Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Two medical students, who threw a dog off the rooftop of a three-storeyed building and filmed the gruesome incident, were fined Rs 2 lakh each by a committee formed by the…
Rome, Aug 31 (IANS) The 3,500 people who lost their homes a week ago in the earthquake that shook Central Italy and were sheltering in tents must now brave rain, cold and, above all, a…
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) In the second case in two days in Tamil Nadu of a woman being murdered by a spurned suitor, an infatuated youth on Wednesday killed a 24-year-old teacher in a church…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has amended prison rules to henceforth bar convicts of serious crimes like dacoity, rape, murders and other major offences from getting regular parole, an official said on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states received the most number of complaints against police personnel in 2015, the rate of prosecution was quite low in all the states, the…
Ranchi, Aug 31 (IANS) A Maoist commander who carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh for capture surrendered to the police here on Wednesday. Deepak alias Tilakman surrendered before Jharkhand Director General of Police D.K….
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) A teenager was killed and over 100 persons were injured in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, prompting the authorities to re-impose a…
Kabul, Aug 31 (IANS) At least three children were injured as a bomb went off at a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan’s Jauzjan province capital Shiberghan, police said. “A bomb blast ripped through a wedding party…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Additional Medical Superintendent of Delhi’s Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital died on Wednesday after a mysterious fall from the fifth floor of the hospital building, police said. Dr R.K.B Choudhary…
Guwahati, Aug 31 (IANS) Tension gripped Assam’s Dibrugarh town on Wednesday following an assault and robbery of a girl student of the Dibrugarh University. A large crowd of students from the university and general public…
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) The house of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rajya Sabha member was set ablaze by a mob on Wednesday, witnesses and police said. Nobody was present in the house when arsonists…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted dreaded crime suspect Neeraj Bawana of trying to kill policemen in a 2015 shootout but convicted him for illegally possessing arms. Additional Sessions Judge…
Manila, Aug 31 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will meet next week amid international concern over a three-month-old crackdown on drugs that has claimed more than 2,000 lives, officials said…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Five people, including three members of a family, were injured after lightning struck a Delhi village on Wednesday morning, police said. Kiran, 37, and her two sons Himanshu, 14, and…
Hyderabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Heavy rains battered Hyderabad on Wednesday and inundated not just roads and low-lying residential areas but also hospitals and railway stations in the heart of the city. Water gushed into ESI…
Hyderabad, Aug 31 (IANS) At least seven people were killed as heavy rains battered Hyderabad on Wednesday, officials said. The downpour brought life in the city and the outskirts to a standstill. Low-lying areas were…
Canberra, Aug 31 (IANS) An Australian mother was expected to face court on Wednesday here after her baby boy allegedly consumed a drug while in her care. New South Wales police said the 21-month-old baby…
Tokyo, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 10 persons were killed and three were missing after Typhoon Lionrock lashed Japan, officials said on Wednesday. Nine bodies were recovered near a nursing home while the body of…
Hyderabad, Aug 31 (IANS) At least seven people were killed as heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Wednesday morning, officials said. The downpour brought the life in the city and outskirts to a standstill. Low-lying areas…
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) The one-man Justice S.N. Dhingra Commission of Inquiry set up by the Haryana government to probe controversial land deals in Gurgaon, including those of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra,…