A case has been registered under various sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.
Illegal mining is common in Indonesia and the lack of safety standard in operation has often caused incidents that have killed scores of miners.
The dollar index was sharply up by 0.60 per cent against a basket of six major global units. It was also up against other Asian units.
The paper quoted one security source as saying the torture of at least two suspects, including the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, went far beyond the waterboarding admitted by the Central Intelligence Agency.
The three-phased panchayat elections concluded peacefully in Uttarakhand on Tuesday with over 60 per cent of the electorate casting votes in the final round.
Two minor girls and a 90-year-old woman were raped in separate incidents and six persons were arrested in connection with the incidents occurred in Garwah and Simdega districts, the police said.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has promised voters here a separate Bundelkhand state within three years, if her party is voted to power at the Centre.
Venus Williams, defeated Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1 and her younger sister Serena Williams, kicked out Elaterina Makarova 7-6, 6-0 in Dubai Open.
An India-born scientist has been recognised by the Australian government for his “distinguished service to science, particularly in the field of sustainable productivity and management of forests”.
Sindhu is aiming to go a step better at the USD120,000 India Grand Prix Gold this time around, at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.
At least three people were killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede at Baunsi's 'Mandaar Mahatosav' in Bihar's Banka district, police said on Wednesday.
Soon after completing the formalities of a draw to lift the World Chess Championship title, Carlsen said it was the pressure that did the trick on Anand.
Harping on the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) report, the BJP on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for allegedly adopting soft attitude towards the Maoists thus allowing them to spread their tentacles and intensify violent activities in...
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A young woman on Wednesday stunned people at the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's official residence in Lucknow when she alleged that her father and brother had been sexually abusing her for the last 10 years, officials said.