Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) A Pakistani montaineer was killed while six others, including foreigners, were injured when an avalanche hit an expedition team while they were scaling a 5,300-metre high peak in the Gilgit-Baltistan region,…
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), June 18 (IANS) Eight persons were killed and more than 24 injured when a milk tanker hit a tractor trolley here. The accident took place on Monday night on the Sitapur Lakhimpur…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A three-storey building collapsed here on Tuesday, an official said, adding that there were reports of any casualties. According to the senior fire official, they received a call at around…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (IANS) Fresh trouble has broken out for the ruling CPI-M in Kerala, after the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s eldest son Binoy Kodiyeri. A 33-year-old woman has…
Canberra, June 18 (IANS) Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is working with Australian authorities to help locate a missing Belgian backpacker who disappeared in May, officials said on Tuesday. Theo Hayez, 18, disappeared while returning from…
United Nations, June 18 (IANS) The Earth will be home to some 9.7 billion people in 2050 and by 2100 the number will increase to 11 billion. India’s population will surpass China’s by 2027, and…
Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Six people were killed and another 75 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled China’s Sichuan Province at 10:55 p.m. Monday (local time), according to local authorities. The epicentre, with a…
Cairo, June 18 (IANS) Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. A top figure in the now-banned…
Jammu, June 18 (IANS) A special police officer (SPO) committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle after killing his wife in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the police said. Police said SPO Dheeraj…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The paramilitary has been deployed in the Mukherjee Nagar police station and nearby areas as hundreds of protesters gathered around the police station demanding suspension of policemen allegedly involved in…
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) A suspected explosive device was found near a school in Kalamboli suburb in Navi Mumbai on Monday evening, police said. Following an alert from a security guard of New Sudhagad High…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A Nigerian national was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday after he tried to use a cloned debit card to purchase 450 kgs of ‘ghee’ worth Rs 2.25 lakh….
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Two labourers who were engaged in cleaning work at the high-rise Videocon Tower here died after falling from the 10th floor, police said on Monday. The incident occurred at 3…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A resident doctor of the AIIMS Trauma Centre working at the emergency ward was allegedly manhandled by attendants of a patient, resulting in his colleagues going on a strike till…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The Delhi Police claimed to have arrested an inter-state gun smuggler with 30 pistols, including 17 country-made ones, 10 magazines and 25 live ammunition, which were to be supplied to…
By Advitya Bahl Noida, June 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a lookout circular against Sayan Roy, one of the accused in the mysterious death of Amity University student Justin John…
Dubai, June 17 (IANS) Mohamed Farhan Faisal, 6, who died after being left behind alone in a bus for several hours in Dubai on Saturday, was laid to rest here. According to local media on…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) After Delhi Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik promised on Monday to register cases against the policemen who allegedly thrashed a mini taxi driver and his son in the capital’s Mukherjee…
Bhubaneswar, June 17 (IANS) Three more cyber police stations would be set up in Odisha to deal with the rising number of cyber crimes in the state, said an official here on Monday. While in…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Minutes after Delhi Police Commissioner promised to file a case against the policemen who had allegedly thrashed a mini taxi driver and his son in Mukherjee Nagar, the Delhi Police…