"vehicles transporting their children to schools had been stopped, the gas supply to the embassy had been cut and the staff had been threatened in recent weeks in New Delhi".
Kadaba: 11 members of Dalit community converted from Hinduism to Buddhism under the leadership of Anand Mittabail, taluka organisor of Dalit Sangharsha Samithi, in Alankari.
Birmingham: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lost to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the first round while Kidambi Srikanth advanced at the All England Open here on Wednesday.
Colombo: Skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front with a fluent half century and teenaged off-spinner Washington Sundar scalped three wickets to help India beat Bangladesh by 17 runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium here on Wednesday and guide the men-in-blue to the final of the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series.
Sullia: A private school's pick-up van caught fire and wholly gutted at Karlapadi near Ajjavara here on Thursday morning.
Hyderabad: A youth from Telangana, who was killed along with two Kashmiri militants in a gun battle with the security forces in the border state last week, was allegedly working for international terror group Islamic State, police said.
New Delhi: Hackers broke into the Air India's official Twitter account in early hours on Thursday, posting messages in Turkish language, including flight cancellation announcements.
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the US for its "interventionist" stance towards Syria.
Washington: A US Navy fighter jet has crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida, killing its two crew members, a media report said.
New Delhi: It was January 2001 when British physicist Stephen Hawking came to India for the first time, later describing the 16-day long tour as "magnificent".
