Rabbi arrested in New York for plotting murder
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) An Israel-based rabbi and his accomplice were arrested in New York in connection with a plot to kidnap and murder a man whose wife wanted to divorce him, police officials said….
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Man jumps before Metro train, dies
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A 34-year-old man was killed when he jumped before a Metro train at the Rajiv Chowk station here on Thursday, police said. Amit Talwar, a resident of Saket in south…
‘Pilot error behind flight landing at wrong destination’
Melbourne, Sep 8 (IANS) An AirAsia flight bound for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia landed in Melbourne last year in March due to pilot error, investigators reported on Thursday. Passengers onboard AirAsia X flight XAX223 from…
Sri Lankan editor’s remains to be exhumed
Colombo, Sep 8 (IANS) A court in Colombo on Thursday ordered investigators to exhume the remains of popular editor and journalist Lasantha Wickremetunge, killed in January 2009. The Mount Lavinia Magistrate Court issued the order…
Mob torches vehicle with bovine animals in Rajouri
Jammu, Sep 8 (IANS) A mob torched a vehicle carrying bovine animals in Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Police said the vehicle was surrounded by a mob in Chingus village on the…
Chinese envoy stresses zero-tolerance against sexual abuse
United Nations, Sep 8 (IANS) Zero-tolerance policy must be maintained against sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers, a Chinese envoy to the United Nations (UN) has said. “All sides should safeguard the reputation of the UN…
Google helps track down New Zealand child porn offenders
Auckland, Sep 8 (IANS) Internet search giant Google has helped convict two men on charges of possessing child pornography, New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs said on Thursday. Google detected the two men separately uploading…
Mexican police chopper downed by criminals, 5 killed
Mexico City, Sep 8 (IANS) Five police officers were killed when the helicopter they were in was shot down by criminals in Mexico’s Michoacan state earlier this week, the authorities announced here. The attorney-general’s office…
BSF seizes 25 packets of heroin in Punjab
Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered 25 packets of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, officials said on Thursday. The heroin seizure was made in the Border…
Four US policemen to be sacked over sexual misconduct
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Four police officers at Oakland in US will be fired and seven others suspended without pay for their roles in a sexual misconduct scandal that sparked national outrage earlier this year,…
4 die in subway tunnel collapse in Tehran
Tehran, Sep 8 (IANS) Four workers died in a subway tunnel collapse in Iran’s capital Tehran on Wednesday, official IRNA news agency reported early on Thursday. Three Iranians and one Afghani citizen are among the…
Two men detained in Spain for kicking pregnant woman wearing niqab
Madrid, Sep 8 (IANS) Police in Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday they have arrested two men for kicking a pregnant woman who was wearing a niqab, a cloth worn by some Muslim women to cover their…
Kidnapped college student rescued, one arrested
Bhopal, Sep 7 (IANS) Bhopal police said they have solved the kidnapping case of a college student and rescued her from a hotel in Ajmer. They have arrested one person and launched a search to…
Mid-air plane collision kills three in US
Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) Two single-engine small planes collided in mid-air on Wednesday in western Georgia city of the US, killing three people on board, said US federal officials. “Two single aircraft, a Diamond Aircraft…
Gujarat CID files chargesheet in Una Dalit flogging case
Ahmedabad, Sep 7 (IANS) In an important development, the Gujarat Police on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 34 persons in connection with the flogging of Dalits by cow vigilantes on July 11 near Una town in…
11 boys drown in Karnataka river
Shivamogga (Karnataka), Sep 7 (IANS) Eleven teenage boys were drowned in Karnataka on Wednesday when a coracle in which they were sailing overturned and capsized in a river during the immersion of Lord Ganesha’s idol,…
International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26 women who were to be trafficked to Gulf countries…
SC won’t quash FIR against Dadlani, asks him to approach HC
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea by Bollywood music composer Vishal Dadlani to quash an FIR against him for criticising Jain monk Tarun Sagar who addressed…
Gurgaon police collects Rs 76.6 lakh from traffic violators in 20 days
Gurgaon, Sep 7 (IANS) Gurgaon traffic police have collected nearly Rs 76.6 lakh from motorists in the last 20 days — an average of almost Rs 400,000 a day — for violating traffic rules, police…
Bihar Governor finally approves Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill
Patna, Sep 7 (IANS) The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill, 2016 was formally approved by Governor Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, Raj Bhawan officials said. Last month, Bihar legislative assembly had passed the Bihar Excise…