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| Maoists kill Odisha tribal | | | Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Wednesday shot dead a tribal man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, accusing him of spying on them for the police, an official said. The body of Raju Hantal of Ralegada village, about 700 km from Bhubaneswar, was found in a forest with bullet injuries, Superintendent of Police Akhileshwar Singh told IANS. Maoists had earlier threatened to kill him on suspicion that he was spying on them. But the Maoists managed to get his new address and allegedly dragged him to the nearby forest and shot him dead. |
| Over Rs.3 crore cash, valuables seized in Bengal | | | Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department has seized over Rs.3 crore in unaccounted cash and valuables, including gold, in West Bengal, an Election Commission (EC) official said Wednesday. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta told reporters here that over Rs.3.8 crore has been seized since the March 5 announcement of the Lok Sabha election. |
| Key U.S. lawmakers back declassifying CIA report, cite "torture" | | | Two members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee came out in favor of declassifying parts of a report on the CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation" methods on Wednesday, saying they had concluded some detainees "were subjected to techniques that constituted torture." The announcement by Maine Senators Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an Independent aligned with the Democrats, was an important boost for the declassification push a day before the panel is expected to vote on the issue. "Further, the report raises serious concerns about the CIA's management of this program." The lawmakers said their vote to declassify would not signal full endorsement of its conclusions or methodology, saying the report did not involve direct interviews with CIA officials, contract personnel, administration personnel or participation of the staff of Republican intelligence committee members. "Torture is wrong, and we must make sure that the misconduct and the grave errors made in the CIA's detention and interrogation program never happen again," the statement said. |
| Court dismisses defamation case against Naveen Jindal | | | New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A court here has dismissed a defamation case filed against Congress lawmaker Naveen Jindal and others by Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary. Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mittal, in an order made available Wednesday, dismissed the defamation case against Jindal and others saying that the statement made by the accused cannot be said to be defamatory in nature. The court was hearing a plea by Chaudhary seeking action against Jindal and others for allegedly making a false statement against him at a press conference. Chaudhary alleged that Jindal in the press conference Oct 25, 2012, made a false statement which tarnished his image. |
| German landlord tries to collect rent with chainsaw | | | A landlord demanding rent arrears threatened tenants and German police with a whirring chainsaw, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. The frightened tenants called police to the scene, and the 45-year-old man eventually dropped the chainsaw when the officers showed their guns. |
| Suicide bomber kills six police at Afghan ministry ahead of vote | |  A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself outside Afghanistan's interior ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday, killing himself and at least six policemen, the latest in a string of attacks ahead of Afghanistan's April 5 presidential election. Taliban insurgents also killed nine civilians including a provincial council candidate in northern Afghanistan, local officials said.
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| At least 4 policemen killed in Kabul suicide attack | |  At least four policemen were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack outside the Afghan interior ministry in the centre of Kabul, a ministry spokesman said. It happened outside the main gate... The bomber tried to enter our human resources department," the spokesman said. It was impossible for him to enter the facility with the suicide vest." (Reporting by Mirwais Harooni Writing by Maria Golovnina;
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| Suicide bomber blows himself up outside Afghan interior ministry | | | A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Afghan interior ministry building in the centre of Kabul on Wednesday, wounding several police officers, the ministry said in a statement. "A suicide bomber wearing a military uniform ... detonated his explosives at the main gate of the interior ministry," it said. Details will be announced later." (Writing by Maria Golovnina; |
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