Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The remaining portion of the under-construction Vivekananda Road flyover, a part of which collapsed on March 31, should be dismantled and the reasons for its collapse looked into, road safety expert…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh why he didn’t join the investigation in a disproportionate assets case registered against him by the CBI….
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Panama Papers leak, claimed by many as the “world’s biggest”, has created ripples across the world, upsetting the rich and mighty with accounts in tax havens. But there is…
Jaipur, April 5 (IANS) Two foreigners, including a woman, were injured when six miscreants attacked them at a tourist spot near Ajmer late Monday evening, Rajasthan Police said on Tuesday. According to police, two couples…
Shillong, April 5 (IANS) A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, rocked the north-eastern states on Tuesday, an official said. The tremor was felt at 1.12 p.m. with its epicentre located in Meghalaya’s…
New York, April 5 (IANS) Some landslides travel much greater distances than scientists would normally expect. Now a team of researchers has come out with an explanation for this phenomenon using a sophisticated computer model….
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) A bank employee was found dead here on Tuesday on a busy street with injury marks all over his body, police said. The body of Pradyumn, 27, who worked at an…
Rome, April 5 (IANS/AKI) Police at Rome’s main airport detained a university professor with a human skull concealed in his luggage, which he said he wanted to take back to Germany “for scientific purposes”. The…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that those responsible for the murder of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer Tanzil Ahmad must be brought to justice. “Brutal murder of…
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) The director general of police has been “directly and personally” monitoring the brutal killing of NIA official Tanzil Ahmad in Uttar Pradesh. According to an official, following the intervention of Chief…
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of trying to “usurp the credit of good governance” of the Narendra Modi government. State spokesman Vijay…
Lusaka, April 5 (IANS) Seven people died and seven others sustained serious injuries after a bus in which they were travelling overturned in Zambia’s Kapiri district, police said. According to Zambia Police assistant public relations…
Bengaluru, April 4 (IANS) The personal assistant (PA) of a Karnataka minister and two other people were arrested on Monday for leaking of the question paper for the pre-university course (PUC) chemistry re-exam on March…
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) Cases of child sex abuse are not rampant among Roman Catholic priests in India as appears to be the case abroad, senior Catholic priests who arrived in Goa for a high-level…
People pay tribute to the people killed in Vivekananda flyover collapse in Kolkata on April 1, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The city police on Monday arrested four more people in connection with…
Reykjavik, April 4 (IANS) Icelands prime minister is this week expected to face calls in parliament for a snap election after the Panama Papers revealed he is among several leading politicians around the world with…
Milan, April 4 (IANS/AKI) A 26-year-old woman was on Monday admitted to a hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a tram as she spoke on her mobile phone. The woman was taken…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Specialists in detecting explosives and picking up clues from places of crime, a new batch of 30 Labrador Retriever dogs were on Monday inducted in the dog squad of Delhi…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The AAP on Monday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe against companies and people named in the Panama Papers. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi…