100 cows dead in Vijayawada gaushala
Vijayawada, Aug 10 (IANS) Over 100 cows died of poisoning in a gaushala on the outskirts of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred late on Friday night after the cows…
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Delhi Police books ex-BJP MLA for raping daughter-in-law
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Delhi Police have booked former BJP MLA Manoj Shokeen for allegedly raping and threatening his daughter-in-law at gun point on the intervening night of December 31, 2018 and January…
5 killed in Russia rocket blast
Moscow, Aug 10 (IANS) Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia earlier this week, state-run nuclear company Rosatom said on Saturday. Rostacom said the…
US mass shootings: Trump calls for gun background checks
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has called for “intelligent background checks” on gun buyers in response to recent mass shootings. “Frankly, we need intelligent background checks,” Xinhua quoted Trump as saying to…
JNU rape case transferred to Crime Branch
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The case of the alleged rape of a JNU student has been transferred to the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Friday, a senior police officer said. According to the police,…
Two men arrested for killing elderly woman in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of an elderly woman last year. The police said on Friday that the suspects’ plan of robbing the woman…
Man held for killing Nepali national in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 30-year-old Nepali citizen, who was murdered in south-west Delhi around two months ago, the police said on…
Scuffle between two Ryan International School students
Gurugram, Aug 9 (IANS) Two Class 8 students of the Ryan International School in Sector 31 were involved in a scuffle in the school premises, but none was seriously injured, a senior school official said…
Book K’taka, Maha CMs for ‘culpable homicide’: Congress
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) With the flood situation in the state continuing to remain grim, the Congress on Friday demanded booking Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his Karnataka counterpart B.S. Yediyurappa for ‘culpable homicide’…
9 members of Neeraj Bawana gang arrested in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Delhi Police claimed to have arrested nine members of the infamous Neeraj Bawana gang from Jaunti village in Delhi’s Khanjawala area. The police on Friday said the criminals used…
NDTV’s Prannoy and Radhika Roy not allowed to leave India
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Founders of NDTV Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika were prevented from leaving the country at Mumbai airport here on Friday. The two have return tickets to India for Aug 16,…
Three women held in Punjab carrying habit-forming drugs
Chandigarh, Aug 9 (IANS) The Punjab Special Task Force (STF) to combat drugs on Friday arrested three women on a charge of possessing habit-forming pharmaceutical drugs. This is for the first time that drugs have…
Centre to extend full support to flood-hit Karnataka: Joshi
Hubballi (Karnataka), Aug 9 (IANS) The Central government on Friday assured flood-hit Karnataka of all possible help in mitigating the hardships of its people reeling under the devastation caused by heavy monsoon rains, Union Parliamentary…
Kerala rains: 28 dead, 64,000 in 738 relief camps
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (IANS) With incessant rain in Kerala, the death toll has reached 28 and over 64,000 people have shifted into 738 relief camps across the rain-battered state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on…
‘Horrifying 5 minutes of my life’: SAIL chief on attack
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) “It was a horrifying 5 minutes of my life”, SAIL Chairman Anil Kumar Chaudhary says as the four men who attacked him late on Wednesday night with iron rods and…
Trinamool leader found dead in Bengal, party alleges murder
Islampur (West Bengal), Aug 9 (IANS) Body of a Trinamool Congress leader from West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district was on Friday found hanging from a bamboo structure in front of his house, police said. Trinamool…
34 held in financial crackdown on Brazil’s crime gang
Sao Paulo, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 34 people were arrested on Friday in a Federal Police operation targeting the finances of the First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil’s largest organized crime group. The police force…
Worker killed in demolition of unsafe Mumbai building
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) A labourer was killed when a fire-ravaged, dilapidated four-storied building was being demolished in south Mumbai on Friday, the BMC Disaster Control said. The incident occurred when a private contractor’s workers…
Police bust honey trap gang in Jaipur
Jaipur, Aug 9 (IANS) In yet another case of honey trap, the Rajasthan Police have arrested a woman and her aide for demanding Rs 30 lakh from two innocent men for changing her statement after…
Denied Jaguar, Haryana youth pushes BMW into river
Chandigarh, Aug 9 (IANS) Gifted a BMW by his parents instead of a Jaguar that he was demanding, a youth from Haryana’s Yamunanagar on Friday pushed his new car into a swollen river in a…