New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Wednesday said journalists were not being attacked too often in India. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha…
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) With the agitation by a section of the Jat community gaining momentum in some districts, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said political parties should desist from taking part…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday demanded a CBI investigation into the murder of a BJP worker in Dhenkanal district of Odisha. After meeting the bereaved family of deceased Salman…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Police have detained two students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG), for allegedly molesting three students of Gauhati University, police said on Wednesday. The alleged molestation took place on…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred hearing of a case against Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) agent Anand Chauhan in a disproportionate assets case involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh….
Gurugram, Feb 8 (IANS) The Haryana police is “worthless” and policemen’s attitude and ability to tackle crime against women were not satisfactory, Rekha Sharma, a member of the National Commission for Women, said here on…
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS) Russia’s leading opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been found guilty of embezzlement on Wednesday, the media reported. A judge was still reading the verdict in the city of Kirov, but news…
Vatican, Feb 8 (IANS) China has said it is committed to combating organ trafficking and transplant tourism. The Chinese commitment came as a senior Chinese representative on Tuesday presented related data on China’s organ donations…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi Police have arrested five members of Asif Kalia gang involved in robberies and extortion in east Delhi, a police officer said on Wednesday. The gang members were arrested…
Manila, Feb 8 (IANS) Around 15,000 people in the Philippines took to the streets in a slum here on Wednesday after a fire, lasting for more than six hours, razed entire rows of houses, a…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz has dismissed reports that she is visiting Britain in connection with the Panama Papers leaks case. “In UK to see my son. Will…
Lima, Feb 8 (IANS) Peru’s Public Ministry has called for a preventive prison sentence against former President Alejandro Toledo over alleged corruption charges, a media report said on Wednesday. The Ministry took the decision on…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover on Wednesday withdrew his plea before the Supreme Court that the assets of the Maran brothers should not be released after their discharge in the…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Seven youths from Mumbai were killed and one injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree on the Mumbai-Goa highway here on Wednesday morning, police said. The incident occurred around 7.30…
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) An Indian-origin man who allegedly sent over 1 million spam emails and damaged several computer networks has been charged with fraud, according to the Chicago federal prosecutor. Using “snowshoe spamming”…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said the country has enough jails for women prisoners. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said…
Phnom Penh, Feb 8 (IANS) Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday called on people to support the government’s six-month anti-drug crackdown launched in January, a media report said. “I’d like to appeal…
Brasilia, Feb 8 (IANS) More than 1,000 troops are patrolling the streets of Brazilian city Vitoria after a police strike led to a crime wave that has left dozens of people dead, a media report…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude at the Richter scale jolted the southwest region of Pakistan early on Wednesday morning, Pakistan’s National Seismic Monitoring Centre said. The strong tremors were felt in…
Rome, Feb 8 (IANS/AKI) A judge on Tuesday shelved charges against Rome’s former mayor Gianni Alemanno in the case of an alleged mafia-style crime group in the capital that pocketed millions of euros destined for…