Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) A 34-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a US flight early this year. Prabhu Ramamoorthy, living in the US…
Shillong, Dec 14 (IANS) Thirteen miners, who were trapped inside a coal pit filled with gallons of water in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district, were yet to be reached or rescued, district police chief said…
Jammu, Dec 14 (IANS) Seven people, including two minors, have been killed and three injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. An overloaded private car headed to Sujandhar village…
London, Dec 14 (IANS) UK’s University of Oxford, internationally recognised as the oldest in the English-speaking world, has 200 closed-circuit cameras zooming in on its staff and students, the office of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner…
Paris, Dec 14 (IANS) The shooter, who killed three people at a Christmas market in France’s Strasbourg on Tuesday, has been killed, 48 hours after the attack, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has confirmed. Cherif…
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) Multiple institutions across the US on Thursday received emails and phone calls threatening bomb attacks, which caused evacuations and law enforcement actions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement…
Paris, Dec 14 (IANS) The man responsible for the Strasbourg terror attack was killed by police on Thursday, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Cherif Chekatt, 29, is accused of killing at least…
Paris, Dec 14 (IANS) A fifth person was arrested and placed in police custody on Thursday in connection with the gunman who killed three people and wounded many others near the Christmas market in France’s…
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) Russian citizen Maria Butina pleaded guilty in a US federal court here on Thursday to an espionage charge that carries a potential sentence of five years in prison. Butina, 30, admitted…
Lucknow, Dec 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met the Central Flood Commission officials and underlined the need for providing timely help to flood-ravaged people of the state. He said providing…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) As many as 46, or 23 per cent, of the newly elected MLAs in Rajasthan have declared criminal cases against themselves, with 28 facing serious criminal cases including charges related…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Real estate firm Omaxe Group’s second-largest promoter, Sunil Goel, on Thursday said that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Delhi has issued a contempt of court notice to Rohtas Goel…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed a $60 million loan agreement to reduce floods and the riverbank erosion in Assam, the Finance Ministry said. “The Tranche 2…
Patna, Dec 13 (IANS) The demolition of the infamous shelter home of Brajesh Thakur in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district began on Thursday, officials said. Thakur is the key accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday sought Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ response on a petition seeking his disqualification for allegedly not disclosing in his 2014 election affidavit the two cases…
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday quashed the Tamil Nadu government’s order for a Directorate of Vigilance Anti-Corruption (DVAC) probe against DMK leaders for alleged irregularties in the construction of the…
Jakarta, Dec 13 (IANS) Dozens of families of people who were aboard a Lion Air plane that crashed last month in Indonesia demonstrated here on Thursday to urge the Indonesian government and airline to continue…
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Based on prior information, two persons from West Bengal’s Nadia district have been arrested for carrying fake 500 rupee notes amounting to Rs 1 lakh, police said on Thursday. Ahmad Dar,…
Shillong, Dec 13 (IANS) Thirteen miners were trapped inside a coal pit filled with gallons of water in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, police said. Officials said their chances of survival were bleak….
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Delhi Police has arrested four criminals, including two shooters of dreaded gangster Neeraj Bawana here, for committing robbery in a Domino’s Pizza outlet to celebrate the upcoming new year…