Chandigarh, May 5 (IANS) The United States-based Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) on Thursday claimed it had served notice of a “defamation lawsuit” against Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh for allegedly linking it to Pakistan’s ISI,…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to Delhi for questioning on Monday in a corruption case, officials said. The summon comes…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to Delhi for questioning on Monday in a corruption case.
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) A special women’s court here on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment four youths charged with killing two men who tried to prevent the molestation of their women friends five years ago,…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday filed a case against promoters of the now defunct Paramount Airways for allegedly cheating and defaulting on multi-crore loans taken from public sector banks. Officials said…
Hong Kong, May 5 (IANS) Hong Kong police on Thursday said they raided a beauty salon and arrested 11 women, after customers accused it of offering fraudulent medical treatments. Police said seven people suffering from…
Bhopal, May 5 (IANS) A 13-year-old boy abducted for ransom in Bhopal this week has been freed from captivity and four people involved in the crime have been arrested, police said on Thursday. “Mohit was…
Dhaka, May 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s apex court on Thursday threw out a last-ditch appeal by Motiur Rahman Nizami, a war criminal and chief of the country’s largest Islamist party, seeking a review of the death…
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) A Sessions Court here on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment four youths charged with killing two men who attempted to prevent them from molesting their women friends five years ago, a…
Perumbavoor (Kerala), May 5 (IANS) A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit woman whose brutal murder has shocked not just Kerala…
Kuala Lumpur, May 5 (IANS) The Malaysian finance ministry on Thursday accepted the resignation of the board of directors of 1MDB, the state fund accused of transferring millions of dollars to accounts of the Prime…
Patna, May 5 (IANS) Six members of a family were electrocuted in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Thursday after a high voltage wire fell on them, police said. The incident took place in Benibad village, about…
Nay Pyi Taw, May 5 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 24 injured due to wild weather and strong winds in Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay, the media reported on Thursday. All…
(130719) — NEW YORK, July 19, 2013 (Xinhua) — People queue beside the bronze bull in the Financial district which has become a Wall Street icon in New York City, July 18, 2013. U.S. stocks…
Panaji, May 5 (IANS) The rape case involving former education minister and unattached Congress MLA Atanasio Monserrate has been transferred to the women’s police station which functions under the crime branch, a senior police official…
Houston, May 5 (IANS) Two people were killed and one was injured in a shooting incident at a transportation company in west Houston, the US state of Texas early on Wednesday. According to local TV…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Several legal luminaries and media personalities on Wednesday advocated an end to the defamation law in India. They insisted that criminal defamation suites were preventing journalists, researchers and social and…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday denied a news report that a CBI official probing one of the coal scam cases wrote a letter to its director that the probe in some…
Panaji, May 4 (IANS) Goa’s former education minister and unattached legislator Atanasio alias Babush Monserrate has been booked for allegedly raping a minor girl from his assembly constituency, police sources said on Wednesday. Monserrate has,…
Houston, May 4 (IANS) Two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting incident at a transportation company in Houston, in the US state of Texas, early Wednesday. According to local TV…