NRI Sikh girl's organs back in UK for tests: Family hopes new tests will reveal truth over her death
London: The organs of a British Sikh girl, who died mysteriously during a visit to India five months ago, have been returned to her birthplace in Birmingham for tests after a long-drawn campaign by her parents. Gurkiren Kaur Loyal fell ill on a family holiday in Punjab in April. She died while being treated for dehydration at a clinic in Khanna when staff reportedly gave her a mystery injection. The eight-year-old's parents, Santok Singh and Amri
Maldives SC declares prez polls 1st round as null and void
Male: The Maldives Supreme Court, in a midnight ruling, has annulled the results of the first round elections of September 7, in which Maldivian Democratic Party candidate, Mohamed Nasheed was placed first with over 45.45 per cent of the popular vote
New Chief Minister sworn in for Northern Province in Sri lanka,Better than Nothing
I took oaths a little while ago this morning undertaking to faithfully perform the functions of my office.
My office is a gift from my people. They have mandated me to perform my duties on a long term as well as a short term perspective. The f
Fitting farewell to Tendulkar, Mumbai win CLT20 title
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians today gave a fitting farewell to Sachin Tendulkar's T20 career by notching up a comprehensive 33-run victory over Rajasthan Royals to clinch the Champions League Twenty20 title here. This is the second CLT20 titl
Anti-Telangana agitation: Seemandhra plunges into darkness, trains cancelled
Hyderabad: Several towns and hundreds of villages in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday plunged into darkness while several trains were cancelled as the indefinite strike by electricity employees to protest the decisio
US forces capture top al-Qaeda leader in Africa
Washington: In daring raids, US commandos have captured a fugitive al-Qaeda leader from the streets of Libya and raided the seaside villa of an al-Shabaab militant in Somalia, signalling America’s determination to pursue dreaded terrorists abro
Thousands march in US for immigration reform
New York City: Thousands of people poured into streets across the United States on Saturday in a push to overhaul immigration and end the legal limbo of more than 11 million undocumented immigrants. The coast-to-coast activities saw about 3,000 demon
Now, nipple jab to treat breast cancer
Washington: Researchers have developed a new technique for breast cancer treatment and prevention -injection of drugs via the nipple. The procedure offers direct access to the most common origin of breast cancer, the milk ducts, and could be used to
Kerala toddler dies after TV set falls on him
Dubai: A one-and-a-half-year-old Indian infant died in a hospital in Oman's capital Muscat after a television set fell on him. The toddler died after a television set fell on him Friday while he was pulling a wire connected to it, the Times of Oman r
