PIO jailed for life for killing wife in UK
london: An Indian-origin IT specialist at a bank was sentenced to life for brutally murdering his wife with a vaccum cleaner hose and then burning her body in a garden incinerator to prevent her from revealing he was gay.
5 of an Indian family killed in Oman mishap
Dubai: Five members of an Indian family, including three children, were killed in a tragic road accident in Oman, according to a media report on Friday.
two lTTE operatives killed in Sri lanka
Colombo: Two alleged lTTE operatives were among three persons killed by Sri lankan Army during a major operation against suspected Tamil rebels, the first since the end of civil war in 2009, a military spokesman said.
N Korea denounces US ‘double-standards’
Seoul: North Korea accused the United States of hypocrisy for remaining silent over a South Korean missile test while condemning Pyongyang’s recent launches. “The US double-dealing attitude and despicable mode of action has been brought to light,” a spokesman for the North’s powerful NDC said.
Syria toll from rebel infighting jumps to 68
Beirut: Activists say the death toll from infighting between rival Islamic rebel groups in eastern Syria has jumped to 68.
9 Cambodians killed in Thai road accident
Bangkok: At least nine foreigners, including a child, were killed and 11 others injured when a minivan they were travelling veered off the road, crashed into a tree and burst to flames in eastern Thailand.
Damodar sworn in as new CJ of Nepal
Kathmandu: Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma was on Friday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Nepal after a parliamentary committee cleared his appointment.
First possible ‘exomoon’ spotted
Washington: NASA-funded researchers have detected the first signs of an exomoon — a moon orbiting a planet that lies outside our solar system — after witnessing a chance encounter between objects in the Milky Way.