Dimapur rape and mob justice: Five lessons from this double-crime
Several sobering lessons need to be learnt from the lynching of 35-year-old Syed Farid Khan in Dimapur on 5 March, allegedly for the rape of a 20-year-old Naga girl last month. A mob running into several thousand raided a local jail, got Khan out, paraded him naked, and killed him in full public... read more »
Ohio terrorism suspect wanted to shoot Obama in head
A man accused of plotting an attack at the U.S. Capitol said in an interview with an Ohio television station if he hadn’t been arrested he would have gone to Washington and shot President Obama in the head. Christopher Lee Cornell called into WXIX-TV in Cincinnati from a Kentucky jail and... read more »
Bar Council issues notice to Dec 16 gang rape convict lawyers
The Bar Council of India (BCI) late Friday night issued show cause notices to two lawyers who had appeared for the accused in the December 16 gangrape case for allegedly making derogatory anti-women remarks. According to PTI, BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said, “We have issued the show... read more »
Pakistan arrests 45 Indian fishermen: Police
Islamabad: Pakistani marine forces have arrested 45 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, police said on Saturday.Pakistan`s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) detained the fishermen on Friday after they strayed into Pakistani waters, and they were handed over to local... read more »
