Girl in hospital after acid attack
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl was hospitalized on Wednesday after unknown persons flung acid on her while she was sleeping at her home in Guirim village, 10 km from Panaji, police said. The…
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Thousands of trees destroyed in Mathura violence
Mathura, June 8 (IANS) Thousands of trees were destroyed, many charred, in the violence that erupted last week following exchange of fire between police and squatters at Jawahar Bagh in Mathura. Uttar Pradesh horticulture department…
6.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia
Jakarta, June 8 (IANS) As many as 18 houses were damaged in Indonesia’s North Maluku province after a powerful quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted the country early Wednesday, officials said. The epicentre…
Delhi kidney racket: Mastermind, three donors held
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The alleged mastermind and three kidney donors, including two women, in the organ trafficking racket at Indraprastha Apollo hospital here have been arrested, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. T. Rajkumar…
Apollo Hospital sets up committee to inquire into organ sale racket
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Indraprastha Apollo hospital on Tuesday said that it has set up an independent inquiry committee to investigate the alleged organ sale racket, which also involved two assistants of a nephrology…
CBI questions Harish Rawat for second time
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday questioned Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat for the second time over a “sting” video that purportedly shows him offering bribe to buy legislative support in the…
New born dies; Indore hospital charged with negligence even post-death
Indore, June 7 (IANS) A new born girl died here at the district hospital, allegedly due to the negligence of the doctors, and then her body was allowed to be attacked by swarms of ants,…
SIT begins probe in Bihar exam scam
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) Patna, June 7 (IANS) A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday formally begun its probe into a scam involving the toppers in the 12th Board examination in…
Mumbai cops catch Rajasthan man who buried ailing wife in toilet pit
Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) A Rajasthani businessman who allegedly buried his ailing wife in a toilet pit dug in his home in Majeragaon village, Rajasmandh district, has been nabbed and will face the law, a…
Blast in Haryana bus; two injured
Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) Two persons were injured in an explosion in a private bus in Haryana’s Fatehabad district on Tuesday, police said. In the incident, Bhagirath, 45, and his wife, Rajbala, 40, suffered minor…
Delhi kidney racket case: three donors held
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Delhi Police has arrested three kidney donors, including two women, in its ongoing probe into organ trafficking at Indraprastha Apollo hospital here, said officials on Tuesday. “We have arrested two…
Man held for sexually abusing toddler in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, June 7 (IANS) A 37-year-old confectioner was arrested for sexually abusing his neighbour’s two-year-old daughter, Gurgaon police said on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Bablu, a resident of Nathupur village here on the…
25-year-old held for rape in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, June 7 (IANS) A 25-year-old man was arrested here after his 20-year-old married woman neighbour slapped rape charges on him, police said on Tuesday. The accused, Chandrashekhar, and the victim live in rented accommodation…
Home ministry official held on graft charge gets bail
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday granted bail to suspended Home Ministry undersecretary Anand Joshi in a graft case, but warned him of bail cancellation if any of the conditions imposed…
Rs.6 lakh looted from woman
Ranchi, June 7 (IANS) Criminals on Tuesday looted from a woman Rs.6 lakh she had withdrawn from a bank in Jamshedpur city in Jharkhand, police said. The woman was walking from a State Bank of…
Uttar Pradesh sets up judicial panel to probe Mathura violence
Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) Facing flak for the inept handling of an anti-encroachment drive in Mathura by civil and police officials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into the…
Boy dies after falling into water-filled pit
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) A seven-year-old boy died after falling into a water-filled pit at a construction site here, police said on Tuesday. “It seems the child had gone to retrieve a ball that had…
Home ministry official held on graft charge gets bail
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) A suspended home ministry official Anand Joshi, arrested in a graft case, was on Tuesday granted bail by a court here. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Vinod Kumar…
BBC Myanmar reporter jailed for assaulting police officer
Nay Pyi Taw, June 7 (IANS) A Myanmarese reporter with BBC Myanmar has been jailed for three months after he was found guilty of assaulting a police officer, officials said on Tuesday. Ko Nay Myo…
Hindu priest murdered in Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 7 (IANS) A Hindu priest was killed on Tuesday in a suspected militant attack in Bangladesh Jhenidah district, police said. Gopinath Kanjilal, the district’s Assistant Superintendent of Police, told journalists that three assailants…