Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) Two burglars were arrested for breaking into a hotel room in the popular Goa beach village of Majorda, rendering a British couple unconscious with chloroform spray and stealing cash, jewellery and…
Vancouver, Jan 23 (IANS) Shooting at a school in Canada’s Saskatchewan province has left five people dead and two others seriously injured, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. A suspect was in custody after the shooting…
Ranchi, Jan 22 (IANS) One person was lynched and two others beaten badly in Jharkhand’s Gumla district on Friday after the local people accused them of raping and killing a minor girl on January 9,…
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh Police on Friday ruled out the possibility of a terror angle to the murder of a car driver hired by three people for travel to Pathankot in Punjab….
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Two members of a family with ties to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress were killed when a bomb they were making exploded in Birbhum district, police said on Friday. The incident…
Panaji, Jan 22 (IANS) Friends of Caitanya Lila Holt, 30-year-old US national, who died after allegedly choking on mud in a paddy field last week, have started an online campaign on the social media seeking…
London, Jan 21 (IANS) The murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in Britain was “probably” approved by President Vladimir Putin, an inquiry has found. Putin is likely to have signed off the poisoning…
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) A mob chopped off the hand of a man who was trying to flee after looting a bank in Bihar’s capital on Wednesday, police said. Jitender Kumar was caught by villagers…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A 24-year-old labourer has been arrested for killing his grandmother for refusing to give him Rs.4,000, police said on Wednesday. Vinay Kumar was arrested from his hideout in Uttam Nagar…
Ludhiana, Jan 18 (IANS) Unidentified miscreants fired at an RSS shakha in Ludhiana city on Monday, police said. No injuries were reported in the incident. “No person has been injured in an incident of firing…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) An exhaustive investigation into tennis match-fixing by two prominent media organisations has revealed evidence that 16 professional players have been caught up in the scandal. The findings of the investigation, by…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Tension prevailed in University of Hyderabad on Monday over the suicide of one of the five Dalit research scholars following their expulsion from the hostel. Police intervened to shift the body…
 EPA/ALI ABBAS Baghdad, Jan 18 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen kidnapped three Americans in Baghdad, an Iraqi news agency reported on Sunday. The three Americans, who worked as military trainers, were at the house of a translator…
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) A post-mortem conducted late on Saturday, on the remains of a 30-year-old US national, who controversially died after choking on mud in a paddy field on January 12, has attributed the…
Jind, Jan 16 (PTI) Two personnel of Hyderabad Police were today allegedly beaten up by a group of traders at a market in Safidon here, who mistook the cops for kidnappers, local police said. The…
Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) Baidu, China’s top search engine, is facing punishment over forums containing pornography, libelous posts, and adverts for unlicensed hospitals. The State Internet Information Office summoned Baidu executives for a grilling on…
Pune, Jan 16 (PTI) Anna Hazare has received an anonymous letter which threatens that the social activist would be killed on January 26, police said today. The sender has also alleged that the anti-graft crusader…
Panaji, Jan 16 (IANS) A team of US consular officials arrived in Goa on Saturday to enquire into the circumstances which led to the death of a 30-year-old US national in a marshy paddy field…
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) A man was blinded and badly beaten up allegedly by his rivals in a Bihar village in a fight for supremacy, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday night…
Kadapa (AP), Jan 14 (PTI) Forest officials today seized red sandalwood logs, estimated at Rs three crore, from a container truck and nabbed its driver at Balapalli check post in the district. “The truck container…