A local court here on Thursday directed the district police to register criminal cases against five people, including a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party legislator, for their involvement in the rape of a school teacher followed by suicide of her husband. Among others to be booked in the case were two local police sub inspectors, the principal of a local school and the rape victim’s father-in-law and sister-in-law. While directing the Etawah police to book MLA Shiv Pratap Yadav for criminal conspiracy under

London: A schoolboy here suffered two heart-attacks after a school teacher handed him a chocolate with a whole hazelnut inside it.

Seven-year-old Rehan Butt had a massive allergic reaction and had to

Tunis: Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announced the make-up of a new interim government in an effort to quell the protests against his cabinet which included allies of the ousted president

New Delhi: Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday evening, fuelling speculation that P.J. Thomas may be asked to step down as Central Vigilance Commissioner

Ahmedabad: Several people were trapped when a five-storey under-construction structure collapsed on the adjacent residential building here Friday morning, fire officials said.

The under-construction

Ghaziabad: Stressing that their son has a serious mental disorder, the Varanasi-based parents of Utsav Sharma, who attacked murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court here earlie

Islamabad: Pakistan has again decided to ask India for access to the witnesses of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack to record their statements. A formal request is going to be filed soon, officials said.

Washington: The United States may allow India to participate in the Joint Strike Fighter programme and eventual purchase of its fifth generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, according to a top P

Ludhiana, Punjab: Two excise and sale tax officials were attacked by the 'godown mafia' while conducting raids at a railway warehouse here to check tax evasion and fake billing, police said on Friday.

Dhaka: Using a cache of 32 grenades it received from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Bangladeshi Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJI) staged seven attacks during 2004-05 against then