Ranchi, Sep 21 (IANS) An IIT-ISM research scholar committed suicide in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Friday, police said. Ranjan Rathi, a resident of Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, was pursuing his Ph.D from the mechanical…
Jaipur, Sep 21 (IANS) A Mumbai-based TV actress has alleged rape by a 25-year-old man at a hotel in Rajasthan’s Neemrana, on the pretext of marriage, police said. On Wednesday, the Neemrana police received a…
Dodoma, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 79 people have died after a passenger ferry carrying hundreds capsized in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, officials said. The MV Nyerere ferry overturned on Thursday between two islands of Ukora…
Imphal, Sep 21 (IANS) Eighty students and six professors of the Manipur University were arrested after police stormed the boys hostel early on Friday following a complaint by the Vice Chancellor’s office, officials said. According…
Lucknow, Sep 21 (IANS) Three children drowned in a river in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot town on Friday, police said. The victims were part of a Muharram procession who later went to bathe in the Baghe…
Patna, Sep 21 (IANS) A youth was killed and another injured in Bihar’s Hajipur on Friday morning by unidentified assailants ahead of the Tazia procession to mark Muharram, police said. Police Station Officer Incharge Om…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha have been experiencing heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms under the impact of cyclonic storm Daye. The cyclone crossed Odisha coast near Gopalpur in the…
Srinagar, Sep 21 (IANS) Militants gunned down three policemen on Friday, hours after they were abducted from their homes in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. A police officer told IANS that locals discovered their…
Guwahati, Sep 21 (IANS) Six people were electrocuted in Assam’s Nagaon district on Friday, police said. The incident took place at a fishery in Khatowal area. “The victims were killed immediately as a high voltage…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a 39-year-old Chinese man, who had been living in the country with an Indian passport for at least six years, an official said here on Friday….
Tripunithura (Kerala) Sep 21 (IANS) The Kerala Police began questioning Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, for the third consecutive day on Friday, even as demands for his arrest grew. Mulakkal has been…
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 44 people were killed when a passenger ferry carrying hundreds capsized in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, officials said. The accident took place on Thursday between two islands in Lake Victoria,…
New York, Sep 21 (IANS) New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has named a retired Federal Judge to conduct an “independent, scrupulous” review of the cases of sexual abuse the Catholic Church is facing and recommend…
Manila, Sep 21 (IANS) The death toll from a landslide in Philippines has reached 22, an official said on Friday. Garry Cabotaje, the spokesman for Naga city government, expressed hope that more survivors will be…
Dodoma, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 44 people have been killed after a passenger ferry capsized in Lake Victoria, a Tanzanian government official said. Thirty-seven others were rescued, Mwanza Regional Commissioner John Mongela told Xinhua…
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) A woman shot dead three persons and injured three more before turning the gun on herself in an attack at a warehouse complex in Maryland in the US, police said. The…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday arrested six persons, including a domestic help, for assaulting, robbing and holding captive the wife and daughter of a former Chief Justice of the Delhi High…
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Angry over the delay in serving the food, a youth killed his mother with a cricket bat and injured his sister here, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred in Nandinagar…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday arrested six persons, including a domestic help, for assaulting, robbing and holding captive the wife and daughter of former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court here….
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) Defence expert Abhijit Iyer-Mitra was arrested in New Delhi for making a series of derogatory remarks against Odisha and its culture. He was initially detained at Nizamuddin police station. Later, the…