Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been in a lockdown after a series of events that followed when suspects in the Boston marathon bombing shot Sean Collier, a young Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer (badge 179 but yet unnamed) in his cruiser. Rediff team reports.
AMU spokesman Shafay Kidwai said that show cause notices have been issued to nine students for trying to hold an unauthorised gathering Thursday.
England expressed concern over the strength of the bio-secure environment after the positive result, while a South African team investigation has not yet shown how the unnamed player caught the virus.
Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday denied rape allegations levelled against him, saying his conscience was clear and that he would calmly await the results of any investigation.
Sri Lanka Cricket has ordered an inquiry into reports that an unnamed member of the country's 'A' team player misbehaved on a British Airways flight while being drunk.
Pervez Musharraf may become the first dictator in Pakistan's history to face trial for high treason as the new government has decided to go ahead with a case against him for abrogating the Constitution and imposing emergency rule in 2007, a media report said on Friday.
Angered by the coverage of its attempt to assassinate teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has drawn up plans to target Pakistani and international media organisations across the country.
Bharara was fired this month after he refused to resign as being asked by the Department of Justice along with 45 other US attorney, all of whom were appointed by the previous Obama Administration.
India cannot choose its geography and devise regional strategies to dovetail into the Western Indian Ocean hypothesis conceived in the Pentagon, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has described newspaper allegations his players indulged in a late-night drinking session during a training camp in Dubai this week as 'disgusting'and 'abrication'
President Barack Obama has the power to order a pre-emptive cyber strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack against it from abroad, a secret legal review has concluded amid increased cyberattacks on American firms and critical infrastructure.
North Korea has reportedly deployed mid-range missile launchers to its east coast and warned foreign embassies it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10. According to a South Korean news agency, North Korea deployed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hid them on the east coast of the country.
A senior Al Qaeda operative is believed to be among 12 people killed in two United States drone strikes in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan tribal region.
'As we gird ourselves for rising infections, India's harsh lockdown remains an epic tragedy,' observes Rahul Jacob.
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has rejected allegations that several players from his Premier League bottom side often stayed out until 5 a.m. drinking alcohol at a training camp in Dubai last month.
Pakistan has closed its embassy in Damascus and evacuated the staff amid fading hopes for a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis. Twenty-six embassy staffers and their families were evacuated via Lebanon because of intense fighting around the highway leading to Damascus airport between rebels and troops loyal to President Bashar Al Assad.
Van Gaal said on Sunday he thought reports of negotiations between United and Mourinho were an invention of the media
With tensions between China and Taiwan rapidly increasing, the tone of China's official media has also become progressively more strident, observes former senior RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade.
The ED identified the properties as Fatima Heights and Aafiyah Heights in Mumbai, an unnamed project in the Bhandup area of Maharashtra's capital city and a project named Engracia in Pune.
The chief ethics investigator of FIFA said on Wednesday he is conducting several proceedings against unnamed football officials based on initial findings from an investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.
The top court, which had earlier fixed August 31 as the deadline for completion of proceedings including pronouncement of the verdict, took note of the report filed by special judge S K Yadav in the high-profile case.
A summary of sports events and persons in the news on Saturday.
United States President Barack Obama put off three times operations to kill world's most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden before finally going ahead with the mission at the insistence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a new book has claimed.
There was no clarity on whether Johri has submitted his response to the allegation, made by an anonymous accuser claiming to be his ex-colleague at a previous job.
The British government is investigating the full details of criminal charges laid by Serbian police against two England Under-21 soccer players after this month's Euro 2013 playoff ended in a mass brawl.
Speaking to Sky Italia at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, Jorge Mendes said the deal would have been worth 100 million euros a year to the Portugal striker.
The allegations against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri have been made by an unnamed person, who claimed to be his colleague during his stint at Discovery Channel.
A 13-year-old Indian student has been arrested by Singapore police for posting a Facebook message in which he allegedly threatened to bomb a luxury casino resort in the city-state.
Jet Airways shares fall as much as 13.6 per cent after media reported that the deal with Etihad may be called off.
'Good bye little Angel. Fly away from the dirt, din and mire of this Republic that neither could protect you in life nor allow you to breathe your last on your own soil. Protecting their own hides,' says Sudarshana Dwivedi, 'has become more important to our protectors.'
Days after terror suspect Zabiuddin Ansari's revelations about the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks being controlled and facilitated from Karachi, Pakistani authorities have claimed 40 Indian nationals were involved in the terrorist incident.
Both the Indian and Chinese armies have brought in more troops in sensitive locations like Demchok, Daulat Beg Oldie and areas around Galwan river as well as Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh, the sources said. The area around Galwan has been a point of friction between the two sides for over six decades.
An investigation has been launched after a South Korean athlete with cerebral palsy accused his coach of abusing him at the London Paralympic Games earlier this month.
Eight soldiers and 15 militants were killed in fierce clashes that erupted after over 100 Taliban fighters sneaked in from Afghanistan and attacked military posts in northwest Pakistan.The Taliban launched the attack late on Sunday night and killed at least eight soldiers.
Ambani has investment in gas pipeline company Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastru-cture; Jamnagar-based power company Reliance Utilities and Power Ltd and Reliance Ports and Terminal Ltd.
The Wall Street Journal described it as a abrupt decision by the Trump Administration.
With screens of 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, the two new models would be Apple's largest iPhones.
As tension escalates in West Asia, the United States has dispatched three warships to the region to be on standby in the event of a need, even as President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to world leaders in efforts to defuse the crisis.
What will a split in the AIADMK mean for Tamil Nadu?
The West Asian carrier could pay up to $330 mn for a 24% stake in Jet, say sources.
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