Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Moroccan boxer Hassan Saada has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing two female cleaners in the Olympic Village, authorities said on Friday. The athlete was arrested on Thursday night…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh resident was arrested and 19 countrymade firearms meant for supply to local gangsters seized from him, Delhi Police said on Friday. Asad Ali alias Pahalwan, 27, a…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The CBI on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against extradited mafia don Chhota Rajan Nikhalje and another person for the 2011 killing of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, an official said here. The…
Imphal, Aug 5 (IANS) Two persons — a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a two-year-old baby — were seriously wounded after a powerful bomb exploded near the State Museum, adjacent to Raj Bhavan…
Raipur, Aug 5 (IANS) Six Maoists were killed and several injured in an encounter in Chattisgarh’s Dantewada on Friday, police said. Besides, three Maoists were also arrested. Police officials said that on receiving information about…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (IANS) Bangladesh sleuths have zeroed in on five persons who hacked to death two prominent gay rights activists in April this year and are set to arrest them, media reports said on…
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) A civilian was killed and scores were injured in fresh violent protests across Kashmir Valley on Friday despite strict curfew enforced to stop people from holding pro-freedom demonstrations, police and witnesses…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday termed the militant attack in Asssam’s Kokrajhar town as “most unfortunate” especially as peace had returned to the state…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A Delhi Court has ordered seven days’ imprisonment to a driver who had allegedly misbehaved with the police in an inebriated condition, and said “such offenders required to be dealt…
Photo by yourbestdigs Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Toddlers exposed to common household cleaners are at a greater risk of getting injured by chemicals which can lead to critical eye injuries and damage internal organs irreparably,…
Ranchi, Aug 5 (IANS) Three members of a tribal family, including two minors, were hacked to death and two others were injured on the outskirts of Ranchi on Friday, police said. According to police, three…
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) Controversial Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh, facing allegations of rape and corruption, on Friday did not appear before a committee probing a sexual harassment complaint filed by five women constables. Salwinder,…
Rome, Aug 5 (IANS/AKI) A cargo plane skidded off an airport runway in northern Italy on Friday, crashed through a perimeter fence and ended up wedged across a busy road after landing in bad weather….
Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) Nine people were killed and 27 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in China’s Shandong province on Friday, police said. Following a tyre blow-out, the truck hit a…
Singapore, Aug 5 (IANS) A total of 78 suspected drug offenders were arrested during an island-wide anti-narcotics operation in Singapore, an official statement said on Friday. According to the statement from the Central Narcotics Bureau…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday paid homage to the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in Japan in 1945. “India has always toed the path of peace and…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday paid homage to the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in Japan in 1945. “India has always toed the path of peace and…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday extended till August 22 the interim bail granted to senior Corporate Affairs Ministry official B.K. Bansal in a bribery case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Judicial work in Delhi’s courts was paralysed on Friday by a strike of city lawyers protesting the reported assault on lawyers during a clash with the police on Wednesday morning….
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 5 (IANS) Seven more bodies of the victims of a bridge collapse on the Mumbai-Goa highway were recovered by search teams on Friday morning, taking the total bodies found so far to…