Killed red sander ‘smugglers’ taken off bus: Witness account pu...
The Andhra Pradesh police version of events with regards to the killing of 20 red sanders smugglers in Chittoor district has received a crippling blow after a ‘witness’ has come forward to say that he saw seven of the supposed ‘smugglers’ dragged off a bus by Andhra Pradesh... read more »
Satyam scam: Court finds Ramalinga Raju, 9 others guilty
New Delhi/Hyderabad: A special court trying the multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL) in its judgement on Thursday found the firm’s founder and then Chairman B Ramalinga Raju guilty in the case. The special court found Raju guilty of cheating, forgery... read more »
UN demands access to Yarmouk refugee camp
The UN Security Council has demanded access for life-saving humanitarian aid to reach refugees trapped in Syria’s Yarmouk camp after it was partly seized by the Islamic State militant group. Islamic State fighters have captured large swaths of the Palestinian refugee camp near... read more »
Militants in Malaysia planned raids for guns, attacks in capital
Suspected militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) had planned to raid Malaysian army camps and police stations to seize weapons and to attack “strategic locations” in the capital, Malaysia’s police chief said on Tuesday. Hours after news of the arrest of 17 suspects, lawmakers... read more »
Australia seeks return of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste jailed in Egypt
The lawyer for one of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt has formally applied to the government in Cairo to have him deported to Australia. It comes after Egypt’s highest court,... read more »
Second abandoned migrant ship drifting off Italy
A Moldovan cargo ship carrying an estimated 700 migrants has docked in the Italian port of Gallipoli. The Blue Sky M had apparently been abandoned by its crew, and at one point seemed to be... read more »
BJP President Amit Shah will soon appoint new general secretaries, say sources
New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah will soon appoint new general secretaries, said sources on Friday. There are over five vacancies which need to be filled as a number of general... read more »
Mumbai: Central and Harbour line services halted; commuters protest, pelt stones at trains
Thousands of commuters were inconvenienced after suburban rail services on the Harbour and Central lines were disrupted on Friday morning during peak hours after a public agitation. The... read more »
Boy, 2, accidentally shoots and kills mother in US Walmart
Washington: A woman was accidentally shot dead by a two-year-old boy who reached into her handbag and found a handgun while shopping at a Walmart store in Idaho. Police said the 29-year-old woman was... read more »
