Quake hits France
Paris, April 28 (IANS) A quake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit the French city La Rochelle on Thursday, authorities said. No immediate casualties were reported, Xinhua news agency quoted the authorities as saying….
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No cooking, ‘havans’ in rural Bihar during day for fear of fire
Patna, April 28 (IANS) If the authorities’ advice is taken as an edict, meals will not be cooked and ‘havans’ for religious rituals not conducted between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. during dry summer months…
British family beaten unconscious in Thailand
Bangkok, April 28 (IANS) Three members of a British family were punched to the ground, kicked in the face and knocked unconscious in an attack at a Thai beachside resort, media reports said on Thursday….
One killed in Delhi building collapse
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) One person was killed and two others were injured on Thursday when a three-storey building under construction here collapsed, authorities said. The incident took place in Lahori Gate in Old…
Two held for stealing dagger gifted to Nehru
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Two sanitation workers at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, were arrested for stealing a dagger gifted to the former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru by Saudi Arabia, police said on…
120 arrested in massive New York police operation
New York, April 28 (IANS) New York City police launched a massive operation and arrested 120 members of two criminal gangs who had terrorised sectors of The Bronx for several years. The arrests were made…
China provides humanitarian aid to quake-hit Ecuador
Quito, April 28 (IANS) The Chinese has government delivered 60 million yuan (about $9.5 million) worth of humanitarian aid materials to the victims of the deadly April 16 earthquake in Ecuador. Four planeloads of aid…
Woman seer held in Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain: Ascetics during Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of Hindus in Ujjain on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), April 27 (IANS) A woman seer demanding equality with her male counterparts for…
Pune chit fund group chief nabbed in Odisha
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday arrested Mahesh Kishan Motewar, chairman and managing director of Pune-based Samruddh Jeevan Foods India Ltd., from Odisha capital Bhubaneshwar in connection with a probe into the Rs.1,500…
AMU seeks CBI inquiry into killings
Aligarh, April 27 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has sought a CBI or SIT probe into the violence on the campus that left two students dead. Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah made the…
HC rejects Ajay Chautala’s parole plea
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a parole plea of INLD leader Ajay Chautala, serving a 10-year jail term over a teachers recruitment scam. Justice Pratibha Rani declined to…
CBI asked if it can probe Sainik Farms
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Taking serious note of the rampant unauthorised construction in south Delhis Sainik Farms area, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the CBI if it could probed the issue. A…
Homeless man critical after attack
Rome, April 27 (IANS/AKI) A homeless man was fighting for his life in a Rome hospital on Wednesday after he was brutally beaten around the head with a blunt object. The man, believed to be…
Security beefed in Manipur areas after three murders
Imphal April 27 (IANS) Police have beefed up security in some areas of Manipur to prevent clashes in the wake of three murders that could have a communal fallout. Meanwhile, security personnel and agencies have…
No talks of kickbacks in chopper deal in my tenure: Ex-NSA
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Former NSA M.K. Narayanan on Wednesday said there was no talks of any kickbacks during his tenure in the AgustaWestland chopper deal which was carried on as per the decisions…
CISF men get nine-day training before Metro deployment
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) CISF personnel are provided three days of induction training and six days’ computer-based training before their deployment at Delhi Metro stations, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said…
1984 anti-Sikh riots: CBI gets two months to complete probe
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday granted two months’ time to the CBI to complete its probe in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was given…
Two die in Uttar Pradesh accident
Ghaziabad, April 27 (IANS) At least two people died and three were injured when a speeding car fell off a flyover in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Two people identified as Gaurav and…
Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain
Ujjain, April 27 (IANS) Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take ‘Samadhi’ (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for right to women to take Shahi Snan during Simhastha…
Non-bailable warrant against Pankaj Bhujbal
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) A Special Court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against NCP legislator Pankaj Bhujbal and some others in connection with a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)….