George Zimmerman accused of sexual abuse
July 17th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Colorado, July 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cousin of George Zimmerman has accused the 28-year-old of sexual assault over a decade. The accusations are contained on a tape that prosecutors released to ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Controversial guru Nityananda granted bail
June 15th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 15 (IANS) Controversial Hindu guru Nityananda Swami was Friday granted bail by a local court at Ramanagara, about 40 km from here."Executive magistrate Sri Rama Reddy granted bail ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Controversial guru Nityananda in police custody (Second lead)
June 13th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 13 (IANS) Controversial Hindu religious guru Nityananda Swami, who was missing from his ashram for five days following allegations of sexual exploitation of women, was Wednesday taken into ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Controversial guru Nityananda in police custody (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
June 13th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 13 (IANS) Controversial Hindu guru Nityananda Swami, who was missing from his ashram for five days following allegations of sexual exploitation of women, was Wednesday taken into "protective ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
CM orders Nityananda’s ashram to be kept ‘under lock’
June 11th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) The Karnataka government Monday ordered locking up the ashram near here of controversial Hindu religious guru Nityananda Swami following fresh allegations of sexual exploitation of women ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Rape-accused guru Nityananada may lose his Bangalore ashram
June 9th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) Controversial Hindu religious guru Nityananada Swami, facing rape charges, may lose control of his sprawling ashram complex near Bangalore following a fresh row, a Karnataka minister ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
American wanted for child rape arrested in Mexico
March 11th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 11 (IANS/EFE) An American man wanted in his homeland on child rape charges has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said.Federal agents discovered that Phillip Steven Borden was ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
BJP scandals versus Congress scams in Karnataka bypoll
March 1st, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 1 (IANS) Udupi is known for temples and Chikmagalur for enchanting coffee plantations, but over the next two weeks a battle of controversies will unfold in the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Another Karnataka BJP minister faces criminal cases (Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 23 (IANS) Hours ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's arrival here, the party faced more embarrassment Thursday as another Karnataka minister was slapped with ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Another Karnataka BJP minister faces criminal cases
February 23rd, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 23 (IANS) Ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's visit here Friday , the party faced more embarrassment Thursday as another Karnataka minister was slapped ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Sex, lies and videotape hit BJP (Comment)
February 11th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Karnataka was supposed to be a stepping stone for the Bharatiya Janata Party's successful political foray in the south. But it is turning out to be a millstone around the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
NGO head detained, son arrested for rape
January 19th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 19 (IANS) The president of an NGO running a shelter home here for AIDS victims was detained and her son arrested Thursday on charges of raping HIV+ two ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Karnataka’ irony: politics offsets achievements (Karnataka Newsletter)
October 30th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 30 (IANS) Karnataka seems to have become a jinxed state - its reputation as IT hub, an attractive destination for investment and an excellent launching pad for ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Tupac Shakur’s collection to be displayed in Atlanta University Center
September 14th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Sept 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fifteen years after his death, the first ever entire collection of Tupac Shakur has been announced by the Atlanta University Center. The center opened the collection in ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Harsh sentence demanded for mogul in kids’ pornogrpahy case
April 10th, 2011 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 10 (IANS/EFE) Mexican prosecutors have appealed that a 13-year prison sentence handed down to Lebanese-born Mexican businessman Jean Succar Kuri, who was convicted late last month of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Alleged Libyan rape victim says she was freed after medical test proved her story
April 5th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Apr 5 (ANI): Libyan woman Eman al Obaidi, who has accused government troops of raping her in Tripoli, said she was released from three days of questioning only after a medical ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Millionaire sentenced to 13 years in child-porn case
April 1st, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Cancun (Mexico), April 1 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican court sentenced Lebanese-born millionaire Jean Succar Kuri to 13 years in prison for producing child pornography and corrupting minors.Succar Kuri, who also faces ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Drunk man who had mistaken sex with wrong woman cleared of ‘rape’ charges
February 27th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 27 (ANI): A man accused of raping a woman walked free from court after convincing a jury that he had mistakenly stumbled into the wrong bed.Haydor Khan, from Farnham, said ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indo-Canadian doctor held on drugging, rape charges
February 21st, 2011 - 9:49 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 21 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian doctor and his colleague have been arrested here for allegedly drugging and raping a young woman in a downtown hotel.Amitabh Chauhan and Suganthan Kayilasanathan, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Bihar legislator killing: Husband backs accused
February 8th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 8 (IANS) Ashok Pathak, the husband of a school teacher who stabbed to death Bihar's BJP legislator Raj Kishore Kesri for allegedly exploiting her sexually, Tuesday said she ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Mexican singer appears in court to answer rape charges
January 24th, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Cancun (Mexico), Jan 24 (IANS/EFE) Singer Kalimba, who is being held at a prison in the Mexican Caribbean state of Quintana Roo on rape charges, appeared before a judge and exercised his ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
BSP Govt. taking Banda rape case ‘very seriously’: Mayawati
January 20th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Jan 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Government led by her is taking the Banda rape case 'very seriously', and added ... Read more...
