Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The Pakistan Met Department has issued an alert on the chances of riverine flooding as India is likely to release rainwater upstream from its rivers after September 1. “Currently, all water…
Taipei, Aug 30 (IANS) A total of 51,000 drug-related cases were reported in Taiwan from January to July this year — a 20 per cent increase since previous year, authorities said on Tuesday. More than…
Bhopal, Aug 30 (IANS) Heavy rains and flooding in Madhya Pradesh have caused massive damage to property and crops, estimated at around Rs 1,067 crore, according to officials. In the last few days, heavy rains…
Pyongyang, Aug 30 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has had two senior bureaucrats executed by anti-aircraft gun, media reports said. Ri Yong-Jin, a senior official at the education department, and Hwang Min, the country’s…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to former senior Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal, who was arrested for accepting a bribe. The Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Special…
Colombo, Aug 30 (IANS) Sri Lankan police on Tuesday arrested a second suspect for allegedly hacking into the president’s official website last week. The arrest came hours after a 17-year-old school boy was taken into…
Agra, Aug 30 (IANS) A 98-year-old former freedom fighter has threatened to end his life by ‘jal samadhi’ on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) unless the Uttar Pradesh government completely bans the sale of liquor in…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) As many as 35,092 persons were killed in car crashes in the US in 2015, with a rise up to 7.2 per cent from the previous year, authorities said. According to…
Sanosara (Jamnagar), Aug 30 (IANS) The alertness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of a water project near here on Tuesday saved the lives of several cameramen and photographers, Deputy Chief Minister of…
Sydney, Aug 30 (IANS) An American tourist who came to Queensland to buy a boat has been robbed of the $40,000 which he was planning to use for the purchase, the authorities said on Tuesday….
Dehradun, Aug 30 (IANS) The priest of the Gangnani Garmkund temple, who was trapped under the debris during a landslide on Gangotri highway on Tuesday morning, has been saved, an official said. At least 65…
Sydney, Aug 30 (IANS) A British backpacker who was brutally attacked while trying to save the life of another traveller at a hostel in Australia’s Queensland state died on Tuesday. The Queensland police confirmed that…
Dhaka, Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali. A five-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave…
Ranchi, Aug 30 (IANS) Protests against land acquisition for industries are gaining momentum in Jharkhand and a police firing in Ramgarh has fuelled it further. Former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on Tuesday started a two-day…
Colombo, Aug 30 (IANS) A 17-year-old student was arrested for allegedly hacking President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website last week calling for postponing A-level examinations. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka arrested the boy,…
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (IANS) A sub-inspector died when his revolver apparently went off accidentally in Telangana’s Adilabad district on Tuesday, police said. The body of Sridhar (27) was found in a pool of blood in…
Dehradun, Aug 30 (IANS) More than five dozen people were stranded and the priest of a famous temple was trapped under debris in Gangotri after heavy rains triggered a landslide in the region on Tuesday…
Manila, Aug 30 (IANS) The Philippines has stopped issuing haj passports for Muslim pilgrims after detention of over 170 Indonesians with fake documents using Manila as a transit to Saudi Arabia. Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay…
Bishkek, Aug 30 (IANS) At least one person was killed and three others were injured on Tuesday when a powerful explosion rocked the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek. According to Xinhua news agency, a…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Eight people including a couple was arrested by in Delhi for human trafficking, police said on Tuesday. Police said that the culprits, ran a sex racket and a syndicate suspected…