Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson has purchased a new house for her assistant Walter Williams to show her gratitude for his support over the years. Williams was shocked, reports contactmusic.com. Hudson shared his reaction in a video posted on social networking platform Instagram, with the caption: “My assistant Walter’s reaction when he found out I was buying […]
A total of 823 North African and Asian migrants were rescued by Italian Navy Friday in the Sicilian Channel when attempting the island of Lampedusa, Italian Navy said in a statement. The migrants, including 23 women and 46 minors, were picked up from four rickety boats in the “Mare Nostrum” (Latin for Our Sea) operation. […]
A road accident involving a minibus carrying Christian pilgrims left 13 people dead Thursday night in Cote d’Ivoire’s Central-Western region of Oume, Xinhua reported Friday. Eyewitnesses said the Christians coming from the neighbouring region of Divo where other Christians had gathered for prayers died after their vehicle plunged in a pothole. The driver of the […]
After spending Christmas and New Year in a judicial lock up, Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal will be produced in a court here for a bail hearing Saturday. Tejpal, who was arrested Nov 30, 2013, after a junior colleague accused him of sexual assault during a conference held at a Goa resort, has already spent over […]
Three Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants were arrested Friday in connection with the recent Jalpaiguri blast and the firing on a bus in Malda district of northern West Bengal. A married couple – Santosh Roy and Jaimoti Roy – were nabbed from Salsalabari of Alipurduar in Jalpaiguri district, police said. The district court later sent […]
An Indian IT professional in New Zealand alleged that he faced racism on New Year’s Eve at a bar, a media report said. Sandesh Gopal, 30, a software project manager from Bangalore, said a bouncer stopped him and his friend from entering a bar at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour on New Year’s Eve without giving a […]
The Supreme Court Friday expressed displeasure over critical comments by people in public life particularly the senior union ministers including Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Finance Minister P.Chidambram on its verdict holding that gay sex was an offence. “Some of the statements made were not in good taste and it is not appreciable. We express […]
One in every 10 murders in the capital is sexually motivated, according to Delhi Police data. The number of murders declined slightly in 2013 with 487 cases, compared to 504 in 2012 – a downfall of 3.37 percent. But 10.68 percent murders occurred because of sex related issues. Analysis of motives in murder cases in […]
Pakistan Friday said it would welcome a visit to the country by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who said he would visit Pakistan if circumstances are “appropriate”. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, asked at briefing in Islamabad if any visit by the Indian prime minister was the offing, said: “There is an outstanding invitation […]
Retired Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly, facing a law intern’s accusations of sexual harassment, Friday quit as guest faculty of the National University of Juridical Sciences, but again denied the allegations against him. Notwithstanding the nationwide clamour that Ganguly quit office as the West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman, former chief justice of India Altamas […]