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Driver confesses to Ghaziabad murders

The police on Thursday claimed to have solved the massacre of an entire family of seven by arresting their former driver.

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Vindoo names 3 Chennai players, including a senior

Three Chennai Super Kings players, one of them quite senior, were in touch with Vindoo Dara Singh during the ongoing T20 season, the actor, arrested in connection with the spot-fixing probe, has told investigators. Debasish Panigrahi reports. Vindoo puts police on bigger Bollywood trail
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SP leader's son gets life term for raping minor

Son of an SP leader was sentenced to life imprisonment and a penalty of Rs. 1 lakh was also imposed on him by a local court here for raping a teenaged girl.

Shukla, Jaitley meet Sibal, call for strong anti-fixing law

Rattled by the spot-fixing scandal that has shaken Indian cricket, IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley today met Union law minister Kapil Sibal, demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible".
West

Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor inching closer to reality

Notwithstanding the recent turmoil in the railway ministry following the cash-for-job scam, the government's ambitious plan to run a high speed rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is slowly inching closer to reality.

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No extra time for CSK CEO, Mumbai Police asks him to appear before 5 pm today

Mumbai Police today said it would not extend the deadline for Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan to appear before it for questioning in the betting case, saying 'he has been asked to present himself by 5 pm today'. Who is Meiyappan | Vindoo names 3 Chennai players, including a senior

825 lives lost till March, crossing tracks main reason

Despite steps taken by the railways to ensure better commuter safety, 825 people have already lost their lives on the railway tracks in the first three months of 2013.
East

Bihar man hacks mother, four kin to death

A man, locked up in a room in his house for months on the pretext he was suffering from mental illness, hacked to death five members of his own family in a fit of rage.

Left targets Didi on graft charges

CPI(M) on Thursday asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to respond to allegations made by a senior IPS officer from the state about "wrong practices" in the railway ministry while she was in its in-charge.

Darjeeling: man arrested for supplying army documents to ISI agents

Darjeeling Police on Thursday arrested one Mohammad Azad from Khaprail for his alleged links with Pakistan’s Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) operatives based in Delhi.
South

Delhi metro signs pact with Kochi

Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) and Kochi Metro Rail Ltd on Thursday signed an agreement for execution of the first phase of Rs. 5,100-crore Kochi Metro project.
North East

PM in 3-way race for Rajya Sabha

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others are in the contest for two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, officials said here Thursday.
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World

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Indians account for 22% of Britain’s ultra-rich club

The list, published by the Singapore-based Wealth-X group, places steel magnate and ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal at second place with a fortune of $15.8 billion. Dipankar De Sarkar reports. Desi net worth
Europe

Video shows British police shooting soldier's attackers

Dramatic video footage showing the moment when police shot the two men suspected of hacking to death a soldier in London was published on a British newspaper's website today.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor inching closer to reality

Notwithstanding the recent turmoil in the railway ministry following the cash-for-job scam, the government's ambitious plan to run a high speed rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is slowly inching closer to reality.

Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect

Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.
Rest Of Asia

8.2 magnitude quake shkes Russia, no casualties

A massive earthquake on Friday deep under the sea in Russia's Far East was felt in cities including Moscow but emergency services called off a tsunami warning issued for the Pacific Sakhalin region.

Cars, schools torched in fifth night of rioting in Sweden

At least nine cars were torched and two schools and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs early on Friday for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said.
America

One killed in Brazil giant fuel depot blaze

One person was killed in a spectacular fire that broke out in a fuel depot on the northern edge of Rio de Janeiro and spread to nearby homes, officials said.

Passive smoking makes kids aggressive: study

Kids who are exposed to second hand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to be physically aggressive and antisocial, a new study has warned.

Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria

In an “unexpected” discovery,vitamin C has been found to kill drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, which could mean existing drugs can be redesigned to combat the disease.

Rescuers comb tornado rubble for survivors

Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, houses and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb.

India, US to focus on role of web in spreading terror

India and the US on Tuesday said their counter-terrorism cooperation will include a new focus on the role of internet in the recruitment and facilitation of terrorist attacks.
Africa

Two suicide bombers strike in northern Niger towns: sources

Two suicide bombers struck on Thursday at a military barracks and a plant run by French nuclear group Areva in northern Niger, military and company sources said.

'Things Fall Apart' author Chinua Achebe set for Nigerian burial

Revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, author of the widely praised novel "Things Fall Apart," will be buried in his small hometown on Thursday in a ceremony expected to draw crowds of mourners.
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