Category: Accident

On average, 98 deaths in police custody every year

By Jai Vipra A staggering 1,275 people died in police custody in India between 2001 and 2013 but less than…

10 years ago

Japanese court rules against n-plant over safety concerns

Tokyo, June 17 (IANS) In a fresh setback to Japan's plans to reactivate nuclear plants that fulfil the new safety…

10 years ago

Bangladesh urged to halt mass arbitrary arrests

New York, June 17 (IANS) The Bangladeshi authorities should investigate attacks on secular writers and others but must stop arbitrarily…

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Meghalaya High Court orders CBI probe in police scam

Shillong, June 17 (IANS) The Meghalaya High Court has ordered a CBI inquiry into an alleged recruitment scam of the…

10 years ago

Temer denies involvement in graft case

Brasilia, June 17 (IANS) Brazilian interim President Michel Temer has denied involvement in a corruption case that forced a third…

10 years ago

Man arrested after climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney, June 17 (IANS) A man was arrested on Friday after he got out of his taxi and started climbing…

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Novel model to help track IS activities on social media

Washington, June 17 (IANS) Applying some physics to study how terrorist groups grow online, a team of researchers has developed…

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11 sentenced to life in Gulberg massacre

Ahmedabad, June 17 (IANS) A special court here on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment 11 persons, of the 24 convicted…

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Ecuador renews state of emergency for another 30 days

Quito, June 17 (IANS) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced that the government has renewed a state of emergency which was…

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Obama tells Orlando families they have ‘inspired’ the nation

Orlando, June 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Thursday told relatives of those killed or wounded in last Sunday's…

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Crashed EgyptAir flight’s cockpit voice recorder recovered, found damaged

Cairo, June 17 (IANS) The Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee said on Thursday that the cockpit voice recorder of crashed…

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British MP dies after gun, knife attack

London, June 16 (IANS) British Labour MP Jo Cox died after she was shot and stabbed in an attack in…

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18 more bodies recovered from Meghalaya accident site

Shillong, June 16 (IANS) Eighteen more dead bodies were recovered on Thursday from the 500-feet deep gorge, taking to 25…

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Centre wilfully disobeying SC order on drought-hit states: Yogendra Yadav

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav on Thursday accused the Centre of "wilfully disobeying" a Supreme…

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Yet another woman gang-raped in car in Delhi, three held

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman returning home after watching a movie was abducted and gang-raped in a…

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Plane on rescue mission goes missing

Hanoi, June 16 (IANS) An aircraft with nine people aboard lost contact on Thursday while carrying out a rescue mission…

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ED attaches Rs 51 crore fixed deposits of Farouk Irani

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two days after the arrest of Farouk Irani, former managing director of a Chennai-based First…

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Jung clears probe against Sheila Dikshit in water tanker scam

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) In what could turn out an embarrassment for the Congress party, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb…

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Man arrested after British MP shot at

London, June 16 (IANS) A man has been arrested after a British Labour MP was shot at in Birstall in…

10 years ago

Dozens of migrants die of thirst in Niger desert

Niamey (Niger), June 16 (IANS/AKI) The bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, thought to have died of thirst have…

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