India
AMU professor Faizan Mustafa gets SAARC Best Law Teacher Award
Eminent academician Faizan Mustafa, who is senior vice-president of city-based NGO Rural Litigation Entitlement Kendra, has been conferred with this year's prestigious SAARC Best Law Teacher Award.
Army man held for trying to molest girl in Rajdhani Express
The man was identified as Kulvinder Singh from the Military Engineering Service and was posted in the Army's Amingaon camp, the spokesman said.
UP: Protest erupts in Faizabad after kidnapped girl dies
The clashes took place outside Khandasa Police Chowki on Tuesday.
3 railway officials suspended for negligence after accident kills 21 at Samera crossing
Three railway officials were suspended on Tuesday for negligence of duty a day after 21 people were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Bihar, officials said.
SC directs medical examination of Asaram Bapu
The court said the report of the medical board will be submitted to it by September 23, when the matter will be further heard.
Islamic State message to America: 'we will drown all of you in blood'
US airstrikes in northern Iraq have helped Kurdish fighters take back some territory captured by Islamic State militants.
West Bengal: No signs of external injury in postmortem of CPM leader's wife's murder
The victim was the wife of a CPM leader who had fled from the village when TMC came to power in the state long time ago in the wake of alleged TMC domination.
Dozens killed in attack on convoy, Ukraine says; rebels deny firing rocket
The US State Department condemned the shelling of the convoy but said it could not confirm who was responsible.
From Nitish Bhardwaj as a flute-playing villager, to Akshay Kumar as a Ray Ban-wearing charmer: How the portrayal of Lord Krishna has evolved on screen
In recent years, several films have been showing Krishna in a more human avatar, and not just a celestial being.
UP: Kushinagar DM orders construction of toilets after 6 women left their in-laws' home
Six newly-wed women in Kushinagar left their husband's homes due to lack of toilets.
Honour killing: 22-year-old girl shot dead by father for marrying against his wishes
In a suspected case of honour killing, a girl was allegedly shot dead by her father in Baniyather area in Sambhal, police said.
Crowd loots Ebola center in Liberian capital, worker says patients removed
"My life is the most important thing now. I need them get out of here," the health worker said of the crowd, which later dispersed.
Cambridge University scouting for first 'doctor of chocolate'
"An industrial, fully-funded 3.5-year PhD studentship is available to study the fundamentals of heat-stable chocolate," the advertisement says.
Monsoon leads to spurt in water-borne diseases in Mumbai
Since the onset of monsoon this year, there have been 4,642 cases of fever in June, 566 malaria, 27 dengue, 80 typhoid and 910 gastro-enteritis.
Rainstorms, floods kill 27 in China
Eighteen deaths were reported in Guizhou, seven in Jiangxi and two in Fujian. Six people are missing in Guizhou.
Juvenile home inmate sodomised by another inmate
A 16-year-old inmate of a government-run juvenile home was allegedly sodomised by another inmate in Muzaffarnagar, police said on Sunday.
