Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) A day after a 75-year-old retired Border Security Force (BSF) official was killed in Hoshiarpur district, the Punjab Police began a probe on Friday. BSF Commandant Narinder Singh was killed while…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) A Muslim cleric in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh has been booked on the charge of rape, police said on Friday. An official said a video clip, in which a half-naked Haq…
(160824) — AMATRICE, Aug. 24, 2016 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2016 shows damaged houses after an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy. The death toll in a strong earthquake in central Italy has…
Seoul, Aug 26 (IANS) The Vice Chairman of Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest business group, was on Friday found dead in an apparent suicide ahead of prosecutors’ summons over allegations of corruption involving the group….
Shimla, Aug 26 (IANS) Five members of a family belonging to Nepal were killed and one was injured after a cloudburst in Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh, an official said on Friday. “All the bodies…
Panaji, Aug 26 (IANS) Out of 583 foreign nationals booked for crime in Goa over the last five years, 333 went “underground” after getting bail, Deputy Inspector General of Police V. Gupta said on Friday….
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of six members of the family of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched in his native village Bisahda in Gautam Budh Nagar district…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A government-appointed experts panel has recommended chilli pepper-filled balls to replace the dangerous pellets as less lethal ammunition to control protesting crowds in Jammu and Kashmir. Government sources told IANS…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The CPI-M on Friday urged the central government to desilt the Ganga river which it said was causing floods every year. In the case of the Bihar foods, the damage…
Manila, Aug 26 (IANS) Protestors on Friday demanded an end to the wave of extra-judicial killings that have taken place since President Rodrigo Duterte launched his controversial war on drugs. More than 30 people took…
Ottawa, Aug 26 (IANS) At least three persons, including a woman, were killed in Toronto in a crossbow attack. A 35-year-old man is in custody, police said. The arrested man was believed to have used…
Wellington, Aug 26 (IANS) A Czech woman rescued after she went missing in the New Zealand wilderness gave details of her ordeal on Friday. Pavlina Pizova issued a statement on her “harrowing” month in an…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) In the 1980s and 1990s it was said the Punjab Police, with its strong-arm tactics, could even make a monkey admit it was a tiger. But in the…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday restrained Tamil Nadu police from arresting expelled AIADMK’s Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa on an alleged sexual harassment complaint. While restraining the state police from…
Jakarta, Aug 26 (IANS) More than 450 people have been arrested in Indonesia for forest fires which, in previous years, have led to a cloud of toxic smoke that affected several countries in the region,…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Policemen in Uttar Pradesh will now get an off every 10 days, an officer said. The initiative was approved by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and announced by Director General of Police…
Tokyo, Aug 26 (IANS) The vice chairman of South Korea’s fifth largest business conglomerate Lotte, who was being probed over corruption charges, was found dead on Friday in an apparent suicide. The police found the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 26 (IANS) Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw has pledged government assistance to renovate and preserve the ancient stupas and pagodas damaged by the earthquake on Wednesday, a report said on Friday….
Prague, Aug 26 (IANS) An assassination attempt on German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly been foiled here as Czech police detained an armed man who tried to join her motorcade during visit to the capital….
Kathmandu, Aug 26 (IANS) At least 20 persons were killed and 17 others injured when a bus plunged 100 metres down into a river in Nepal’s Chitwan district on Friday. The accident took place along…