Chinese Man Seeks $2.4 Million For Wrongful Death Sentence
BEIJING: A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking $2.4 million in compensation, state-media said today, amid public anger over the country’s flawed legal system. Nian Bin, a former food-stall owner who was convicted of... read more »
Drug racket case: Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia at ED offic...
Jalandhar: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday questioned Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in Jalandhar with regard to a multi-million rupee international synthetic drugs racket busted last year. Majithia, who is the younger brother of Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat... read more »
200 Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar, Chief Minister seeks probe
After Bhagalpur and Munger, it was turn of Bodh Gaya where in a village 200 Mahadalits converted to Christianity on Christmas Day. Chief Minister Jitan Manjhi, who himself is from the community and from the same district, has sought a probe into the event. About 200 Mahadalits from 40 families of... read more »
Tsunami left lasting sorrow in Indonesia’s Aceh
Banda Aceh: On a stone in the middle of a grassy field, a woman sits alone, remembering the boy she’ll never see again. Syarifa Fatimah Zuhra’s eight-year-old son, Muhammad Reza Syahputra, died when the Boxing Day tsunami hit Aceh 10 years ago. His body was never found, so she comes to... read more »
