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| Gunmen kill four in "terrorist" attack on Kenyan church | | | By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Two gunmen stormed a church near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday and opened fire on worshippers, killing four people and wounding others, in what police called a terrorist attack. I fell to the ground and could hear screams," said Lilian Omondi, who was leading a prayer recital at the time. "Then they started shooting at those of us who were standing outside." Somali militant group al Shabaab and local sympathisers have carried out multiple attacks in Kenya, in revenge for the Kenyan army's intervention in Somalia to crush the Islamist rebels. Along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, tension is high particularly among Muslim youths who claim the security forces have been heavy handed in their crackdown on militant recruitment. |
| Charge sheet in phone-tap case in a week: Himachal CM | | | Shimla, March 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Sunday said the inquiry into the mass phone tapping of politicians and government officials duringb the previous BJP regime was complete and the charge sheet would be filed in the court within a week. "I don't know who all are involved (in the phone tapping), but the investigations are almost complete and the charge sheet would be filed within a week," he told reporters here. Refuting allegations of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal that the government was tapping their phones, Virbhadra Singh said: "It was like pot calling the kettle black. The present Congress government accused the previous government deaded by Dhumal of illegally tapping certain telephone numbers through the criminal investigation and the vigilance departments. |
| Tusker poached in Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve | | | Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) A fully grown elephant was shot dead by alleged poachers in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, a forest official said here Sunday. |
| Indian aircraft join search for missing Malaysian plane | | | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Two Indian aircraft Sunday began a search for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, following a commitment from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to assist Malaysia, the government said Sunday. The two aircraft - one P8-I of the Indian Navy and one C-130J of the Indian Air Force - reached Malaysia March 21 to assist the country in locating the missing plane. "After extensive briefings at the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) established by Malaysia, both Indian aircraft took off this morning (Sunday) for the search areas," said a statement from the external affairs ministry. |
| Dowry law cannot be harassment tool, says court | | | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A court here has observed that dowry prohibition law cannot be allowed to become a tool for harassment. Granting relief to a man, who was booked in a dowry harassment case by his wife, the court ordered investigation against the complainant for filing a false case. The man's wife in July 2012 filed a first information report (FIR) against him in a South Delhi police station, alleging that he demanded dowry and subjected her to cruelty, which resulted in her miscarriage. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan, accepting the cancellation report of Delhi Police, said Sections 498A (subjecting woman to cruelty) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) and Dowry Prohibition Act are special legislations enacted for the "protection of women" and have serious penal consequence for the offender. |
| Four suspected terrorists held | | | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Four suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives, who were allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks during the coming election, have been arrested from Rajasthan, Delhi Police said Sunday. The men were identified as Waqas, Waqar Azhar, Mohammad Mahroof and Saquib Ansari, Special Commissioner S.M. Srivastava said here. Waqas disclosed the hideout of his associates," Srivastava said. The Special Cell of Delhi Police and the Rajasthan Anti Terrorism Squad arrested the men named by Waqas from Jaipur and Jodhpur Saturday. |
| Threatened, Bengal woman attempts suicide | | | Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Faced with threats and harassment for lodging a police complaint after her minor daughter was molested, a woman in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas attempted suicide by consuming poison. |
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