This Kerala man, convicted of child rape in the UK, is on the run in India

Last Tuesday, Judge Peter Ross of the Oxford Crown Court in the United Kingdom found a 29-year old business manager from India guilty on two counts of rape and sentenced him to a prison term of 18 years. The judgement was delivered in absentia, as Vijesh Kooriyil, the man found guilty of repeatedly raping a six-year-old child, had fled the country the night before. Kooriyil who boarded a plane to Delhi on Monday night...

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Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Three people are dead and more are missing after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast. Storms continue to batter southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Erosion at Sydney's Collaroy Beach has forced the evacuation of multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger of collapsing. In Tasmania, where major flood warnings have been issued for seven rivers, two...

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In Mercedes Hit-And-Run, Teenage Driver To Be Tried As An Adult

The teenager accused in the Delhi Mercedes hit and run case had surrendred in court days after the accident. NEW DELHI:In the first prosecution under the amended Juvenile Justice Act, the teenager accused in the Mercedes hit-and-run case in Delhi will face trial as an adult.The Juvenile Justice board's order came while allowing the plea of Delhi Police seeking to try the offender - who was 17 at the time - as an adult, as...

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