Ruchika’s school claims inquiry ignored facts

CHANDIGARH - Faced with the threat of disaffiliation, the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School claims a magisterial inquiry “willingly ignored” facts while indicting it for the expulsion of teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra, a charge denied by the Chandigarh administration.

SKorea starts works to salvage navy ship, after halting underwater hunt for missing sailors

SKorea starts works to salvage sunken navy ship

Rescuers hold out hope 1 week after flood traps 153 workers in Chinese coal mine

Chinese rescuers hopeful 1 week after mine flood

Denver bus runs red light, hits car, truck; 1 killed, 15 injured

Denver bus runs red light; 1 killed, 15 injured

Authorities fear coal carrier aground on Great Barrier Reef off Australia will break apart

Officials fear ship breaking apart on Barrier Reef

Denver bus runs red light, hits car, truck; 1 dead, 15 injured

Denver police say bus crash kills 1, injures 15

Denver police say 16 injured in RTD bus crash; 2 in critical condition

Denver police say 16 injured in Denver bus crash

Friends: Father, grandmother, 3 children killed in apartment fire planned to stay only 1 night

Friends: Family killed in fire planned 1-day stay

Final Four: Butler has a long scoring drought in tight game

Final Four: Butler has a long scoring drought

Inquiry begins into Wash. refinery blast as families of badly burned survivors hope for best

Inquiry begins into deadly Wash. refinery blast

Hometown of Russian suicide bomber rattled as details emerge about what motivated the attack

Hometown of Russian suicide bomber rattled

Haryana home minister attacked by opposition activists

SIRSA - Haryana Home Minister Gopal Kanda’s cavalcade was attacked by activists of the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in this Haryana district Saturday, police said.

In Rhode Island, Catholic church opens its doors to flooded neighbor for Easter services

RI flooding brings 2 churches closer for Easter

Three held for circulating fake currency

BHUBANESWAR - In two separate incidents, three people were arrested Saturday for printing and circulating fake Indian currency notes in Orissa, police said.

In rubble from Haiti’s quake, planners see valuable material for capital’s reconstruction

Haiti to use quake rubble in capital’s rebuilding

Sacked cop, others charge-sheeted in fake gunfight case

MUMBAI - Mumbai Police inspector and “encounter (gunfight) specialist” Pradeep Sharma, who has been sacked, and another police officer, Pradeep Suryavanshi, were among over 20 people charge-sheeted Saturday by a special team probing the death of a gangster in a gun battle.

South Korea stops underwater search for missing sailors; will salvage sunken naval ship

SKorea stops underwater search for missing sailors

Girl’s minor brother arrested for ‘honour killing’

NEW DELHI - Enraged over a youth from another caste falling in love with his sister, her minor brother killed the youth with the help of two of his friends - one of whom was also a minor, police said Saturday. The three have been arrested.

US Navy calls off search for missing pilot in Arabian Sea, declares pilot deceased

Bahrain: US Navy ends search for missing pilot

Forest massacre may be linked to Moscow subway bombings; Authorities seek more on widows

Putin shows Olympic judo team
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‘No mechanism to keep tab on illegal mining in Goa’

PANAJI - There is no mechanism in Goa’s only major port to keep tabs on illegal iron ore being exported out of the state, a senior official said Saturday.

German troops accidentally kill 6 Afghan soldiers in northern Afghanistan

German friendly fire kills 6 Afghan soldiers

Russian authorities seeks more details about subway bombing widows; Policeman shot in Dagestan

Russia seeks more about subway bombing widows

India again seeks access to jailed diamond traders in China

NEW DELHI - India Saturday said it has sought another round of consular access to 21 Indians lodged in Chinese prisons for smuggling diamonds and requested China to allow them to meet their immediate families.

Criminal gunned down in Uttar Pradesh

MAU - A gangster wanted in over 20 criminal cases was Saturday gunned down in this Uttar Pradesh town by a team of the state police’s special task force (STF), police said.

Rescuers not getting vital information on missing planes; can mean life or death for victims

Lapses hinder rescue teams hunting for lost planes

Minor fire at restaurant in central Delhi

NEW DELHI - A minor fire broke out in a closed restaurant-cum-bar in central Delhi Saturday afternoon, fire officials said. No casualties were reported in the incident.

Verdict reserved in murder case involving Soren

RANCHI - A Giridih district court reserved its judgment in a double murder case involving Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren. The verdict will be delivered April 17.

Three die while cleaning well

BHUBANESWAR - Three people died when they inhaled some toxic gas while cleaning a well in Orissa’s Ganjam district Saturday, police said.

Anacortes Refinery Explosion Under Probe

Officials: Fire at Minneapolis building containing apartments, pub kills 3 adults, 3 children

Fire above Minneapolis pub kills 3 adults, 3 kids

South Korea says sailor’s body found; 45 still missing after naval ship sinking

SKorea says sailor’s body found; 45 still missing

Divers at flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers are trapped say situation difficult

Divers enter Chinese mine where 153 are trapped

German troops accidentally kill Afghan soldiers in northern Afghanistan

German friendly fire kills Afghan soldiers

Two held for circulating fake currency

BHUBANESWAR - Two people were arrested Saturday in Orissa’s Keonjhar district for circulating fake currency, police said.

‘Australian police tried to hush up attack on Indian’

BRISBANE - Police tried to hush up a knife attack on an Indian last month at one of the busiest train stations in Australia to prevent sparking off another racial abuse debate, a media report said Saturday.

Officials: Fire at Minneapolis building containing apartments, pub kills 3 adults, 3 kills

Fire above Minneapolis pub kills 3 adults, 3 kills

Crimes involving Facebook up 346 percent: Police

LONDON - Crimes involving social networking site Facebook have increased by 346 percent in less than a year, a police report said.

Survival strategy movies to be shown to Haiti quake victims

MEXICO CITY - More than 70,000 people in quake-hit Haiti capital Port-au-Prince and nearby cities will be shown free movies on survival strategies, a media report said Saturday.

Honduras most dangerous country for journalists

Paris, April 3 (IANS/EFE) With the killing of five journalists in March, Honduras has become the world’s most dangerous country for media professionals, a new report says.

Rs.4 million IPL betting racket busted in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh Police Saturday claimed to have busted an over Rs.4 million Indian Premier League (IPL) betting racket in a raid carried out at a house Friday night here.

Businessman abducted in Bihar

PATNA - A businessman has been abducted in Bihar’s Begusarai district and his family has received a Rs.10 lakh ransom demand, police said Saturday.

Rescuers, divers enter flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers are trapped

Rescuers enter Chinese mine where 153 are trapped

5 dead after blast at Washington state refinery recently fined for multiple safety violations

5 dead, 2 hurt in blast, fire at Wash. refinery

Rescuers prepare to enter flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers are trapped

Rescuers to enter Chinese mine where 153 trapped

5th person dies after Wash. oil refinery blast; 2 still critical

5th person dies after WA refinery blast

ANACORTES, Wash. — Tesoro Corp. says a fifth person has died of injuries suffered in a deadly blast and fire early Friday at the company’s oil refinery at Anacortes, Wash.

Curfew relaxation gives relief to people in riot-hit Hyderabad

HYDERABAD - The two-hour relaxation in curfew Saturday provided much-needed relief to the people in riot-hit areas of Hyderabad while the situation remained peaceful in the city.

Rescuers prepare to enter flooded China coal mine where 153 workers are trapped

Rescuers may enter China mine where 153 trapped