CM promises amendments to laws to ensure strict punishment to rapists
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that the government will enact stringent laws to punish rapists and those involved in sexual harassment of women to prevent such terrible incidents from occurring in the State. Reacting to the public outcry over the rape of a six-year-old girl in a Bangalore... read more »
Newcastle United pays tribute to fans lost on MH17
Newcastle United on Monday dedicated its New Zealand tour to two of its staunchest fans, who were killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 while en route to watch the games. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew paid tribute to the two fans, John Alder and Liam Sweeney, who were on board the flight from... read more »
Russia faces threat of further sanctions
Britain, Germany and France agreed on Sunday they should be ready to ratchet up sanctions on Russia over the downing of a Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers when European foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday. Meanwhile rebels in eastern Ukraine on Sunday took control of the bodies... read more »
Uproar in Karnataka Assembly over rising rape cases
The Legislative Assembly on Friday witnessed acrimonious scenes and bouts of slogan-shouting by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) over alleged increase in the number of sexual assault cases in the State and the government’s “failure” to ensure safety of... read more »
Indian Leader Invites Pakistani Premier to Swearing-In
New Delhi – India’s incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Wednesday invited his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, to attend his swearing-in ceremony next week, an... read more »
Regional players likely to align in Lok Sabha
In an attempt at isolating the Congress and denying it the principal opposition space, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have... read more »
California kidnap victim found 10 years after kidnapping
A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced... read more »
Blast rocks capital of China’s Xinjiang region
Powerful explosions rocked a crowded open market in the provincial capital of China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region on Thursday morning, leaving an unknown number of people killed... read more »
Libyan authorities propose early parliamentary election
Tripoli – Libyan electoral committee on Tuesday proposed an early general vote to solve the present crisis between the interim parliament and its attacker, retired Major General Khalifa... read more »
