Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Unidentified assailants gunned down social media campaigner and civil society activist Khurram Zaki on Saturday night in Pakistan’s Karachi city. Central District SSP, Muqadas Haider told Dawn online that four suspects…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A 23-year-old Belgian woman was allegedly molested by an Ola cab driver here in the city, police said on sunday. A case regarding the incident was registered in the C.R.Park…
Shimla, May 8 (IANS) At least nine people died and 36 were injured when a state roadways bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district Saturday night, police…
Khartoum, May 8 (IANS) A huge gas tanker explosion in the Sudanese capital on Saturday reportedly injured at least 16 people, destroying vehicles and causing ceilings to collapse in nearby buildings. The sudden fiery outburst…
Dhaka, May 8 (IANS) The 4th phase polls of Bangladesh’s lowest tier of local government have once again marred by sporadic violence, leaving at least six dead as of Saturday night. Stray incidents of clash,…
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) People in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Saturday demanded an inquiry into the alleged rape and murder of an eleven-year old boy in Hyderabad city. Son of a Hindu doctor Chetan Kumar…
Indore, May 7 (IANS) A major accident was averted as a Jet Airways plane slipped off the runway while landing at Indore Airport on Saturday, sources said. All the passengers were safe. According to sources,…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inquired about the condition of 12 people injured in an accidental blast in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Medical Centre on Saturday. The prime minister also announced…
Hyderabad, May 7 (IANS) Sixteen village elders were arrested in Telangana’s Adilabad district on Saturday after they settled the case relating to alleged gang rape of a minor girl. Police were on lookout for four…
(A File Photo) India has terminated the Rs. 3,600 crore deal for VIP choppers with AgustaWestland after bribery allegations tainted the deal, on Jan.1, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The CBI questioned…
Nay Pyi Taw, May 7 (IANS) A total of 13 people were killed and four injured when a mound of excavated earth from a jade mine in Hpakhan township, Kachin state in northernmost Myanmar collapsed,…
Dhaka, May 7 (IANS) Unidentified attackers hacked a “pir”, or spiritual leader to death in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi district, some 256 km northwest of capital Dhaka, a police official said on Saturday. Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of…
Gurgaon, April May 7 (IANS) A body of an unidentified man was found on Saturday near the service lane of the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway here, police said. Police suspect that the man was murdered by…
Cairo, May 7 (IANS) An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to death six people, including two Al Jazeera journalists, who were accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar. The case of jailed former president Mohamed…
Panama City, May 7 (IANS) The anonymous whistleblower who revealed millions of documents belonging to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, causing a worldwide stir, has denied working for any government or intelligence agency, and said…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjas Das on Saturday demanded police respond to their complaint against outsiders, including three ABVP activists, for allegedly molesting female students during a commotion over an open-air…
Shillong, May 7 (IANS) An earthquake, measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, rocked Meghalaya and other northeastern states and parts of Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty…
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) Rosy Feroor, the third accused in the rape and human trafficking of a minor involving a sitting Goa legislator, surrendered before the Crime Branch on Saturday. Feroor has been accused by…
Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) A labourer was killed and another trapped under the debris of a building wall which collapsed in Kanjurmarg’s Karvenagar in northeast Mumbai on Saturday, an official said. The accident took place…
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) The public is concerned about the alleged sexual enslavement of a minor girl by a Goa legislator, given that “every system” in the country has become “bankrupt,” state BJP spokesman Wilfred…