Baby put on sale online in Mexico

An advertisement that appeared on a Mexican website to sell a ‘beautiful baby’ for its organs has caused outrage and indignation on social networks.

The advertisement that appeared on the MercadoLibr

Sensex up 52 points in early trade

The BSE benchmark index Sensex recovered by almost 52 points in early trade on Monday on buying by funds and retail investors which took cues from firming trends on the other Asian bourses.

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Bihar schoolgirls held in sex racket

In a shocking exposure by the police, five of 25 minor girls arrested in a red-light area close to the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar’s Araria district were on Monday identified as students of a government-run residential school, exclusively for dalit, tribal and backward caste girls.

Whitney’s end shocks music world

Whitney Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fuelled by years of drug use, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room.

Pakistan in midst of strange games

An unusual political situation is brewing in Pakistan with the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to charge Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani with contempt of court, making it the first time in the country’s history that a PM has been indicted. Not mincing words, Mr Gilani called the court’s move “politically motivated”. He appears to have a point, for later this month if a guilty verdict is rendered the head of the government will face a jail term of up to six months, and of course lose office. This is virtually a coup d’etat by other means.