6,498 schools damaged in cyclone Fani in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) A total of 6,498 schools have been damaged in cyclone Fani that ravaged 14 districts in Odisha on May 3, an official said on Monday. As per initial reports, the School…
Crime
Preliminary tests show Bandipora rape accused is not minor
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) Preliminary medical examination of the Bandipora rape accused in Jammu and Kashmir has proved that he is not a minor. Police said the preliminary medical examination of Tahir Ahmed Mir had…
4 ‘extremists’ held for planning attacks in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, May 13 (IANS) The Malaysian police have detained four alleged extremists suspected of forming a cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) terror outfit and planning attacks on high-profile people and non-Muslim religious…
CBI asks for DIAL papers in alleged scam
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Probing further into the alleged financial irregularities involving GMR Group-led Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has asked the Civil Aviation…
Expelled AIMIM leader booked in second rape case
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), May 13 (IANS) An expelled All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) municipal corporator, Syed Mateen Sayed Rasheed, has been booked in a second rape case within four months, officials said on Monday. Mateen, 33,…
Cyclone Fani death toll is 64
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) The death toll in the cyclone Fani has now been put at 64. Puri district, which was the worst hit after the cyclone made landfall on May 3, accounted for 39…
Chanda Kochhar Money Trail-III: When obfuscation becomes the signature move
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) What happens when you bring the fox to guard the henhouse? By structuring a convoluted and intricate matrix of entities – three of them actually – to obfuscate and throw…
ED attaches Rs 2.95 cr properties in Axis Bank currency case
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In connection with its ongoing probe into the Axis Bank demonetised currency case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs…
Bride escapes with lover, surrenders in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) A newly wed woman escaped with her lover while on way to her husband’s home and later surrendered before the police, here on Monday. According to the police, Bandhan Oraon, a…
Iran jails its national for UK spying
Tehran, May 13 (IANS) Iran has sentenced its national to 10 years in prison for spying for the UK, the state media reported on Monday. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said on state television that the…
Forest fires rage in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, May 13 (IANS) Come summers, and forest fires have started raging in Uttarakhand, officials said on Monday. According to data provided by the Forest Department, nearly 1,000 hectare of forests have been affected this…
Rajasthan CM says Modi playing politics on Alwar rape
Jaipur, May 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing politics on the Alwar gang-rape and using the issue as a political tool to draw mileage in…
47 security personnel injured in clashes in Baramulla
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) Forty-seven security personnel were injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district when stone pelting mobs went on the rampage following the rape of a three-year-old in Bandipora. At least one officer…
Amid protests, J&K Governor seeks exemplary punishment for rapist
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday sought exemplary punishment to whoever raped a minor in Bandipora district as widespread protests rocked the Kashmir Valley, shutting down businesses and…
Maharashtra leaders embark on drought tourism
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Weeks after voting for the Lok Sabha elections and with months to go for the Assembly elections, Maharashtra’s ruling and opposition politicians have started taking stock of the drought stituation, billed…
Two weekend over ‘flashing’ incidents in Mumbai
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Mumbai was shocked by two sickening acts of a policeman and another person allegedly flashing their private parts before two women over the weekend, police said. In the first instance, a…
Sweden reopens Assange rape case probe
Stockholm, May 13 (IANS) Swedish prosecutors on Monday reopened investigation into the rape allegation against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, currently lodged at a high-security jail in the UK. Sweden’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Eva-Marie…
Mamata meme: Arrested BJP activist moves Supreme Court
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) BJP Yuva Morcha leader Priyanka Sharma on Monday moved the Supreme Court against her arrest last week for allegedly sharing on social media a meme of West Bengal Chief Minister…
Six of family die in Moradabad road accident
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), May 13 (IANS) Six members of the family, including two children, were killed when a tractor trolley they were travelling in overturned here, police said. Police officer Deepak Kumar said the group…
Odisha seeks 5 lakh pucca houses for cyclone-hit people
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 5 lakh pucca houses for the cyclone-affected people in the state. In a letter to the Prime…