Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) Protesta erupted at scores of places in the Kashmir Valley on Monday as outrage over the rape of a minor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Markets were closed in Bandipora,…
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) A polling agent was arrested for interfering with the voting process in a booth in Haryana’s Faridabad. “Prompt action taken. FIR (first information report) lodged. Person behind bars. Observer enquired the…
Gurdaspur (Punjab), May 13 (IANS) It was a close shave for actor-turned politician Sunny Deol on Monday, when one of the tyres of the sport utility vehicle he was travelling in burst on the Amritsar-Gurdaspur…
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) A partial showdown against the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl affected normal life in many parts of the Kashmir Valley on Monday, police said. The shutdown was called by the…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar here in an ongoing probe into the alleged irregularities and corrupt practices…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) Two people on Monday were anbbed from the Thiruvananthapuram airport and taken into custody for carrying 25 kg gold worth Rs 8 crore. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials seized the…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with the Videocon loan case. Kochhar arrived at the ED office here…
Stockholm, May 13 (IANS) Swedish prosecutors on Monday will announce whether they are reopening an inquiry into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is currently lodged at a high-security jail in the…
Shimla, May 13 (IANS) A massive fire broke out on Monday at the British-era Grand Hotel here, reducing a portion to ashes. However, no casualties were reported, police said. The hotel’s newly-renovated Mayo Block was…
Washington, May 13 (IANS) An American man wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for “multiple incidents of sexual assault” between September 1995 and April 1996 involving minor girls, has finally surrendered after 23…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) At the very core of the Chanda Kochhar family enterprise or La Familia remain two similar named companies which beg numerous questions. While the construct of NuPower Renewables came into…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Delhi’s Excise Department seized 60 bottles of illicit foreign liquor and apprehended two accused, police said on Sunday. The liquor, seized from Punjabi Bagh area of west Delhi on Saturday,…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Amid “sporadic violence” that left 26 people injured, firing by central forces at five places, and lodging of FIRs against two BJP candidates, West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab on…
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) The toll due to Cyclone Fani, which left a trail of destruction and devastation through coastal Odisha as it hit the state on May 3, has increased to 64, a official…
Naypyitaw, May 12 (IANS) A Myanmar National Airlines plane with 89 people on board made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, with only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed…
Guwahati, May 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday inspected the 33 highlands created in the Kaziranga National Park for sheltering wildlife during floods and asked the authorities to ensure safe shelter, adequate…
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Four people were killed on Sunday in Jharkahnd’s Giridih district when some men were unloading explosives from a motorcycle, police said. The incident took place in Pandanatand village when Siraj Ansari…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Warning of strict action against those responsible for an act of desecration in Sangrur district, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the divisive forces that had tried to polarise…
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) Protesters blocked a highway in the Shadipora area of Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday demanding death penalty for a man accused of raping a three-year-old girl of Trehgam…
Colombo, May 12 (IANS) A 47-year-old preacher has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in the Sri Lankan capital on charges of using social media platform to air extremist views, the police said….