Nicosia, April 3 (IANS) Egypt has asked Cyprus to extradite a man held by Cypriot police on suspicion of hijacking an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday and forcing it to land at Larnaca, Cypriot Attorney General…
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Security forces on Saturday regained control of the Varanasi jail and secured the safe release of jail superintendent Ashish Tiwari. Tiwari was taken hostage by the inmates, who were protesting bad…
Ahmedabad, April 3 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Saturday issued notice to Shyamal Sharma, wife of suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, to appear before it on June 15, 2016, in connection with a case…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a 22-year-old man called police and told them he was going to commit suicide before hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house here, police…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday ordered suspension of a senior official of the Value Added Tax (VAT) department on corruption charges, an official said. The action was…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Ligature marks were detected on the neck of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating death due to asphyxiation and hanging, according to a preliminary autopsy on Saturday evening. A team of…
Kolkata: Rescue operations underway at the site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on April 1, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The toll in flyover collapse…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Strangulation marks were detected on the neck of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating death due to asphyxiation and hanging, according to a preliminary autopsy on Saturday evening. The “Balika Vadhu”…
Ahmedabad, April 2 (IANS) A special CBI court here on Saturday overruled the CBI’s objections and modified its earlier order to allow retired IPS officer D.G. Vanzara to return to his home in Gujarat. Vanzara…
Mumbai: Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee during Vh1 Supersonic launch party, in Mumbai on Sep 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) The body of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who allegedly committed suicide on Friday,…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Claiming that West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress had “prior links” with the company constructing the flyover which collapsed killing at least 26 people, the BJP on Saturday held Chief Minister Mamata…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Strangulation marks were detected on the neck of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating death due to asphyxiation and hanging, according to a preliminary autopsy on Saturday evening. The “Balika Vadhu”…
Faridkot (Punjab), April 2 (IANS) A local court here on Saturday acquitted Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in a 17-year-old assault case. Sukhbir Badal, also president of the ruling Akali Dal, was present…
Ghaziabad, April 2 (IANS) The second accused in a minor Dalit girl’s rape case has been arrested, police said here on Saturday. Amit Yadav alias Rencho Yadav, stood guard outside the house when Pushpendra Yadav…
Islamabad, April 2 (IANS) At least five labourers were killed in a coal mine explosion in Pakistan’s Orakzai Agency on saturday. According to local Police the blast occurred in a coal mine in Doli area…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Saturday demanded a time-bound independent inquiry into the causes of the flyover collapse in Kolkata which killed 26 people. In a statement, the Communist Party of India-Marxist…
Ghaziabad, April 2 (IANS) Two people were killed and five injured when a drunk driver rammed his vehicle into three others on National Highway 28 in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. The incident…
Gurgaon, April 2 (IANS) A 24-year-old Maruti Suzuki employee died in a road accident on Saturday while heading towards the factory for work, police said. The deceased has been identified as Mohnit Sharma, from Haryana’s…
Los Angeles, April 2 (IANS) A 69-year-old man shot dead his adult son in Los Angeles this week because his son was gay, media quoted prosecutors as saying on Saturday. Shehada Khalil Issa, who had…
Mumbai: Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee during Vh1 Supersonic launch party, in Mumbai on Sep 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The untimely death of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee yet again brings to…