CBI arrests Kalmadi; telecoms case widens
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Suresh Kalmadi, former chief organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Monday as part of a crackdown in a slew of corruption scandals.
Kalmadi, a
Strong quakes hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island
A series of strong earthquakes hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi early on Monday, damaging houses and causing panic, officials said, but they had no word on casualties.
Reports from the area said
Man overpowered trying to hijack Alitalia flight
A man with a knife tried to hijack an Alitalia flight from Paris to Rome on Sunday night, demanding it be flown to Libya, but was quickly overpowered and arrested when the plane landed, officials and
Government forces retreat in Libya's Misrata
Government forces retreated in Libya's coastal city of Misrata after two months of siege, but seized a rebel town in the remote Western Mountains, with no sign yet of Muammar Gaddafi being dislodged f
Lohan sent back to jail for 120 days
Lindsay Lohan was briefly jailed again on Friday after a rollercoaster day in which a judge downgraded her jewellery theft charge, but sentenced the actress to four months behind bars for violating her probation. Looking confused and distressed, Lohan — who was locked up for two weeks last summer — was taken immediately to jail from court after a day-long preliminary hearing on charges that she stole a $2,500 gold necklace from a store in January.
Yemen President to quit; activists say protests go on
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down within weeks in return for immunity from prosecution, putting him on course to become the third veteran Arab leader toppled this year by str
Faith
A penitent grimaces in pain while being nailed to a wooden cross on Good Friday at Cutud in San Fernando City, the Philippines.
Obama nodes drone mission in Libya
President Obama on Friday authorised the use of armed drones to help rebels bogged down in their bid to oust Muammar Gaddafi even as the top American commander warned that the conflict was 'moving tow
Dhoni, Bieber, Cameron on Time influential 100 list
Previously unk-nown newsmakers from Egypt and Japan joined pop stars and politicians on Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Thursday.
‘Mention of wedding every 10 secs online’
Britain’s royal wedding is generating around 9,000 mentions a day online, or one every 10 seconds, according to a study from specialist technology firm Greenlight published on Tuesday.