New Delhi: At least two cases of a resistant strain of gonorrhoea have hit Hawaii, according to health officials quoted in a report in the Mail Online. The strains are called the 'sex superbug', the Mail said quoting Hawaii News Now reports. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Congress for $50 million to find a new antibiotic to treat the drug-resistant strain of the disease. The first...
09:25 AM, May 07, 2013
Ranchi: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old step-daughter for the last seven months, police said on Monday. A woman neighbour helped the police in arresting accused Mahendra Sonar. Sonar was married to a woman in Giridih. He later came in contact with a divorced woman in Ranchi and fathered two children -- a three-year-old boy and six-month old daughter, they said. The accused allegedly raped the...
12:40 AM, May 07, 2013
Sydney: An India-born doctor in Australia, convicted of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old patient, has walked free from an immigration detention centre. Suhail Durani, 36, was convicted of inappropriately touching the patient and asking her indecent questions in the February 20, 2010, incident at the Royal Perth Hospital. He was held at the centre after he was released from the Casuarina prison south of Perth in February, 2013 and the Australian...
04:10 PM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex closed near a three-month high hit on Thursday, led by gains in stocks beaten down earlier, such as TCS which was up on short covering, and Hindalco, following copper's more than 6 per cent gain on Friday. Among technology shares, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd provisionally rose 3.3 per cent, while in metals, Hindalco Industries Ltd ended 3.7 per cent higher. The BSE Sensex provisionally gained 0.47...
09:29 AM, May 06, 2013
New York: Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is eagerly waiting for the third part of 'Sex and the City' movie franchise. The 48-year-old actress feels she didn't think she was finished with Carrie Bradshaw, reported New York Daily News. "I've been saying there is one story left to tell. If it is, in fact, the right time and the right place, maybe we should tell it. It would be wonderful. It's...
06:04 PM, May 05, 2013
London: British MP and senior Conservative Party politician Nigel Evans was arrested on Saturday by the London Police after being accused of raping two men. The reports identify the politician as Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, a 55-year-old from Lancashire, northwest England, who has served in Parliament for two decades. The alleged victims are understood to be men in their 20s. It is understood that Prime Minister David...
07:23 AM, May 05, 2013
London: British media say that a senior Conservative Party politician has been arrested for questioning on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. The reports identify the politician as Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, a 55-year-old from Lancashire, northwest England, who has served in Parliament for two decades. British police do not identify people arrested for questioning who have not been charged. Asked about the arrest of Evans, Lancashire...
03:00 AM, May 05, 2013
Jaipur: A 30-year old married woman was burnt alive for resisting rape in Rajasthan's Hanumgarh district on Saturday, police said. According to police, the incident took place on early Saturday at the district's Nohar area, some 500 km from Jaipur. Circle Officer Kishori Lal said that the woman was sleeping along with her four-year daughter, while her husband was working in the farm when the accused, identified as Jitendra Kumar...
08:30 PM, May 04, 2013
Hamirpur: A local court on Friday sentenced a school teacher to eight years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 in a rape case committed in March 2012. A class VIII student of the Government School, Kiyarabagh in Hamirpur district had lodged a complaint in Badsar police on June 2, 2012, that a teacher had raped her on March 24 and was repeatedly harassing her. The victim had stopped...
03:57 AM, May 04, 2013
Mila Kunis is the Sexiest woman alive. The 29-year-old 'Friends with Benefits' star has graduated from number 14 to the top spot of FHM's annual list of 100 Sexiest Women. ...
05:57 PM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: In a highly volatile trade, the BSE benchmark Sensex on Friday fell by 160 points on profit-booking in interest-sensitive banking, auto and realty stocks as RBI adopted a "hawkish" stance in its monetary policy 2013-14 that overshadowed its 0.25 per cent cut in repo rate. Snapping three days of gains, the Sensex fell by 160.13 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 19,575.64. The index had gained 449 points in...
11:00 AM, May 03, 2013
London: Actress Mila Kunis has been named FHM's sexiest woman 2013, with pop singer Rihanna on the second spot. "Mila Kunis has had a phenomenal year. She's starred in the highest grossing comedy 'Ted' and is the most in-demand Hollywood star right now," contactmusic.com quoted Dan Jude, deputy editor, FHM, as saying. "Not only is she naturally stunning, but she has a great sense of humour and isn't afraid to...
03:57 PM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: Continuing its gains for the third consecutive session, the rupee on Thursday rose by 13 paise to 53.67 against the dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, on sustained selling of the US currency by exporters. Forex dealers said euro's gains against the dollar after the US Federal Reserve opted to keep its easy-money policies in place on the back of lacklustre economic data, also supported...
10:16 AM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday jumped 232 points to close at three-month high of 19,735.77 led by funds buying in bluechips on expectations of rate cut by the RBI on Friday. The Sensex spurted by 231.59 points, or 1.19 per cent to 19,735.77, a level last seen on February. With the firming trend, the broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty hit a psychological 6,000 level before ending with...
09:51 AM, May 02, 2013
Hyderabad: An accused in a case of gangrape dating back to 1990 has been arrested by Andhra Pradesh CID after 14 years. Mohd Waheed and five others were accused of abducting a woman in May, 1990. She was confined to a room on the outskirts of Miryalguda in Nalgonda district and raped repeatedly. She succeeded in escaping and lodged a complaint. CID probed the case. During the trial, Waheed jumped...
11:40 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman accused five people, including two of her brothers-in-law, of raping her in south Delhi, police said Wednesday. In her complaint to police, the young woman alleged that she was gangraped by the five men near gate No 4 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Tuesday night. The three others involved in the crime were friends of her brothers-in-law, police said. The accused...
11:38 PM, May 01, 2013
Allahabad: A college girl was abducted and allegedly gangraped in a moving car by four men in Colonelganj area of the city. The girl, who was gangraped on April 27, also alleged that she was threatened and slapped during her medical examination by a woman doctor, who asked her to withdraw her complaint. Two of the accused have been arrested, police said, adding the girl has identified one of them....
08:40 PM, May 01, 2013
Nagpur: The mother of the five-year-old girl, who died after being brutally raped at Ghansaur town in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday said the accused should be given a "harsh punishment" so that no one in future dares to carry out such a heinous act. "The rape accused deserves harsh punishment and should be burnt to death publicly," said the emotionally choked mother of the deceased girl to...
02:10 PM, Apr 30, 2013
London: Essex were glad to have England captain Alastair Cook on board for a rare County Championship appearance as 15 wickets fell on a dramatic first day against Hampshire at Chelmsford on Monday. The opening batsman finished the opening day of this four-day Second Division clash unbeaten on 25 in an Essex total of 5 for 72 after the hosts had dismissed Hampshire for a seemingly meagre 197 featuring 60...
10:00 AM, Apr 30, 2013
