New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The gang-rape in Bulandshahr and other atrocities against women were raised in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, creating a brief ruckus as several members demanded a discussion on the matter….
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza on Wednesday said an audit of all old bridges and buildings in Goa was needed following the collapse of a British era bridge in Maharashtra. D’Souza…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3 (IANS) At least 94 kg of cocaine buried at a ranch Mato Grosso do Sul state, was seized by the Brazilian police. According to authorities, it was meant be sold…
Phnom Penh, Aug 3 (IANS) A Thai national was arrested in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh for trafficking nearly 20 kg of drugs, police said on Wednesday. Chaiyapong Phisaiphan, 52, was arrested in Sen Sok district…
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) Hu Shigen, leader of an underground church in China, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of subverting state power on Wednesday, official said. He has also been…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Hyderabad-based actor-musician Yalamanchili Revanth has made a documentary titled “Repair N Despair”, a story of three volunteer youth groups and their contribution to rebuild Nepal that was…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 3 (IANS) At least two buses with about 22 passengers were washed away early on Wednesday in flood waters after a bridge collapse on the Mumbai-Goa Highway, an official said. The state…
Jakarta, Aug 3 (IANS) An airport was forced to close in eastern Indonesia as Mount Gamalama volcano erupted on Wednesday, a disaster agency official said. “Babullah airport in Ternate city is closed because of the…
Srinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) Tension gripped Kashmir Valley on Wednesday after the death of a protester on Srinagar-Jammu national highway and a bank guard in Srinagar late Tuesday, police said. “One civilian was killed and…
Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) At least three Bahujan Samaj Party leaders were identified from a video for making foul, objectionable and obscene remarks against former BJP leader Dayashankar Singh’s minor daughter, an official said on…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 3 (IANS) At least two buses and several other vehicles went missing near Mahad city after a bridge on the Savitri River collapsed early Wednesday due to torrential rains in the Konkan…
Lucca (Italy), Aug 2 (IANS/AKI) A 46-year-old mother of three was fighting for her life in a central Italian hospital on Tuesday with 80 per cent burns after her ex-partner allegedly doused her in petrol…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered additional compensation to the victims and families who have suffered loss of life, injuries and damage to property during the 2007-2008 anti-Christian violence in…
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) Days after the heinous gang-rape of a woman and her minor daughter on NH-91 near Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, another woman, a teacher, was violated on Tuesday at a road near the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Three persons were arrested, including an employee of the ICICI Bank, on charge of snatching Rs 80 lakh from two employees of a rice trader, police said on Tuesday. Rs…
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) Violence broke out in Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday after a speeding vehicle mowed down a ‘Kanwaria’, police said. Following the death of the ‘Kanwaria’, other members of his group…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A former junior national boxing champion, who was declared the best boxer of Haryana in 2014, and an associate were arrested for helping an undertrial escape from police custody on…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Eight members of an international drug syndicate have been arrested and 14.2 kg of party drug Mephedrone, popularly known as “Meow Meow”, worth Rs 25 crore seized from them, Delhi…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 28 persons trapped on rooftops following rise of water level in Auranga river near Valsad in Gujarat, officials said. A statement said that around…
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday issued strict instructions to police to take stern steps against promoters and all others filling up water bodies in the state, and said…