
Six men were due to appear in court on Monday over the gang-rape and robbery of a Swiss cyclist holidaying in India, an assault which has raised alarm about the safety of tourists, AFP reports.

Six men were due to appear in court on Monday over the gang-rape and robbery of a Swiss cyclist holidaying in India, an assault which has raised alarm about the safety of tourists, AFP reports.

A diplomatic rift between India and Italy over two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen widened Thursday when India's Supreme Court ordered the Italian ambassador to New Delhi, Daniele Mancini, to ''not leave the country''. The order follows the Italian government's decision not to send the marines back to India after they were granted a permit to come home to vote in last month's general elections.

As the drought situation in Maharashtra worsens, allegations of siphoning off of relief funds have surfaced. The leader of the opposition in the state Assembly on Wednesday claimed bogus beneficiaries of fodder schemes. This came as the Centre granted Rs 1,200 crore as a drought relief package.

Five jawans were killed and another six injured in an attack by militants on a CRPF camp in Srinagar this morning.

PM Manmohan Singh described Italy's provocative decision to not send back the two marines accused of killing Kerala fishermen as unacceptable, and the government lodged a "strong protest" with the Italian ambassador and asked for the duo's return.