New York: 'War Witch,' a sensitive drama about a 12-year-old girl abducted by vicious armed rebels in sub-Saharan Africa, and a nonfiction film that examines the plight of women in modern India, won the top awards at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday. 'War Witch' picked up the jury prize for best narrative feature and best actress for Rachel Mwanza who plays the girl forced to become a child soldier,...
12:30 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Maoists named three negotiators to talk to the Odisha government on the Italian hostage crisis, one of them showed reluctance to join the process today voicing doubts over sincerity of the administration towards meeting the 13 demands of the ultras. Civil rights activist and lawyer Biswapriya Kanungo, one of the negotiators, said, "Past experience shows the state government has failed to keep its word. It...
01:20 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of gift and card-makers, including Archies and Hanung Toys & Textiles, surged by over 9 per cent despite a sluggish broader market on Valentine's Day on Tuesday. Hanung Toys and Textiles, which is engaged in the manufacturing of stuffed toys and home furnishings, soared 9.66 per cent to Rs 142.90 on the BSE. Archies, which is engaged in the business of retailing gift items, greeting cards and stationary...
01:41 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The trial of a case involving rape of a Christian nun allegedly by religious fanatics during the 2008 Kandhamal riots in Orissa was stayed on Monday by the Supreme Court on a plea by the victim challenging the prosecution's failure to cross-examine a sub-divisional magistrate. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S S Nijjar stayed the trial while asking the Orissa government and others to respond...
06:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Ranchi: Seven days have passed since Sister Valsa Jhon, a Nun from Kerala who was part of a group campaigning against the coal mafia, was gunned down by a group of unidentified men in Pakur, Jharkhand. Though the police on Monday arrested seven suspects, but they are still not sure if it's the mafia or local villagers who are behind the murder. "The villagers were unhappy that she was about...
09:06 PM, Nov 21, 2011
New Delhi: In a new twist in the Sister Valsa murder case, the Jharkhand Police have said the nun was killed by members of her own organisation, the Rajmahal Pahar Bachao Andolan, the banner under which she had taken on mining companies earlier. Seven suspects have been taken into custody. The police say 30 others, including some Maoists, are still at large. Sister Valsa was killed on November 7 in...
09:25 AM, Nov 21, 2011
Pakur: Police on Sunday claimed involvement of Maoists in the killing of Sister Valsha John and arrested seven persons in connection with the incident. "In all, there were 45 people, who had surrounded her house with 30 of them being Maoists," Inspector General of Police (Santhal Pargana) Arun Kumar Oraon told a press conference in Pakur. The 30 Maoists, including the banned outfit's self-styled area commander Ramesh Soren, belonged to...
08:36 PM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: The Jharkhand police on Sunday arrested two people in connection with the murder of nun-cum-activist Valsa John in Pakur district. The police on Saturday detained three more people. In total, nine people have been detained by the police in connection with the nun's murder. The needle of suspicion in the murder points at the coal mafia after her family claimed she received death threats. They said Valsa had...
01:04 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Police on Saturday detained three more people taking the total number to seven, in connection with the brutal murder of nun-cum-activist Valsa John in Pakur district. The needle of suspicion in the murder is now pointing at the coal mafia after her family claimed she received death threats. Valsa's murder has taken a political colour in Jharkhand with both the ruling coalition and opposition making allegations and...
10:20 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Ranchi: The needle of suspicion in the murder of activist nun Sister Valsa, is now pointing at the coal mafia after her family claimed she received death threats. There's also a political angle that is emerging. "This might be a case of political killing. It will be probed into," said Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda. Sister's Valsa's murder has taken a political colour in Jharkhand with both the ruling coalition...
08:27 AM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: A Kerala nun working among tribals in Jharkhand was hacked to death late on Tuesday night. The victim, sister Valsa had told her family in Kochi that she faced death threats from mining mafia. Naxal pamphlets were found at the crime scene. However, police suspect this was done to confuse investigators. 52-year-old Valsa hailing from Vazhakala RPT Vazhakala at Kakkanad in Ernakulam District had told the family during...
07:16 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Resolute Bay: A chartered Boeing 737-200 plane crashed on Saturday afternoon as it was approaching an airport in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people and injuring three, police said. Residents of the tiny hamlet of Resolute Bay in the Arctic territory of Nunavut and soldiers from a nearby military exercise rushed to the scene in a desperate effort to try and pull survivors from the flaming wreckage. First Air charter...
09:04 AM, Aug 21, 2011
London: A British toddler has become the first person in the world to be diagnosed with an extra strand in his DNA. Two-year-old Alfie Clamp from Nuneaton in Warkwickshire was born blind and with severe disabilities, which led doctors to carry out various tests. They found out that his seventh chromosome had an "extra arm" which has never been documented anywhere in the world before, according to the Daily Mail....
01:17 PM, Apr 13, 2011
Even as the Libyan government remains defiant, many officials have resigned. ...
07:28 PM, Feb 23, 2011
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