Thailand gears up for second day of cave rescue
Bangkok, July 9 (IANS) Thai authorities on Monday were preparing for the second day of the rescue of the remaining nine boys trapped for more than two weeks in a cave in northern Thailand following…
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Japan floods: Toll reaches 85, 2mn forced to evacuate
Tokyo, July 9 (IANS) The death toll from the devastating floods after record rains pounded Japan has increased to 85, with two million others forced to evacuate from their homes, authorities said on Monday. At…
British woman dies after exposure to nerve agent
London, July 9 (IANS) British detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a woman who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in Amesbury, Wiltshire, died in hospital, London Police said. She has been identified…
Militants slit woman’s throat in J&K
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) Militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have killed a woman by slitting her throat, police said on Monday. Police said the militants barged into the house of Abdul Majid Dar,…
10 killed as train derails in Turkey
Ankara, July 9 (IANS) At least 10 persons were killed and 73 others injured when a passenger train derailed on Sunday in Turkey, the Health Ministry said. Six coaches of the train, carrying 360 people,…
7 killed as dumper collides with bus in Rajasthan
Jaipur, July 8 (IANS) Seven people were killed and 20 others injured when a dumper, driving on the road’s wrong side, rammed into a state roadways bus in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district on Sunday, police said….
Three killed by noxious gas at Ghaziabad town’s STP plant
Loni (Ghaziabad), July 8 (IANS) Three persons were choked to death on Sunday at a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Loni town of Ghaziabad district, police said. STP Pump Operator Mahesh Kasana of Baghpat entered…
11 kg of ‘ganja’ seized at Kolkata airport, two arrested
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau on Sunday arrested two persons at the international airport here for carrying 11 kg of ‘ganja’ or cannabis, a senior NCB official said. According to the official,…
Death toll is 81, dozens missing after torrential rains in Japan
Tokyo, July 8 (IANS) The death toll has risen to 81 after record torrential rains pummelled wide swathes of Japan since Thursday, triggering landslides and flooding, the media reported on Sunday. According to Japan’s public…
4 boys of 13 trapped in Thai cave extracted
Chiang Rai (Thailand), July 8 (IANS) Four boys emerged from the cave in northern Thailand where 12 young footballers and their coach had been trapped for more than two weeks, a rescuer said on Sunday…
Next action in Kerala rape-accused priests case after court hearing: Police
Kochi, July 8 (IANS) The Kerala Police is waiting for the outcome of the anticipatory bail plea filed in the Kerala High Court by two of the four Orthodox priests, accused of sexually abusing a…
Left to protest at Parliament against Tripura lawlessness: Yechury
Agartala, July 8 (IANS) The Left parties will hold a ‘dharna’ outside Parliament in Delhi on July 24 to protest against the “murder of democracy in West Bengal and Tripura”, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury…
Interstate gang of robbers busted in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, July 8 (IANS) Four men who robbed a software engineer here of a laptop, an iPhone 6 and Rs 2,000 in cash have been arrested, police said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav…
DRI seizes 10 kg of smuggled gold in Bengal, 2 held
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized ten kgs of smuggled gold worth Rs 3.18 crore from West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, a DRI release said on Sunday. Acting on a…
Theft at Chidambaram’s Chennai house
Chennai, July 8 (IANS) Cash and jewellery worth around Rs 250,000 were reported stolen from former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s residence here, police said on Sunday. According to police, the theft was noticed by…
Give Freeman a break, says Warren
Los Angeles, July 8 (IANS) Songwriter Diane Warren has become the latest celebrity to support legendary actor Morgan Freeman after he was hit with allegations of sexual misconduct for making inappropriate comments to reporters and…
Telangana student Sharath Koppu shot dead in US
Kansas City, July 8 (IANS) A 26-year-old Indian student from Telangana was shot dead inside a restaurant here in the US state of Missouri by a suspected robber. Sharath Koppu, who was pursuing his Masters…
Delhi gang rape: SC to deliver verdict on convicts’ plea
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday will pronounce its verdict on pleas filed by the three death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. A bench of Chief Justice…
Telangana to bring body of student killed in US
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) The Telangana government will make arrangements to bring back the body of Sharath Koppu, a student who was shot dead by a suspected robber in the US, a state minister said…
3 held for prostitution in Hyderabad hotel
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Hyderabad Police have busted a high-profile prostitution racket with the arrest of an actress of Bhojpuri films and two others at a five-star hotel here. Acting on a tip-off, personnel of…