Priest held on charge of raping minor in Delhi
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A temple priest has been arrested on the charge of raping a minor girl in west Delhi, police said on Thursday. Accused Rajesh Shukla, 45, allegedly raped the five-year-old girl…
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Five killed in Kashmir road accident
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) Five people, including a father and his son, were killed on Thursday in a road accident near the border town of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. The…
Respect privacy of rape victim in Goa: Child Welfare Committee
Panaji, May 12 (IANS) A child welfare committee (CWC) on Thursday warned the media against publishing anything that will reveal the identity of a minor girl who has accused Goa legislator Atanasio Monserrate of sexually…
Congress to move privilege motion against Subramanian Swamy, Parrikar
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Congress party on Thursday said it will move a privilege motion against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar “for misleading parliament and the nation…
Teenager kills 22-year-old in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, May 12 (IANS) A teenager caught in a “compromising position” with a woman stabbed her 22-year-old husband to death here, police said on Thursday. The accused has been arrested. The deceased was identified as…
Two killed as two explosions hit France
Paris, May 12 (IANS) At least two people were killed when two explosions, apparently caused by a gas leak, hit an industrial area in Bayonne in France on Thursday. Citing municipal authorities, French radio France…
‘Those named by Benazir before assassination were never probed’
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The head of the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Benazir Bhutto assassination, has said it had not probed three men named by her in a letter months before her…
Man burns alive two children, immolates self
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…
Nepal to unveil $8.3 bn plan for quake reconstruction
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…
Manjhi meets Modi, demands CBI probe into Gaya murder
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…
Vietnamese boat rescues missing tourists
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…
Rape case accused Goa MLA’s police custody extended
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…
Eight killed in Bengal accident
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…
Tribal law violates constitution: outgoing Tripura chief justice
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…
Jailbird clears board exam at 53
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…
Ex-Sri Lankan president’s brother arrested
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)…
Student killed in clash in Assam
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…
Man found hanging from tree near Parliament
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…
Ukraine recovers stolen masterpieces
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…
Two plane debris ‘almost certainly’ from MH370
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….