Woman found dead inside home, husband suspected
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The decomposed body of a 30-year-old woman was found inside her house here on Tuesday, police said, adding that her husband was the prime suspect. The body of Renu Devi…
Crime
Allahabad road accident kills five
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Five persons were killed and more than half a dozen injured in Allahabad on Tuesday when a speeding truck collided with a vehicle head on, police said. Three persons died on…
Spurious liquor claims 22 lives in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) At least 22 people including two women died in Pakistan’s Hyderabad district after consuming toxic liquor on Tuesday, local media reported. Local Geo New quoted hospital sources as saying that 36…
Ascertaining status of passengers and crew at Brussels: Jet Airways
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Jet Airways has said that it was trying to ascertain the status of all its staff and passengers at the Brussels Zaventem airport, which was rocked by twin bomb blasts…
I will resort to politics of murder: JD-U legislator
March 22 (IANS) Controversial Bihar legislator Gopal Mandal of the ruling Janata Dal-United on Tuesday said he would now resort to the politics of murder. He said he would again begin killing just like he…
Hyderabad HC stays single judge order on legislator’s suspension
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday stayed a single judge order suspending the sentence imposed by the Andhra Pradesh assembly on YSR Congress legislator R. K. Roja. A division bench comprising…
Hyderabad varsity students ransack VC office
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Hyderabad University on Tuesday as students ransacked the office of Vice-Chancellor P. Appa Rao to protest his return from a nearly two-month leave. The students barged into the…
Jet flight landed within minutes of Brussels airport blasts
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Two Jet Airways flights, one from Delhi and the other from Mumbai, had landed just a little before the twin bomb blasts at the Brussels airport, data with aviation website…
Body of Kargil avalanche victim flown to Delhi
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) The mortal remains of an army soldier killed by Kargil avalanche were Tuesday flown from Leh town to New Delhi, an official said. “The mortal remains of our martyr, Sepoy Vijay…
What action taken on plaint against Owaisi, court asks police
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday asked police to report what action they have taken on a criminal complaint against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for alleged offences…
Tripura State Rifles trooper kills lover, shoots self
Agartala, March 22 (IANS) A trooper of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) gunned down his girlfriend and later shot himself with his service rifle, police said here on Tuesday. Mrinal Das, 32, stormed into the…
Italian police seize 563-mln-USD assets of leading mafia clan
Rome, March 22 (IANS) Italian police seized assets with estimated worth of 500 million euros ($563 million) from a leading clan of “the Ndrangheta mob in the southern Calabria region” on Monday, local media reported….
Russian swimmer to challenge suspension for alleged doping
Moscow, March 22 (IANS) Four-time world champion Russian swimmer Yulia Yefimova said on Monday that she is going to challenge her suspension from competition for suspected doping. “Currently we are preparing for hearings of my…
BJP leader arrested for provocative speech, gets bail
Agra, March 21 (IANS) BJP leader Kundanika Sharma, who was booked last week for allegedly making a provocative speech to incite communal hatred, was on Monday arrested from her house and later released on bail…
Italy’s anti-mafia police seize assets worth 500 mn euros
Catanzaro (Italy), March 21 (IANS/AKI) Police on Monday seized property with a value of 500 million euros (over $560 mn) from suspects linked to the Calabrian mafia or ‘Ndrangheta, including cars, bank accounts, companies and…
Toddler dies in road accident, one held
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A 10-month-old toddler was killed while his father suffered injuries after a collision between his auto-rickshaw and a motorbike here, police said on Monday. The motorbike rider has been arrested….
Electrocution victims get Rs.33 lakh after NHRC intervention
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Following the intervention of the NHRC, the Uttar Pradesh government has paid Rs.33.40 lakh to people who were electrocuted when their bus came in contact with an unguarded low-lying high-tension…
Trinamool stung again, new videos of sting operation out
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) In what could cause further embarrassment for the Trinamool Congress, Narada News on Monday published a new set of videos of its sting operation in which two prominent leaders of West…
Karnataka cancels exam after paper leak
Bengaluru, March 21 (IANS) In a shock to thousands of second year pre-university course (equivalent to class 12) students across Karnataka, the higher education department cancelled the chemistry exam held on Monday as its question…
Black dollar fraud: Two Africans held for cheating Delhi businessman
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Two men from Africa’s Cameroon and Congo have been arrested for cheating a businessman of Rs.80 lakh on the pretext of cleaning dollars painted with black ink to their original…