Texas executes man for 2002 double murder
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) The US state of Texas has executed a man who was on death row for killing two employees of a fast food joint in 2002. Terry Edwards, a 43-year-old black man,…
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Parents of missing Mexican students stage protest
Mexico City, Jan 27 (IANS) Parents of the 43 students who disappeared in 2014 in the state of Guerrero staged protests here, the media reported. The families were joined by members of grassroots groups for…
Scientists blame Trump for rushing in doomsday
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) Scientists here have announced that the world is rushing towards the doomsday, partly because of the “words and actions” of US President Donald Trump, a media report said. The minute hand…
Dutch minister steps down seven weeks before elections
The Hague, Jan 27 (IANS) Seven weeks before the general elections in the Netherlands, Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur has quit his post. The move came on Thursday after a…
NIA starts probe into Ghorasahan, Kanpur, Kuneru cases
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday started its probe into the train derailments in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Kuneru in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar’s Ghorasahan case in which an…
Police hold 33 Calabrian mafia suspects, seize 40 mn euros
Reggio Calabria (Italy), Jan 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian anti-mafia police on Thursday arrested 33 suspects and impounded assets worth 40 million euros in an operation that targeted the Calabrian mafia’s Piromalli clan. The suspects face charges…
Fresh quakes rattle snowbound central Italy
Amatrice (Italy), Jan 26 (IANS/AKI) Sixteen tremors jolted central Italy’s mountainous spine on Thursday, Italy’s national geophysics and vulcanology institute after the area was hit by a series of strong earthquakes, heavy snowfalls and an…
18 die in rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 18 persons were killed and several injured in separate rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan over the last two days. Six persons of a family were killed after their vehicle was…
Heavy rain in Balochistan kills 7
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) At least seven persons died and five others were injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, a media report said. A woman and a child died after…
DGCA to await P&W report on IndiGo aircraft engine fire
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The country’s civil aviation regulator on Tuesday said it will await a report from aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney (P&W) before ordering a probe into an alleged incident of…
21 lakh looted from ATM in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jan 24 (IANS) In a daring highway robbery, three unidentified persons looted Rs 21-lakh in cash from an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) of a bank on the outskirts of Tumakuru town in southern Karnataka,…
IAF evacuates injured passengers from Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Indian Air Force on Tuesday said it evacuated seven passengers, including two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, injured in a bus accident in Maoist-affected Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh….
Have nothing against SRK: Kin of deceased
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Suffocation due to crowd led to the death of a social activist who collapsed during Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s train stopover at Vadodara railway station, confirmed the deceased’s family…
Escape attempt by 45 Goa prison inmates thwarted
Panaji, Jan 25 (IANS) An escape attempted by 45 prisoners and under-trials at a prison in the port town of Vasco in Goa has been thwarted by police. In a daring attempt to break out…
Ramadoss seeks probe into Jallikattu violence
Chennai, Jan 24 (IANS) PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday sought a probe by the CBI and by a Madras High Court judge into the violence in Chennai and Madurai on Monday. Ramadoss said in…
Woman molested, thrown from running train in Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) A woman was allegedly molested and thrown out of a running train by a group of miscreants in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials said on…
BSF seizes 3.6 kg opium in Bengal, arrests two smugglers
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Border Security Force personnel on Tuesday arrested two smugglers from West Bengal’s Malda district for illegal possession of 3.6 kg of opium, officials said. Acting on a tip off, the troopers…
Madhya Pradesh BJP leader accused of threatening doctor, declared absconding
Bhopal, Jan 24 (IANS) BJP leader Jaspal Arora, who misbehaved with a Dalit doctor at Sehore District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, has been declared as absconding, police said on Tuesday. Talking to IANS, station in-charge…
Prabhu orders probe into Vadodara station death
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday ordered a probe after a man died at the Vadodara railway station during a promotional tour of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s movie “Raees”….
19 persons injured in Delhi bus-truck accident
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) At least 19 persons were injured in an accident after a speeding truck hit a private volvo bus here, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday…