Two forest officials killed by red-sanders smugglers in AP

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 15:42

Two forest officials were killed and another official seriously injured when a gang smuggling red-sanders attacked them by raining stones in the dense forest of Seshachalam hills near here this morning, police said.

Gunmen kill Libya port official, school attacked

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 23:30

A Libyan security official says gunmen have assassinated a senior official of the port of Darna, while a bombing hit a polling center elsewhere in the same eastern city known to be a stronghold of an al-Qaida inspired militia.

Chinese official`s jail term for child rape enhanced

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 17:18

A former county official`s sentence was enhanced to eight years in prison, three years more than the sentence awarded to him previously, for the rape of a four-year-old girl.

Islamabad High Court reinstates sacked Pakistani official

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 18:03

The Pakistan government on Tuesday sacked the chief of the national database but the upright official was reinstated hours later by the Islamabad High Court.

UN official to visit Bangladesh ahead of polls

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:28

Nearly seven months after his maiden initiative to mediate talks between Bangladesh`s ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over the nature of a polls-time government, senior UN official Oscar Fernandez-Taranco will visit the country next week.

Charudatta suicide case: FIR filed against Tata Steel official

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 14:12

An FIR has been registered against a top Tata Steel official for allegedly abetting the suicide of Charudatta Deshpande.

Egypt: Gunmen kill security official in Cairo

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 12:15

Egypt`s Interior Ministry says unknown gunmen have shot and killed a senior national security officer in Cairo as he headed to his office.

Libya intelligence official kidnapped in Tripoli

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 11:35

Libya`s deputy director of intelligence Mustafa Noah was kidnapped in the Tripoli airport Sunday after he returned on a flight from Turkey, two security sources said.

Man held for trying to smuggle in gold bars worth Rs 70 lakh

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 23:54

An Indian passenger returning from Dubai was on Saturday arrested at the Mumbai international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle in 2.55 kg of gold bars collectively valued at Rs 70 lakh, a Customs official said.

US official sacked for Twitter barbs is Indian-American

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 19:29

A key White House staffer who was fired after it came to light that he was behind a Twitter account that dished out gossip and pointed barbs at the Obama Administration is an Indian-American.

Letter bomb targets top UK official in N Ireland

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 01:21

A letter bomb addressed to Britain`s top official in Northern Ireland has been defused after being detected inside Stormont Castle, the government center in Belfast.

Senior Vatican official sends Diwali greetings

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 18:57

The Vatican`s inter-religious dialogue chief has sent greetings for the upcoming Diwali festival stressing the common humanity shared by Christians, Hindus and other religions, ethnicities and cultures.