead of a trust vote in the State Assembly. The resignation was announced by Principal Secretary to Bihar Governor Brajesh... read more »
Bihar Governor’s address to Assembly cancelled: Speaker
Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi’s address to the joint session of Bihar Legislature was today cancelled due to the “special circumstances” arising in the wake of Chief Minister... read more »
Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Central Queensland towns devastated as storm tracks across state
Cyclone Marcia is leaving a trail of destruction along central Queensland as it slowly tracks south over land. A category five system made landfall north of Yeppoon about 8:00am and hit... read more »
Democracy can help counter extremism, Obama tells summit
President Barack Obama has ended a three-day summit on tackling violent extremism, by rejecting as “an ugly lie” the notion that the West is at war with Islam. He also warned nations that failing... read more »
