3 dead, 4 wounded in shootout in US state Virginia

3 dead, 4 wounded in shootout in US state Virginia
Local strippers okay with Ground Zero mosque
India tries using cash bonuses to slow birthrates
Electronic voting machine stolen, this man blamed
Patnaik meets PM, pushes for POSCO, Vedanta
N-liability bill: Govt discusses 4 options to end impasse
Now Delhi MLAs may get hefty hike in salary
Hyderabad: Sex, drugs and celebrity
6 Indians on board of ship hijacked by Somali pirates
Trained dogs rescue tourists at Italian beaches
Zareena, 19, and mother killed by militants in Kashmir
Bhopal's great gold robbery: 12 kilos, 3 hours
8 hostages killed on hijacked Philippine bus, gunman shot
33 miners trapped in Chile signal 'we are safe'
Miltants kill three in Srinagar
Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor's Onam celebrations
Pak cracks down on banned groups engaged in flood relief work
Woman kills children, self
Venezuela, more deadly than Iraq, wonders why
CWG: Security nightmare, only 14-day dry run possible, say sources
In land of Gandhi, no place for pedestrians?
New York leads US list in new jobs
Pakistan: 2 teen boys beaten to death
Gr8: Briton smashes world texting record
Bulgaria's watermelon festival
Protests over anti-joking law in Brazil
Chile: 33 miners trapped underground for 17 days found alive
E-reading: Revolution in the making or fading fad?
Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage
'Welcome to the family, Amma', Tharoor's sons welcome Sunanda

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A man who shot and killed his son and nephew and wounded four other relatives had been involved in an ongoing family dispute over a piece of property in a rural central Virginia neighborhood, authorities said on Monday.

Local strippers okay with Ground Zero mosque

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While a large number of Americans oppose the proposed Muslim community centre and mosque just two blocks away from Ground Zero, the site of the fallen WTC Twin Towers, employees of the strip clubs in the neighbourhood have no problem with it.

India tries using cash bonuses to slow birthrates

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Sunita Laxman Jadhav is a door-to-door saleswoman who sells waiting. She sweeps along muddy village lanes in her nurse's white sari, calling on newly married couples with an unblushing proposition: Wait two years before getting pregnant, and the government will thank you.

Electronic voting machine stolen, this man blamed

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Hari Prasad, a leading electronic security expert from Hyderabad is under arrest. Police say he stole an Electronic Voting Machine from the Mumbai Collector's office. These charges have been denied by Hari Prasad's colleagues from overseas. They say they were researching whether Indian EVMs are tamper-proof, and a source had offered them the voting machine to study.

Patnaik meets PM, pushes for POSCO, Vedanta

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Orissa government's two big ticket projects, the much controversial POSCO steel and Vedanta's bauxite mining project, has now resulted into a face-off between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and the state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

N-liability bill: Govt discusses 4 options to end impasse

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In a last ditch attempt at resolving the government-Opposition deadlock over the nuclear liability bill, Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan met leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and may have come up with at least a way to move ahead.

Now Delhi MLAs may get hefty hike in salary

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After MPs, MLAs in the national capital may soon get a hike of up to 200 per cent in their monthly salary with Delhi Government making a recommendation following persistent demands by the legislators.

Hyderabad: Sex, drugs and celebrity

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It's straight out of a potboiler. Sex, drugs and celebrity. Only this is for real and the Telugu film industry is upset at how the entire fraternity is being painted as a haven of drug abuse by the Hyderabad police.

6 Indians on board of ship hijacked by Somali pirates

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A cargo ship with a 22-member crew has been hijacked by Somali pirates. Six of the crew members are Indian. The ship, M. V. Suez, was hijacked on August 2 from the Gulf of Aden.

Trained dogs rescue tourists at Italian beaches

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Italy's coast guard has deployed hundreds of specially trained dogs to help rescue tourists on Italy's busy summer beaches. Each dog works in a team with its human lifeguard "colleague," who is also its trainer.

