Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Asks for Special Privileges at Airports to be Withdra...
New Delhi – Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written a letter to the Special Protection Group or SPG, asking for special airport exemptions provided to her family, when they are travelling together, to be withdrawn. Priyanka and her husband, Robert Vadra, are currently on a list of VIPs which lets... read more »
Badaun Gang-Rape: Fifth Accused Arrested; Two Cops Booked for Ignoring Fami...
Badaun / Uttar Pradesh – Police on Saturday arrested the fifth accused in the gang-rape and murder of two teen sisters in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. Two policemen have also been arrested for allegedly not acting soon enough on the complaint of the girls’ family. They were... read more »
4 killed, 11 injured in Jammu hotel fire
Four persons were killed and 11 injured when a fire broke out in a hotel in Jammu in the early hours on Saturday. The incident occurred in Hotel Neelam in bus stand area of Jammu city at around 02.30 a.m., police said. As the smoke started billowing out of the three-storey building, police and fire... read more »
Four dead at Fort Hood including shooter, 16 wounded
Washington – Four people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the... read more »
Tehelka rape case: Journalist defends story on ‘discrepancies’
New Delhi – A filmmaker’s controversial Facebook post and a news article have sparked a huge row over Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, who has been in a Goa jail since December... read more »
In Maoist hub, Karma’s son hard-sells a Gandhian model
The war journalist Martha Gellhorn once wrote: “The big picture always exists, and I seem to have spent my life observing how desperately the big picture affects the little people who did... read more »
General Motors boss ‘deeply sorry’ after deadly crashes
Washington – Conceding company officials knew of their cars’ potentially deadly ignition switches for years, GM chief Mary Barra apologized on Tuesday and said the automaker... read more »
Narendra Modi wants mandate for a PM world will listen to
The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, on Tuesday appealed to voters to give the National Democratic Alliance more than 300 seats in the coming elections so that it could give a... read more »
