First Indian amputee scales Mt Everest
Jamshedpur/Kathmandu: Arunima Sinha, a former national level volleyball player who lost her left leg after being thrown off a moving train by chain-snatchers, created history by becoming the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest. Sinha reached the summit of the highest peak at 10.55 am on Tuesday. P4
24 dead as powerful tornado rips US city
Houston: At least 24 people, including 9 children, were killed when a monstrous tornado ripped through the US city of Oklahoma, flattening entire neighbourhoods, crushing two elementary schools and turning the area into a war-zone. The ‘Moore' tornado, over a mile wide, ripped through the area with winds of up to 320 km/h.
No dummy test was done: Rajesh Talwar
Ghaziabad: Dentist Rajesh Talwar on Tuesday told special court here that CBI did not carry out any dummy test at their Jalvayu Vihar residence where Aarushi and Hemraj were killed.
UP cops unhappy over acquittal of terrorists
lucknow: The ruling Samajwadi Party's decision to withdraw cases against terror accused and slap cases against police officers, apparently to appease Muslim voters in UP, would play havoc with the morale of the police, serving and former officers say.