Wayanad, Aug 19 (IANS) The Kerala police on Monday registered an FIR against a convent near here over illegal confinement of a nun who had supported agitation against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused in a rape…
Panaji, Aug 19 (IANS) The Additional District and Sessions court in Mapusa (Goa) will resume hearing the rape case against Tarun Tejpal, former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, from September 23 after the Supreme Court ordered…
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) The international football body FIFA needs to act more swiftly on complaints and evidence brought by women players of sexual, physical and emotional abuse by leaders of the Afghanistan Football…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) In more trouble for former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned him for questioning in an aviation scam case dating back to the…
Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) A young woman in Uttar Pradesh was burnt alive in front of her five-year-old daughter after she complained to the police that her husband has divorced her by uttering “talaq” thrice….
Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 (IANS) Some miscreants have torched vehicles parked at the official residence here of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator Braja Kishore Pradhan, police said on Monday. The incident took place late on…
Panaji, Aug 19 (IANS) Faced with severe water scarcity over the last 72 hours, the water woes of Goa’s capital are expected to spill over on to Tuesday, according to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. The…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Increased new penalties and provisions of punishment in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 will help better adherence to traffic rules and decreased road accidents in India, the Geneva-based International…
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday took stock of the situation after a dozen villages in Yamunanagar district were flooded by the excess water released from the Hathnikund barrage….
Madrid, Aug 19 (IANS) ome 8,000 people have been evacuated from several areas of Spain’s Gran Canaria Islands due to a large wildfire that has spread to more than 3,400 hectares, authorities said on Monday….
Prayagraj, Aug 19 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government on Monday removed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Atul Sharma from his post following six murders in a day in the district. Satyarth Anirudhh Pankaj has been…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted two weeks more to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conclude its probe in the Unnao rape survivor accident case. The CBI had…
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) Police in the US state of Ohio have arrested a man they believe threatened to carry out a shooting at a Jewish community centre, the media reported on Monday. James Reardon,…
Shimla, Aug 19 (IANS) Roads in Himachal Pradesh continued to remain shut on Monday due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in the past two days, officials said. Heavy landslides also hit vehicular movement on…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday rejected journalist Tarun Tejpal’s plea seeking to set aside the charges of sexual assault framed against him by a trial court. The top court also…
Canberra, Aug 19 (IANS) One of Australia’s most wanted fugitives has been caught after over two years on the run following the murder of his brother at a shopping centre in Melbourne, police said on…
Meerut, Aug 19 (IANS) Anil Kumar, the father-in-law of former Indian cricketer Praveen Kumar, accidentally fell from his three-storey residence in Meerut and later succumbed to his injuries. The incident took place in Sheikhpura on…
Dhule (Maharashtra) Aug 19 (IANS) Eleven people were killed and 23 injured in a head-on collision between a container truck and a state transport bus, police said here on Monday. The crash took place late…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) A 35-year-old man who allegedly cheated around 50 people on the pretext of getting them visa to Poland was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday from Mumbai. According to…