Food aid being stolen in Houthi-controlled areas: UN
Rome, Jan 1 (IANS/AKI) Humanitarian food supplies in Yemen – where up to 20 million people are facing famine – are being stolen and sold for profit in the capital Sanaa and other areas of…
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509 drunk drivers fined in Delhi on New Year eve
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Delhi Police penalised a total of 509 people on New Year’s eve for drunk driving, an official said on Tuesday. “We issued 509 drunk driving challans on the eve of…
3 stabbed at Manchester railway station
London, Jan 1 (IANS) A police officer and two others have been stabbed by a man wielding a knife at Victoria Railway Station in Manchester in Britain on New Year’s eve. The incident took place…
IS module case: NIA conducts fresh searches in Amroha
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 1 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted “follow up” searches here in connection with the busting of a new Islamic State (IS) module — Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam — last month,…
8 killed in UP road accident
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) In a tragedy on the New Year, at least eight persons were killed and several others injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district on Tuesday, police said. Superintendent…
Bulandshahr policeman’s killing: Another accused arrested
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) One of the prime accused in the killing of police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during a mob violence in December in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr was arrested on Tuesday, police said. Senior…
Bihar to have CISF like force to protect businessmen, industrialists
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) Following the killing of several business persons in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Monday that a Bihar Industrial Security Force (BISF) will be set up on the lines of…
Minors tortured: Sisodia asks DM to take over Delhi shelter home
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Following an adverse report about a national capital-based shelter home by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday directed the District Magistrate to…
AFSPA extended in Nagaland for another six months
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six more months in Nagaland, with the Home Ministry declaring the entire state “disturbed area”. The controversial act implemented…
‘Battle of Agusta’ intensifies between BJP, Congress
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The political slugfest over the VVIP chopper deal case on Monday intensified with BJP chief Amit Shah accusing the Gandhi family of having “deep friendship” with arrested AgustaWestland middleman Christian…
On New Year Eve, drugs, pistols seized in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) As Mumbai got into the New Year Eve celebrations, the Maharashtra Police effected seizures of drugs and arms from Mumbai and Amravati, officials said here on Monday. In a major swoop,…
Navy divers find wooden structure, rat-hole with coal sans trapped miners
Ksan (Meghalaya), Dec 31 (IANS) Indian naval divers on Monday found wooden structure, coal and a rat-hole coal inside the 370-feet flooded coal mine with the help of an underwater remotely-operated vehicle (UROV) machine where…
Sajjan Kumar surrenders, sent to jail
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, was on Monday sent to jail after he surrendered in a city court. Kumar surrendered…
Goa Police to crack down on drunken driving on New Year eve
Panaji, Dec 31 (IANS) Those planning to down a few beers and drive around Goa during New Year’s eve may be in for a shock, as Goa Police plan to crack down on drunken driving…
Four Andhra students on way for New Year celebrations killed
Vijayawada, Dec 31 (IANS) Four students on their way to take part in New Year celebrations were killed and three others injured when a car in which they were travelling hit the road divider and…
Blast outside Philippines’ shopping mall kills 2
Manila, Dec 31 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 23 others, including a four-year-old girl, were wounded in an explosion outside a shopping mall in the Philippines’ Cotabato City on Monday. Cotabato City…
Sonia, Rahul never interfered in defence deals: Antony
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Amid the political slugfest between the BJP and the Congress over AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel making apparent reference to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Defence…
1984 riots case: Sajjan Kumar surrenders in court
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, surrendered in a city court on Monday. Kumar surrendered in Delhi’s Karkardooma Court, complying with…
Bihar’s business community demand better security
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) The industrialists and businessmen in Bihar on Monday demanded security from the state government in view of the killing of several business persons in the state, officials said. Fear runs high…
Russia arrests US citizen on suspicion of espionage
Moscow, Dec 31 (IANS) Russias Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it has detained a US citizen on suspicion of espionage. American citizen Paul Whelan was arrested over three days ago in the…