Thankful

NEW DELHI - Lingaram Kodopi, a tribal student from Chhattisgarh who police say is the "mastermind" of an attack by suspected Maoists on a Congress leader's house in the state's Dantewada district, says he is "shocked and shattered" by the allegation and can prove his innocence, but would rather commit suicide than surrender to the police as he feared for his life.

Serena Williams was fined a record $82,500 for her tirade at a U.S.

MUMBAI - Actors Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor bagged the Teacher's Achievement Awards while noted lyricist Gulzar was bestowed the lifetime achievement honour at a function here.

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man who launched a military flare that sparked a major fire at a meatpacking plant has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.

CORVALLIS, Ore. - After more than five years of uncertainty, Cammy Wilberger says she is grateful the man arrested in her daughter's abduction finally admitted his guilt and led police to her body.