London, Feb 2 (IANS) The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser in the 1970s, a media report said….
Vijayawada, Feb 2 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a ‘sarpanch’ or village head publicly thrashed a woman in Andhra Pradesh. The assault took place in Jallipalli village in Anantapur district three days ago but came…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Anti-Semitic hate crime in the UK increased by more than a third last year, with incidents now at a record high, a new report revealed on Thursday. The report issued by…
Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) A mentally challenged youth allegedly killed his parents on Thursday and injured three other persons in the hilly Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. Firdous Ahmed, 25, stabbed his father and…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha member Viplove Thakur on Thursday raised the issue of suicide by students due to pressure to excel in competitive studies and urged the government to take note…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) With the recovery of another body on Thursday the death toll in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in Odisha’s Koraput district has risen to eight, a police officer said….
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress members walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, alleging that the central government was indulging in “politics of vendetta”. Soon after the house met for the day…
Bucharest, Feb 2 (IANS) Massive anti-government protests broke out here on the streets in Romania after a decree was passed by Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu-led government that could free dozens of officials jailed for graft,…
Beijing, Feb 2 (IANS) An unknown number of people were buried in the debris after three residential buildings collapsed in Zhejiang district on Thursday morning, a media report said. The five-storey buildings in industrial city…
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) A 12-hour long US prison standoff continues in Delaware with four out of five employees still remaining hostage with the inmates, a media report said on Thursday. The single hostage released…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser to the police in the 1970s, a…
Kanpur, Feb 2 (IANS) The death toll in a building collapse here in Uttar Pradesh rose to seven on Thursday, with three more labourers succumbing to their injuries, a police official said. Eight persons trapped…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) A California businessman, Krishen Sauble Iyer, has been convicted of laundering money for a marijuana dealer. The federal prosecutor for Eastern California Phillip A. Talbert said on Wednesday that Iyer,…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) A Pakistani man has been charged with trying to smuggle assault weapons to “his country”, officials said. Agha Muhammad Khan Durrani, 27, was produced before a federal judge, who ordered…
Rome, Feb 1 (IANS/AKI) A Nigerian migrant will be deported from Italy after he raped a 62-year-old woman at an asylum centre near Naples, police said on Wednesday. Eboh Jude, 25, was arrested on Wednesday…
Pianella (Italy), Feb 1 (IANS/AKI) One of the rescuers who helped pull out survivors and victims at the avalanche-hit central Italian Hotel Rigopiano last month was laid to rest on Wednesday after he died of…
Kanpur, Feb 1 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and over a dozen critically injured after the roof of an under-construction building caved in here leaving as many as 50 persons trapped under the…
Lucknow, Feb 1 (IANS) Three persons, including two brothers, were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi on Wednesday after they came in contact with a high-tension wire, police said. The incident took place in Baghauda under…
Ankara, Feb 1 (IANS) An armed police officer receiving psychiatric treatment caused panic on Wednesday when he barricaded himself in a room at an Istanbul hospital and attempted to commit suicide, the media reported. Patients…
Kohima, Feb 1 (IANS) Violence continued in Nagaland on Wednesday with protesters ransacking the office of the election commission in Mokokchung district and the district office of the ruling Naga People’s Front in the wake…