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…
Tehran, Aug 7 (IANS) An Iranian nuclear scientist detained since 2010 has been executed, his family told BBC on Sunday. Shahram Amiri’s mother said the scientist’s body had been returned to their hometown with rope…
Manila, Aug 7 (IANS) Philippines’ President Roberto Duterte on Sunday named over 150 government officials who he said were complicit in the country’s drug trade. Among those named during a speech in the city of…
Thane, Aug 7 (IANS) A two-storey building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday, killing the landlord and his wife, police said. Six people are believed to be trapped under the debris. The building, Mahadev…
Jammu, Aug 7 (IANS) Authorities sounded a flood alert on Sunday after incessant rains continued for over 24 hours in Jammu city, causing many rivers and water bodies to swell. “A flood alert has been…
By Anand Singh Saharsa (Bihar), Aug 7 (IANS) At 9 in the morning Gauri Devi is waiting for her 15-year-old son to bring rats. That’s the only food the family now depends on, being surrounded…
Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) A 16-year-old boy was killed and six injured early on Sunday in a knife fight at a party in Sydney city in Australia, police said. Police said the teenager was declared…
Jammu, Aug 7 (IANS) Strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Sunday due to landslides in Ramban sector of the road, a senior police official said here. “Incessant rains in Ramban district triggered landslides at…
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) A special investigation team (SIT) was set up to probe the attack on a senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader and former senior Army official in Punjab’s Jalandhar city late on…
Mexico city, Aug 7 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 8,200 affected in landslides due to tropical storm “Earl” that has passed through the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico, the Ministry of…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that she had directed the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to seek consular access to an Indian prisoner who was attacked by…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that she has directed the Indian envoy in Islamabad to seek consular access to an Indian national lodged in a jail in…
Jammu, Aug 6 (IANS) At least four people – three pilgrims and one pony owner – were killed and eight injured on Saturday morning in a landslide on the track to the hilltop Mata Vaishno…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 6 (IANS) A man was gunned down outside the Maracana stadium in the Brazilian capital just hours after an 80,000-strong crowd attended the glittering Olympics opening ceremony. Images showed the unnamed…
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) Tension gripped a Bihar town on Saturday over an objectionable video clip that was posted on social networking site Facebook, police said. There were violent protests in Chhapra against the video…
Srinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) Dozens of civilian protesters were injured in fresh violence across the restive Kashmir Valley on Saturday, a day after three more persons, including a student, were killed in clashes with security…
Gurgaon, Aug 6 (IANS) Owners and managers of three paying guest (PG) accommodations in Gurgaon were arrested on the charges of not informing police about the foreigners staying in these accommodations, police said on Saturday….
Beijing, Aug 6 (IANS) Police in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region have arrested 183 criminal suspects over an illegal fundraising gang. Under the disguise of western development, the gang organised “one-day” trips to Qinzhou, Nanning, Beihai…
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan during a media interaction for success of the film Sultan, in Mumbai, on July 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jaipur, Aug 6 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Additional Advocate General K.L. Thakur on Saturday said…