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 »
Palestinian statehood resolution fails at UNSC
United Nations: The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a Palestinian statehood resolution that set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territories by... read more »
Gunfire Hits Gambian Capital
The president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is heading home just hours after speculation began about a possible attempted coup in the West African nation, something the government... read more »
AirAsia QZ8501: Bad weather hampers recovery of bodies
Efforts to locate victims and wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia on Sunday are being hampered by stormy weather and strong tides. Indonesian... read more »
Bodo attacks: Ignoring intel inputs in violence-hit Assam is unpardonable
Despite having intelligence inputs, the Assam government failed to stop the killing of tribals by militants of the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S), and... read more »
Raghubar Das to be Jharkhand Chief Minister, Announcement by BJP ...
RANCHI: BJP leader Raghubar Das will be the the next chief minister of Jharkhand, the first non-tribal leader in the state to hold the post. A formal announcement will be made shortly at a meeting of... read more »
