Cut off hands of those accused of graft: Goa MLA
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) Hands of those people accused of corruption should be chopped off, opposition MLA Naresh Sawal said on Tuesday said. He made the demand in the Goa assembly. “If the government is…
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12 killed in Pakistan bus-truck collision
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) At least 12 persons were killed and over 30 others injured on Tuesday in a passenger bus and truck collision in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The accident took place when the speeding…
New York bans sex offenders from playing Pokemon Go
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) New York state authorities have banned registered sex offenders from downloading and playing the augmented reality game Pokemon Go citing concerns that paedophiles could use the app to find or…
8 killed in Brazil jet crash
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 2 (IANS) At least eight persons were killed when an executive jet crashed into an industrial warehouse in Brazil, official sources said on Monday. The twin-engine Piper Navajo jet crashed onto…
Coast Guard rescues 12 marooned fishermen off Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) Twelve marooned fishermen, whose boat had developed a serious technical snag, were rescued by indian Coast Guard off Sagar island, an official statement said here on Monday. Coast Guard ship Anmol,…
No cosmetic change will change politics of hate: Yechury on Anandiben’s exit
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Terming the offer by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel to quit as a “cosmetic change”, Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said this was…
Delhi government will compensate pothole victim’s family: Minister
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Delhi government will extend compensation to the family of a motorcyclist who was run over by a truck in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area after his motorcycle got stuck…
Haryana CM conducts aerial survey of Gurgaon
Gurgaon, Aug 1 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday conducted an aerial survey of Gurgaon and took stock of waterlogging situation and roads damaged in the wake of heavy rain last week….
SC seeks report on facilities to store seized narcotics, de-addiction centres
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report from the government on the status of compliance of its directions on creating exclusive storage facilities for seized narcotics and drugs and…
Woman, two kids die in wall collapse; BJP, AAP trade charges
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A woman and her two children were crushed to death in their sleep when the roof of their first-floor house in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar collapsed on Monday, triggering a…
Enforcement Directorate arrests two ex-CFOs of First Leasing
Chennai, Aug 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has arrested two senior former employees of non-banking finance company (NBFC) First Leasing Company of India Ltd in the over Rs.500 crore bank…
SSP Srinagar produced before court in custody
Srinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Amit Kumar was on Monday produced before a court in custody of a senior police officer for non-compliance of its orders. The SSP was produced by…
Mother, two kids killed in Delhi building collapse
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A woman and her two children were crushed to death in their sleep when the roof of their first-floor house collapsed in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Monday. The…
Blast at Mysuru court complex injures four
Mysuru, Aug 1 (IANS) A low-intensity blast in the court complex here on Monday injured four people and created panic in the area, police said. “A low-intensity device exploded in the toilet in the court…
Neighbour held for rape, murder of 16-year-old
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A 25-year-old garment sewing unit owner has been arrested for killing a 16-year-old girl by setting her ablaze after raping her, police said on Monday. The accused, Danish, was arrested…
Assam assembly Speaker meets DoNER minister over floods
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Assam Assembly Speaker Ranjit Kumar Dass called on the DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday to discuss the Assam floods and the devastation caused by it. Dass informed Singh that…
250 animals perish in Kaziranga floods, fodder scarcity looms
By Kushagra Dixit Jorhat (Assam)/New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Nearly 250 animals, including at least 20 one-horned rhinos, have died in the heavy floods in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park even as foresters managed to rescue…
Mother, two kids killed in building collapse, BJP alleges criminal negligence
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A woman and her two sleeping children were crushed to death in a roof collapse in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Monday. The Delhi BJP has accused the AAP-led…
Rajendra Kumar graft case: CBI court grants bail to two
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A CBI court here on Monday granted bail to R.S. Kaushik and Ashok Kumar both of whom are accused in a corruption case involving Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former…
Assam MP Gogoi raises flood situation issue in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The opposition Congress on Monday raised the issue of flood situation in eastern and northeastern India and said the casualty figures have gone up to 90, including 45 of them…