Murder of Lee Rigby ‘could not have been prevented’
The murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby could not have been prevented by the intelligence agencies, according to a parliamentary inquiry, despite the names of his killers appearing in seven different agency investigations. The soldier was killed near Woolwich Barracks in London on 22 May 2013 by Muslim... read more »
24 killed, 52 injured in China’s coal mine fire
Beijing: At least 24 workers were killed and 52 others injured today when a fire broke out in a coal mine in China’s northeastern Liaoning province soon after a mild earthquake jolted the region. The fire was noticed in the early hours at the coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin... read more »
Attack on journalists at Hisar: Supreme Court to hear plea on Monday
The plea filed by a group of media persons has sought punishment for “erring police officials” for resorting to lathi charge “without caution and care”. It has also alleged there was an increasing tendency to “muzzle the press” by government authorities and... read more »
Supreme Court urges state govts to give incentives to family with girl chil...
Emphasising upon a need to assure people that the State would take care of the girl child, the Supreme Court on Tuesday urged the state governments to give incentives to every family with a girl child so as to battle the menace of female foeticide and help improving the sex ratio in the... read more »
Devendra Fadnavis hopeful of breakthrough in talks with Shiv Sena
NEW DELHI: Voicing confidence of a breakthrough in talks with Shiv Sena, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said it has been a friend of BJP and the two parties will... read more »
FBI arrests two men suspected in Ferguson bomb plot
Two men suspected of buying explosives they planned to detonate during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, once a grand jury decides the Michael Brown case, were arrested on Friday and charged... read more »
I have come to wipe the tears of Kashmir: PM Modi in Kishtwar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on his development mantra for the state once again on Saturday while addressing a public rally in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar in... read more »
Additional CBI director RK Dutta may take over 2G probe
A day after CBI director Ranjit Sinha was removed from the probe into the 2G scam by the Supreme Court, the second-incommand in the agency, special director Anil Sinha, had a long meeting... read more »
16 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh
Sixteen Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) cadres have surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar District. The 16 Maoists, including a woman, had a bounty of rupees one lakh on their... read more »
