Startled burglar kills man in Delhi

NEW DELHI – A man who returned home to find he was being burgled was shot dead in front of his wife and son by the startled burglar here, police said Friday.

Sanjay Kumar, 35, was shot from close range Thursday after he raised an alarm after finding that the door of his ground floor …. Read the original article  : Startled burglar kills man in Delhi.

Sleepless Australian escapes car crash in bedroom

MELBOURNE – A sleepless Australian got up to work on his computer late at night shortly before a speeding car crashed into his home and landed right on top of his mattress. He said: “Im very lucky because the bed was completely destroyed.”

Demitrios Bisbelis was switching off his computer at about 2 a.m. when … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Sleepless Australian escapes car crash in bedroom.

Mumbai model commits suicide

MUMBAI – A model residing in Goregaon here has committed suicide in her apartment, police said Friday.

“The body of Rinki Chaudhry, a model and TV anchor, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the kitchen late Thursday,” a police official said.
“One of her male friends was with her when she went … Original source on Gaea Times at : Mumbai model commits suicide.

Australia sacks four police officers for racist emails

MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI – Four police officers in Australia have been dismissed while seven officers have been fined for circulating racist emails, including one that contained footage of a man being electrocuted while travelling on a train in India. Australia’s envoy to India has welcomed the action.

The four Victoria Police officers were dismissed following disciplinary … Read more >>.

Kanishka victims to get ex-gratia before Christmas

TORONTO – Canada is set to disburse an ex-gratia payment to the Air India Kanishka victims before Christmas.

Though Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews in their meeting with families of the victims last week had cited the precedence of up to $25,000 as ex-gratia payment in such cases, sources … Original source on Gaea Times at : Kanishka victims to get ex-gratia before Christmas.

Four Australian police officers dismissed for racist email

MELBOURNE – Four police officers in Australia have been sacked for circulating emails that were racist and sexual in nature, said an official. One of the emails was of a man being electrocuted while travelling on a train in India.

The four Victoria Police officers were dismissed following disciplinary hearings over the circulation of inappropriate …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Four Australian police officers dismissed for racist email.

Mentally ill man hacks two kids to death

RANCHI – A mentally-challenged man hacked two children to death with an axe in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said Friday.

Sukiya Oraon, 28, killed his cousin’s two sons Thursday evening in Jhatanitoli village in Gumla, some 145 km from Ranchi, a police official said.
Sukiya had been behaving abnormally for the last few days and …. Source  : Mentally ill man hacks two kids to death.

200 cops to guard scrap market in Pakistan city

ISLAMABAD – Two hundred policemen will guard the scrap market in Pakistan’s Karachi city after traders complained they were receiving extortion threats, an official said.

Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari, a senior police officer in Karachi, said orders had been issued for the police deployment at the Shershah Kabari Market.
As many as 15 police posts …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Presidency fire causes major damage (Second Lead)

KOLKATA – A major fire raged for three hours at the Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College, here Friday destroying computers, documents and research material.

There were no reports of casualties as the institution was closed for Durga Puja and Diwali holidays, police and university sources said.
Eleven fire tenders battled the fire … Read : Presidency fire causes major damage (Second Lead).

Rescuers race to find tsunami survivors in Indonesia

JAKARTA – Rescue workers were racing against time Friday in their search for hundreds of people still missing on Indonesia’s tsunami-hit Mentawai islands, as an official estimated that the death toll could rise to around 600.

Storms and waves as high as six metres have prevented aid supplies from reaching some areas in the Mentawai … Read more »»».

Sex trade growing in Spain amid ambiguous prostitution laws

MADRID – The massive building with neon lights in the form of two palm trees advertises itself as a “night club”.

Yet the “show girls” dancing inside are no ordinary performers, but prostitutes selling sex in what is being billed as Europe’s biggest brothel.
Located in La Jonquera on the Spanish side of the French …. Read the original article  : here.

Berlusconi dismisses new escort claims as trash

Milan, Oct 29 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s flamboyant Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thursday dismissed as “media trash” allegations of sexual antics with various women, including a 17-year-old Moroccan girl called Ruby at his Milan villa during what he called “Bunga Bunga” nights.

Berlusconi replied to a question about the news reports during a press conference on the …. Read the original article  : Berlusconi dismisses new escort claims as trash.

Son and lawyer of condemned woman tortured in Iran

Tehran, Oct 29 (IANS/AKI) The son and lawyer of a woman sentenced to death in Iran for adultery and helping kill her husband have been tortured in prison, said human rights groups.

According to a statement on the International Committee Against Stoning (ICAS) website, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son Sajjad Ghaderzade and lawyer Javid Hutan Kian … Read more >>>.

Fire in Presidency University causes extensive damage

KOLKATA – A major fire broke out early Friday at the famed Presidency University housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here that has a galaxy of luminaries as its alumni, destroying computers, documents and research material.

There were, however, no reports of any casualties as the institution was closed for the Durga Puja holidays that …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Fire in Presidency University causes extensive damage.

Fire breaks out at Presidency University in Kolkata

KOLKATA – A major fire broke out early Friday at the newly formed Presidency University housed at the erstwhile Presidency College here which cradled the Bengal renaissance in the 19th century.

There were no reports of any casualties as the institution was closed for holidays, police and university sources said.
Eleven fire tenders were rushed … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Fire breaks out at Presidency University in Kolkata.

Kingpin of Himachal’s fake certificate racket arrested

SHIMLA – The kingpin behind the fake university certificate racket and his accomplice were arrested here Thursday, police said.

Gurvinder Singh and his accomplice Nagesh were accused of issuing fake certificates of Himachal Pradesh University, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Barjesh Sood told IANS.
“Three fake certificates were recovered from Gurvinder’s possession. During interrogation he …. Read the original article  : here.

Punjab man gets 10-year jail for wife’s dowry death

CHANDIGARH – A city court here Thursday awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment to a Punjab man for his wife’s dowry death in 2001.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra also slapped a fine of Rs.2,000 on Bhupinder Singh Gill, a resident of Moga town in Punjab.
According to police, Gill, who was working as … Read : Punjab man gets 10-year jail for wife’s dowry death.

Probe ordered into custody death in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW – A magisterial probe was Thursday ordered into the death of a man in a police lock-up in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district, police said.

Balistar, who died Wednesday night in the Nababad police station, was picked up by the sleuths of the Special Operations Group (SOG) earlier in the same day in connection with …. Original source  : Probe ordered into custody death in Uttar Pradesh.

Pakistan should learn from Bangladesh to tackle graft, says daily

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan should learn from Bangladesh on how to curb corruption as it continued to slip on the global corruption index, while Bangladesh made remarkable progress in weeding out the menace, a Pakistani daily said in an editorial Thursday.

Pakistan went up to 34th place this year from the 42nd position in 2009 on …. Original article  : Pakistan should learn from Bangladesh to tackle graft, says daily.

Court rejects objection to Gujarat cop’s plea to turn approver

GANDHINAGAR – The Gujarat High Court Thursday dismissed the petition of suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rajkumar Pandian and other accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case against a co-accused’s plea to turn approver.

The petitioners claimed that giving pardon to their co-accused and suspended police officer N.K. Amin, who wished to … Original source on Gaea Times at : Court rejects objection to Gujarat cop’s plea to turn approver.