Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were pressed into service for relief works in rain affected parts of Hyderabad on Saturday as some residential areas remained under water for…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) At least three persons were killed in a shooting at a mall in Washington on Friday night, police said. Authorities initially said four persons had died in the shooting, but later…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) At least four persons were killed in a shooting at a mall in Washington on Friday night, police said. The shooter remains at large after opening fire at Cascade Mall in…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Four people were killed in a shooting on Friday night at a mall in Washington, police said. Police are searching for at least one shooter, and are sweeping stores in the…
Ho Chi Minh City, Sep 24 (IANS) A tiger mauled its caregiver to death when he was feeding it in Vietnam’s Binh Duong province, the media reported on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday in…
Cairo, Sep 23 (IANS/AKI) The number of migrants who perished in a shipwreck off Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Rosetta has now reached 138, the Youm7 news site reported on Friday, quoting local officials. Egypt’s…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) With China having 87,000 dams, many in Tibet, with strategic benefit against India, experts on Friday urged the “down stream” Asian nations to unite and force Beijing to sign a…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A 24-year-old man was arrested for stabbing his 18-year old lover here on Friday morning, police said. According to police, the man was identified as Rahul, a resident of Sultanpur…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Prime Minister’s Office on Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the persons killed in the Madhubani (Bihar) and Attari (Punjab)…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The south Asian countries on Friday agreed to operationalise the Saarc Terrorist Offences and Drugs Offences Monitoring Desks (STOMD) and the Saarc Drugs Offences Monitoring Desk (SDOMD) so as to…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Two contract killers were arrested for killing a cloth merchant here, the Delhi Police said on Friday. Nawab Ali, 24, and Nakul, 26, both residents of east Delhi, were arrested…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A 28-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified attackers over a financial dispute here on Thursday night, the police said on Friday. The killed man has been identified as Vinay…
Srinagar, Sep 23 (IANS) A vehicle of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) rolled down into a deep gorge in Bandipora district Friday, resulting in the death of five people. Police said a BRO vehicle went…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin as to why an FIR cannot be filed against them for allegedly…
Dhaka, Sep 23 (IANS) A Bangladeshi politician being investigated for suspected links with the murder of a Chhatra League leader in Comilla has been seen with the Prime Minister’s entourage in the US, media reports…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of former Haryana Director General of Police S.P.S. Rathore for molesting a teenage tennis player, who committed suicide later, but let him…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Two beach shack workers, accused of raping and killing 15-year-old UK teenager Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach in 2008, were acquitted by a trial court here on…
Moga (Punjab), Sep 23 (IANS) The husband and son of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal sarpanch or village chief have been booked for allegedly slapping and jostling a pregnant nurse at a private hospital in…
Jaipur, Sep 23 (IANS) A 32-year-old woman resident of a small village in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan was beaten up severely with an iron chain by a quack on the pretext of freeing her of…
Cairo, Sep 23 (IANS) The number of migrants who perished in a shipwreck off Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Rosetta has reached 112, authorities said on Friday. “The toll might rise because rescue efforts are…