New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress party on Friday demanded that the outbreak of vector-borne diseases be declared a “national health emergency” following the death of 14 persons in the national capital in the…
Siliguri, Sep 16 (IANS) One person was killed and nine injured on Friday when an army truck hit a Maruti car from behind in this town in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, police said. The…
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) A prominent Kashmiri rights activist, earlier barred from travelling to Geneva to address a UN session, was detained on Friday after a police raid at his Srinagar house, sparking outrage amid…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A private firm’s owner arrested by the CBI for allegedly cheating a government bank of Rs 10 crore on the basis of a fake identity was on Friday remanded in…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the strongman-turned-politician…
Dhaka, Sep 16 (IANS) Bangladeshi ace cricketer Shakib Al Hasan had a narrow escape on Friday morning when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed on its return journey, media reports said. Shakib and his…
Copenhagen, Sep 16 (IANS) A Swedish appeals court on Friday decided to maintain the arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape accusation. Swedish authorities began investigating Assange in 2010 on allegations of…
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Four persons were shot dead on Friday in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh in communal clashes after some boys allegedly teased a group of school girls, police said. Some people opened fire…
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) A 20-year-old undergraduate at a city college died when the auto rickshaw she was travelling in crashed into a speeding bus at a busy Kolkata crossing on Friday, police said. The…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday referred the alleged dope case of grappler Narsingh Yadav to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a detailed probe. WFI President…
Dhaka, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 17 persons were killed and many injured in separate road accidents in Bangladesh on Friday. Eight persons were killed when a bus hit a mini bus in Brahmanbaria district,…
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) A youth who had attempted self-immolation here in protest against Karnataka’s attitude towards sharing of Cauvery river water with Tamil Nadu succumbed to burn injuries here on Friday, the NTK party…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A 29-year-old resident doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) committed suicide at her home here, police said on Friday. Ritu Mankotia was attached with the anaesthesia…
Ohio, Sep 16 (IANS) A grandmother photographed in a car with her boyfriend after overdosing on heroin as her four-year-old grandson sat in the backseat, has pleaded no contest to a child endangering charge. Rhonda…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) A man who became enraged when he found a clamp on his car near a police station in New York attacked policemen with a meat cleaver — seriously wounding one –…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of the bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the…
Beijing, Sep 16 (IANS) Super typhoon Meranti left at least seven people dead and nine missing in the Chinese province of Fujian before weakening to a tropical storm, the local authorities said on Friday. Meranti,…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) WikiLeaks whistleblower and former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden hit back on Friday at a House Intelligence Committee report that described him as a “disgruntled employee” and not a…
Sydney, Sep 16 (IANS) An African acrobat accused of having unprotected sex with several women while being infected with HIV-Aids had his Australian permanent residency cancelled and faces deportation, a media report said on Friday….
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a public suit seeking to declare as unconstitutional certain provisions of the Representation of Peoples Act that allow…