Rohtak: Security beefup in Rohtak in the wake off Jats demonstration on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Gurgaon, Feb 27 (IANS) The residents of violence-hit Jhajjar district in Haryana on Saturday told a visiting central…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A court here on Saturday issued summon to former communication minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and four others in a money laundering case related to the Aircel-Maxis deal. After…
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) An all-women inquiry committee set up by the Haryana government to probe alleged mass gang rapes of women began its probe on Saturday, with a couple of witnesses claiming to have…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Ashutosh Kumar, a student facing sedition charges for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, is likely to be arrested, sources said on Saturday. Ashutosh Kumar…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A Pakistani court on Saturday admitted the bail plea of Indian cricketer Virat KohliÂ’s fan Umer Daraz who was behind bars for over a month. Daraz was arrested on January 25…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) “The mob that beat me at the Patiala House Court seemed to be highly politically motivated as they were well prepared for the attack,” Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union president Kanhaiya…
Aizawl, Feb 27 (IANS) A primary school was burnt down and a house was demolished at the Chakma tribe inhabited Tuichawng Chhuah village in Mizoram’s Lunglei district, an official statement said on Saturday. Mizoram Chakma…
Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) Over 1,200 students in Bihar have been disqualified from class 12 examinations for cheating and dozens of other people have been arrested for helping them, an official said on Saturday. “The…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) At least two people were killed in a bombing in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Saturday, police said. The bombs were suspected to have been stored inside a house in Suri…
Toronto, Feb 27 (IANS) A Canadian court has stopped the deportation of a man and his sister to India to face trial for the honour killing of the man’s niece in Punjab on grounds that…
Bengaluru, Feb 27 (IANS) Multinational computer technology company Dell on Saturday warned that cybercrime increased significantly around the world in 2015 despite organisations deploying end-to-end security solutions perfectly. Cybercriminals employed a number of new tactics…
Beijing, Feb 27 (IANS) A former senior official in China’s Guangzhou was dispelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) for serious discipline violations. Wu Sha, a former standing committee member of the CPC Guangzhou…
Caltanissetta (Italy), Feb 26 (IANS/AKI) Police in Sicily on Friday impounded assets worth 3 million euros (approx $3.28 mn) from a businessman with alleged links to a prominent mafia boss. The assets included a quarry,…
Guwahati, Feb 26 (IANS) Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahai on Friday said police have intensified its operations against illegal weapons and executing the non-bailable warrants (NBWs), pending execution. Addressing a press conference at…
Lucknow, Feb 26 (IANS) A father hacked his three children to death in a fit of rage in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, the police said. The assailant Siyaram, who has been arrested,…
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) The death toll in the nine-day violent Jat agitation demanding job quotas in Haryana has touched 30, the state police chief said on Friday. Director General of Police Y.P. Singhal said…
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) Haryana Police on Friday announced the formation of an all-women inquiry committee to look into allegations that women commuters were pulled out of their cars during the recent Jat agitation and…
Bangkok, Feb 26 (IANS) Two university students were arrested in Thailand’s capital Bangkok for selling weapons on social media website Facebook, the media reported on Friday. Sanit Mahathavorn, acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau,…
Shillong, Feb 26 (IANS) Security forces on Friday busted the hideout of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) commander-in-chief Sohan D’ Shira but he managed to escape along with his accomplices. Security forces seized 16 improvised…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) At least three people were killed and over 20 injured when an employee went on a shooting spree in the midwestern US state of Kansas, authorities said. The shootings took place…