Two persons, including a teacher, have been arrested for allegedly raping minor inmates of a government-run residential school for tribal girls in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday. ...
05:09 PM, Jan 07, 2013
In the latest addition to horrific rape stories, tribal girls were allegedly raped over a period of time in a school hostel in Narharpur, Chattisgarh. ...
03:28 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Four people were dead including the gunman following a hostage-taking on Saturday in Aurora, Colorado, the same town where a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 more at a movie theatre in July 2012, KUSA television reported. ...
10:29 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Delhi Metro will soon have a working women's hostel for its staff staying alone in the capital, a move that comes in the backdrop of the brutal gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old paramedical student. The new age transport system has also cancelled the annual celebrations at the Metro Museum and other events relating to the New Year in view of recent incidents in the city. ...
07:29 PM, Dec 30, 2012
After nearly 32 months of being held captive on board the cargo ship MV Iceberg, five Indians sailors released by Somali pirates returned home on Saturday. ...
08:14 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Abuja: Five Indian sailors aboard a German oil tanker were kidnapped by heavily armed pirates who attacked the ship in waters off Nigeria's southern coast which have become a hotbed of pirate activity. The ship's operators, Medallion Marine said on Thursday the ship SP Brussels was attacked roughly 65 kilometres off the oil-rich Niger Delta by pirates who stormed the vessel and looted it before taking five Indians hostage. "The...
06:55 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Kolkata: A group of girl students, who had failed their Class 12 pre-board examinations held their teachers hostage at the school in Sontoshpur for 21 hours seeking reversal of the decision, but freed them on Tuesday after assurance of a review by the West Bengal Higher Secondary Council (WBHSC). This sparked a chain reaction with such unsuccessful students in at least two other schools demonstrating outside their institutions demanding that...
11:14 PM, Dec 18, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor is turning radio jockey to host her own special segment, imparting tips on becoming a glamorous diva. The 38-year-old mother of two will be hosting a section called BIG on Style on 92.7 BIG FM this December. During the course of the show, the 'Dil To Pagal Hai' star will provide helpful tips and tricks to women who are intrigued by the glamorous promise...
04:18 PM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: For close to three months Bollywood actor Aamir Khan made Indians squirm with guilt and denial and forced them to face their dark side over a series of well researched and executed social documentaries on rampant social inequalities. The straight talking, intense host of 'Satyamev Jayate' tore apart the moribund traditions that manifested in gender specific selections of foetuses, caste discrimination and abuse of the elderly. He made...
09:08 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Bangkok: A Cathay Pacific flight attendant is out of a job after writing on her Facebook page that she wanted to throw coffee in a passenger's face because she happened to be the daughter of someone she dislikes intensely: ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The flight attendant caused a stir in the Thai online communities last week for posting hostile comments about Thaksin's youngest daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra. She also...
05:35 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: October 31 is celebrated as Halloween in a number of countries around the world and Google is celebrating the event taking users on a visit to a haunted house on many of its home pages. The Google Happy Halloween doodle features a haunted mansion (numbered 13) with many spooky inhabitants, who double up as letters of the Google logo. The characters reveal themselves when you knock (click) on...
08:06 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: October 31 is celebrated as Halloween in a number of countries around the world and Google is celebrating the event taking users on a visit to a haunted house on many of its home pages. The Google Happy Halloween doodle features a haunted mansion (numbered 13) with many spooky inhabitants, who double up as letters of the Google logo. The characters reveal themselves when you click on the...
06:33 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New York: A Washington-based filmmaker is taking a hard look at how the U.S. stock market evolved from a crowded, noisy trading space into a quiet one dominated by machines in her new film, 'Ghost Exchange.' The feature-length documentary film portrays the market as a system in need of serious repair, with flaws that could be costing the U.S. economy some 20 million jobs. The film is being released amid...
12:33 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Thiruvannthapuram: A decision on providing three subsidised LPG cylinders in addition to the six fixed by the Centre to all consumers in the state would be taken at the ruling UDF liaison committee meeting next week, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday. The state cabinet on Thursday discussed the matter, but referred the issue to be discussed at the next UDF meeting to be held on October 17, he...
10:29 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Syrian rebels on Friday issued a 48 hour deadline for Iran and Syria to give in to their demands to secure the release of 48 Iranians taken hostage earlier this year. They threatened to execute the Shiite pilgrims if Tehran and Damascus did not release captured Syrian rebels within 48 hours and stop shelling. The pilgrims were abducted in August. ...
11:31 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Stockholm: Hackers have struck at least two Swedish government-affiliated websites, shutting down one of them in a denial-of-service attack and leaving links to profane messages on the other. The attacks come just days after police on Monday raided a Stockholm-based webhosting company, PRQ, and a video was posted on YouTube - allegedly made on behalf of the hacker group Anonymous - warning Swedish authorities of repercussions. Police spokesman Anders Ahlqvist...
10:18 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Chennai: A 20-year-old air-hostess was killed in a freak accident on Tuesday after she was thrown off an adventure ride inside an amusement park on the outskirts of Chennai. The victim, who hailed from Nagaland suffered head injuries, was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. The cause of death is being probed. Three people including the amusement park's facility manager have been arrested. The police said...
07:24 AM, Oct 03, 2012
Chennai: A 20-year-old air-hostess working for a private airline was on Tuesday killed in a freak accident during an adventure ride at an amusement park in the city outskirts, police said. According to police, the victim, a native of Nagaland, suffered head injuries when she was thrown off while taking a ride on the giant wheel. She was pronounced dead at a nearby private hospital where she was rushed. The...
07:53 PM, Oct 02, 2012
London: Author Shrabani Basu's book 'Spy Princess, The Life of Noor Inayat Khan' is reportedly set to get its screen adaptation. Film producers Zafar Hai and Tabrez Noorani have acquired the film rights to the book on Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian Sufi origin who worked as a British Special Operations Executive agent during the Second World War. She was the first female radio operator to be sent into occupied...
12:50 PM, Sep 27, 2012
