Vladivostok, April 11 (IANS) Six persons were killed in a helicopter crash in Russian’s Khabarovsk city, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday. The Mi-8 helicopter crashed at 11.30 a.m., Xinhua news agency reported. “The…
Tokyo, April 11 (IANS) Six persons remain unaccounted for after a landslide buried three houses in Oita on Wednesday in Japan, an official said. According to police and government officials, the incident took place in…
Canberra, April 11 (IANS) A 24-year-old Australian woman, who faked having terminal cancer before scamming money from friends of her family, has been jailed for three months, a media report said. A judge called the…
New Delhi/Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) Budget carrier IndiGo deplaned a passenger from a flight in Lucknow after he complained about mosquitoes in the aircraft. Reacting to the incident, the government on Tuesday ordered a probe…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A petition was filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into the alleged gang rape of a girl by a BJP legislator in Uttar Pradesh and…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports on the mysterious death of a rape victim’s father in police custody in Unnao, the NHRC on Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi factory in which four persons, including two 17-year-olds, were killed when a fire engulfed the four-storey building here on Monday did not have required licence from the local…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) In one of the biggest crackdown on gold smugglers in recent years, the Customs department arrested three persons with nearly 9.5 kg of smuggled gold here, a senior official said on…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The Border Security Force personnel on Tuesday seized a gold bar and gold biscuits worth more than Rs 38 lakh from near the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, for allegedly receiving kickbacks for getting FIPB clearance in the Aircel-Maxis deal when his father…
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), April 10 (IANS) In a major embarrassment for the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Maharashtra farmer on Tuesday ended his life by consuming poison in his farmland, blaming the ruling NDA…
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) Two students from Congo and Sudan have been arrested here for alleged online frauds, police said on Tuesday. The Cyber Crime Police apprehended Prince Kanyinda of Congo and Marwan Abdul Kareem…
By Archana Sharma Jodhpur, April 10 (IANS) Married off at the tender age of 10 months, Urma Bishnoi had to tolerate the tortures of being in a child marriage for 18 years, facing threats when…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A 34-year-old man involved in more than 400 robbery cases in nine years in Delhi was arrested on Tuesday and 12 stolen motorcycles recovered from him, police said. “Accused Mohammad…
Patna, April 10 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday questioned former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract case. Rabri Devi, the…
Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into a girl’s accusations that she had been gang raped by a BJP legislator and others…
Jakarta, April 10 (IANS) At least 68 people in Indonesia have died during April after drinking bootleg alcohol, alarming the authorities in the country with the worlds largest Muslim population. Most fatalities were registered in…
Ranchi, April 10 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Jharkhand’s Simdega district on Tuesday. According to police, 16 people were returning to their village Bangru…
Hajipur (Bihar), April 10 (IANS) Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha was on Tuesday attacked by “miscreants” near Hajipur in Bihar while on his way to Motihari to take part in a programme to be addressed by…
Damascus, April 10 (IANS) An explosion that led to a building collapse in an opposition-held area of Idlib city has killed 31 people, activists said on Tuesday. The cause of the blast that hit the…