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  Dhaka-Kolkata train attacked in Bangladesh

  World | February 08, 2015 20:55 IST

  Dhaka: Petrol bombs were hurled on Sunday at the Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express train in Bangladesh amid a violent BNP-sponsored countrywide blockade.No casualty was reported in the incident near the Iswardi railway station in Pabna of

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  Israelis return to attacked Jerusalem synagogue

  World | November 19, 2014 13:05 IST

  Jerusalem: Jewish worshippers are returning to a Jerusalem synagogue that was the site of a deadly attack the previous day as Palestinians brace for more punitive demolitions amid soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions.Meanwhile, Israeli security forces early

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  West Bank mosque attacked; mayor blames settlers

  World | November 12, 2014 13:10 IST

  Ramallah, West Bank: A Palestinian official says an attack against a mosque in the West Bank ignited a fire that destroyed its first floor. He blamed Jewish settlers for the attack.Mayor Faraj al-Naasan says the

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  Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead

  World | September 25, 2014 8:26 IST

  CONAKRY, Guinea: A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control West Africa's

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  Lok Sabha candidate attacked by Trinamool-backed men: Congress

  India | May 02, 2014 6:56 IST

  Kolkata: The Congress on Thursday night alleged that Samrat Tapadar, the party candidate for the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, was attacked by people backed by the Trinamool Congress.Tapadar was assaulted on the

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  Coming soon, ATMs that retaliate when they are attacked

  April 13, 2014 9:42 IST

  London: Fancy an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) that punches the burglar in the nose if he tries to break it open?Well, not a punch exactly, but ATMs would soon be armed with a mechanism that

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  Another youth from northeast attacked

  India | February 11, 2014 10:50 IST

  New Delhi: In a fresh case of a northeastern youth being attacked in the national capital, a 22-year-old Manipuri man was stabbed by some unidentified men in south Delhi's Mehrauli area in the wee hours

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  AAP minister Bharti identified by Ugandan woman, women's groups demand action

  India | January 23, 2014 8:29 IST

  New Delhi: A Ugandan woman who along with four other women from Africa was allegedly rounded up by Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti and AAP cadres during a midnight raid last week has identified him

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  Hindu temple attacked in Bangladesh

  World | January 18, 2014 21:31 IST

  Dhaka: Idols of Hindu goddesses were destroyed when unidentified persons attacked a temple in southwestern Bangladesh today, the latest in a string of incidents against the minority community.The attackers ripped off the heads of idols

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  80 year old Sikh attacked by girl in UK dies

  World | November 07, 2013 20:26 IST

  London: An 80-year-old Sikh man, who was punched in the face and shoved to ground by a teenaged girl in the British city of Coventry in August, has died, police said today.Joginder Singh from Canley

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  17 Tamil Nadu fishermen attacked by Lankan boatmen

  India | October 31, 2013 18:51 IST

  Nagapattinam: In two separate incidents, 17 fishermen from various hamlets in Nagapattinam district were today allegedly attacked by their Sri Lankan counterparts in mid-sea off the Kodiakarai coast, officials said.  Quoting the injured fishermen, they

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  How terrorists attacked the army camp in Samba

  India | September 26, 2013 15:22 IST

  Jammu: Three terrorists wearing army uniform came in a hijacked civilian truck on Thursday morning from Hiranagar. They first shot the sentry at the gate and ran towards the Officers' Mess. The terrorists were shouting

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  Assam minister attacked for slamming Muslim leader

  India | April 29, 2013 10:48 IST

  Guwahati, Apr 29: People hurled shoes, sandals and empty water bottles at Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain in Western Assam's Chirang district Sunday after he hit out at All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief

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  Land surveyor attacked; nine held in Thane

  India | April 11, 2013 11:42 IST

  Thane, Apr 11: A land surveyor on official duty was attacked by a mob at Arnala in Thane district, police said today.Suhas Sawant had gone to Arnala near Vasai for conducting the survey of land

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  Attacked by truck driver, Punjab Police officer dies

  India | March 30, 2013 23:32 IST

  Patiala (Punjab), Mar 30: A Punjab Police officer on traffic duty during a VIP visit who was allegedly assaulted by a truck driver Friday night here has died, police said Saturday.The officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI)

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  Indian student attacked by Salafists in Germany discharged from hospital

  World | December 28, 2012 17:14 IST

  Bonn, Dec 28:   A 24-year-old Indian student, who was brutally assaulted here on Christmas eve by two men demanding him to convert to Islam, has been discharged from hospital after his condition improved, German police

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  One killed in firing, 20 buses attacked, roadblocks as sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra go on the rampage

  India | November 13, 2012 9:32 IST

  Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Nov 13: One farmer was killed in police firing in Sangli district on Monday as sugarcane farmers led by an outfit spearheaded by independent MP Raju Shetty went on the rampage in Ahmednagar,

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  Rights activist Marvi Sirmed attacked in Pakistan

  World | November 02, 2012 22:52 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 2:  Unidentified gunmen today attacked prominent rights activist Marvi Sirmed, who has received threats from extremist groups several times in the past, in the Pakistani capital though she escaped unharmed.  The gunmen, who

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  Bride attacked by pit bull mix at US wedding party

  World | August 18, 2012 15:35 IST

  Denver, Aug 18: A bride is recovering from injuries after she was attacked by a pit bull mix and its owner at her wedding reception.Brittany Cortez says the alleged attacker, Joel Nevarez, is a troubled

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  Indian Sikh cab drivers beaten up, robbed in Melbourne

  World | June 18, 2012 22:15 IST

  Melbourne, Jun 18:  Five cabs run by Indians in Melbourne were attacked by thugs last night in Melbourne causing a scare among the Indian community here. Sunny Singh, owner of two taxis ambushed by masked