Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a man burnt alive his two daughters before committing self-immolation in Telangana’s Warangal district on Thursday, police said. Srinivas (35) set ablaze his daughters, aged seven and…
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority is to unveil a revised $8.3 billion plan for post-quake reconstruction of damaged private and public structures and buildings for the next five years. The post-disaster recovery…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought a CBI enquiry into the murder on May 7 of a teenager in Gaya…
Hanoi, May 12 (IANS) Four tourists, who disappeared while sailing near Malaysia’s Borneo island, were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing boat, an official told EFE news on Thursday. The official from the Maritime Authority of…
Panaji, May 12 (IANS) A local court on Thursday extended by four days the police custody of Goa MLA Atanasio Monserrate, accused of ‘buying’ a minor girl and repeatedly raping her. The court also extended…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Eight members of a wedding party were killed and 21 others injured on Thursday when the vehicle they were in overturned in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said. The incident…
Agartala, May 12 (IANS) The customary law of tribal communities practised in some northeastern states violate provisions of the Indian Constitution, Tripura High Court’s outgoing Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta said. Gupta, who will head…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Age is no bar for learning, nor are the walls of a jail. Condemned to prison life nearly eight years ago as an illiterate, Bhola Malakar at 53 now boasts of…
Colombo, May 12 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother, Basil Rajapaksa was arrested on Thursday over a land deal. The former economic affairs minister was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID)…
Silchar, May 12 (IANS) A student was killed and seven others were injured after a clash broke out between an angry mob and policemen in Assam’s Silchar city, officials said on Thursday. Although police claimed…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A 39-year-old man, identified as Ram Dayal Verma was found hanging from a tree near Parliament House on Thursday morning. The man hails from Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. He was…
Kiev, May 12 (IANS) Ukrainian authorities said they have recovered 17 paintings – worth over $18 million that were stolen from an Italian museum in 2015. They said border guards found the art works hidden…
Kuala Lumpur, May 12 (IANS) Examinations on two pieces of plane debris found in South Africa and Mauritius have been completed and experts concluded they “almost certainly” belonged to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370….
New Delhi: IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who was allegedly threatened by Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav comes out Home Ministry in New Delhi, on July 13, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) After…
Amritsar, May 11 (IANS) Customs officials recovered 246 gold coins from the toilet of the Doha-Amritsar Qatar Airways flight which arrived here on Wednesday, officials said. The unclaimed bullion is estimated to be worth Rs.57…
Ghaziabad, May 11 (IANS) Police acted as the mediator as members of a tribal community ended a wedding engagement at a police station here — by ceremonially cutting wood with a chopper. Police officer Anju…
Kolkata: Actor Amitabh Bachchan during inauguration of a jewellery store in Kolkata, on May 8, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a plea by income tax…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) A group of teachers, students and education workers from various universities in West Bengal on Wednesday condemned the recent “attack” on Jadavpur University students and faculty by the “ABVP and other…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The BJP’s West Bengal unit on Wednesday warned of legal action against Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O’brien and other party leaders on charge of morphing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph as,…
Rome, May 11 (IANS/AKI) Police said they arrested 13 people in Sicily on Wednesday for allegedly abetting illegal immigration and holding Somali migrants hostage to extort money from them. The arrests followed a probe of…