Two Assam Rifles jawans killed in bomb explosion
Two jawans of the Assam Rifles were killed and another injured when a powerful bomb exploded in interior Chandel district of Manipur, police said on Thursday. The bomb exploded when the personnel of 3rd Assam Rifles battalion were patrolling near their post at Old Somtal area, about 70 km... read more »
Son falsely implicated: Sadananda Gowda
The Union Railway Minister termed the model-turned-actor’s allegations against his son as a fabricated one Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has termed the model-turned-actor’s allegations against his son as a fabricated one and that law will take its own course. Responding to a... read more »
Herald case: Hearing against Sonia, Rahul on Dec 9
A Delhi court on Thursday fixed December 9 for hearing the complaint case, in which it had issued summons against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others, on the issue of acquisition of National Herald daily. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha postponed the matter after the... read more »
Restrain CBI from filing chargesheet: Maran to SC
The apex court would hear the matter at 2 pm today Former telecommunication minister Dayanidhi Maran Thursday urged the Supreme Court to restrain the CBI from filing chargesheet against him in Aircel-Maxis deal as investigation into the case is yet to be completed. Mr. Maran has contended that... read more »
Gary McKinnon is warned off seeing sick father in Scotland: Fears SNP could allow new US b...
Gary McKinnon has been warned not to visit his sick father in Scotland in case the Nationalist government allows a revived American bid to extradite him. The Asperger’s sufferer was saved... read more »
Public service whistleblowers ‘treated shockingly’, report finds
Whistleblowers who risk their careers to uncover wrongdoing within public services are being victimised by managers who nearly always escape sanction, a public accounts committee report... read more »
Meriam Ibrahim arrives in US
A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence arrived on Thursday in the United States, where she was welcomed first by the mayor of... read more »
Heavy Gaza fighting ahead of proposed 3-day truce
Palestinian officials say 17 Palestinians, including 10 members of one family, were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of a planned three-day ceasefire in the Gaza war. The ceasefire was to... read more »
Australia gets approval to send armed officers to MH17 recovery t...
AUSTRALIA has won approval to send elite armed officers to protect investigative teams in their efforts to scour the Malaysia Airlines crash site for human remains after the recalled Ukrainian... read more »
