President Obama 'sure Syria behind chemical attack'

US President Barack Obama says the US has concluded that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attacks near Damascus.

He said the use of chemical weapons affected US national interests and that sending a "shot across the bows" could have a positive impact on Syria's war.

But in the interview with PBS, he said he had not yet made a decision about whether to intervene militarily.

His comments follow a day of behind-the-scenes wrangling at the UN.

The UK had been pushing for permanent members of the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution which would have authorised measures to protect civilians in Syria.

But Syrian ally Russia refused to agree to the resolution and the meeting produced no end to the diplomatic stalemate which has long

Son of SP leader sentenced to life term for raping minor

BADAUN: Son of a SP leader was sentenced to life imprisonment and a penalty of Rs one lakh was also imposed on him by a local court here for raping a teenaged girl.


The 15-year-old victim was raped by Varun Bharadwaj alias Chinu, son of fomer SP block head Patanjali Bhardwaj, in Alapur area on December 27, 2010, prosecution counsel Gyan Swaroop Gupta said.

After hearing both the sides, Additional District Judge S N Tripathi held Chinu guilty yesterday, he said.

The court also said that from the amount of the fine imposed, Rs 70,000 be given to the victim.

It also directed to lodge an FIR against three persons, including the then station officer of Alapur Pradeep Shukla, for disclosing the identity of the victim.

Src:The Economic Times

Pak prisoner Sanaullah dies in Chandigarh hospital

Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Rana (file photo in inset) is carried on a stretcher to be shifted to Chandigarh for treatment, after he was attacked by an inmate at a jail in Jammu. PTI Phot

 Pakistani prisoner Sanaullaha, who was beaten up by inmates in Jammu's Kot Bhalwal jail, died in a Chandigarh hospital today. He had suffered kidney failure on Wednesday and was in critical condition. Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq suffered a kidney failure, said officials of the PGIMER Chandigarh. According to

Railway minister Bansal's nephew held for accepting Rs. 90 lakh in bribe

In a huge embarrassment for the UPA government, the CBI on Friday arrested railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew for accepting Rs. 90 lakh in bribe from a senior railway officer seeking “a lucrative posting”.

Senior agency officials said Bansal's nephew V Singla was arrested in Chandigarh for accepting the money from one Manjunath, an alleged middleman for railway board member (staff) Mahesh Kumar.

Kumar was arrested at the Mumbai airport soon after he arrived from Delhi. He allegedly wanted the position as member (electrical), which

4 years old Madhya Pradesh rape victim dead

NAGPUR: The four-year-old rape victim from Ghansor in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, who was battling for life, died of cardiac arrest at 7.45pm at the Care Hospital in city on Monday. All efforts to revive her through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) failed. The body was sent for post mortem an hour after her death to the Government Medical College and Hospital as it was a medico legal case.

 

The girl remained in coma ever since she was airlifted from Jabalpur on April 20. The victim had suffered a severe