New Delhi: The Pakistani Christian girl, who was arrested on charges of blasphemy, was on Friday released against a bond of Rs 5 lakh. Rimsha Masih, a patient of Down's Syndrome, was accused by the cleric of a mosque in Islamabad of tearing the pages of the Quran. The court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, where a two-and-a-half-hour-long hearing on Friday morning was marked by noisy arguments between...
01:41 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Washington: The US military announced it was disciplining US troops involved in two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one over a video depicting Marines urinating on corpses and another over burning copies of the Quran, US officials said. The military said they would receive administrative discipline, which could include actions such as a reprimand, reduction in rank or forfeiture of pay. Neither incident so far has...
11:38 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Islamabad: The blasphemy law has become a death warrant at the hands of mob vigilantism, a Pakistani daily said after an 11-year-old girl afflicted with Down syndrome was accused of blasphemy and sent to jail. In an editorial "Another mad act", Daily Times on Monday cited news reports as saying that Rifta Masih, 11, has been sent to jail for committing blasphemy. "She was caught tearing and dumping a few...
12:53 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Pakistani authorities on Monday arrested an 11-year-old Christian girl with Downs' Syndrome after her neighbours claimed that she burnt pages of the Quran. ...
10:48 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Jorhat: The sacred lamp at a Vaishnavite monastery in Jorhat district which has been burning continuously for the past 484 years was on Sunday formally recognised by the Asia Book of Records. The lamp, which was first lit in 1528 in Dhekiakhowa Bor Namghar, has been kept burning since then by the locals of the area. The formal certificate of recognition was handed over to Jorhat Lok Sabha MP and...
01:12 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Bangalore: An 11-year-old girl, who was set ablaze by nine persons while she was on her way to school, has succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital, police said. The fifth standard girl breathed her last at the state-run Victoria Hospital this afternoon, they said. All the nine were arrested yesterday and remanded to 14 days judicial custody. Personal enmity with the girl's father was suspected to be the reason...
01:45 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Guwahati: Curfew in the Rangiya sub-division of Kamrup Rural district was relaxed on Friday as no incident of fresh violence was reported from any part of Assam. "Curfew has been relaxed in Rangiya from 9 am to 3 pm. The situation is under control," Assam Inspector General of Police (Law & Order) LR Bishnoi told PTI. He said police and security forces are maintaining a strict vigil in Rangiya, as...
11:55 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Chennai: A habitual drinker was burned to death by his wife after years of bearing with his verbal abuse and constant accusations of infidelity. The 35-year-old set him on fire after tying his limbs when he was in an inebriated condition at Thiruverkadu on Sunday night. She initially pretended that her husband committed suicide, say police but later wept and confessed that her husband had abused both her and her...
08:32 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Islamabad: Leading Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney on Friday said he has dismissed his brother from his NGO for participating in a live TV show that featured a Hindu boy converting to Islam. "This conversion was a drama created by (TV show host) Maya Khan and my brother Sarim Burney. I have dismissed my brother from the Ansar Burney Trust," Burney told PTI on phone from London. Burney said he...
12:10 AM, Jul 28, 2012
Mumbai: A 46-year-old woman was brutally murdered in her sixth-floor flat at Malwani in Malad (West) on Monday evening and the killers attempted to burn the victim by placing newspapers on her body and setting it ablaze. The victim identified as Suzanna Alwin Rodrigues suffered two stab injuries, was strangulated and her face was partially burnt. The victim, who is the mother of two girls, was alone in the flat...
01:48 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Chennai: In another incident that has shocked the police, a 46-year-old labourer who was brought for questioning in connection with a theft case, set himself ablaze in the Kanathur police station. His family alleges foul play in his death after the man succumbed to injuries in a hospital on Monday morning. Police said Humayun (46) of Third Cross Street, Jay Nagar, Panaiyur had gone to fix mosquito nets on the...
01:27 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Mumbai: Over 9,000 pages from 110 files belonging to the Revenue and Forest Department, which were burnt in the Mantralaya fire, are being dried out in the seminar hall of Worli Dairy since last week. This is being done with an attempt to retrieve and collect maximum clues about the files that were either charred during the fire or drenched during the rescue operations. To enable recovery of the damaged...
10:33 AM, Jul 04, 2012
A trial court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver its verdict on the Naroda Patiya massacre where 97 Muslims were slaughtered by a mob. ...
09:01 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: A trial court in Ahmedabad is on Saturday expected to deliver its verdict on the Naroda Patiya massacre where 97 Muslims were slaughtered by a mob led among others by a former minister in the Narendra Modi government. Additional Principal Judge Jyotsna Yagnik had completed the hearing last month and reserved the judgement for Saturday. The 62 accused include former Minister in Narendra Modi government and Naroda MLA Maya...
07:28 AM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: As celebrations continued over Surjeet Singh's return from Pakistan to India, efforts picked up to bring back another Indian prisoner from Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh. However, Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney admitted that the government there is under pressure from religious extremists who are against Sarabjit's release. Sarabjit's family is running from pillar to post to expedite his release. On Thursday, the family met External Affairs Minister SM...
07:40 AM, Jun 29, 2012
London: Indian-owned English club Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday appointed former Malaysian defender and football expert Shebby Singh as their director of football. The decision to appoint Singh was taken by the club's Indian owners Venky's, the Daily Mail reported. The Indian-origin former footballer became well known while appearing as an expert for broadcaster ESPN for their coverage of international tournaments. One of Singh's tasks will be to act as a...
09:43 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Madurai: A 13-year-old boys hand was forcefully immersed in boiling oil for sleeping while making murukku (snacks) by his employers in Maharashtra. The shocking incident came to light when the boy arrived at his native village to attend the last rites of his father who passed away recently. Gurusamy, a boy from Vedar Puliyankulam village, near Tirupparankundram, was taken to work at a muruku factory in Maharashtra by Muthumanickam of...
11:45 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Auburn: Investigators were searching on Sunday for a gunman who killed three people - including two former Auburn University football players - and wounded three others at a pool party near campus after several men got in a fight over a woman, authorities and witnesses said. One of the wounded was shot in the head and critically hurt. Another was a current player, Eric Mack. Desmonte Leonard opened fire at...
05:26 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday successfully carried out a test of its quick reaction tactical nuclear-capable Hatf-IX missile with a range of 60 km, aimed at "deterring evolving threats at shorter range." The military described the test of the "indigenously developed short range, surface-to-surface multi-tube missile Hatf-IX" or Nasr as successful. A military statement said the missile can carry "nuclear warheads of appropriate yield with high accuracy and possesses shoot and...
11:59 AM, May 29, 2012
Films are dangerous. Ask the person who named 'Kali-Ma', the beer named after the Hindu goddess Kali. The beer, by the Burnside Brewing Company based ...
11:16 AM, May 16, 2012
