Ludhiana, Nov 20 (IANS) Three persons were killed and a several others were feared trapped when a plastic factory’s building collapsed after a major fire on Monday, police said. Local authorities said up to 10…
Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) A major train accident was averted when the driver of the Madurai-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express applied brakes in the nick of time on seeing an overturned vehicle on the railway…
Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Two policemen were killed and three others injured while defusing a bomb that went off inside a police station in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Monday, police said. According to police officials,…
Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Four persons were electrocuted and three others seriously injured in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Monday when a high voltage wire fell on a tractor they were riding, police said. The incident…
Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan has foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad. The ANF recovered 1 kg of the ice from a passenger who…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) To check the menace of imposters extorting money posing as electricity distribution company (discom) officials, BSES on Monday announced the launch of an app to verify the identity of its…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) Two persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly threatening Odisha’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Basant Panda by brandishing “guns” at him at the party office here. Panic gripped the party…
Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) The Principal of a government-run meritorious school has been removed from the post after being indicted for sexual harassment, a state government spokesperson said here on Monday. The inquiry report –…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the murder of Kanpur-based retired junior high school principal Ramesh Babu Shukla, who was killed by unidentified persons last year, an official…
Tokyo, Nov 20 (IANS) The US military has banned all its personnel deployed in Japan from drinking or buying alcohol after one of its servicemen was involved in a deadly crash on Okinawa island linked…
Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) A Panaji special anti-corruption court on Monday granted interim relief to former Chief Minister and Congress MLA Digambar Kamat, who is embroiled in an illegal mining case. The court, while granting…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The CISF has caught a Paraguay national from Cochin airport in Kerala for illegally carrying 3.69 kg cocaine worth Rs 4 crore in the international market, an official said here…
Singapore, Nov 20 (IANS) An Indian-origin former army Warrant Officer was sentenced to four months and three weeks in jail on Monday for abusing and beating her Indian maid. K. Rajakumari, 57, repeatedly abused her…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that awareness needs to be created among students about the dangers of online games like Blue Whale with parents and teachers shouldering key responsibility…
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) A man had to touch the feet of an air hostess at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here to apologise for misbehaving with her, authorities said on Monday. A video of…
Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Twenty persons were killed and two injured on Monday in a road accident in Pakistan’s Sindh province, police said. A senior police official said the accident took place when an overloaded…
Guwahati, Nov 20 (IANS) An Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer who was allegedly involved in a cash-for-jobs scam, surrendered to the police on Monday. With the surrender of officer Rumi Saikia before a special magistrate,…
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Charles Manson, the wild-eyed 1960s cult leader whose followers committed heinous murders that terrorised Los Angeles and shocked the US, has died of natural causes, according to the California Department of…
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Washington, D.C. in show of support to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September, wreaking havoc on the US…
Gandhinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convenor and Hardik Patel’s aide Dinesh Bambhania on Monday said an unknown caller had threatened to kidnap his son from school. Bambhania said: “I was threatened…