Sydney, Oct 22 (IANS) The Australian Prime Minister on Monday apologized and asked for forgiveness on behalf of the nation to the thousands of victims affected by acts of paedophilia and other abuse when they…
Riyadh, Oct 22 (IANS) The King of Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince sent their condolences to a son of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who died at his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Saudi state media…
Berlin, Oct 22 (IANS) Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced the suspension of German arms sales to Saudi Arabia, saying they cannot be undertaken in the current circumstances, a reference to the death of Saudi journalist…
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed and over 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday night, police and media said. According…
Ankara, Oct 22 (IANS) Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed on telephone on Sunday night the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and agreed that “all aspects of the…
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) Six people were shot, leaving three of them in critical condition, in Jacksonville in the US state of Florida, police said Sunday. All six victims were adults, Xinhua news agency quoted…
Berlin, Oct 22 (IANS) Germany will not sell arms to Saudi Arabia while the case of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains unclear, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. Merkel made the remarks…
Istanbul, Oct 22 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he will make statements about murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his party’s parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday. Speaking at an event in…
Taipei, Oct 21 (IANS) At least 22 people died and 171 other passengers were injured Sunday when a train derailed near the Taiwanese capital, the country’s emergency services said. The high-speed Puyuma Express, which was…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A labourer died while working in a Delhi Jal Board water pump house in north Delhi, police said on Sunday. “An information was received at the Jahangirpuri police station from…
Varanasi, Oct 21 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Sunday held the local administration responsible for the Amritsar tragedy in which 59 people were crushed to death by a train while…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against its own Special Director Rakesh Asthana of accepting bribe to settle a case of meat exporter Moin Qureshi, who is…
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) A Trinamool leader of West Bengal’s Birbhum district sustained a bullet injury when he was allegedly attacked by BJP workers on Sunday. “We have been informed that Trinamool leader Dipak Ghosh…
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) A woman was allegedly gang-raped brutally in a secluded area in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, police said on Sunday. “The homemaker of Madhyapara area was alone when two persons, Parimal Rai…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A man was on Sunday arrested on the charge of killing his wife, police said. Kamil suspected Reshma, 22, to be in an extra-marital affair, and strangled her to death…
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal core committee on Sunday demanded immediate sacking of Punjab Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and registration of a murder case against his wife and former legislator…
Amritsar, Oct 21 (IANS) Amid tension and tight security, train services were partially restored on the Amritsar-Jalandhar railway section as the Punjab Police booked unidentified protesters on Sunday who clashed with the police at the…
Srinagar, Oct 21 (IANS) A low-intensity tremor struck the Kashmir valley on Sunday, but there was no report of any damage to life or property. A State Disaster Management Department official said that an earthquake…
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday asked officials to prepare a detailed socio-economic profile of the victims of the Amritsar train tragedy, hinting at a higher compensation for the aggrieved…
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IANS) The Punjab Police will conduct a separate probe into the train tragedy in Amritsar on Friday in which 59 people lost their lives and nearly 60 others were injured. Punjab Director…