Toll booth employee beaten, dragged on SUV bonnet
Gurugram, April 13 (IANS) A toll booth employee on Saturday was dragged on the bonnet of an SUV and beaten up by its occupants, after it broke through the boom barrier of the toll plaza…
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Teen charged with making death threat to NZ premier
Wellington, April 13 (IANS) A teenager in Northern Ireland has been charged with making a social media death threat to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after the Christchurch terror attack in which 50 people were killed….
Girl, allegedly raped by father, commits suicide
Srinagar, April 13 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district committed suicide on Saturday after being allegedly raped by her father, police said. The man has been arrested. Police…
Shehbaz Sharif’s family to appear before NAB
Lahore, April 13 (IANS) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s family, including his wife and two daughters, as part of an investigation into the assets beyond…
Sweden must get priority on Assange: UK MPs
L0ondon, April 13 (IANS) Over 70 lawmakers in the UK have signed a letter urging the Home Secretary to give priority to a possible Swedish extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face rape…
Kim murder case: Vietnam accused to be freed in May
Kuala Lumpur, April 13 (IANS) A Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong, accused of killing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother Kim Jong-nam, will be released on May 3, her lawyer said on Saturday. Malaysian…
Tripura doctors call off 2-day stir as HC intervenes
Agartala, April 13 (IANS) Doctors and other staff members of Tripura government hospitals, on strike since beating up of a surgeon on Thursday, called off the protest on Saturday following intervention of the high court…
Pollution board notice to Hindalco MD, five others
Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board has issued a notice to the Hindalco managing director and five other officials in connection with an accident in which many people were said to…
Chinese woman arrested at Trump’s resort indicted
Washington, April 13 (IANS) A Chinese woman who was detained at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida has been indicted for unlawful entry of restricted buildings and for making false statements to…
IL&FS CEO Ramesh Bawa arrested on charges of fraud
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Days after dismissal of his petition by the Supreme Court, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) on Friday arrested IL&FS CEO Ramesh Bawa in a case related to massive loan…
Man sets fire to jacket outside White House
Washington, April 13 (IANS) A man in an electronic wheelchair-type scooter set his jacket on fire near one of the entrances to the White House and was hospitalized with what appeared to be non-life threatening…
Sweden considers reopening Assange rape probe
Stockholm, April 13 (IANS) Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange can face a renewed probe into an allegation of rape in Sweden, following his arrest in London from the Ecuadorian embassy just days ago. Swedish prosecutors said…
UN condemns attack in Pakistan’s Quetta
United Nations, April 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta, a UN spokesman said. Guterres was shocked and he strongly condemned this cowardly act and extended…
Jet union seeks FIR against Goyal, CEO Dube, SBI Chief
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Annoyed over non-payment of their salaries, the employees association of Jet Airways on Friday asked the Mumbai Police to register a case against its founder and former Chairman Naresh Goyal, CEO…
Youth held for trying to shoot criminal in Delhi hospital
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A 23-year-old youth was arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to kill a murder accused who was taken to a hospital in west Delhi for medical examination, a police officer…
MBS urged to ditch aide linked to Khashoggi killing
Washington, April 12 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has privately urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the Saudi throne, to cut his ties to a close adviser whom Washington…
Gunrunner held with 21 pistols, magazines
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested an interstate gunrunner from Madhya Pradesh with 21 illegal sophisticated semi-automatic pistols and 42 magazines, a police officer said on Friday. Mohd. Israr, 28, a resident…
1 killed over suspected cow slaughter in Jharkhand
Ranchi, April 12 (IANS) One person died and three were severely injured after being attacked by a mob on suspicion of cow slaughter in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said on Friday. According to the police,…
6.8 magnitude quake strikes off central Indonesia
Jakarta, April 12 (IANS) A powerful quake of 6.8 magnitude rocked off Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on Friday, the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency said, triggering a tsunami warning that forced panicked people to evacuate…
Ex-Obama lawyer charged with lying to prosecutors
Washington, April 12 (IANS) Gregory Craig, who was White House counsel under President Barack Obama, has been indicted on charges of lying and hiding information related to his work for Ukraine. Craig, 74, was indicted…