France: Surgeon, 68, who ‘kept a diary of horrific sex attacks on children’ may have raped as many as 349 victims
LORIENT, France: A retired French surgeon may have raped or sexually abused as many as 349 children over his near 30-year career, a prosecutor investigating what could be France’s biggest-ever paedophilia case said Friday. Joel Le Scouarnec, 68, is set to go on trial in March for the rape and sexual abuse of four child […]
CAA protests, woman offers red rose to policeman, Twitterati praise her
New Delhi: A tweet of a picture of a young woman protester offering a red rose to a security personnel deployed to handle the ongoing protests against the amended citizenship law went viral on Twitter, with many praising the gesture. Others, however, were not amused. The post so far got 2.9K retweets and 7.9K likes. […]
Kashmir grand mosque reopens for Friday prayer for first time in months
Friday prayers were held in Kashmir’s historic main mosque for the first time since New Delhi revoked the restive region’s semi-autonomous status in August and imposed a security lockdown. Some thousand worshippers gathered for afternoon prayers at the iconic mosque after security was removed from its main gates. Locals say the recent closure was the longest […]
African swine fever kills nearly 30000 pigs in Indonesia
Tens of thousands of pigs have died from African swine fever in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, officials said Thursday, the first time the virus has been detected in the country. The disease has devastated swine herds in China and elsewhere in Asia, and initially Indonesia authorities put the death of 27,000 pigs down to hog […]
Gunman Attacks Russian Security Service HQ in Moscow, Kills Employee
MOSCOW: A shooter opened fire on the headquarters of Russia’s FSB security service in central Moscow on Thursday evening in a rare shooting incident that the FSB said had left at least one of its employees dead. The attack happened shortly after President Vladimir Putin had delivered his annual news conference and while he was […]
Citizenship Act protests: Three dead and thousands held in India
New Delhi: At least three people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow and Karnataka’s Mangaluru as violence broke out during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in various places on Thursday. Aiming to bring national and international attention to their fight against the controversial law, protesters from a wide social and political spectrum joined forces […]
Krishna Bansal announces for Congress to packed room; secures key endorsements
(Bolingbrook)- Saturday, the Krishna Bansal (R-11) campaign for Congress hosted a highly successful launch. Over 200 people were in attendance at the Bolingbrook Golf Club, including more than 20 elected officials. Krishna Bansal legally immigrated to America with a few hundred dollars and a dream. Two decades later, as a Naperville tech entrepreneur, community leader […]
President Donald Trump impeached by US House
President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years. By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th US president becomes just the third occupant of the […]
Prayer at Kashmir’s biggest mosque of 1st time time in 4 months
Kashmir’s main mosque reopened for prayers Wednesday for the first time since the restive valley’s semi-autonomous status was axed by New Delhi in August and a curfew imposed. The area where the Jamia Masjid in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar is located is a hotbed of anti-Indian sentiment, with Friday prayers that attract thousands of […]
Woman Shot at 2 Days After a Failed Gang-rape Bid
Bihar: Two persons were detained in connection with shooting and severely injuring a girl in the wee hours of Tuesday in Ramodih village of Rohtas district, police said. The girl had survived a gang rape attempt on her on Sunday for which four men were arrested. Police said that in the wee hours of Tuesday […]
