Four killed in Jammu fire
Jammu, March 1 (IANS) Four members of a family including a baby died on Tuesday in a fire in Doda district of Jammu region, police said. A senior police officer said here that the fire…
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Extreme weather kills six in Italy
Rome, March 1 (IANS/AKI) At least six people were killed in severe storms in parts of Italy over the past three days. A farmer, 51, was killed in Candinoni, Calabria, when gale-force winds caused a…
Google self-driving car strikes public bus in California
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (AP) An accident report filed with California’s Department of Motor Vehicles says a self-driving car being tested by Google collided with a public bus on Valentine’s Day. The report was written…
Extreme weather kills at least six in Italy
Rome, Feb 29 (IANS/AKI) A woman died in northwest Italy when a slab of ice and rocks than fell from a roof, bringing to at least six the number of people killed in severe storms…
Army officer killed in copter crash in Pakistan
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least one officer was killed as a helicopter of Pakistan army crashed in Haripur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Monday evening, the military said. A statement from the Inter Services Public…
Former minister Thungon gets over three year jail term for corruption
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) A court on Monday sentenced, to a three and a half year imprisonment, former union minister P.K. Thungon was convicted in a corruption case relating to the allotment of government…
Thane family’s massacre: Police still looking for motive
Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 29 (IANS) A day after the macabre massacre of 14 members of his own family by an income tax consultant who later hanged himself, police are still looking for the motive behind…
Kejriwal’s narrow escape as car attacked; Punjab orders probe
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked with stones and…
No gang rapes in Murthal during Jat stir, Haryana tells HC
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Submitting a status report on the alleged Murthal gang rapes, the Haryana government on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that no such rapes or incidents of molestation were…
Kejriwal has narrow escape as car attacked in Punjab
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked with stones and sticks by some men near Ludhiana in Punjab….
HC order on Kanhaiya’s bail on Wednesday, slams police
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail plea of JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges. Justice Pratibha Rani…
Pakistan hangs Punjab governor Taseer’s killer
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A self-confessed killer of the then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was hanged on Monday in Rawalpindi, the twin city of capital Islamabad. Mumtaj Qadri was executed at the Adiala jail in…
One killed, 50 shanties gutted in Lucknow blaze
Lucknow, Feb 29 (IANS) One person was burnt alive and more than 50 shanties gutted in a massive fire in Lucknow’s Alambagh area, police said on Monday. A few women and children sustained minor burn…
Racial bias observed in sentencing decisions in US: Study
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Petty criminals who are black are more likely to be jailed than their white counterparts and blacks are also being awarded longer sentences for crimes which are low in intensity, claims…
Two to die in Pakistan for honour killing
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A Pakistani court sentenced two brothers to death on Monday for killing their sister and her husband to protect the family’s “honour”, the media reported. The court also fined them Rs.1…
Alok Kumar Verma takes charge as Delhi Police chief
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer, on Monday took charge as the Delhi Police Commissioner, an official said. Verma, who will be the Delhi Police chief till…
Tripura ministers attacked with chair
Agartala, Feb 29 (IANS) Tripura ministers Badal Chaudhury and Manik Dey sustained minor injuries when a man attacked them in the CPI-M office here with a chair, police said on Monday. Police arrested Samir Debnath,…
No official memorial for MH370 this year: Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 29 (IANS) Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Monday announced that the country will not hold a memorial service for the missing Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH370, the search for which still…
Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when some men armed with iron rods attacked his car here, coming “within an inch of grievously injuring” him, the…
Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his car was attacked in Ludhiana in Punjab. “My car attacked with sticks and stones in Ludhiana. Front glass pane broken. Badals and…