Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) A 14-year-old boy on Friday succumbed to injuries sustained in a blast in Punjab’s Maur Mandi town two months ago. Ankush Kumar, who was undergoing treatment at DMC Hospital in Ludhiana…
Bengaluru, March 31 (IANS) Two labourers were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in a furniture manufacturing factory here on Friday. “The fire broke out around 1.45 p.m. at a four-storied building….
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 13 injured on Friday following a powerful explosion in a private cold storage in Punjab’s Sangrur district, police said. The injured have been admitted…
Gurugram, March 31 (IANS) A male child was on Friday found dead at a garbage dumping site in Gurugram, police said. The garbage dumping site falls near a temple in the busiest area of the…
Bhubaneshwar, March 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has attached Rs 14.95 crore assets of a self-claimed Guru, Surendra Nath Mishra, and his sons after he allegedly swindled money on the pretext of giving devotees “Guru…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Nearly 500 arrests have been made in the crackdown on drugs by the new government in Punjab in the past fortnight, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said here on Friday….
Gurugram, March 31 (IANS) Two people were arrested for abducting and killing a company manager in Gurugram last month, police said on Friday. An unidentified body was found in Dhorka village on February 12. The…
Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court Friday acquitted a youth who was sentenced to life in 2010 in the sensational rape and murder case of a student in Andhra Pradesh. It also directed…
Ranchi, March 31 (IANS) At least eight persons died in three separate road accidents in Jharkhand on Friday, police said. The first accident took place in Ramgarh district after a tractor driver lost control and…
Panaji, March 31 (IANS) As many as 14 shell companies ferried bribes worth crores of rupees from New Jersey-based consultancy Louis Berger to politicians, namely former Chief Ministers Digambar Kamat and Churchill Alemao, and bureaucrats…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 31 (IANS) An FIR was registered on Friday against nine Mangalam TV officials for airing an audio purportedly of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran where he was heard having a lewd conversation with a…
Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court Friday acquitted Pidatala Satyam Babu, who was sentenced to life in 2010 in the sensational rape and murder case of a student in Andhra Pradesh. The court…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) A shopkeeper was arrested here on Friday for allegedly selling “artificial eggs” to a woman, police said. “A shopkeeper named Md. Shamim Ansari was arrested on Friday morning from Park Circus…
Rome, March 31 (IANS/AKI) Police arrested a 38-year-old doctor on suspicion of sexual abuse of female patients and said he had child pornography on smart phones and other devices found in his home. The doctor…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Sikhs in the US are reporting an increase in violent threats and harassment against the community amid rising incidents of hate crimes against Indian Americans in the country. Chairman of the…
Imphal, March 31 (IANS) Two people were killed due to torrential rains in Manipur, police said on Friday. Nilakanta Das, 45, was killed on Thursday in Jiribam by lightning. The second victim died when a…
Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) About 20 Maoists attacked a railway station in Odisha’s Rayagada district protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on April 15, police said. At least 15-20 armed Maoist militants…
New York, March 31 (IANS) The husband of an Indian-origin woman killed along with her son last week in New Jersey is being allowed to go to India for the funeral, according to an official….
Seoul, March 31 (IANS) Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was arrested early on Friday raising a possibility for her to serve jail term over corruption allegations, a media report said. A judge in the…
Canberra, March 31 (IANS) Heavy storms and floods caused by cyclone Debbie is hindering rescue works in Australia, as authorities on Friday feared residents being trapped by the rising water, a media report said. The…