One toll tag for Delhi-Mumbai national highway from August
zip across Delhi-Mumbai highway without stopping at any of the toll plazas with a single radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. Electronic toll collection (ETC) at 50 toll plazas on the golden quadrilateral (GQ) network will start in the next six months with each tag costing about Rs... read more »
Supreme Court detain release of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins
New Delhi -Acting on a petition filed by the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a decision by the Tamil Nadu government to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran had... read more »
Pakistan airstrikes on Taliban hideouts kill 15
Miranshah — Pakistani jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in a northwestern tribal district early Thursday, killing at least 15 people a day after the insurgents offered a ceasefire to resume troubled peace talks if the army stopped targeting them. “There are confirmed reports of 15... read more »
Four men gangrape 25-year-old woman in a moving car
A 25-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by four men in a moving car before being dumped in Govindpuram area of Ghaziabad district. According to police, the woman, a divorcee based in Meerut district, had come to Ghaziabad court to meet a lawyer. After the meeting, she was standing at a bus... read more »
New therapies raise hope for a breakthrough in tackling cancer
In the summer of 2012, a year after his wife had died of lung cancer, Michael Harris scraped open an old mole on his back and it would not stop bleeding. The doctors said he had stage 4... read more »
Tech, science education crucial to tackling food insecurity, poverty – startup
Good technology and science education is the key to achieving food security, poverty alleviation, and community development in rural areas of South Africa, according to local mobile... read more »
Roof Collapse at South Korean Resort Leaves 10 People Dead
The snow-laden gymnasium roof at a South Korean resort collapsed, killing 10 people and injuring more than 100 at a welcoming party for college freshmen. The dead included nine students... read more »
Egypt Militants Claim Sinai Tourist Bus Attack
A militant group based in the Sinai has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on an Egyptian bus in the desert peninsula that killed three South Korean tourists and an Egyptian... read more »
Thailand police and protesters collide in Bangkok
Police are trying to retake official buildings and sites that have been blocked by demonstrators. Earlier on Tuesday, they arrested around 100 protesters outside a ministry building. Thailand has... read more »
