New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Congress on Friday termed the funding of key separatist leaders by Pakistan-based terrorist groups “extremely serious” and blamed the government for doing little to restore normalcy in the Kashmir…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A fire broke out on Friday evening in a commercial building in city’s busy computer market Nehru Place and was doused after an hour and a half’s effort, an official…
Panaji, May 19 (IANS) Goa’s Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday said all Portuguese-era bridges will be audited for their load-bearing capacity. Dhavalikar’s announcement come a day after three persons were killed when…
Karachi, May 19 (IANS) The family of famed Sufi Qawwal singer Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi last June, has requested the Pakistan government to provide them security, a media report said. Talking…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday sought to know from the government the ideal doctor-patient ratio and the actual ratio in hosipitals in the national capital. A bench of acting…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) In a daring daylight robbery, two armed motorcycle-borne assailants escaped with over Rs 19 lakh from a cash van on Friday after shooting at one of the bank staff who…
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) In a joint operation with Punjab Police, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized eight kg of heroin in Punjab’s Gurdaspur sector on Friday, a BSF officer said. Based on information from…
New York, May 19 (IANS) An Indian man who came to the US from Latin America without proper documents has died while in federal custody in Atlanta, in Georgia state, according to the Immigration and…
Bengaluru, May 19 (IANS) The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Friday shut down 76 industries for polluting the Bellandur lake here. This followed an order from the National Green Tribunal on Thursday. “We…
Dehardun, May 19 (IANS) More than 25,000 pilgrims en route to the Badrinath shrine in Uttarakhand are reportedly stranded after a landslide blocked a highway, officials said on Friday. A major portion of a hill…
Milan, May 19 (IANS/AKI) A homeless 20-year-old Italian man whose father is Tunisian has been arrested for attempted murder over the stabbing of two soldiers and a policeman at Milan’s central station on Thursday. One…
Ranchi, May 19 (IANS) Five persons were killed over a sand mining dispute in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district on Friday. Sanjit Singh, who has been awarded the sand mining contract, allegedly opened fire at the villagers…
Washington, May 19 (IANS) An Indian-American businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud schemes that cost investors over $33 million. Navin Shankar Subramanian Xavier, of Miramar, Florida, operated Miami Gardens-based Essex…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) In the first conviction of a public servant in a coal block case, a court here on Friday convicted former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta and others in a case involving…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendra Jain has filed two criminal defamation complaints against sacked Water Minister Kapil Mishra and BJP legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa, court sources said on Friday. The…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Key separatists, including Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, are being probed for allegedly receiving money from Lashkar-e-Taiba and other sources in Pakistan to fund stone-pelting and violent protests in…
Pune (Maharashtra), May 19 (IANS) A 30-year old divorcee, furious at her boyfriend deciding to marry someone else, took revenge by burning the pandal erected for his wedding, police said here on Friday. The incident…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started a probe against two doctors who were allegedly sent to Rio Olympics 2016 with the contingent of Indian athletes without having the…
Panaji, May 19 (IANS) The body of one more person was fished out of the Sanvordem river in South Goa on Friday, following the collapse of a dilapidated foot-bridge late on Thursday, taking the death…
Washington, May 19 (IANS) A US court sentenced two men to three years in prison for severely beating a Sikh man in California and cutting off his hair. Chase B. Little and Colton T. Leblanc,…