Extreme Action: Policemen drag a woman who said she was "gangraped" into a police station in Haryana’s Yamunanagar town after she tore off her clothes on Sunday and offered herself to policemen in frustration over their refusal to act against her attackers.

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9,000 Die In Big China Quake

Chongqing (China), May 12: A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 9,000 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades.Full story

Sharif party walks out of coalition

Islamabad, May 12: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday parted ways with the coalition government led by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after the failure of the parties’ talks to reinstate the sacked judges of the superior courts.Full story

Panic grows in Assam, 2 more rail staff killed

Guwahati, May 12: The rampaging Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) militants on Monday continued to wreak havoc in the trouble-torn North Cachar Hills district of Assam by killing two more railway workers and injuring five others near the Migran Disa railway station.Full story

Delhi asks Bengal for report on Nandigram CRPF row

New Delhi, May 12: A day after a top officer of the Central Reserve Police Force faced molestation charges at Nandigram, the Centre on Monday sought a detailed report from the West Bengal government and the CRPF on the open confrontation during the panchayat polls between a CPI(M) MP and a senior officer of the force, which alleged "deliberate victimisation" of its personnel in the Marxist-ruled state.Full story

New missile-decoy system for Navy soon

Hyderabad, May 12: The Defence Electronics Research Laboratory here is developing a hi-tech decoy system which will be able to "seduce" missiles away from their legitimate targets.Full story

Nepal King set to lose his crown on May 28

Kathmandu, May 12: Nepal’s government announced on Monday that its new constitution-drafting body would meet for the first time on May 28 when it is due to formally abolish the monarchy and declare the country a republic.Full story

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