Assam violence: 12 arrested after another 9 bodies recovered; death toll ri...
Nine more bodies have been found in the Baksa district of Assam, after the last count of 22 given by the officials on Friday night. The police have arrested 12 people in Baksa and another 8 have been taken in for questioning in Kokrajhar. A curfew has been clamped in Assam’s Baksa and Kokrajhar... read more »
Modi is lying, was never friends with him, Ahmed Patel says
NEW DELHI: The controversy over Narendra Modi’s interview to Doordarshan intensified on Friday with Sonia Gandhi’s political aide Ahmed Patel refuting the BJP’s PM candidate’s claims of closeness between them, saying the remarks were “baseless” and “a... read more »
Chennai blast: Jaya gets territorial, won’t let centre join probe
In an inexplicable move, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has refused to let the National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams from the Centre as well as other Central agencies participate in the probe into the twin blasts at Chennai Central station. The Times Of India reported that the Union... read more »
South Korea ferry disaster: 226 confirmed dead, divers continue to search f...
The number of confirmed deaths from the sinking of the Sewol ferry in South Korea has risen to 226 after five more bodies were recovered from the submerged ship on Friday. Divers continued trying to locate the bodies of the 72 people who are still missing. Coast guard and navy divers, along with... read more »
Lifestyle changes can help you control blood pressure
If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure (systolic pressure, the top number of 140 or above, or diastolic pressure, the bottom number of 90 or above), you should look seriously... read more »
BC’s education system gets low marks in poll
British Columbians are among the least satisfied across Canada with their education system, from kindergarten to post-secondary. That is the finding of an Angus Reid Global survey that... read more »
Oscar Pistorius apologises for killing Reeva Steenkamp
An emotional Oscar Pistorius has apologised to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on the first day of his evidence at his murder trial. In a trembling voice, he said he was... read more »
Russia Warns Ukraine of Civil War in the Southeast
Russia is warning Ukraine to pull back security forces from the southeast or risk civil war. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday that those taking part in what it calls military... read more »
Ship hunting for more ‘pings’ in missing Malaysian pl...
Search crews were for the first time sending a sub deep into the Indian Ocean to try and determine whether faint sounds detected by equipment on board an Australian ship are from the missing Malaysia... read more »
