China eases one-child policy, does away with labor camps

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 08:56

China Saturday formally adopted a reform of its one-child policy to allow couples to have two children if either parent is an only child, state media reported.

Muzaffarnagar: 30 families booked for illegally staying in relief camps

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 13:42

Thirty families have been booked for allegedly living in relief camps in Sanjak village here despite not being riot victims, police said on Friday.

UP babu says nobody dies of cold; Akhilesh tells him to mind his words

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 09:57

After former state chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, now Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Home) AK Gupta has stirred a controversy by claiming no one died of cold at the riot relief camps.

Iranian dissidents say rockets hit their Baghdad camp, kill two

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 09:22

A camp of Iranian dissidents in the Iraqi capital was hit by rockets on Thursday in an attack the group said killed at least two people and seriously wounded several others.

Naxal camp busted, 1 ultra held in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 16:14

Security forces on Sunday claimed to have busted a Naxal camp following an encounter with ultras in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh.

Rotting corpse found at US base in Japan

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 17:50

A human body decomposed "beyond recognition" has been found at a US military camp on the Japanese island of Okinawa, military and police officials said today.

Muzaffarnagar riot victim dies in a relief camp

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 15:43

A 48-year-old Muzaffarnagar riot victim has died in a relief camp at Ambeta village in the Shamli district, an official here said.

Nativity scenes at Guantanamo spark protest

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 08:19

Some troops at Guantanamo Bay want the US Navy to remove Nativity scenes and Christmas decorations from two base dining facilities, saying they improperly promote Christianity over other faiths.

Accused September 11 attacker expelled from Guantanamo courtroom

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 08:47

An accused conspirator in the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington was expelled from a courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal for being disruptive.

Muzaffarnagar: Riots victims refuse to return home due to safety concerns

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 15:56

More than three months after the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining districts rendered thousands of people homeless, the displaced people lodged in relief camps here refused to return home fearing for their safety.