Fighter aircraft crashes: pilot, co-pilot safe

Tezpur, May 19 : A Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft today crashed at Laokhowa in Nagaon district of Assam with both the pilot and co-pilot ejecting safely. The Su-30 fighter aircraft, flying from Tezpur’s Salanibari Air Force station on a routine sortie, lost connection with the radar at the airforce station at around 12.30 PM and crashed […]

Bangladeshi woman pushed into flesh trade, gangraped; 7 booked

Thane, May 19 : Brought to Mumbai five years back, a 20-year-old woman from Bangladesh was allegedly pushed into flesh trade. The victim was also beaten up and gangraped by some persons near Kalyan railway station, police said today. The accused, after gangraping the victim last week, dumped her into a train, they said. Seven […]

Dalit woman who jumped off moving vehicle dies

Muzaffarnagar, May 19 : A Dalit woman, who had jumped off a moving vehicle here after being teased, died in Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital. On May 14, three women were injured when they jumped off a moving vehicle after the driver allegedly misbehaved with them, police had said. Praveen, Sonia and Moni were offered a lift […]

Sikh man in New Zealand lauded worldwide for selfless act

Melbourne, May 17 A day after a Sikh man from India broke religious protocol by removing his turban to help a profusely bleeding child in New Zealand, people are praising him on the social networking sites for his humanitarian gesture, a media report said today. The story of 22-year-old Harman Singh has been shared tens […]

Taliban release dozens of kidnapped Afghan civilians

Kabul, May 17: Taliban insurgents who kidnapped dozens of people in southeast Afghanistan have released most of them but at least two are still being held, officials said. The insurgents set up roadblocks in the Sayed Karam district of Paktia province, pulling passengers out of cars at gunpoint on suspicion they were government workers before […]