Posted in National |
BJP legislator’s murder: Mother of accused seeks probe in rape charges too
January 17th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) The mother of teacher Rupam Pathak, who stabbed to death Bihar's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Raj Kishore Kesri for allegedly exploiting her sexually, Monday moved court ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Mayawati orders release of Banda rape victim
January 15th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday announced the release from jail of a 17-year-old rape victim who had been implicated in a theft case by a ruling ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Gillard facing revolts over Australia’s treatment of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange
December 11th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 11(ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing a revolt from several MPs in her left-wing parliamentary faction, who are enraged at the treatment of Julian Assange, founder of the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Assange did not commit rape, says mother
December 10th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 10 (ANI): Julian Assange's mother has said that her son is not guilty of the rape charges against him and that "massive forces" are out to get him.Assange has been ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Wikileaks founder Assange likely to hand himself to UK police today over rape charges
December 7th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 7 (ANI): Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks', is reportedly preparing to hand himself to the British police possibly by Tuesday after a fresh European Arrest Warrant was ... Read more...
Posted in World |
PayPal suspends donations to WikiLeaks
December 5th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec 5 (ANI): PayPal, the online payments service, has blocked donations to WikiLeaks and to a German foundation that raises funds for it following the release of 250,000 confidential US government ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Assange bitterly disappointed with Oz Govt over barring his entry to country
December 5th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Dec 5 (ANI): Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblower website 'WikiLeaks', still considers Australia his home, but said that the Government of that country is not keen on calling him back ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Irish woman found guilty of raping another woman
December 3rd, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 3 (ANI): A jury has found an Irish woman guilty of raping another woman in a toilet cubicle at an inner Brisbane hotel.Anne-Marie O'Loughlin had pleaded not guilty in the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
No rape by cops, girls tell Chhattisgarh court (Lead)
November 14th, 2010 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 13 (IANS) Two days after accusing four policemen of gang raping them in a police station complex in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, the two 'victims' Friday retracted their earlier statements in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Girls drop rape charges against Chhattisgarh cops
November 13th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 13 (IANS) Two days after accusing four policemen of gang rape in a police station complex in Raigarh district, the two 'victims' retracted from their earlier statements in a court ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Priest arrested on rape charge
October 26th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 26 (IANS) Police Tuesday arrested a priest in Dumka district of Jharkhand after a woman inmate at his ashram accused him of rape.Mahant Babluji was arrested at Sadanand Mission after ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Differences in Karnataka BJP on cabinet shake-up
September 19th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 19 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief K.S. Eshwarappa are taking divergent stands on the cabinet reshuffle.
To iron out the differences, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
No plans to remove WikiLeaks founder Assange, say insiders
September 8th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sept.8 (ANI): Wikileaks founder Julian Assange isn't under pressure to step down as the head of the organisation.An insider has challenged such claims, which are being bandied about due to his ... Read more...
Posted in World |