Three people killed in Mizoram road accident
Aizawl, Jan 27 (IANS) Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Mizoram on Friday, police said. A police official said that a small car in which…
Crime
NHRC notice to Bihar over girl student found dead outside hostel
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Bihar government on the alleged murder of a class 10 girl student whose body was found in a…
Last bodies recovered from avalanche-hit Italian hotel
Farindola (Italy), Jan 27 (IANS/AKI) The bodies of the last two people killed at the avalanche-hit Rigopiano ski hotel in central Italy were pulled from its snow-covered ruins by rescuers on Friday. A total of…
Sadhvi in Gujrat arrested with Rs 1.29 crore cash
Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (IANS) The Gujarat Police on Friday arrested a Sadhvi along with three accomplices in a cheating case of Rs 5.2 crore and also recovered from her Rs 1.29 crore in cash, besides…
Two booked for running fake website using Narendra Modi’s name
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The CBI on Friday said it has registered a case against two Uttar Pradesh-based private persons on the charge of running a fake website named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Sadhvi in Gujrat arrested with Rs 1.29 crore cash
Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (IANS) The Gujarat Police on Friday arrested a Sadhvi along with three accomplices in a cheating case of Rs 5.2 crore and also recovered from her Rs 1.29 crore in cash, besides…
Meghalaya groups demand Shanmuganathan’s probe, prosecution
Shillong, Jan 27 (IANS) On a day President Pranab Mukherjee accepted Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan’s resignation, two civil society groups in the north-eastern state on Friday demanded an inquiry into Shanmuganathan’s “inappropriate behaviour” and his…
Nashik oil pipeline leak floods farm with diesel
Nashik (Maharashtra), Jan 27 (IANS) Thousands of litres of diesel gushed out from a leak in an oil pipeline, flooding several farms near Agarkhind village here on Friday afternoon, officials said. The Mumbai-Manmad pipeline of…
Court summons former Rajya Sabha MP in LTC case
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A court here has issued summons to former Rajya Sabha member Mahmood A. Madani for alleged irregularities in a Leave Travel Concession case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged…
Russian man jumps to death at Thiruvananthapuram airport, probe ordered
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27 (IANS) Police are trying to unravel the mystery behind the death of a 30-year-old Russian man in the security hold area of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. The Russian, Dani, had allegedly jumped to…
Ram Madhav imposter who extorted money from politicians arrested
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A former journalist, who had allegedly duped bureaucrats and politicians, including several ministers, of large sums of money posing as an important political personage, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s aide,…
Wealthy US philanthropist commits suicide
New York, Jan 27 (IANS) A New York-based philanthropist and the wife of a millionaire leapt to her death from the 14th floor terrace of her Upper East Side apartment, the media reported. Margaret Fagenson,…
Thai military court sentences activist for defaming Crown
Bangkok, Jan 27 (IANS) A Thai military court on Friday sentenced an activist who pleaded guilty to defaming the Crown in a comment made on social networks to 11 years and four months in jail….
Ranchi firm, others to be formally charged in coal scam
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A local court has ordered to frame charges against a Ranchi-based company Domco Private Ltd and five other individuals accused in a coal block allocation case. The court, however, discharged…
Ex-Volkswagen head to be probed for suspected fraud
Berlin, Jan 27 (IANS) A German prosecutor announced on Friday launch of an investigation into a possible fraud allegedly committed by the former chairman of the Volkswagen Group in the emissions scandal plaguing the German…
Sikh priest joins AAP, says Badals helped sacrilege cases culprits
Chandigarh, Jan 27 (IANS) A Sikh priest, who refused to honour Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during his visit to Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar in June 2016, joined the AAP on Friday and accused…
Mitsubishi fined for faking fuel consumption data
Tokyo, Jan 27 (IANS) Japan imposed a fine of 480 million yen (about $4 million) on auto giant Mitsubishi Motors on Friday, for falsifying fuel consumption data of several of its mini vehicles. In a…
Bodies of four soldiers recovered, Gurez avalanches toll now 14
Srinagar, Jan 27 (IANS) The bodies of four more Indian Army soldiers were recovered on Friday from under the debris of an avalanche in Gurez sector on the LoC, raising the deaths in the tragedy…
RSS, BJP escalating violence in Kerala: CPI-M
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Claiming that six of its activists have been killed and scores of others injured since the LDF returned to power in Kerala, the CPI-M on Friday alleged that, in fact,…
RSS, BJP escalating violence in Kerala: CPI-M
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Claiming that six of its activists have been killed and scores of others injured since the LDF returned to power in Kerala, the CPI-M on Friday alleged that it was…