Mandi, Nov 28 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday became the first Indian state to launch a single emergency number “112” which will connect to police, fire, health and other helplines through an Emergency Response Centre…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed over the investigation into all the 17 cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children at shelter homes in Bihar to the CBI. The…
Sydney, Nov 28 (IANS) Heavy rains pounded Sydney and its suburbs on Wednesday, triggering floods which have left at least two people dead as well as causing commuter chaos and leaving thousands without electricity. The…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma and Joint Director A.K. Sharma to inspect the file related to case against Special Director…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld a trial court conviction of 89 people for rioting, burning houses and breaching curfew in Trilokpuri area in east Delhi during the 1984…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday ordered suspension of the Food Commissioner after quintals of ration for distribution to 4,000 families was allegedly found missing from a ration shop…
Beijing, Nov 28 (IANS) A Chinese pop singer was detained in a drug bust in the country’s capital, Beijing police announced on Wednesday. The 43-year-old singer surnamed Chen and a 25-year-old woman surnamed He were…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld a trial court conviction of 89 people for rioting, burning houses and breaching curfew in Trilokpuri area in east Delhi during the 1984…
Jodhpur, Nov 28 (IANS) A girl from Rajasthan’s Pithawas village, who was married at the age of 6, was finally able to dissolve her 12-year-long marriage with the help of a NGO Saarthi Trust. Now…
Lucknow, Nov 28 (IANS) Two persons were killed and two dozen injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district on Wednesday when a passenger bus coming from Nepal and headed to New Delhi was hit by a…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) An elderly man was found murdered at his south Delhi residence on Wednesday, police said, adding that his absconding domestic help is the prime suspect. The incident was reported to…
Srinagar, Nov 28 (IANS) A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Naveed Jatt, who was wanted for the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district,…
Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) The US has imposed sanctions against Nicaragua’s Vice President Rosario Murillo, the wife of President Daniel Ortega, accusing her of corruption and serious human rights abuses. She is believed to have…
Sydney, Nov 28 (IANS) Over 500 Australians called for emergency assistance in just two hours after storms lashed Sydney and nearby regions, equalling rainfall of its monthly average in that time, causing floods, power cuts…
Yangon, Nov 28 (IANS) The front wheel of a training aircraft of the Myanmar National Airlines collapsed as it touched the tarmac at the airport in Mon during landing, official said on Wednesday. All five…
Shijiazhuang, Nov 28 (IANS) A blast near a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou city, in north China’s Hebei province, has killed 22 and injured 22 others early Wednesday morning, local authorities said. The blast occurred near…
Riga, Nov 28 (IANS) Ineta Radevica, a retired world-class long-jumper, resigned as president of the Latvian Athletics Association on Tuesday after a prohibited substance was found in her sample given during the 2012 London Olympics,…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) A minor boy was on Tuesday killed and two other students injured in a collision between an overcrowded school van they were travelling in and a speeding auto-rickshaw in north…
Shillong, Nov 27 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday cornered Meghalaya’s National People’s Party (NPP)-led government in the Assembly over the law and order situation and misuse of government machinery. Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma demanded…
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) A 29-year-old man was arrested and produced in court on Tuesday for blackmailing a Kolkata woman with objectionable social media posts and pictures, police said. Anil Kumar of Jharkhand was arrested…