Naxalites kill six villagers in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Six villagers, including a sarpanch, were killed by Naxalites near Teregaon in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Police officials told PTI that at Teregaon, Unchapur and Korcha, which ...
Stampede at New Delhi rail station kills 2
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old woman and a boy were killed and eight people injured in a stampede, at the New Delhi Railway Station on Sunday. The stampede was apparently triggered by a last-minute change in platforms for two Bihar-bound ...
Chomsky denied entry into Israel
JERUSALEM: Political activist and noted American linguist Noam Chomsky was denied entry into Israel on Sunday without citing any reasons. Mr. Chomsky, who was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the Bir Zeit University near Jerusalem, told ...
Ratan Kumar Sinha to be new BARC director
MUMBAI: Ratan Kumar Sinha, who is closely associated with the design and development of the country's first thorium-based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, will be the new director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Sources in the ...
Congress forced to oppose Trinamool, says Buddhadeb
KOLKATA: The Congress was forced to oppose the Trinamool Congress at many places in the coming municipal elections in West Bengal as the latter was a violent political party without any agenda or sense of purpose, theChief Minister, Buddhadeb ...
High-power committee to probe Delhi stampede
KOLKATA: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered an inquiry by a high-power committee into Sunday's stampede at the New Delhi railway station that claimed two lives and caused injuries to 15 persons. She announced an ex gratia of ...
Boeing in talks to work with ISRO on moon mission
ORLANDO (U.S.): Seeking to expand cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on its moon mission, the United States is offering assistance through Boeing, which partners with the National Aeronautics Space Administration ...
Indian woman throws child, self into New York river
New York: An India-origin woman threw her 19-month-old daughter into the chilly Hudson River here and then jumped in behind her in a murder-suicide attempt to get back at her husband, prosecutors said on Saturday. The baby of 33-year-old ...
INTERNATIONAL Safe exit offer in Thailand
SINGAPORE: Thailand's security forces on Sunday promised a safe passage, until 3 p.m. on Monday, for unarmed protesters to leave their encircled campsite in Bangkok's commercial district. A team of civilian and security officials as also ...
