Storms tear through South, adding to US death toll
Louisville, Mississippi: A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, killing at least 35 and forcing frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark on Tuesday. As crews... read more »
Air strike on Syrian school kills 9
BEIRUT: Syrian activists say a government air strike has hit a school in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least nine people, including three children. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the local Aleppo Media Center say at least one air strike hit the Ein Jalout school... read more »
EC orders police complaint against Modi for holding press conference after ...
Narendra Modi on Wednesday triggered a controversy after he openly sought votes for the BJP at a press conference while holding aloft his party’s lotus symbol immediately after casting his ballot.With the Congress moving the Election Commission, the poll body sought a report from the... read more »
Wreckage in Bay of Bengal not from MH370: searchers
A private company said it had found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as potential debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, but the possibility was dismissed by search coordinators. The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC)... read more »
Narendra Modi to accompany LK Advani as he files nomination today
Gandhinagar, Gujarat – Senior BJP leader LK Advani, who courted controversy over the selection of his Lok Sabha seat, will file his nomination from Gandhinagar in Narendra... read more »
BJP tries to gain access to Aam Aadmi Party’s strongholds in east, northeast Delhi
NEW DELHI: With less than a week left for polling, BJP has intensified its campaign against Aam Aadmi Party in slums, resettlement and unauthorized colonies—AAP’s strongholds during... read more »
Biggest search yet for Malaysian jet in Indian Ocean
Four weeks after the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, searchers on Saturday launched the most intensive hunt yet in the southern Indian Ocean, trying to find the plane’s... read more »
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is a divided house in Manipur
The Aam Aadmi Party whose Manipur unit was opened very recently is today a divided house. The issue came to the fore when one faction said that its poll manifesto would be released on... read more »
Three repeat offenders get death penalty in Shakti Mills rape cas...
A sessions court here awarded the death penalty, under a new IPC section, to three repeat offenders – Vijay Jadhav, Qasim Sheikh, alias Bengali, and Salim Ansari – who gang-raped a... read more »
