Rio de Janeiro, March 2 (IANS) Brazilian police arrested Diego Dzodan, Facebook’s vice-president for Latin America, for not complying with previous judicial decisions. In a press release, the federal police stated that Dzodan had been…
Baghdad, March 2 (IANS) A total of 670 Iraqis were killed and 1,290 others wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in February across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) The Telangana government on Tuesday suspended two policemen for dereliction of duty in a case relating to gangrape of a Dalit girl. Taking serious note of the reports that the policemen…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged flip-flop by the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre in the Ishrat Jahan shootout case and demanded a thorough probe…
Panaji, March 1 (IANS) The Konkan Railway on Tuesday said that two minor boys who ran away from their homes in Kasargod in Kerala were rescued from Goa’s Madgaon railway station. The boys, both aged…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 42 others injured in three road accidents in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Tuesday, local media reported. Urdu TV channel 92 News said that eight…
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) A man poisoned his wife and son and killed himself in the state capital due to an unpaid bank loan, police said on Tuesday. The tragedy occurred in Simra in Madiyaon…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Two Delhi University students, belonging to the Left-affiliated AISA, said they were beaten up in their college on Tuesday when they attempted to paste posters for a students’ march to…
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) Army officers leading troops will be given advanced magisterial orders to take action against trouble makers indulging in violence in civil areas, union Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Terror outfit Al Qaeda on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Railnet page of the Indian Railway to show its sinister reach for the first time. It later left…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged flip-flop by the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre in the Ishrat Jahan fake gunfight case and demanded a thorough…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Three people have been arrested for possessing 150 kg marijuana valued at Rs.15 lakh in the international market, police said on Tuesday. Vijay Kumar Jha, 23, Guddu Kumar Jha, 24,…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union minister Ram Shankar Katheria on Tuesday said that he did not target any community in his speech in Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. “I did not take the…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday accused the opposition of targeting union minister Ram Shankar Katheria of deflecting public attention from a VHP leader’s murder in Uttar Pradesh as the minister denied…
Patna, March 1 (IANS) In an effort to address Nepals post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan countrys abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods….
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) A bank guard who single-handedly saved Rs.137 crore in a bank from being looted during Haryana’s Jat protests deserves the highest gallantry award for civilians, a minister said on Tuesday. Former…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A charge sheet was filed by police in a sexual harassment case against TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri, court sources said. “The charge sheet was filed before a metropolitan…
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) At least 10 people were arrested in Dhaka with methamphetamine-based contraband yaba pills, police said on Tuesday. The police have also seized two cars which were used to carry the contraband,…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed repeated adjournments as AIADMK members created a ruckus to demand action against…
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) A bank guard who single-handedly saved Rs.137 crore in a bank from being looted during Haryana’s Jat protests deserves the highest gallantry award for civilians, a minister said on Tuesday. Former…