AGRA - Six people were killed and four critically injured when two vehicles collided head-on over the Bajna bridge in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, police said Sunday.

Plane crashes in Suriname, eight missing

RIO DE JANEIRO - A small plane with eight people on board crashed in northeast Suriname, Xinhua reported.

Official: Investigation points to machine in New Hampshire plant explosions that killed 2

Official: Investigation points to one machine in New Hampshire plant explosions that killed 2

Police find body of Haitian kidnapped during post-quake reconstruction effort

Public hearings on proposed oil pipeline from Canada begin in Montana

Small plane crashes in Suriname, all 8 aboard feared dead

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — A small plane crashed in rough weather Saturday in the South American country of Suriname and all eight people aboard are feared dead, officials said.

Kyle Busch wins Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway

DOVER, Del. — Clint Bowyer saw his target and hurried off pit road. Angry after a hard lick only moments earlier, Bowyer sped toward Denny Hamlin and sent him straight into the wall.

BP believes mile-long straw can work and will suck up most of the oil, despite setback

BP expects Gulf oil siphon to work by Saturday night, despite setback with insertion tube

Absconding Delhi prisoner held in Goa

NEW DELHI - A prisoner who escaped from the Tihar Jail here in February was apprehended in Goa, police said Saturday.

A summary of May 15 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

Some oil spill events from Saturday, May 15, 2010

Haryana police bust inter-state robbers gang

AMBALA - Haryana Police Saturday said they had busted an inter-state gang of robbers with the arrest of three people. Five stolen cars have been recovered.

Five robbers arrested in Gurgaon

GURGAON - Five people allegedly involved in over 22 cases of robbery and theft have been arrested in Gurgaon, police said Saturday.

Four car thieves held in West Bengal

SILIGURI - Four car thieves, including two Nepali nationals, have been arrested in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, police said Saturday.

Three cheats posing as sleuths arrested

New Delhi, 15 May (IANS) Three men were arrested for duping people of cash and valuables by posing as Crime Branch officers, police said Saturday.

Future debated for Mount St. Helens 30 years later after volcanic eruption

The future of Mount St. Helens 30 years later

CBI to probe evidence tampering by Himachal cop

SHIMLA - Taking cognizance of allegations of evidence tampering by a police officer in a woman’s suicide case, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Saturday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a “fair and impartial” probe.

Online verification of tenants, domestics in Gurgaon

GURGAON - In a unique initiative, the Gurgoan police has enabled house owners to verify their tenants and domestic help online without going to a police station, an official said Saturday.

Fire sweeps through Himachal village

SHIMLA - Fire swept through a village in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district Saturday, reducing at least 40 houses to ashes, police said. There was no loss of life.

BP operates rig in Gulf without proper safety documents; experts say this can lead to a spill

BP’s own probe finds safety issues on Atlantis rig

Delhi civic agency starts anti-encroachment drive

NEW DELHI - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Saturday undertook a drive to remove encroachments from the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games in October, an official said.

Togadia files complaint against Tanvir, Zakia Jafri

GANDHINAGAR - Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia Saturday filed a complaint charging Tanvir and Zakia Jafri, the son and widow respectively of slain former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, with trying to create communal hatred in the state.

Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libya crash returns home to face life without parents

Bittersweet return for Dutch boy crash survivor

Three CISF troopers held for rape

GANDHINAGAR - Three Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) troopers were arrested in Surat city of Gujarat Saturday for allegedly raping a widow, police said.

Silent march to home ministry on slain scribe’s death

NEW DELHI - Friends and colleagues of Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak, found murdered in her Jharkhand home April 29, took out a silent march to the home ministry Saturday to demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into her death.

‘Goa Police Service cops reason for law and order deterioration’

PANAJI - Senior officers from the state police cadre are one of the reasons why the law and order situation in Goa is deteriorating day by day, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shripad Naik said Saturday.

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court reserves order on missing chargesheet

NEW DELHI - A city court Saturday reserved its order on an application on a chargesheet prepared by the Delhi Police against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case but which was never presented before a judicial officer.

Seven killed, 12 hurt in Jammu accident

JAMMU - At least seven people were killed and 12 injured when a truck collided head-on with a minibus on the Jammu-Pathankote highway in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday evening, police said.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says effort to stop oil leak hits snag, but work continues

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Wedding against khap’s wish held under police cover

GREATER NOIDA - A marriage, fixed against the wishes of a khap panchayat (caste council), was solemnised Saturday under police protection in a village in Greater Noida.

Nine injured as anti-Posco protesters, cops clash (Second Lead)

BHUBANESWAR - At least nine people, including six policemen, were injured Saturday after police used force to disperse villagers protesting a project by South Korean steel major Posco in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district, an official said.

Industrialist beaten to death in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA - An industrialist died in hospital Saturday after being brutally beaten by four men in his factory here late Friday night, police said. One of the assailants has been arrested.

Volcanic ash may affect UK flights beginning Sunday, German flights starting on Monday

UK, Germany eye possible ash travel disruptions

BP trying to thread mile-long tube to help stop Gulf oil leak; Obama assails drillers

Slain scribe’s probe: Lawyer meets Jharkand top cop

RANCHI - Counsel for slain journalist Nirupama Pathak’s mother, arrested for her daughter’s death, Saturday met the Jharkhand police chief and sought a fair probe into the case.

Man kills wife, daughter before committing suicide

KOLKATA - A 35-year-old man killed his wife and daughter and then committed suicide in the Chittaranjan area of Burdawn district in West Bengal, police said Saturday.

Elderly couple, granddaughter murdered in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - An elderly couple and their 16-year-old granddaughter were Saturday found murdered inside their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district, police said.

BP trying to thread mile-long tube to help plug Gulf oil leak; Obama assails drillers

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

BP trying to guide mile-long tube to help plug Gulf of Mexico oil leak; Obama assails drillers

UK says air travel disruptions in Britain possible beginning Sunday due to volcanic ash

UK eyes possible ash travel disruptions Sunday

Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libyan crash arrives home on medical evacuation flight

Boy who survived plane crash back in Netherlands

Sole survivor of Libya air crash leaves for home

TRIPOLI - Nine-year-old Ruben van Assouw from the Netherlands, who miraculously survived a plane crash in Libya that killed all other 103 people on board, left Tripoli for home Saturday, an official report said.

Eight injured as anti-Posco protesters clash with cops

BHUBANESWAR - At least eight people, including five policemen, were injured after villagers protesting a project by South Korean steel major Posco in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district clashed with police, an official said.

Rathore planting false reports in media: Ruchika’s father

PANCHKULA - S.C. Girhotra, the father of molestation victim Ruchika, Saturday accused former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore of planting a media report that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had found no proof in the fresh cases filed against him.

Student shot at inside examination hall

MEERUT - A student was Saturday shot at several times by an unidentified assailant inside an examination hall in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, police said.

Javed Akhtar gets death threats

MUMBAI - Eminent lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar has claimed that he has received death threats by e-mail and telephone for his views on issues concerning the Muslim community.

GJM activists stone Sikkim-bound vehicles

SILIGURI - Stone-throwing Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists damaged several Sikkim-bound vehicles, including two buses carrying army personnel, on the first day Saturday of a two-day shutdown called by the outfit in three north Bengal areas it wants carved out as a separate Gorkhaland state.

Elder brother kills 75-year-old sister

KOLKATA - A 75-year-old woman was killed by her elder brother in West Bengal’s North 24 Paraganas district Saturday, police said.