Panaji, May 4 (IANS) A beach resort owner, on the run ever since a 25-year-old Russian woman accused him of rape, was arrested after he surrendered in a court on Wednesday. A police spokesperson said…
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) A fire raged through a slum in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka destroying several houses on Wednesday. Fire service officials said that the fire erupted around 8.30 a.m. at the slum in Farmgate…
Gurgaon, May 4 (IANS) At least four dozen motorbikes were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a workshop on Sohna Road here, a fire department official said on Wednesday. The workshop in…
Nairobi, May 4 (IANS) The death toll from a collapsed building in Nairobi due to heavy rains rose to 26 on Wednesday. A National Disaster Management Unit official said three more bodies were pulled out…
Khargone (Madhya Pradesh), May 4 (IANS) A woman committed suicide by jumping into a well along with her three children in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district, a police official said on Wednesday. Kiran, 27, wife of…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, Lok Sabha members on Wednesday denounced the rape and murder of a poor Dalit law student in Kerala. Nominated member Richard Hay said it looked as…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The enrolment of 306 Indian students in a US university — created as part of the US Homeland Security Investigation’s (HSI) enforcement action — has been terminated on charges of…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) Even as the Kerala Police scrambles to solve the brutal rape and murder of 27-year-old Jisha, a poor law student, near Ernakulam town, four new cases of sexual assault were registered…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Ahead of the sixth and final phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on Thursday, the Election Commission has asked the West Bengal government to ensure that IPS officer Bharati Ghosh…
Patna, May 4 (IANS) Tension gripped Bihar’s Ekangarsarai town after the body of an abducted 14-year-old boy was found in Jehanabad district, triggering protests on Wednesday, police said. Ritik Raj, a class 8 student and…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a major Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist cell with the arrest of three suspects who were planning an attack in Delhi and neighbouring areas. Nine suspects,…
Perumbavoor (Kerala), May 4 (IANS) The probe to trace the killer of a young poor woman who was brutally murdered in Ernakulam district apparently after being raped is on the right track, the Kerala Police…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Twelve sympathisers of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group have been detained in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, a senior Delhi Police official said on Wednesday. “We have detained 12 people from…
Washington, May 4 (IANS) A pedestrian was killed on Tuesday here after a man injured a metrobus driver and hijacked the bus, the local authority said. The whole incident lasted less than three minutes shortly…
Lodi (Italy), May 3 (IANS/AKI) Italian finance police on Tuesday arrested Simone Uggetti, mayor of the northern city of Lodi, on suspicion of rigging bids for public swimming pools. A lawyer in Lodi was also…
Bengaluru, May 3 (IANS) Shivakumaraiah, the suspected kingpin behind the pre-university course (PUC) chemistry question paper leak in Karnataka, has been arrested after a month-long hunt, a top police official said on Tuesday. “We found…
Reggio Calabria (Italy), May 3 (IANS/AKI) Anti-mafia investigators impounded suspected Calabrian mafia property worth 30 million euros during raids in southern Italy and the central city of Florence on Tuesday. Tax police seized assets valued…
(160430) — NAIROBI, April 30, 2016 (Xinhua) — A rescuer works at the site of a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya, April 30, 2016. At least 14 people have been killed and many others injured…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Emaar MGF Land Ltd. on Tuesday said the real estate company had no business links with Rahul Gandhi’s aide Kanishka Singh while Guido Haschke was its independent director for a…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A day ahead of a likely debate in parliament on the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he was being “targeted” by the BJP…