BANGALORE, India - A major mishap was averted at the Bangalore airport when a Hyderabad-bound Kingfisher Airlines' aircraft hit a stray dog on the runway and aborted take-off after its nose-landing gear collapsed. "The aircraft, which joined the fleet in December 2007, hit a dog on the runway during its take-off roll causing the nose landing gear to collapse. All the passengers were evacuated by the crew," the airlines said.
"It is unfortunate that dog menace still persists at airports in India causing such incidents as on the Bangalore runway,” the airlines said.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Four former Bangladesh MPs who were jailed on corruption charges have been stripped of their privileges for illegally using cell phones. Their entitlements of a small cot, newspapers and other facilities were cancelled for three months after they were found to be using cell phones to contact their families and associates outside the jail, the Daily Star reported.

KERALA, India – Police have sought help from Interpol to nab a woman, earlier living in Britain, who had allegedly feigned death so that her husband could collect insurance.
Sara Williams, earlier called Saramma Thomas, Sara was living in Surrey, England  for over a decade. In 2000, her husband told UK’s Nat West Bank she had died in Kerala and made a 200,000-pound insurance claim. There's a twist in the tale: Sara's husband, who had actually made the false claim, died in 2002.

DHAKA, Bangladesh -  The police in a village in northern Bangladesh have detained a tribal woman for biting a girl and drinking her blood. Tumpi Mij, of the indigenous tribal group, was caught attacking the 10-year-old victim during Easter Sunday celebrations. Father Anthony Sen said local indigenous people had embraced Christianity but many converts still practised witchcraft as part of their tribal culture.