Victim’s parents demand retrial of juvenile
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :The parents of the girl who was gang-raped in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 on Thursday...
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Russia bans food imports from US, EU
Agency :Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev laid out the details of his country’s response to Western sanctions on Thursday, banning imports of a wide range...
Yemeni troops kill seven al Qaeda men
Reuters, Aden :Yemeni security forces killed seven suspected al Qaeda militants on Thursday when they tried to attack an army facility in the volatile eastern...
East Ukraine danger increasing, warns UN
BBC Online :Civilians in eastern Ukraine are facing increasing hardships, with wrecked infrastructure and limited access to power and water supplies, the UN says.UN humanitarian...
Couple ‘salted and cooked’ by son in HK
AFP, Hong Kong :An elderly Hong Kong couple were allegedly dismembered by their son and his friend before being salted, cooked and packed into lunchboxes...
Only one man’s voice counts, Speaker partial towards BJP: Rahul
Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s uncharacteristic display of aggression in Lok Sabha on Wednesday over no debate on rising communal...
From fruit basket to scorched earth, Gaza town changed by war
Reuters, Gaza :The stench of rotting animal carcasses was in the air as 10-year-old Ahmed al-Kafarna picked through the debris of his Gaza home after...
Natwar Singh hits back at critics
PTI, New Delhi :Hitting back, veteran Congress leader Natwar Singh Wednesday said those attacking him over his autobiography were “petty people” and felt it would...
Summit to discuss Ebola outbreak
BBC Online :Global health experts at the World Health Organization are meeting to discuss new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak.The meeting – being held...
Tributes to Hiroshima victims
AP, Tokyo :Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday, with the city’s mayor inviting world leaders to see atomic bomb-scarred...
Prabowo challenges Indonesia presidential election result
BBC Online :The losing candidate of the recent Indonesian presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, has launched his court challenge against the result, claiming electoral fraud.Both Subianto...
China quake death toll rises to 407
AFP :More than 400 people have died in an earthquake that devastated a Chinese village, state media said Tuesday, as relatives faced the stark probability...