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,…
By Arun Kumar Das New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) In a major policy shift, bidding for parking, catering and parcel-leasing – worth about Rs 3,000 crore a year — will be awarded through an e-tendering…
Moscow, Dec 31 (IANS) At least two people died and several others were injured after a gas explosion rocked an apartment building in Russian city of Magnitogorsk, officials said on Monday. The explosion occurred at…
Washington, Dec 31 (IANS) A 22-year-old graduate, who started job at a wildlife conservatory in the US state of North Carolina two weeks ago, was mauled to death by a lion that escaped a locked…
London, Dec 31 (IANS) Smugglers and migrants are using Facebook to buy boats for crossing the Channel from the French port city of Calais to come to Britain, The Telegraph reported. The Facebook “Marketplace” has…
Tokyo, Dec 31 (IANS) A Tokyo court on Monday extended to January 11 the detention of Nissan Motor?s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested in connection with financial misconduct allegations. The 64-year-old French-Brazilian businessman…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The National Investigation (NIA) carried out searches at several places in Delhi and questioned few people in connection with its probe into the new Islamic State module of Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, officials…
Vijayawada, Dec 30 (IANS) Four policemen, including a Circle Inspector, were injured in an attack by gamblers in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Sunday, police said. The attackers also set afire a police vehicle. The…
Ksan (Meghalaya), Dec 30 (IANS) The Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Sunday began their operation to rescue 15 miners trapped inside a flooded illegal coal pit for 18 days in Meghalaya’s…