Maharashtra: Minor girl repeatedly raped, gets pregnant
Thane: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man for about a year following which she became pregnant, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Rahim (age not specified), a resident of Sainik Nagar in Kausa area of Thane’s Mumbra town, had been sexually assaulting the girl since... read more »
PM Narendra Modi seeks mother’s blessings on 64th birthday
Gandhinagar: On his 64th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought mother’s blessings at her home here on Wednesday. The PM also received calls from his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and President Pranab Mukherjee to wish him. Chinese President Xi Jinping also wished the Prime... read more »
Woman molested on campus: 35 Jadavpur University students arrested for prot...
KOLKATA: In the latest development in the Jadavpur University molestation case, 35 students who were part of a protest outside the campus have been arrested by police. The students were demanding a fresh probe into the case where a woman student was dragged into a men’s hostel and molested.... read more »
Reliance Power withdraws from Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI: Reliance Power has formally withdrawn from the Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh after a protracted legal battle over acquisition of land for the plant. The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed as infructuous the company’s appeal against a high court order setting aside the... read more »
US strikes target al-Shabab leader in Somalia
Al-Shabab’s top leader was in one of two vehicles hit on Monday night by a U.S. military strike, a member of the Somali Islamic extremist group said on Tuesday. The rebel commander would... read more »
910 militants killed since June, Pakistan military says
Pakistan’s military on Wednesday said it has killed 910 suspected militants and lost 82 soldiers in a major offensive launched in June in a restive tribal region near Afghanistan. The... read more »
Video purports to show beheading of US journalist by IS
A video purporting to show the militant group Islamic State beheading U.S. reporter Steven Sotloff (31) was released on Tuesday, exactly two weeks after they disseminated on the Internet a... read more »
ISIS Says It Killed Steven Sotloff After U.S. Strikes in Northern Iraq
WASHINGTON — An Islamic militant group released a video on Tuesday showing the second beheading of an American hostage in two weeks and blamed President Obama for the killing. The video... read more »
Los Angeles jury convicts man of 3 serial murders
LOS ANGELES — A man who authorities believe strangled dozens of women as he moved from place to place around the country was convicted Tuesday of three 1980s murders in Los Angeles. Samuel Little,... read more »
