Federation of Indian Christian Organizations in North America, the organisation alleged in a press release issued that the attacks against Christians in Orissa are continuing despite assurances from the Centre and the State Governments.

The first case after the Senior Citizens Act came into force last year, a 58-year-old man was taken into custody for neglecting his aged mother and cases have been registered against his five siblings at Kottiyam near here, police said.

Power cut at a crowded mass marriage venue here at an auspicious moment when about 40 grooms had to simultaneously tie the 'mangal sutra' around their bride's neck led to a mix up with two of them missing the target.

The inauguration of a new university chartered to grant degrees to underserved women in Asia will be celebrated at a Symposium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 17-18,2008.

Cracking the whip on MPs who defied the party in Parliament, the BJP today expelled eight Lok Sabha members, who bailed out the UPA government either by cross-voting or remaining absent during voting in the confidence motion.

The Janata Dal (Secular) on wednesday expelled its Lok Sabha member M Shivanna for defying the party directive and voting in favour of the UPA government during Tuesday's trust motion in Parliament. The decision to expel the Chamarajanagar MP was taken at a meeting party chief H D Deve Gowda had with Lok Sabha member M P Veerendrakumar and JD-S secretary general Danish Ali.

CPM on Wednesday expelled Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee from the party on the ground of "seriously compromising" its position. The politburo of the CPM has unanimously decided to expel Somnath Chatterjee from the membership of the party with immediate effect, a party statement said after a meeting of its politburo.

The battle for numbers that will decide the fate of the UPA government in the trust vote today entered the last lap with its hopes hinging on abstentions and last minute defections from rival camps.

An American man, who was born as woman before undergoing a gender change surgery, has given birth to a healthy baby girl at an Oregon hospital. 34-year-old Thomas Beatie, who legally switched to a male identity while preserving his female reproductive organs, delivered the baby on June 29.

An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself in the head on Tuesday at an airport departure ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, authorities said, sparking fear of an assassination attempt and prompting bodyguards to whisk Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert away from the scene.