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Jewellery Firm MD Denied Bail for Smuggling Diamonds in Inner Wear

Vihari Poddar, the managing director of Singapore-based Vihari Jewels, has been denied bail after being held in Mumbai court for attempting to smuggling diamonds worth Rs 2.45 crore in her innerwear.

Aug 4, 2013

Twitter's UK Head Apologises to Women Victims for Troll Abuse, Preventive Measures Expected

Tony Wang, head of Twitter's UK division, recently apologised to several women on behalf of the website's lapse to prevent abusive threats of rape and murder issued to them by unknown miscreants on the popular micro-blogging platform platform.

Aug 4, 2013

SC to Decide on Abu Salem's Plea, CBI to Drop Additional Charges

The Supreme Court will give its verdict on Monday (5 August) on gangster Abu Salem's plea seeking an end to all trials against him, seeing that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will drop the 'additional charges' against him.

Aug 4, 2013

Afghanistan Assures Safety of Indian Diplomats, Taliban Denies Hand

Following the suicide attack on Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Saturday where nine people were killed, Afghanistan assured India that it won't leave any 'stone unturned' for the safety of Indian diplomats.

Aug 4, 2013

Malaysia: 40 Indonesian Illegal Labourers Feared Dead after Boat Capsizes

In an untoward incident, more than 40 Indonesian nationals working as illegal labourers on way to their native place have reportedly gone missing after their boat drowned near Malaysia's Johor state on Thursday night.

Aug 3, 2013

Heavy Rains Hit Gujarat; 2000 Evacuated from Bharuch, 21 Villages on Narmada Banks Alerted

South Gujarat witnessed heavy rains in Bharuch, Narmada and Surat districts since past two days. Overflowing rivers due to heavy rainfall has lead to reinstate more than 2,000 people from Bharuch district in Gujarat to safer outlets.

Aug 3, 2013

Senior Malaysian Cop Charged with Rape and Sodomy of 13-Year-Old Girl

A top level Malaysian police officer was charged with four counts relating to a sodomy and rape charges of a minor and has been granted bail.

Aug 3, 2013

Deadly Explosion Near Indian Consulate in Afghanistan; 10 Feared Dead

At least ten people were reportedly killed and 12 others injured in an explosion that took place outside the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Official sources has confirmed that the blast occurred in front of the Indian consulate.

Aug 3, 2013

Tweets Touch My Heart, Says Narendra Modi

Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's election campaign Chief Narendra Modi acknowledged his followers on the micro-blogging site Twitter saying, the retweets in different language 'touched his heart'.

Aug 3, 2013

Bodoland FactBox: Assam Suffers Violent Protests

Agitation for a separate state of Bodoland has taken a violent turn as the All Bodos Students Union (ABSU) called for a 12-hour 'rail roko' protest in Assam since Friday morning, disconnecting all the north-eastern states from the country.

Aug 2, 2013

US Embassies to Shut Down in Muslim Nations on Possible Terror Threats

In a precautionary move, the United States has decided to shut down its embassies temporarily in Islamic countries, particularly the Middle-East, over 'credible and serious' terror threats against overseas American diplomats.

Aug 2, 2013

Mamata Banerjee Wants a World Trade Centre in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her state finance minister Amit Mitra met top business leaders in Mumbai on Friday. She briefed them about her ambitious plan to build the next World Trade Centre in the Kolkata capital of the state.

Aug 2, 2013

Malaysia: Hopes Rise as Abducted Cousins' Photo Surfaces after 8 Months

A photo of two Malaysian nationals who were abducted last November by a Filipino terror group has surfaced, leading to the possibility that the duo might still be alive.

Aug 2, 2013

Syrian Islamists Ban Croissant over Reference to 'Colonial Oppression'

A Sharia law committee in the rebellious region of the Syrian city of Aleppo has issued a fatwa banning croissants, saying they symbolise colonial oppression.

Aug 2, 2013

Outrage as Akhilesh Partyman Brags about IAS Officer's Suspension

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Narendra Singh Bhati was caught on camera claiming that he got IAS officer Durga Nagpal suspended 'within 40 minutes' for allegedly demolishing the wall of a complex that housed a mosque in the Kadalpur village of Noida.

Aug 2, 2013