Zareena, 19, and mother killed by militants in Kashmir

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Shocked relatives in Kulgam, south Kashmir, are mourning the death 19-year-old Zareena and her mother, 40-year-old Shakeela. Both were killed in their home, in cold blood, by suspected militants even though they were not their target.

Bhopal's great gold robbery: 12 kilos, 3 hours

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At seven am this morning, four armed men overpowered two security guards on duty at the Manapuram Gold Leaf Company in the busy Bus Stand area of Bhopal. The company loans money to clients against deposits of gold.

8 hostages killed on hijacked Philippine bus, gunman shot

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An angry ex-policeman hijacked a bus full of Hong Kong tourists in the Philippine capital, holding them for 12 hours, before a police raid that ended with eight hostages and the gunman dead.

33 miners trapped in Chile signal 'we are safe'

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For 33 men found alive after 17 days trapped deep in a copper and gold mine, the toughest challenge now may be preserving their sanity during the months it may take to carve a tunnel big enough for them to get out.

Miltants kill three in Srinagar

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In Jammu and Kashmir a mother and daughter were among three killed in Kulgam and Pulwama late Sunday night.

Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor's Onam celebrations

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It isn't quite how you expect to find your MP – on a swing with his new bride. But that's how Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor were spotted at a welfare home for the under-privileged in Tharoor's constituency of Thiruvananthapuram.

Pak cracks down on banned groups engaged in flood relief work

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Authorities in northwest Pakistan have launched a crackdown against banned terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) that are engaged in relief efforts for flood victims and closed down 16 camps set up by these organisations.

Woman kills children, self

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A woman killed her three minor children by throwing them into a well before taking her own life by jumping in at Lalmatia village in Bokaro district, police sources said.

Venezuela, more deadly than Iraq, wonders why

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Some here joke that they might be safer if they lived in Baghdad. The numbers bear them out. In Iraq, a country with about the same population as Venezuela, there were 4,644 civilian deaths from violence in 2009, according to Iraq Body Count; in Venezuela that year, the number of murders climbed above 16,000.

CWG: Security nightmare, only 14-day dry run possible, say sources

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CWG security - Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs- in charge of handling the security for the Games - tell NDTV that at least 90 days are needed to coordinate and test security gadgets and systems at stadia. Instead, a 14-day dry run will take place.

In land of Gandhi, no place for pedestrians?

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In a country where road accidents kill over 100,000 people every year, the rights of the pedestrians have been routinely run over. As Indian cities increasingly become intensely automobile-centric urban scape, there is very little being done for those who may not be able to afford cars and other means of private transport.

New York leads US list in new jobs

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New York leads a list of cities in the US that are poised to offer the maximum number of new jobs in the country after the global recession, an astounding figure of 600,000.

Pakistan: 2 teen boys beaten to death

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A video allegedly showing two teenage brothers being beaten to death has caused outrage in Pakistan after it was broadcast on television networks.

Gr8: Briton smashes world texting record

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A British woman has smashed the world record for typing the fastest text message. Melissa Thompson, 27, wrote a passage in just under 26 seconds, shaving off nearly 10 seconds from previous record holder.

Bulgaria's watermelon festival

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The annual watermelon festival took place in a tiny Bulgarian village on Sunday drawing thousands of visitors, both domestic and from neighbouring countries.

Protests over anti-joking law in Brazil

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Thousands of demonstrators marched in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to protest against a law forbidding Brazilian TV and radio broadcasters from making fun of candidates ahead of the nation's elections.

Chile: 33 miners trapped underground for 17 days found alive

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All 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days have been found alive, Chile's president confirmed on Sunday.

E-reading: Revolution in the making or fading fad?

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The marriage of an American technology firm and a Taiwanese display panel manufacturer has helped make digital reading a prospective challenger to paper as the main medium for transmitting printed information.

Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage

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A dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized a bus in the Philippine capital Monday with 24 passengers, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand his reinstatement, police said.