Agitated mob sets fire to houses of Manipur minister, lawmakers

Imphal, Sept. 1 : Irate mob set afire the houses of Manipur Health Minister Phungjathang Tonsing, Lok Sabha MP Thangso Baite, Hill Areas Committee Chairman of State Assembly Chaltolien Amo and four Congress MLAs TN Haokip, Manga Vaiphei, Ginsuanhau and Vungjagin Valte in Churachandpur District last night.In the Sadar Hills sub-division of Senapati District, the […]

Researchers find gene causing myopia in kids who read

Washington D.C., Sep 1: Researchers have found a gene that causes myopia in teens if they read an hour or more each day during their childhood.According to the researchers, those with a certain variant of the gene – called APLP2 – were five times more likely to develop myopia in their teens if they read […]

Lankan navy arrests 16 Tamil fishermen

New Delhi/Tamil Nadu, Sep. 1 : The Sri Lankan navy arrested 16 Tamil fishermen from Pudukottai-Jagadapattinam ,Tamil Nadu on Monday night on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line.The Lankan Navy took the Tamil fishermen and their three fishing boats to Kankesanthurai.Fishermen’s Association President S Emiret said that the fishermen were fishing in Indian […]

ISIS burns four Iraqi Shiite fighters alive

Baghdad, Aug 31 : The Islamic State group strung up four Iraqi Shiite fighters with chains and burned them alive, according to footage posted online, the latest gruesome execution video from the jihadists. The victims — identified as fighters in the pro-government Popular Mobilisation forces from southern Iraq – were suspended from a swingset by […]

No discrepancies in Pakistan terror accused’s lie detector test

New Delhi, Aug 31 : No “discrepancies” have been found in polygraph (lie detection) test conducted on captured LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, involved in the August five Udhampur attack on a BSF bus that left two border guarding force personnel dead. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) received the report of the test carried out […]