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| Pope urges apparent mafia killers of 3-year old to repent | | | Pope Francis urged the killers of a three-year-old boy murdered in southern Italy as part of an apparent mafia hit to repent on Sunday after a crime that he said was unprecedented. The charred body of Nicola Campolongo, known as "Coco", was found along with that of his grandfather Giuseppe and a young Moroccan woman in a burnt-out car in the town of Cassano Jonio near Cosenza in Calabria last week. According to Italian media reports, investigators believe the boy's 52-year-old grandfather Giuseppe Iannicelli was the real target of mafia killers who shot all three people in the car in the head before apparently torching the vehicle. Italian media reported that Iannicelli was linked to drug trafficking, a speciality of 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia that has seized control of much of the trade and which is seen as one of the world's most dangerous criminal organisations. |
| Britain unveils ban on e-cigarettes for under-18s | | | Britain said on Sunday it would ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to children aged under 18, citing possible adverse health effects and outlining a need for further medical research. E-cigarettes, which are puffed like a regular cigarette but deliver nicotine by vaporising liquid rather than burning tobacco, have grown in popularity and some analysts predict the market could outpace conventional cigarettes within a decade. Under-18s are already banned from buying conventional cigarettes in Britain. Sunday's announcement included plans to make it illegal for adults to buy regular cigarettes for consumption by under 18s. |
| China jails prominent rights activist for four years | |  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A court sentenced one of China's most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. Xu Zhiyong's jailing will send a stark warning to activists that the Chinese Communist Party will crush any challenge to its rule, especially from those who seek to organise campaigns. It also diminishes hopes for meaningful political change, even as China pledges to embark on economic reforms. Separately, one of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, who frequently accuses authorities of infringing civil liberties, said police had summoned him on a charge of "suspicion of causing a disturbance".
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| Andamans boat accident: 21 killed; PM, Jayalalithaa condole deaths | | | Chennai/New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 21 people were killed and one was missing when a boat with 43 people on board capsized near Port Blair Sunday, Andamans and Nicobar's police chief said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa however put the toll at 28. The accident took place between Ross Island and North Bay near Port Blair. All others have been saved," the union territory's Director General of Police Sudhir Yadav told IANS. |
| Police identify gunman in Maryland mall shooting, motive unclear | |  By Alice Popovici COLUMBIA, Maryland (Reuters) - The gunman who shot and killed two people at a Maryland mall was a 19-year-old man who lived with his mother in the city of College Park and arrived at the shopping center in a taxi about an hour before opening fire, police said on Sunday. But a day after Saturday's shootings, police could provide no immediate insight into why Darion Marcus Aguilar killed a young man and a young woman at the mall in Columbia, Maryland, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Baltimore, before apparently killing himself. Police have yet to find any ties between Aguilar and the two people he killed, employees at a skate shop at the mall, Howard County Police Chief Bill McMahon told a Sunday morning news conference. "We do know that one of our victims also lived in College Park," McMahon said.
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| Jayalalithaa orders speedy relief for Andaman victims | | | Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday expressed deep sorrow at the death of at least 28 people in a boat capsize near Andaman islands, and ordered officials to take necessary action for providing relief to the survivors. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said senior state government officials have been ordered to immediately reach Port Blair, the Andaman and Nicobar islands capital, to take action to provide medical relief to those who have been rescued. The accident took place between Ross Island and North Bay near Port Blair. |
| Rahul Gandhi meets Uttarakhand flood victims | | | New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday met children and families affected by the devastating Uttarakhand flash floods last year, a party statement said. |
| Jayalalithaa orders fast relief to Andaman victims | | | Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday expressed deep sorrow at the death of at least 28 people in a boat capsize near Andaman islands, and ordered officials to take necessary action for providing relief to the survivors. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said senior state government officials have been ordered to reach Port Blair, the Andamans capital, immediately to take action to provide medical relief to those who have been rescued. |
| Woman raped inside moving car in Delhi | | | New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A 28-year-old married woman was raped by her friend in a moving car here, police Sunday said. The woman was found weeping sitting along the road near the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in east Delhi Sunday evening, police said. She was taken to a police station where she said that she was raped by her friend in a car, in front of his two friends. |
| Boat capsizes off Andamans, PM expresses shock | | | New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A boat with 43 tourists onboard capsized Sunday off the Andaman islands. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed shock over the accident. |
| Costa Rican held with hashish in Goa | | | Panaji, Jan 26 (IANS) A 31-year-old Costa Rican was arrested by Goa's anti-narcotics police Sunday for possessing 1.1 kg hashish, an official said. |
| Sensitise drug peddlers with ill-effects on users: Court | | | New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Noting that drug addiction has spread like an epidemic, a court here has asked government and other authorities to ponder over the manner for sensitising drug traffickers with the ill-effect and pain of an addict. Noting that there is no provision under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the court has asked jail officials to take convicts of such cases to hospitals and drugs de-addiction centres so that they may see the pain and agony of victims. "In the interest of the society, it is for government and all the concerned, including prison authorities to ponder over the manner in which such-like drug traffickers can be sensitized of the pain and agony of a drug addict," said Special Judge, NDPS cases, Narinder Kumar Friday. The court's observation came while convicting a 65-year-old drug peddler Mohammad Qayyum and sentencing him to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. |
| Three vagabonds arrested for train robberies | | | New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Three vagabonds have been arrested for involvement in several train robberies in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday. Uma Shankar (22), Shaukin (24) and Sarafat alias Bhura (21) were arrested Friday near the Old Delhi railway station. "All of them are vagabonds and stay near railway stations. They are not much educated and are drug addicts," a police officer said. |
| Notice to police over wrong treatment by Gurgaon hospital | | | Gurgaon, Jan 26 (IANS) A judicial magistrate's court here has issued notice to police for failing to submit the status report of a probe into the alleged cheating and wrong treatment of a minor girl by Fortis Memorial Research Institute, a lawyer said Sunday. Owner of the Fortis Memorial Research Institute Malvinder Mohan Singh and doctors Sanjeev K. Choudhary, Neeraj Parkash, Ritu Chadha, Nandini Vasdev, Vineet Pant and Abhinav Singhal were booked for breach of trust, cheating, criminal conspiracy, wrongly treating the patient and some other sections of the Indian Penal Code Jan 11. |
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