Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A 50-year-old Pakistani man committed suicide after he bet a month’s salary on a cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh which his country lost. Muhammad Shafiq, a junior clerk in the…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) An Australian woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Thursday, police said. The body of Margret Linda, 53 was lying on a bed in the flat in Toli Chowki area…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday will pass an order on a plea filed by a former woman research analyst who has accused environmentalist R.K. Pachauri of sexual harassment to…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A court here will consider on Friday a charge sheet filed by Delhi Police against five accused in a case of alleged supply of sensitive documents to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday suspended a senior education department official on the charge of corruption and also registered a police complaint against him, an official statement said. “On the…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) By Archana Rao and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition 20 days ago, was released from the Tihar…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) The CBI has interrogated a senior police officer of Odisha in connection with Seashore chit fund scam in which lakhs of investors were allegedly duped of money totalling about Rs.1,500 crore,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) “No direct link” has been found between Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and anti-India sloganeering on the campus on February 9, a magisterial report said. The…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar reached the JNU here on Thursday evening, 20 days after he was arrested there on charges of sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar entered the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Centre has to decide on the release of those convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday denied in the Rajya Sabha that his ministerial colleague Ram Shankar Katheria made an inflammatory speech in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, and stressed…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) In a bid to pre-empt an opposition onslaught in the coming Maharashtra assembly budget session, the chief minister and his ministers embarked on a daylong tour of some of the worst…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was released from the Tihar Jail here on Wednesday, a day after a court gave him a six-month interim bail, jail authorities said.
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Over-speeding by commercial vehicles plays a major role in accidental deaths in West Bengal but the state has made no effort to ensure availability and installation of speed governors (speed-limiting device)…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The government faced a tough time in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as opposition members raised the issue of what they called “hate and inflammatory” speeches by BJP MPs and…
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Over 7,000 people in Karachi, Pakistan, who protested the execution of then Punjab governor Salman Taseer’s killer Mumtaz Qadri, were booked for promoting enmity between groups, rioting and misuse of loudspeaker,…
Rohtak: Security beefup in Rohtak in the wake off Jats demonstration on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Gurgaon, March 3 (IANS) Over 1,000 people across Gurgaon have been booked for various offences in connection with…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Forty nine Indian fishermen who were detained by Iran in December last year have been freed and reached India on Thursday, a senior government official said. On December 1, 49…
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) A Maharajganj court has admitted a complaint against former union home minister P. Chidambaram for his alleged remarks that Parliament House attack accused Afzal Guru was not given a proper hearing…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, accused of sedition, will soon be released from Tihar Jail here as his bail bond has been furnished, a lawyer said on Thursday. This follows…