Thursday, January 10, 2013

115 killed, over 200 injured in four blasts in Pakistan

115 killed, over 200 injured in four blasts in Pakistan


115 killed, over 200 injured in four blasts in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:10 PM PST

A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta.


Passengers amazed as Australian snake clings to plane

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:43 PM PST

It was not quite a "Snakes on a Plane" scenario, but passengers on a Qantas jet watched in amazement as a three-metre (nine feet) python clung to the outside of their aircraft during a flight.


Fresh firing at Line of Control; Pakistan bars Indian trucks

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:34 PM PST

India has confirmed that Tuesday's brutal deaths of two soldiers by Pakistani troops will not impact the recent decision by both countries to introduce a more liberal visa process.


America's first black president criticised for white male cabinet

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:34 PM PST

The first black US president is coming under fire from some of his own Democratic Party for naming a stream of white men to key cabinet and leadership posts in his second administration.


California teen planned attack on classmates: sheriff

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:11 PM PST

Authorities say a boy who fired on classmates and wounded one at a rural California high school had planned the attack and targeted students he felt had bullied him for more than a year.


Shooting at school in California, two people shot at: reports

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:26 AM PST

Gunfire erupted on Thursday at a California high school in inland Kern County in a shooting in which two people were injured, county officials said, and media reports indicated the assailant had been ...


Bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:21 AM PST

A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 103 people on Thursday, including 69 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials sa...

52 killed in billiard hall bombing in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:44 AM PST

Police say the death toll from a twin bombing at a billiard hall in southwest Pakistan has risen to 52.


Fresh firing at Line of Control; Pakistan bars Indian trucks

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:14 AM PST

India today confirmed that Tuesday's brutal deaths of two soldiers by Pakistani troops will not impact the recent decision by both countries to introduce a more liberal visa process.


One dead in German helicopter crash on highway

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:01 AM PST

A helicopter crashed on a highway in southwestern Germany on Thursday, killing the pilot, after the aircraft got caught in high-voltage power lines and exploded, police said.

Bombs kill 17 at a billiards hall in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:35 AM PST

Police say two bombs exploded minutes apart at a billiards hall in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people.


'Amanat' case: five accused in court today, lawyer says they're being beaten

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:09 AM PST

The five men accused of raping and murdering a medical student on a bus in the capital last month were brought to a court in South Delhi today. They will be represented by a quartet of lawyers who vol...


With dead pub-owner in boot, they drove to Rajasthan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:26 AM PST

Police on Thursday arrested two people for killing a pub owner and two Rajasthan policemen a fortnight ago.


Arrest of two girls over Facebook comment was unwarranted: Maharashtra government

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST

The Maharashtra government has told the Supreme Court that the arrest of two girls over a Facebook post criticising the shutdown in Mumbai during Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral in November la...


Lincoln Leads Oscar Field With 12 Nominations

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:48 AM PST

Torture. Terror. Depression. Revolt. Where's Uggie the dog when you need him? The 85th Academy Awards season jolted into place early Thursday morning, as the heaviest number of Oscar nominations - ...


Cases against Akbaruddin show government's 'communal bent of mind', says Asaduddin Owaisi

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:37 AM PST

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has accused the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh of being "communal" in charging his younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi with waging war against ...


Go straight home from school, college: South-East Delhi police's advice for girls

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:24 AM PST

Girls should go "straight home" from schools and colleges, say posters placed by the South-East Delhi district police today outside educational institutions.


Oscar 2013: complete list of nominees

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:24 AM PST

Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: Best Picture: Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver L...


How a foreign tourist is sexually harassed in Delhi

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:37 AM PST

A journey to "Incredible India" may be anything but if the tourist in question decides to stop in Delhi.


Lincoln leads Oscar race with 12 nominations

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:36 AM PST

The Civil War saga Lincoln leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honours for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones....


Pakistan again violates ceasefire in Poonch sector in J&K

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:28 AM PST

In yet another ceasefire violation across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan today fired at Indian posts in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the scene of Tuesday's brutal killing of two Indian...


Delhi gang-rape case: trial may be handed to fast-track court today

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:24 AM PST

A day before a case of gang rape and murder that has attracted worldwide attention was scheduled to be handed over to a new fast-track court for trial, two lawyers said Wednesday that they had been re...


1.5 kg bomb found in body of jawan killed in Naxal encounter in Latehar

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST

A bomb has been found inside the body of a CRPF jawan killed in an encounter with Maoists earlier this week in Jharkhand's Latehar district. Doctors performing an autopsy on the body in Ranchi last ni...


Raju and his two sons have cancer, they sleep on a pavement

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:11 AM PST

Virtually every night, for the last three years, Raju, a labourer from Uttar Pradesh, curls up on the pavement outside a public bathroom opposite the AIIMS hospital in Delhi. Huddled next to him are ...

Fast-track nine-day trial, rapist gets 10 years in jail

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:11 AM PST

In one of the fastest rulings in a trial court, a court in this Punjab town on Thursday convicted and sentenced a rapist to 10 years jail -- just nine days after the charge-sheet was filed.


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