Torrential rain pounding South Korea on Wednesday triggered landslides which killed 22 people, flooded hundreds of homes and turned main roads into rivers of churning, muddy water.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited a hospital here to meet the victims of Kalka Mail train accident, officials said.

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy was surprised at Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision not to push for a win in the third Test that ended here on Sunday.

Seven people died and 30 were injured in a weekend stampede during a music festival held in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, authorities said.

Maharashtra home minister R.R. Patil on Saturday advised parents in big cities to keep a watch on their children to ensure they do not get drifted towards Naxalism.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh giving further momentum to the talk of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle possible early next week.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi joined hundtreds of farmers at the “Kisan Mahapanchayat” (farmers rally) held here on Saturday and listened intently to the grievances and issues they raised.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi told a farmers rally here on Saturday that farmers in Uttar Pradesh were not compensated fairly for their land acquired for development projects.

Accusing Uttar Pradesh’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of causing a loss of whopping Rs 40,000 crores by “scandalous land allotments” in Noida during last one year, the Baharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded a court-monitored probe into the matter.

Winding up his four-day “padyatra” in the battle against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused her government of acquiring farmers’ lands for golf courses and racing tracks and firing upon poor farmers when they protest.