Ottawa, May 6 (IANS) A massive wildfire in Canadian province of Alberta has destroyed 85,000 hectares, or 850 sq km area prompting more than 88,000 evacuations till Thursday. The destroyed area is larger than the…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Delhi government has suspended a senior official of the Indraprashta Power Generation Company Ltd (IPGCL) on charges of corruption, an official statement said on Thursday. The suspension came on…
Mathura, May 5 (IANS) Two children died and more than two dozen others fell seriously ill after they consumed milk in a government school as part of the midday meal programme on Thursday, police said….
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday filed a case against promoters of the now defunct Paramount Airways M. Thiagarajan for allegedly cheating and defaulting on multi-crore loans taken from public sector banks…
(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) AgustaWestland New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The CBI…
Chennai, May 5 (IANS) Six passengers were injured when a Thiruvananthapuram-bound train derailed here on Thursday evening, railway police said. According to railway police, two coaches of the Trivandrum Mail derailed near Pattabiram station here…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged Aam Aadmi Party volunteers to reach Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and help people there…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Two people were injured, one of them seriously, when an ex-serviceman allegedly fired three rounds in east Delhi, police said on Thursday. Police said the ex-serviceman, identified as Rajinder, accidentally…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress found itself on the wrong foot when two of its candidates were caught on camera allegedly threatening polling officers and police and “violating secrecy of votes”…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Mohammed Sajid, a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative arrested by police from east Delhi on Tuesday night, was a quiet person who did not socialise much and generally…
New Delhi/Itanagar (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Thursday sought a financial assistance of Rs.12,000 crore from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reconstruction work following recent natural calamities in the state. Pul met…
Damascus, May 5 (IANS) Renowned conductor Valery Gergiev led a concert in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra to support the restoration of the Unesco World Heritage site and honour victims of the war. The…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Even as the political heat generated by the AgustaWestland chopper deal is yet to die down, some more defence deals may come under the scanner, including one on Pilatus basic…
Panaji, May 5 (IANS) Goa’s former education minister and an unattached legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who was arrested by the state police Crime Branch on Thursday for raping a minor girl, had “purchased” the girl for…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A Delhi court has accepted the CBI closure report in a case of alleged irregularities related to laying of the synthetic turf for the lawn bowl event during the 2010…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Special Police Commissioner Sudhir Yadav has been appointed the director general of the Tihar Central Jail. His appointment on Thursday was announced through a communication from the office of Delhi…
Ujjain: Ascetics during Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of Hindus in Ujjain on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ujjain, May 5 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and nearly 50 injured at the…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) It was a pleasant Thursday of October 20, 2011, when a happy and laughing group of two young men and two women stepped out of a popular Andheri…
Perumbavoor (Kerala) May 5 (IANS) Even as the rape and murder of a Dalit law student continued to rock the poll-bound state of Kerala, police on Thursday claimed that they are zeroing in on the…
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) A case was registered against BJP’s Lok Sabha member Sachidanand Hari Sakshi, better known as Sakshi Maharaj, in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday on charges of trying to incite party workers and…