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Jaipur 5 deaf mute orphan girls raped and beaten by school staff

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:13:37 GMT

The girls were from a juvenile shelter home in Gandhi Nagar and had been sent to the residential school, which runs with the support from the Social Justice department, to undergo a training, police said.

Dirty cricketers might face criminal complaint from BCCI

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:42:58 GMT

His back against the wall after the T20 League spot-fixing scandal, BCCI President N Srinivasan has not ruled out filing a criminal complaint against the arrested "dirty cricketers," insisting that no one is hurting more than him because of the crisis.

Probe begins after US commuter trains crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:31:06 GMT

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor in the United States.

Gujarat cops kept in dark about bookies arrest

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:24:31 GMT

Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Banaskantha and Bhavnagar are said to be the main betting centres and the bookies have a well-organised local and international level network. Mahesh Langa reports.

Chinese held in Pak Kashmir over alleged Quran desecration

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:24:21 GMT

Blasphemy is a very sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97% of the 180 million population are Muslims, and even unproven allegations can spark a violent public backlash.

15 killed 57 wounded in bombings in Baghdad

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:50:03 GMT

At least 15 people were killed and 57 others wounded in three roadside bomb attacks on Friday in Iraq 's capital city of Baghdad, a police source said.

Spotfixing 3 held cricketers to be questioned again

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:49:54 GMT

Three Rajasthan Royal players arrested for alleged spot-fixing in the T20 League will be questioned for the second time by the Delhi Police today.

61 magnitude quake jolts Japan no tsunami alert

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:15:18 GMT

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

France legalises samesex marriage

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:06:25 GMT

French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition.

Kupwara Army foils infiltration bid JCO killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:47:27 GMT

A junior commissioned officer was killed and a soldier injured today morning while repelling a bid by four heavily-armed militants to enter Kashmir valley from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in Machil sector along the Line of Control, an army spokesman said. Peerzada Ashiq reports.

Warner attacks Aussie media on Twitter faces enquiry

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:46:35 GMT

Robert Craddock wrote a critical article on the T20 League, following the spot-fixing scandal that shook the cricket world and in response to that Warner, who plays for Delhi Dardevils, launched a series of abusive tweets.

Manmohan Singh to visit US on Obamas invitation

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:38:45 GMT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to travel to Washington in a few months at the invitation of US President Barack Obama.

Spot fixing Delhi Police team likely to conduct more raids

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:10:34 GMT

Two teams of Delhi Police’s Special Cell have been sent to Kolkata and Hyderabad to recover the T20 League spot-fixing money and find more evidence against others involved in the scandal, according to media reports.

Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million IDs stolen

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:45:33 GMT

Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal.

AAP organising a convention in Chicago today

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:38:19 GMT

Indian-Americans from across the country are expected to attend the AAP USA convention, which would be addressed live through a video conference by the Aam Aadmi Party founder, Arvind Kejriwal.

Sreesanth 2 other cricketers confess to spotfixing charge more players under scanner

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:37 GMT

The three Rajasthan Royals players held for fixing in the T20 league confessed to their crime, police claimed on Friday, adding that they suspected others from a second franchise and were probing at least one match from last year. HT reports. Mumbai the backyard for betting | How D-Compane get their fix

Like his sport Sreesanths business innings also failed

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:15 GMT

S Sreesanth loved to court controversies — whether it was Sachin Tendulkar, Mathew Hayden, Andrew Symonds or Michael Vaughan, he spared none. Ramesh Babu reports.

CBI officer probing coal scam held for taking bribe

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 GMT

The CBI has arrested one of its own SP, who was also involved in the investigation of coal blocks allocation scam, on the allegations of seeking and getting a bribe of Rs 7 lakh for mediating in a case land dispute of an Alwar-based private person. HT reports.

More cricketers matches under scanner in spotfixing probe

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:36 GMT

The role of more players whose names cropped up during interrogation of the arrested cricketers and bookies in the spot-fixing scandal could be probed, Delhi Police said today, as six bookies were held in Tamil Nadu in connection with another betting racket.

SampP warns India of rating downgrade

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:49:24 GMT

Belying expectations, global ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Friday reaffirmed its negative outlook on India and in fact warned it may even downgrade the country's sovereign rating to junk grade if the government failed to check the widening fiscal and current account deficits and kickstart reforms for growth.

Sreesanth confesses to spotfixing charge Delhi Police

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:21 GMT

Rajasthan Royals pacer S Sreesanth today confessed to spot-fixing in the domestic T20 league. Cricketer Ankit Chavan was the first to accept his role in spot-fixing during questioning by the Delhi Police. The third player, Ajit Chandila, is yet to accept the charges. HT reports.
Dravid, Shilpa, Kundra not to be quizzed: police

14 years on 2 held in Graham Staines murder

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:04:50 GMT

Fourteen years after Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death in sleep by a right wing mob, two of the absconding accused were arrested on Friday from Odisha’s Keonjhar district. Priya Ranjan Sahu reports.

BCCI calls for emergency meet explayer Amit Singh suspended

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:24:39 GMT

Stung by the sensational T20 tournament spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI has called an Emergent Working Committee meeting on Sunday to discuss the "fallout" of the controversy that has tarnished the credibility of the cash-rich league.

7yrold dies after teacher bangs his head against wall in Bengal

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:04:39 GMT

Class 3 student Babi Joardar, who was mercilessly beaten up by his teacher two days ago at a school in Nirdeshkhali Natupara village of South 24 Parganas, succumbed to his injuries in Kolkata on Friday morning. HT reports.

Ankit Chavan breaks down confesses to spotfixing

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:46:42 GMT

Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ankit Chavan was the first to break down under interrogation by Delhi Police and has accepted his role in the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the T20 tournament.