Priests, nun accused in Abhaya murder case given bailKOCHI - The Kerala High Court Thursday freed on bail two priests and a nun, who are the accused in the sensational Sister Abhaya murder case. Lt. Gen. Thamburaj new Indian Army vice chiefNEW DELHI - Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj Thursday took over as the vice chief of the Indian Army from Lt. Gen. M.L. Naidu, who retired Wednesday. It’s a unanimous New Year resolution this time: be alert, be safeNEW DELHI - Terror attacks almost every second month in different places across the country and then the dastardly Mumbai terror rampage overshadowed the feelings of people in the country last year. Not suprisingly, that’s not the emotion they want to start the new year with. Andhra girl student injured in acid attack diesHYDERABAD - A 25-year-old student, who was injured in an acid attack allegedly by a spurned lover and his two associates in Andhra Pradesh’s Warangal town three weeks ago, died at a hospital here Wednesday. Artist Manjit Bawa dead after three years in comaNEW DELHI - Eminent painter Manjit Bawa died in the national capital early Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 67. Sheikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia cast vote in Bangladesh pollsDHAKA - Former Bangladesh prime ministers and rivals Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia cast their votes here Monday in landmark parliamentary elections to bring back a democratic system after almost two years of emergency rule. Both expressed confidence that their respective alliances would come to power. Student shot dead in Bangalore for intruding into brigadier’s houseBANGALORE - Army guards shot dead Mohammed Mukkharam, a 20-year-old student who was drag racing, early Sunday for intruding into the house of a brigadier and trying to escape when asked to surrender, a senior police official said. ‘Delhi: the past, present and future of India’NEW DELHI - What is the magic of Delhi? For Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the most wonderful moment of her life in Delhi was when she fell in love with a young man in college. |