Beef festival turns Osmania University into battlefield, student stabbed
HYDERABAD: A student of the Osmania university here was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing “food fascism” in hostels, police said on Monday. The beef festival saw clashes, which saw five students being injured, and even led to vehicles being burnt. The situation in the university was tense More...
Retired scientist’s daughter stripped, thrashed in Bengal
BARUIPUR ( WEST BENGAL): A 30-year-old woman lay bleeding in front of her home for two hours after allegedly being molested and beaten up by rowdies on Sunday while police looked the other way. She says she was More...
Police handcuff 6-year-old student in Georgia
Police in Georgia defended their decision Tuesday to handcuff and arrest a 6-year-old elementary student after the school called to report a juvenile had assaulted a principal and was damaging school property. Milledgeville More...
Actor’s father murder case: Suspect flees, recaptured
Mumbai: Barely hours after Vijay Palande, the key suspect in the murder of the father of actor Anuj Tikku was arrested by Mumbai Police yesterday, he managed to escape from custody, leaving the police red-faced. Palande More...
Teacher killed for not allowing student to cheat
Sonepat: A teacher in Haryana had to pay with his life after he refused to allow a student from cheating during an examination. Rakesh, who was teaching Hindi in the Ramjas School in Sonepat since the last four More...
Four rapes in Uttar Pradesh, victims include three-year-old girl
Jhansi: Atrocities against women continue to dominate headlines in Uttar Pradesh. Four cases of rape have been reported from different district of India’s biggest state in less than 24 hours. A Dalit girl More...
Sandusky due in court as defense seeks to dismiss charges
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will be in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday as his lawyers argue that child sex abuse charges against him be dismissed. Sandusky, 68, a longtime defensive More...
Minor girl gang-raped, four arrested
Ahmedabad: Four persons have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 14-year-old girl in Viramgam town of the district, police said on Sunday. The incident came to light on Saturday, when the girl’s parents More...
NRI honeymoon murder: Top 10 developments
Shrien Dewani, a businessman from the UK, accused of commissioning his wife’s murder while on their honeymoon in South Africa, will not be extradited for now. The British High Court today halted on his extradition More...
BSF kills three smugglers on Indo-Pak border in Punjab
Amritsar: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers killed three smugglers, including two from Pakistan, and recovered nearly 10 kg of heroin on Thursday morning, a senior BSF official said here. BSF inspector general More...
