Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) An exchange of fire was ongoing on Monday between police and a suspected gangster hiding in a house in Telangana’s Shadnagar town, police sources said. Gangster Nayeem, involved in killing some…
Sydney, Aug 8 (IANS) A district court judge in Australia’s New South Wales state has ordered a man to pay $150,000 in damages for writing a defamatory Facebook post that ruined a motel owner’s life….
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy died on a water slide billed as the world’s tallest at an amusement park in US’ Kansas city, police said. Schlitterbahn Water Park spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said the…
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Two women died and another sustained serious burn injuries in three different incidents of acid attacks in West Bengal, police said on Sunday. While a 30-year-old deaf and mute woman died…
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured on Sunday when the driver lost cotrol of a private bus and ran over people who had gathered for a religious…
Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) Eleven women were killed and more than three dozen others injured when a speeding tractor-trolley upended in Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police said. The condition of about a…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A retired Delhi Police officer allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train on Sunday, railway police said. The deceased was identified as Ram Swarup Bhasin, who…
Thane, Aug 7 (IANS) Eight persons from two families were killed when an old, two-storey building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday, an official said. The building, Mahadev Nivas, located at Hanuman Tekdi area…
Osmanabad (Maharashtra), Aug 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Sunday demanded stringent punishment for a police sub-inspector accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in Osmanabad. Accompanied by senior NCP leaders,…
Thane, Aug 7 (IANS) An old, two-storey building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday, killing the landlord, his wife and one other person, while six others are believed to be trapped under the debris,…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a gangster who was wanted in 52 cases and also carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head. The gangster…
Ranchi, Aug 7 (IANS) Two women were beaten to death in Jharkhand’s Palamau district for allegedly practising black magic, police said on Sunday. The victims were identified as Basanti Devi, 41, and Munwa Devi, 36,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Gajwel (Telangana), Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked states to probe the fake “gau rakshaks (cow protectors)” and take strong action against them, saying…
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) A Delhi youth with an engineering degree is among the two persons arrested for stealing high-end luxury cars from Chandigarh and neighbouring areas, the police said on Sunday. A team of…
Chandigarh/Jalandhar, Aug 7 (IANS) Senior Punjab RSS leader Brig (retd) Jagdish Gagneja, who was shot at in Jalandhar, continued to be in critical condition and was shifted to a Ludhiana hospital on Sunday afternoon. Gagneja…
Harare, Aug 7 (IANS) The Zimbabwean government is drafting a law to penalise the “abusive” usage of social media with five-year jail terms in its latest measures to regulate cyber space law and order, officials…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A Delhi court has released on bail a man who was on the run for more than seven years after duping seven men of Rs 4.8…
Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) At least 29 people were killed and scores went missing as heavy rains lashed Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces, the media reported on Sunday. Karachi was badly and at least 14…
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow vigilantism. Questioning the prime minister over the delay in…
Pretoria, Aug 7 (IANS) Jailed South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius received treatment in a hospital, for, as one report said, injuries to his wrists. A report by daily City Press said Pistorius was taken to…