Dismembered body found during Bangkok raid
Bangkok, Sep 25 (IANS) Thai police found the dismembered body of a foreign man in a freezer in capital Bangkok during a raid to nail an alleged passport forgery and drug trafficking gang. The police…
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Washington mall shooting suspect arrested, identified
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) The suspect in a shooting at a Washington state mall that killed five persons was arrested and has been identified, police said. The suspect was identified as Arcan Cetrin, 20, a…
8 injured in US city shooting
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) Eight persons including a child were injured in a shooting on Saturday night in US’ Baltimore city, with three armed suspects at large, police said. The shooting took place at around…
Video of African-American man’s fatal shooting released
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) Authorities have released footage of a fatal shooting of an African-American man in the US city of Charlotte. Portions of bodycam and dashcam footage released late Saturday showed Keith Lamont Scott…
Washington mall shooting suspect in police custody
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) The suspect in a shooting at a Washington state mall that killed five persons dead was caught, police said. The Washington State Patrol said in statement that on Saturday evening at…
Police to release videos of shooting of black man in Charlotte
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced on Saturday that it will release several videos of the shooting by officers of an African American man, an incident that has sparked major protests in…
5 killed in Washington mall shooting
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) The death toll now stands at five in the mass shooting at a Burlington, Washington, mall after a critically wounded person died, the state police reported on Saturday. Washington State Patrol…
Pregnant Dalit woman beaten up in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Sep 25 (IANS) A pregnant Dalit woman was attacked by some upper caste people who barged into their home after her family refused to clear animal carcasses from fields in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, police…
Odisha cracker factory explosion claims 6 lives
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) The death toll in the cracker factory explosion in Odisha’s Nayagarh district increased to six on Saturday, with four persons succumbing to burn injuries. Two persons were killed in the cracker…
Motorcyclist killed as car hits bike
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) A motorcylist was killed and his pillion passenger injured when a car hit the two-wheeler early on Saturday, police said. The car driver had been arrested. The accident took place in…
Operation to rescue 21 people caught in Telangana floods suspended
Hyderabad: Heavy rains lash Hyderabad on Sept 23, 2016. Three persons were killed as heavyrains lashed various parts of Telangana on Friday. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Three helicopters of the Indian Air Force…
Kolkata cabbie arrested for alleged sexual assault
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) The driver of an app-based cab aggregator was arrested here on Saturday over allegations of sexually assaulting a woman, police said. Uber driver Gaurav Saha allegedly beat up the girl and…
Delhi man held for sending obscene pictures to girls
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) A man has been arrested from the city for allegedly stalking girls and sending them their morphed obscene pictures on social networking sites, police said on Saturday. Rajesh Gambhir, 29,…
Cabbie arrested on allegations of sexual assault
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) The driver of an app-based cab aggregator was arrested here on Saturday over allegations of sexually assaulting a woman, police said. Uber driver Gaurav Saha allegedly beat up the girl and…
Businessman killed on Gurgaon expressway accident
Gurgaon, Sep 24 (IANS) A businessman was killed and his two friends were critically injured as their car rammed into a truck on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway early on Saturday, police said. Gautam Malhotra, 39, a resident…
Pakistan fighter jet crashes, pilot killed
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jet crash landed in Khyber Agency, killing the pilot, media reported on Saturday. “The pilot of the aircraft Omer Shazad sustained fatal injuries,” The Express…
Fire breaks out in building illegally hoarding inflammable goods
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) A fire broke out in a two-storey building here that was being used to illegally hoard highly inflammable products, a fire department official said on Saturday. No injuries were reported. Four…
8 killed in Iraq twin suicide bombings
Tikrit, Sep 24 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 23 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks in Salahudin’s capital city Tikrit on Saturday morning, police said. Two senior security officials of Iraq’s central…
Army, NDRF begin rescue, relief work in rain-hit Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were pressed into service on Saturday for rescue and relief work in the rain-affected parts of Greater Hyderabad, as continuing rain added to…
Couple attempts suicide over ‘extra-marital affair’, man dies
Ghaziabad, Sep 24 (IANS) A couple attempted suicide here on Saturday following a spat over an alleged extra-marital relationship of the woman. The man died, while the wife is struggling for life. The incident took…