Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Two persons were killed and six injured after trees fell on them as a fresh gale pounded a rain-drenched Kolkata on Wednesday evening, throwing normal life out of gear. One person…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Wife of Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V.K. Singh has filed a complaint against one person for allegedly blackmailing her and demanding Rs 2 crore as…
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 17 (IANS) Four Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gunfight with police in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said. Two of the deceased Maoists were identified as platoon commander Markam…
Williamnagar (Meghalaya), Aug 17 (IANS) The body of a schoolteacher was found on Wednesday in Meghalaya, apparently beaten to death by tribal Garo militants, police said. The body of Madison Ch Marak, assistant teacher in…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the deaths in Bihar’s Gopalganj district due to consumption of spurious liquor, the BJP on Wednesday accused his government of covering…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A 19-year-old criminal was rearrested here in connection with the brutal gang rape and murder of a girl in Bihar in 2011, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. Accused Arjun Mahto…
Satara, Aug 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Police teams on Wednesday started a search in the Krishna river for the body of Vanita Narhari Gaikwad – one of the six victims of self-confessed killer medico Santosh Gulabrao…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said nobody under the age of 18 will be allowed to participate in human pyramid formation in the ‘Dahi Handi’ festival on Janmashtami on August…
Bhopal, Aug 17 (IANS) Over 80 villages have been submerged and around 25,000 persons affected in Rewa and Satna districts of Madhya Pradesh due to torrential rains that have lashed the Vindhya region for the…
Ghaziabad, Aug 17 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday claimed that with the arrest of four persons it has solved the case of the murderous attack on BJP leader Brij Pal Teotia here. The…
Guwahati, Aug 17 (IANS) Assam police nabbed two schoolchildren from eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in planting the four bombs that went off on the morning of Independence Day in…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) CBI Special Judge Sanjay Garg on Wednesday reserved for August 22 the order on a central agency’s plea to cancel the bail to former Haryan Chief Minister O.P. Chautala’s son…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Two persons, including a minor, who were arrested on the charge of shooting at a property dealer in the national capital, drew their inspiration for the crime from a Hindi…
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) She has hit the streets numerous times for political reasons, but on Thursday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will walk for a different cause — spreading road safety awareness. With…
Ghaziabad, Aug 17 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved the case of the murderous attack on BJP leader Brij Pal Teotia with the arrest of four shooters. Police said the…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) The British Transport Police was on Wednesday urging a heroic commuter who risked his life by jumping onto the London Underground rail tracks to rescue an ill passenger to come forward….
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Amid close vigil by the police, absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s nephew Alishah Parkar got married here on Wednesday morning. Alishah’s ‘nikaah’ ceremony with Mumbai girl Ayesha Nagani was performed…
Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) One person was killed and at least four feared trapped under the debris when a five-storey residential building collapsed in upper Shimla on Wednesday, police said. Four persons were taken out…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday asserted that Delhi government had not delayed a file on ban on use of Chinese manjha (kite string) — which has caused several…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that no new liquor shop with a government license would be opened in the national capital. Communicating the Delhi cabinet decision to…