The squad also sees the return of proven Test and one-day bowler James Pattinson, who joined Australia A in India after recovering from a string of injuries
Two persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed and at least 10 others sustained serious burn injuries when a pipeline of the Assam Gas Company Limited caught fire after a blast in the wee hours of Monday near Singijan Tea Estate in Moran in eastern Assam.
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Bonti, a woman who had kissed Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi during a recent event in Assam, has been allegedly burnt to death by her husband, according to a report in the India Today.
In a fresh round of violence in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, mutilated bodies of three youths were found following heavy gunfire at Kuki Thowai village in Ukhrul district on Friday, officials said.
A large number of women from Malom in Imphal West district blocked the road to the airport in protest against the killing of the policemen in Moreh.
A burning desire to compete that has marked his career from the outset means David Beckham is unlikely to quit soccer despite being likely to miss this year's World Cup due to an agonising Achilles tendon tear.
Dr Sabeel Ahmed was arrested in UK in connection with the failed UK terror plot in the year 2007. His brother Kafeel Ahmed, who allegedly drove the burning SUV into Glasgow airport, died of burn injuries in hospital nearly three months after the incident. Dr Sabeel Ahmed remained in custody for nearly 8 months. The police had charged him with concealing information regarding the terror plot.
Yasir Lohar's arrest followed a major all-night manhunt, police said in a statement, adding that his interrogation had begun.
Six newborn babies died and several others were injured when a fire broke out in the nursery ward of a leading hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said.
Hot tea was allegedly poured on a Std IV student as a punishment for being absent at a government-aided school in north Kolkata.
In a grim reminder that women in Delhi are unsafe, two unidentified men attempted to burn alive a fashion designer outside her residence in a posh south Delhi locality.
The 52-year-old officer had allegedly attempted suicide at his Malabar Hill residence by setting self on fire on September 15
A college girl on Wednesday committed suicide by setting herself on fire after she was allegedly raped by four youths near Getalsud dam on the outskirts of Ranchi.
Two persons, including a minor girl, died in a fire caused by a blast in a firecracker factory near Jalgaon in North Maharashtra on Tuesday, police said.
Singh's wife and daughter, his father Colonel K P Singh (retd), mother Uma besides, other close relatives were also present there and bid a teary-eyed farewell to him.
One person was killed and at least 40 were injured on Wednesday in a clash between workers and the managerial staff at the Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in Gurgaon, forcing stoppage of work.
Six persons were killed and 34 others, including four children, seriously injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in East Delhi's Gandhi Nagar area on Monday night.
Popat Shinde's daughter Jaya Borse said that though the authorities were investigating the activities of her father and his associates, the links of politicians and government officials with her father were being conveniently ignored.
A 15-year-old girl suffered serious burn injuries after a youth allegedly set her on fire for resisting a rape attempt by him in the Chaurdehara village.
Meanwhile, Popat Shinde, the prime suspect who also suffered burn injuries in the gruesome incident, has been shifted to Nashik Civil Hospital.
Thousands of exiled Tibetans on Friday assembled in Dharamsala to bid adieu to Tawu Jamphel Yeshi, who self-immolated at New Delhi to protest the visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao.
'Never knew just able to sit out and breathe fresh air feels so blessed.'
Battling for life for a week, the traffic constable, who was undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital after being set on fire by an auto rickshaw driver, died on Wednesday, police said.
The worst industrial disaster of the Northeast took away the lives of three employees of the PSU major and injured several others.
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has opted out of the Indian Premier League and a possible US $1.5 million income as he fears playing in the Twenty20 event may lead to injury and burn-out, his manager said. The names of Johnson and Australia captain Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke were not among the 416 released for next month's player auction in Bangalore.
The death toll in Wednesday's explosion at a steel plant here rose to 15 on Saturday with three more employees succumbing to burn injuries.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta granted four weeks to the Delhi government counsel to file a further status report in the matter and listed it for hearing on May 4.
R P Matta, a retired financial sector employee, who recently came back from Canada, was stabbed to death by his son Rahul around 2.15 pm, police said.
A Samajwadi Party Member of Legislative Assembly has been booked for setting a woman on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district. According to the police, MLA Sripati Azad, who represents the Sadar assembly seat, set Savitri Devi, a widow, on fire in Rampur Buzurg village following a heated argument.According to sources, Azad was a frequent visitor to the widow's house.The woman, who received serious burn injuries, has been admitted to the Gorakhpur Medical Hospital.
The aircraft broke into pieces, leading to fuel tanks catching fire at the Bangalore Airport runway. This disrupted airport operations for some time before authorities removed the debris.\n
Militants in Pakistan on Friday carried out two separate attacks on vehicles carrying fuel for NATO and United States forces in Afghanistan, killing five persons and injuring several others.
With yet another victim succumbing to burn injuries at a city hospital on Wednesday, the death toll in last month's fire at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd's complex has risen to 27.
One of the high points of the proceedings was when Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer smartly utilised Dr Zeba Khan's expert status to pose her A Most Curious Question. He asked her if a skull can grow new teeth, even after the person, who it belonged to, had died, three years before. We can be sure that the discrepancy between the number of teeth discovered in the skull unearthed in 2012 and the skull shown in court in September 2019 will come up soon in Courtroom No 51. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora Murder Trial.
Police found materials that go into making bomb from the rented house in Mysuru of Mangaluru autorickshaw blast accused Mohammed Shariq, who was 'influenced and inspired' by a global terrorist organisation, a senior police officer said on Monday.
Three persons were killed on Wednesday and another injured after a major fire broke out at the Bombay House building, housing the Tata Group offices in South Mumbai.
35-year-old K Mohanan, a native of Kozhikode in Kerala, had poured kerosene on his body and set himself on fire outside Gate No 4 of Parliament House near Vijay Chowk on Thursday evening.
A man injured in the July 13 serial blasts in Mumbai died on Tuesday while undergoing treatment in a government hospital, taking the death toll in the blasts to 20. "Ashok Bhata, 45, who sustained burn injuries at the Zaveri Bazaar blast site, today died at approximately 11.15 am," said T P Lahane, Dean of J J Hospital. Another doctor at the hospital said, "Since Monday, his condition deteriorated and he breathed his last on Tuesday morning".
The student jumped into the leaping flames bringing out the victims one after another and thus saved seven lives. But after his eighth bid, he was not seen coming out and was presumed dead.
An Indian man, who said he was attacked and set ablaze by assailants in Melbourne, had falsely reported the incident for claiming insurance, Australian police alleged on Wednesday. Police had obtained security footage depicting Singh buying a 15-litre opaque plastic container and 15.96 litres of petrol on the day before the attack.
