Four killed in Ankara attacks
Ankara, March 18 (IANS) At least four people, including a police officer, were killed in two gun attacks in Turkish capital Ankara on Friday. A police officer opened fire and killed his female colleague and…
Crime
BJP legislator arrested for maiming horse
Dehradun, March 18 (IANS) BJP Uttarakhand legislator Ganesh Joshi, accused of hitting and severely injuring a police horse which necessitated the amputation of one of its legs, was arrested on Friday, police said. The horse…
BJP legislator held for attacking horse
Dehradun, March 18 (IANS) BJP leader Ganesh Joshi, accused of assaulting a police horse during a protest rally earlier this week, was arrested on Friday, the Uttarakhand Police said. The white horse ‘Shaktimaan’ is alive…
Khalid, Anirban get six month interim bail
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition. Both have been asked to furnish a…
Insecticide found in actor Mani’s body
Kochi, March 18 (IANS) A forensic report released on Friday said Malayalam actor-singer Kalabhavan Mani, who died on March 6, had consumed – knowingly or unknowingly – a lethal dose of insecticide. “Forensic test has…
Insecticide found in actor Kalabhavan Mani’s body
Kochi, March 18 (IANS) A forensic examination has revealed the presence of toxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos in the body of actor and singer Kalabhavan Mani who died on March 6. Mani, 45, who acted in 200…
Australia sentences three over female genital mutilation
Canberra, March 18 (IANS) An Australian court on Friday sentenced three people to a maximum 15 months in prison in the country’s first criminal prosecution for female genital mutilation. Former midwife Kubra Magennis, 72, and…
ED gives extension to Mallya to appear on April 2
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has accorded a two-week extension to business tycoon Vijay Mallya to appear before the agency in connection with a money-laundering case, official…
Hyderabad boy kidnapped for ransom found murdered
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) A 15-year-old boy, who was kidnapped for ransom on Wednesday, was found murdered on Thursday, police said. The body of Abhay Modani, a Class 10 student, was found in a TV…
RSS says Owaisi anti-national, BJP’s Shah looks to other factors
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) As the RSS on Thursday dubbed AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi as anti-national for his refusal to say ‘Bharat mata ki jai’, BJP president…
Bomb hoax at Delhi airport; one flight delayed, another cancelled
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A bomb threat call led to panic on one domestic and another international flight at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here on Thursday morning as passengers were hurriedly deplaned….
Kutch hit-and-run accident accused held in Rajasthan
Ahmedabad, March 17 (IANS) A son of a Dubai-based businessman was arrested on Thursday from neighbouring Rajasthan on the charge of killing three persons with his sport utility vehicle in Kutch district. Pankil Mohatta (25)…
No takers for Mallya’s Kingfisher House at SBI e-auction
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) There were no takers at the close of bidding for business tycoon Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher House, the headquarters of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) here, at an e-auction on Thursday by…
Jats continue indefinite fast for probe into Haryana violence
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The indefinite hunger strike by members of the Jat community to demand a judicial probe into violence during the quota stir in Haryana continued for the fourth day here on…
Bhujbal sent to 14 days judicial custody for money laundering
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was sent to 14 days judicial custody by a Special Court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act here on Thursday. He was arrested…
Relief as kidnapped Agra boy rescued unharmed
Agra, March 17 (IANS) There was relief across the city as a six-year-old boy, kidnapped five days ago from his house in view of his helpless mother and grandmother, returned home safely on Thursday. Senior…
Eight youth ‘attempt suicide’ in Gujarat to demand beef ban
Ahmedabad, March 17 (IANS) Eight youth on Thursday allegedly attempted suicide by consuming pesticide at the Rajkot district collector’s office in support of their demand for a beef ban. As the eight youths were rushed…
Five killed in Kashmir highway accident
Jammu, March 17 (IANS) Five people were killed and three others injured on Thursday when a taxi plunged into a river along the Jammu-Srinagar highway, police said. The accident occurred at Gangroo in Ramban district…
Early earthquake warning system put on display in Delhi
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) India’s first early earthquake warning system was displayed here on Thursday by its Indo-German promoters, who said it could dispatch a message or warning of an impending earthquake, giving ample…
Baig acquitted in German Bakery blast, death sentence commuted
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday commuted, to life imprisonment, the death sentence of IM operative Mirza Himayat Baig after acquitting him any involvement in the February 13, 2010 German Bakery…