Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Sitting AIADMK MP S. Rajendran died in a road accident near Tindivanam in Viluppuram district on Saturday, police said. He was 62. Elected from the Viluppuram constituency, Rajendran was travelling in…
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Six people were suspected to be trapped following an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, a disaster management official said on Saturday, adding that a rescue operation was ongoing. “Six…
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) In a tough move authorities have detained dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres in the Kashmir Valley, including its top leadership during a mass crackdown, police sources said. The nocturnal raids were conducted…
Shimla, Feb 23 (IANS) With the weather clearing up on Saturday following days of snowfall, rescuers sped up their search efforts near the Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh, where an avalanche killed a soldier and…
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) In a tough move authorities have detained dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres in the Kashmir Valley, including its top leadership during a mass crackdown, police sources said. The nocturnal raids were conducted…
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Attorneys for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, will seek a new trial after a report that jurors at the Mexican kingpin’s drug conspiracy trial engaged in misconduct by following media coverage during…
Chicago, Feb 23 (IANS) Singer R. Kelly has turned himself, hours after he was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a class 2 felony, involving four alleged victims. After his surrender here…
Rome, Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Nearly 7 million people in South Sudan could face acute food shortages between May-July — the height of the lean season — three UN agencies warned on Friday, urging a major…
Cucuta (Colombia), Feb 23 (IANS) Venezuelan self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido arrived in this Colombian border city late on Friday in time for the finale of a star-studded concert meant to raise money for humanitarian…
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) Software major’s social arm Infosys Foundation on Friday cautioned the public of falling prey to fraudsters extracting money by faking stories linked to it. “We request the public to alert city…
Beirut, Feb 23 (IANS) Hezbollah’s Deputy Leader Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday said that the US does not want Syrian refugees to return to their homeland in a bid to give an impression that Syria…
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) Software major’s social arm Infosys Foundation on Friday cautioned the public of falling prey to fraudsters extracting money by faking stories linked to it. “We request the public to alert city…
Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a span of four days seized 24.8 kg of smuggled gold valued at Rs 8.58 crore, the agency said. In a statement issued on…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday responded to a writ petition filed by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi Police and the Delhi…
Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 32 persons, including 15 women, have died and over 40 others taken ill after consuming spurious liquor in two separate incidents in Assam’s Golaghat and Jorhat districts, the police…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday said Pakistan has not done enough to curb finances of terror groups, which means it continues to remain in ‘the grey list’,…
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) Seven Haryana Police personnel were placed under suspension on Friday after two prisoners escaped from police custody while being taken in a police van in Haryana’s Jhajjar district. The prisoners escaped…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) An engineer posted in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district was threatened for a social media post where he condemned war, police said on Friday. “Dipayan Dhar, a civil engineer working here…
Gurugram, Feb 22 (IANS) In a bid to minimise road accidents, Gurugram police has taken an initiative to identify blind spots on different roads of the city, including the busy Delhi-Gurugram expressway. The decision was…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday questioned Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, for over seven hours in a money laundering case, for the fifth time. The case…