Rahul Gandhi to visit Dalit girl mutilated for resisting rape
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is on Monday likely to visit the minor Dalit girl who was brutally disfigured after she resisted gangrape and is being treated at a hospital here, the police sources said. Mr Gandhi, who is scheduled to visit his constituency Amethi, is expected to make a stopover in Kanpur on his way, a police official said.
Missing Google exec in Egypt to be freed
Cairo/Washington: A senior Google executive, who mysteriously went missing over a week ago after emerging as a key figure in the Egypt protests against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, is
Jayalalithaa backs Swamy's demand on Karunanidhi
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday backed Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's demand to name Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi as a co-accused in the 2G spectrum scam.
Sensex closes 60 points up
Mumbai: A benchmark index for Indian equities markets, made up for its intra-day losses as frontline stocks rose sharply in late trade, although losses were seen in broader markets.
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4 children buried alive as school wall crashes
Una, Himachal Pradesh: Four schoolchildren were buried alive and one was critically injured when the boundary wall of a village primary school caved in near this Himachal Pradesh town on Monday aftern
Ancient Roman highway found in UK forest
A highway Roman invaders built has been uncovered in Britain — some 2,000 years later. The road linked London and Exeter in Britain. But when the Romans left Britain, nature reclaimed the highway. Now it has been unearthed in the forest depths of Dorset — free of the potholes that blight modern roads, the Daily Mail reported.
Girl alleges rape by legislator's nephew, begins hunger strike
A minor girl who alleged that she was raped by a legislator's nephew in 2010 has gone on a hunger strike demanding justice in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. The girl alleged rape by Dhanmendra, a nephew of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Yashpal Sisodia.
NZ offers interim visa plan
Willington, Feb. 6: To maintain a person’s lawful status in New Zealand, a new interim visa system will come into effect from Monday that will help overseas students, workers and visitors extending th
Somdev reaches career-high ranking of 80
New Delhi: India's Somdev Devvarman rose 30 places to reach the career-high singles ranking of 80 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) charts, released on Monday.
Somdev reached the final
'Egypt has changed forever'
As the standoff between prodemocracy protesters and embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued, US President Barack Obama said that he believed that Egypt had changed forever.