Seoul, Feb 6 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Monday broke away from South Korea’s largest business lobby composed of a large family-owned business conglomerate (chaebol) after the presidential scandal fuelled calls for the break-up, a media…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Almost 13 years after his elimination, the senior police officer who spearheaded the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (STF) that planned and executed bandit Veerappan’s killing during…
Amritsar, Feb 6 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Punjab’s Majitha constituency on Monday following clashes between supporters of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress, a police officer said. Police reinforcements were rushed to Mian Pandher…
Chandigarh, Feb 6 (IANS) Four persons, including a woman and child, were killed on Monday morning when a car collided with a bus due to thick fog in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, police said. Three…
Canberra, Feb 6 (IANS) Almost 4,500 people reported cases of pederasty or child sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church in Australia between 1980 and 2015, according to a report released on Monday…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Delhi Police arrested a wanted criminal who carried a reward of Rs 25,000 during a shootout with a gang in the national capital on Monday, a police officer said. The…
Sydney, Feb 6 (IANS) The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday charged six people over the country’s biggest cocaine haul, which was discovered when authorities intercepted a yacht off the New South Wales (NSW) coast,…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Two Delhi Police personnel were injured on Monday in a shootout here with a gang of alleged criminals, that led to the arrest of one of the wanted gangsters who…
Paris, Feb 6 (IANS) A man who allegedly attacked a group of security agents outside the Louvre museum in Paris with two machetes refused to talk to investigators on Sunday, officials said. His first interrogation…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) A 30-year-old photo studio proprietor was shot dead by his friend, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on late Saturday, when Sonu came to Dalchand’s residence and asked…
Kabul, Feb 5 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and a dozen others wounded after an avalanche struck a remote village in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nuristan on Sunday, officials said. “The natural disaster…
Beijing, Feb (IANS) At least 18 people have been killed and two others were injured after a foot massage parlour caught fire in east China, officials said on Sunday. The fire broke out at around…
Bengaluru/Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 5 (ANS) A local court in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor on Sunday sent the alleged attacker of a woman at an ATM kiosk here over three years ago to 12 days judicial…
Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IANS) Thirty-seven Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested on Sunday from Thamel, Kathmandu’s tourist hub, for illegally entering Nepal, police said. Somendra Singh Rathaur, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Sorukhutte police station,…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The family of Shweta Sharma, who was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner, on Sunday demanded the “harshest punishment” for the arrested Bhopal resident, who they described as a “vicious” person….
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) An Afghan man has been arrested on charge of cheating a US woman of over $86,000 after starting a love affair with her, Delhi Police said on Sunday. Hameedullah, 34,…
Raipur, Feb 5 (IANS) A joint team of West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh Police has recovered the bodies of parents of a Bhopal resident, earlier arrested on charge of murdering his live-in partner and entombing…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS) A special court here on Sunday sent chit fund company Green Ray International Ltd. (GRIL) Managing Director Mir Shahruddin to six-day custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI…
Agartala, Feb 5 (IANS) A young woman and her six-year-old son were among three Indian nationals freed by Bangladeshi authorities, police said on Sunday. “The woman had eloped with a youth and crossed over to…
Jammu, Feb 5 (IANS) A boy was killed and five of his family members were injured when a house collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Sunday. A deodar tree fell on the house…