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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Moscow, Dec 31 (IANS) At least three people died and 79 others were missing after a gas explosion in an apartment building in southern Russia, authorities said on Monday. An entrance hall in the apartment…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) A youth was allegedly stabbed to death by a group of miscreants in East Kolkata’s Tangra area on Monday morning, police said. Tarak Mondal, a resident of Tangra’s Pagladanga Road area,…
Ksan (Meghalaya), Dec 31 (IANS) The divers of Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday resumed their operation to trace and rescue 15 miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine for the…
Agartala, Dec 31 (IANS) Suspected of practising black magic and witchcraft, an elderly tribal man was hacked to death in the northeastern state of Tripura, police said here on Monday. Police arrested four people in…
Manila, Dec 31 (IANS) At least 68 people have died in a tropical storm that brought heavy rains and triggered deadly landslides over the weekend in the Philippines, officials said on Monday. Storm Usman hit…
Abu Dhabi, Dec 31 (IANS) A 35-year-old Indian man was found hanging at his accommodation in Ras Al Khaimah city in the UAE and a suicide note found from his phone said he took the…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) As 2018 speeds by, bibliophiles will have an opportunity to ring out the old and ring in the new with major literary festivals, awards and, as always,…