School girl commits suicide in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 7 (IANS) A Class 9 girl student committed suicide in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum on Friday, police said on Friday. Puja Giri, 14, hanged herself from the ceiling fan of her room. “She was…
Crime
Charge sheet against ED ex-Deputy Director in Unipay case
Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against its former Deputy Director Gurnam Singh alleging that he misrepresented the case of investors of Unipay ponzi schemes in collusion with…
Psychiatric treatment, counselling for Goa cops who can’t keep cool
Panaji, Dec 7 (IANS) Ill-tempered policemen will be subjected to counselling and psychiatric treatment, Goa Director General of Police (DGP) Muktesh Chander said on Friday. The top cop also said that criminal proceedings would be…
ED searches Vadra’s office
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday carried out searches at the office of Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law Robert Vadra in an ongoing probe into the 2012 land deal in Kolayat…
EVMs have mysterious powers in Modi’s India: Rahul
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged his party workers to be vigilant against “EVM tampering” as voting came to an end in Telangana and Rajasthan, cautioning them that “in…
Paris tourist sites to close amid protest fears
Paris, Dec 7 (IANS) Tourist sites, including the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower, in Paris will be closed over the weekend amid fears of further street violence due to “yellow vests” anti-government protests. Prime…
4 kids die in UP
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Four children aged between five and eight were killed in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday when a wall collapsed on them, police said. The incident happened in Rehti village…
Chinese men forcing Myanmarese women into marriage, bear kids: Study
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) Thousands of Myanmarese women who have fled or have been trafficked from the country deep in internal conflict are forced to marry Chinese men and bear their children,…
Australia passes encryption breaking law, tech firms slam move
Canberra, Dec 7 (IANS) Australia has passed a controversial law designed to compel technology companies to grant police and security agencies access to encrypted messages on platforms like WhatsApp, prompting warnings from Facebook and other…
Singer Mika Singh released in UAE
Dubai, Dec 7 (IANS) Singer Mika Singh, who was arrested after a 17-year-old Brazilian model allegedly lodged a complaint about Mika sending inappropriate pictures, was released following the intervention of the Indian Embassy. Mika was…
Cogent evidence against Asthana, need thorough probe: Verma tells HC
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) CBI chief Alok Verma on Friday defended the filing of FIR against special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana and contended that the “serious allegations of corruption and extortion” against his deputy…
Mumbai court verdict in Sohrabuddin ‘encounter’ on Dec 21
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) A Special CBI court will pronounce on December 21 its judgement in the politically sensitive Sohrabuddin Anwar Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati twin encounters case and the rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi of…
Voter held for taking selfie inside polling booth in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) A youth was arrested for taking selfie while casting his vote in Telangana Assembly elections on Friday. The voter, identified as Shiv Shankar, was arrested by the police on a complaint…
US border family arrests maintain record-high streak
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Apprehensions of migrant family members who illegally crossed the southern border into the US broke another record in November, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics. This is the third…
Kerala BJP leader Surendran gets bail after 20 days
Kochi, Dec 7 (IANS) Senior Kerala BJP leader K. Surendran who was taken into custody from the Sabarimala base camp town nearly three weeks back for breaking a security cordon, on Friday secured bail from…
2 killed in UP accident
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Two people were killed on Friday in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district of when the car they were travelling in fell into a roadside ditch, police said. The accident took place near…
CNN’s New York offices evacuated after ‘bomb threat’
New York, Dec 7 (IANS) CNN’s offices and studios here were evacuated on Thursday night because of a phoned-in bomb threat. But police and the network have issued an all-clear message saying it was safe….
5 killed in UP accident
Agra, Dec 7 (IANS) At least five people were killed when the car they were travelling in collided head on with a truck on the Agra-Aligarh road, police said on Friday. The accident took place…
‘Common platform for agencies needed to unearth black money’
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) Income Tax officials on Thursday called for a common platform for various agencies to unearth black money and for seamless investigations. “Implementing authorities like Income tax, Customs and Excise, Enforcement Directorate…
Woman found hanging, husband arrested
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman in West Bengal’s Nadia district was found hanging and her husband has been arrested based on her family’s complaint, police said on Thursday. Soma Majumdar of Bidhanpally was…