At least nine people killed & seven injured in a shootout in eastern Guatemala that is likely tied to drug traffickers.
A senior official said that the nine people killed were apparently ambushed on Tuesday in the town of Teculutan.
Police have arrested three Mexicans & three Guatemalans who were carrying an arsenal of automatic rifles & grenades near the shootout. Police is investigating the matter.
Most of the locals in Ladakh on Tuesday took part in a hunger protest to express their solidarity with exiled Tibetans protesting against Chinese oppression. Over 200 people participated in the event.
A protester on hunger strike said, “Our main motive is the same as sought by the Dalai Lama. We will silently sit in hunger strike & protest”.
The Tibetan protests began on March 10, to mark the anniversary of the 1959 uprising ….
Dalai Lama on Tuesday said in New Delhi that he would step down if the violence continued by the Tibetans protesters.
Dalai lama, “I have always made it clear that the expression of deep emotion should be in control. If it is out of control, we have no option. If the violent demonstration will continue, I would resign”.
Disturbed by violent protests by Tibetans in various places, he asked the demonstrators to refrain from doing any ….
Chase Tatum, a former WCW (World Championship Wrestling) wrestler was found dead in his home after suffering an apparent accidental drug overdose. Chase Tatum 34 years old was found dead on Sunday in his home in Atlanta.
Chase Tatum used to wrestle for the now-defunct WCW. More recently, he appeared in the comedy “Who’s Your Caddy?” alongside rapper Big Boi of Outkast.
Chase Tatum had been recovering from back surgery to repair a degenerative disc. His ….
The security forces on Tuesday killed a Hizbul Mujahideen militant in an encounter in Jammu & Kashmir’s Reasi district.
On a specific information, troops of 59 Rastriya Rifles launched a cordon & search operation in an area in Gulabgarh belt of Reasi district around 07:30 am on Tuesday.
During the encounter, which was still on, one Hizbul militant was killed & an AK rifle & large amount of ammunition were recovered.
Unindenfied militants on Monday attacked on young boys & girls who were protesting in which four, including two girls killed & four others injured in separate attacks by unidentified militants in Manipur.
An official source of Police said that the militants fired at a group of young boy & girls participating in “thabal chongba” dance festival last night at Heirok village in Thoubal district.
Two girls identified as Laishram Nirmala 16 years old & Thokchom Promila 17 years old died on the ….
Heavy rainfall has been recieving by Karnataka since last week have claimed 13 lives & destroyed crops worth Rs 10.22 crore.
An official on Tuesday said that the Governor Rameshwar Thakur has directed the authorities to pay Rs one lakh compensation to each of those killed in the rains.
Rameshwar Thakur ordered the officials to visit the affected parts, assess crop loss & damage to property.
The districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Belgaum, ….
Dina Sassoli an Italian actress has been died on Tuesday. She was born on 5 August 1920 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
She is an unforgettable film Lucia in the first edition of Promessi spouses of 1941 signed by Mario Camerini.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to constitute a five-member special investigation team to re-investigate the post-Godhra communal riots. The SC said it would submit its report within three months.
The five-member team would comprise three senior IPS officers from Gujarat, Gita Johri, Sivananad Jha & Ashish Bhatia, besides retired CBI director R K Raghavan & former DGP C B Satpathy.
A three-member bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam said it would pass necessary orders on Wednesday for ….
At least 400 protesters on Tuesday surrendered to the Police in Aba county of the south-western Chinese province. Police in the Tibetan populated county issued a notice urging those who had taken part in the riots March 16 to give themselves up to the authorities within ten days.
An official said, “Among those surrendered, most are common people or monks deceived or coerced”. Riots in the Aba county erupted on the heels of the Lhasa unrest.
Violent mobs, some shouting “Tibet independence” ….
Indian cricket team has been announced on Tuesday for test series played to be in Chennai.
Virender Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar will play while Irfan Pathan will not play the series. Jaffer & Saurav Ganguly will also play in Chennai test. V.V.S Laxman, M.S. Dhoni & Rahul Dravid are in the team.
Harbhajan Singh & Anil Kumble two spinners are selected for the team. R.P singh & Shreesanth are selected as fast Bowlers.
Squads:
Virendra Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Jaffer, Saurav Ganguly, V.V.S Laxman, Mahendra ….
Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday sworn in as Pakistan’s prime minister by President Pervez Musharraf. President Pervez Musharraf administered the oath to Gilani at 12:38 pm (IST). More than 500 invitations were sent to all the important political & other personalities, including PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz Sharif & PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.
However, Nawaz Sharif had announced that he would boycott the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan’s new prime minister to ….
Sunil Gavaskar, a celebrated right hander who has more 10,000 Test runs under his belt, is all set to step down as ICC’s cricket committee chairman after the governing body asked the former Indian captain to give up his other job of a commentator & columnist, which is in “direct conflict” with his duties in the ICC.
The issue was raised in the ICC’s executive committee meeting in Dubai last week where members felt Gavaskar’s dual roles were in conflict with ….
Agha Siraj Durrani, a leader of PPP, on Tuesday said, “Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, is still receiving threats from various groups after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination”.
Durrani said, “Zardari is still receiving threats. We are constantly informing the government of these threats, but adequate security is not being provided. PPP must rely on its own security system until the new government is formed”.
When asked to reveal the sources of these threats, Durani refused, but said that ….
Police on Tuesday found a dead body in Australia. The body of a man has been found floating near a beach off south-east Queensland.
The body, believed to be that of a man in his late 20s, was found in the water off North Stradbroke Island around 100.30p am (IST). Emergency Services were at the scene. Police is investigating the matter.
Narendra Kumar Kushwaha the former BSP MP, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha in 2005 in connection with the cash-for-query scam, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the rape of a party activist.
An official of Police said that the Kushwaha, who suffered gunshot wounds in an accidental firing from his own licensed pistol, is, at present, admitted to a hospital in Varanasi for treatment.
The ex-lawmaker, who represented Mirzapur-Bhadohi constituency in the Lok Sabha, was taken into custody ….
A grenade exploded in Akhnoor border belt in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday in which a Border Security Force jawan was injured.
The grenade was exploded accidently. The grenade exploded during a firing practice in Khleeth firing range in Akhnoor border belt causing injuries to Havaldar Inder Vishwasiya of the BSF.
An official of BSF said that the jawan is being treated at the GMC hospital & his condition was stated to be critical.
An Australian man on Saturday killed an American Tourist. The American tourist was shot dead during a quarrel in a restaurant in northern Thailand with an Australian man.
An official said that the 46 years old American tourist, Gary Poretsky from Hawaii, was shot three times by William Douglas in Chiang Mai after they quarreledng.
Douglas 65 years old is being detained on charges of premeditated murder.
Government of Goa on Tuesday suspended a forensic expert Dr Silvano Sapeco who had conducted the first autopsy on Scarlett Keeling & later had given the final opinion suggesting she was murdered.
The government suspended him on the charge of making “irresponsible” media statements which hampered the investigation into Scarlett Keeling’s death case. The forensic expert attached to state owned Goa Medical College & Hospital had in his final opinion talked about the possibility that the girl’s head must have ….
The Panjab University Teachers Association’s members calls for strike on March 26. The PUTA members would be proceeding on mass casual leave on Wednesday for the fulfillment of their demand of grant of Central University status to the varsity. Joining the teachers, the Students’ Council too would be going on a strike.
The teachers & students have been demanding for Central University status for PU for the past few weeks. While PUTA has been pursuing the demand for more than a ….