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2-year-old shoots, kills mom in US store

2-year-old shoots, kills mom in US store

A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother Tuesday at a Walmart store in Idaho after taking a gun from her purse. Police identified the victim as Veronica Rutledge of Blackfoot, Idaho. The shooting took place in the store in Hayden, Idaho, where she was shopping with her children... read more »

Boy, 2, accidentally shoots and kills mo...

Boy, 2, accidentally shoots and kills mother in US Walmart

Washington: A woman was accidentally shot dead by a two-year-old boy who reached into her handbag and found a handgun while shopping at a Walmart store in Idaho. Police said the 29-year-old woman was the mother of the two-year-old boy, who had been sitting in the woman’s shopping trolley when... read more »

Palestinian statehood resolution fails a...

Palestinian statehood resolution fails at UNSC

United Nations: The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a Palestinian statehood resolution that set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territories by 2017. The long-anticipated draft tabled here last night drew the support of eight countries —- Argentina, Chad,... read more »

Gunfire Hits Gambian Capital

Gunfire Hits Gambian Capital

The president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is heading home just hours after speculation began about a possible attempted coup in the West African nation, something the government denies. Residents and diplomats in the Gambian capital of Banjul say that early Tuesday they awoke to armed attackers... read more »

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Tehelka sex scandal: Law should take its course according to SC guidelines, says Jaitley

Tehelka sex scandal: Law should take its course according to SC g...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Friday condemned the sexual assault incident involving Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal, and said the law should take its course according to... read more »

AAP forms panel to probe illegal funds issue

AAP forms panel to probe illegal funds issue

Embarrassed by a sting operation purportedly showing senior leaders “raising funds through illegal means,” Aam Aadmi Party on Friday said it has... read more »

Heavy rains in Andhra as cyclone nears coast

8 killed in rains as AP counts its losses from Helen

Hyderabad – Helen, the cyclonic storm in Bay of Bengal, is heading to hit Andhra Pradesh coast later in the day while several parts of the region started... read more »

Tarun Tejpal nomination to Prasar Bharti Board cancelle...

Tehelka case: Goa Police issues immigration check post alert against Tejpal

New Delhi – Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal’s name has been withdrawn from the membership of Prasar Bharti Board following allegations of sexual... read more »

SP launches welfare schemes on Mulayam’s birthday

SP launches welfare schemes on Mulayam's birthday

Lucknow – The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) Friday went overboard to celebrate the 75th birth! day of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. With full page... read more »

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Putin pips Obama as 'most powerful person' in 2013 Forbes list

Putin pips Obama as ‘most powerful person’ in 2013 Fo...

London – Russian President Vladimir Putin has been declared the world’s most powerful person by Forbes magazine, leaving United States President Barack Obama in second position in the... read more »

UN communications will not be monitored, says US

UN communications will not be monitored, says US

Amid growing international anger over the spying activities of the National Security Agency, the U.S. has assured the United Nations that the world... read more »

Syria’s future must be determined by Syrians: Ass...

Syria's future must be determined by Syrians: Assad

Damascus – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that the future of Syria must be determined by the Syrian people only, noting that any... read more »

UN Human Rights chief criticises Maldives Supreme Court

UN Human Rights chief criticises Maldives Supreme Court

Geneva – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Wednesday criticised the Maldives Supreme Court for “excessively” interfering in... read more »

Myanmar president meets Indian Army chief

Myanmar president meets Indian Army chief

Naypyidaw – Myanmar President U Thein Sein met visiting Indian Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh here Wednesday, media reports said. Gen. Bikram Singh is on a... read more »

Shahi Imam of Delhi Jama Masjid attacked

New Delhi:  The Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, was attacked by a 32-year-old man who tried to set him ablaze during Sunday evening prayers, police and witnesses said. The... read more »

Man attempts to set Shahi Imam Bukhari on fire at Jama Masjid

An attempt was made Sunday evening to set the Imam of Jama Masjid on fire but his security staff thwarted the attack. A man breached at least 10 rows of praying Muslims to throw kerosene on... read more »

Govt may give fresh affidavit in SC today: Explainer on the black money debate

An informed, mature and realistic debate on black money is too much to ask for in a country where the issue attracts intense, almost emotional public reaction. It does not help when... read more »

Nepal bus crash kills 14

KATHMANDU: An overloaded bus plunged down a hill in central Nepal on Friday, killing at least 14 people including three foreigners, police said.   The bus was crowded with tourists and... read more »

Police seek motive in fatal Washington state school shooting

Authorities were seeking a motive on Saturday as to why a high school student in the United States’ Washington state shot dead a female classmate and wounded four others in a campus... read more »