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…
Brussels, Aug 26 (IANS) At least one person was killed and four other injured in an explosion at a sports centre in the southern Belgian city of Chimay early on Friday, local media reported. Part…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Two persons have been arrested here for assaulting and robbing a Kenyan woman here, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. “There was a news report that a Kenyan…
Rome, Aug (IANS/AKI) The devastating earthquake that struck central Italy may claim more victims than the 2009 temblor that struck the central city of L’Aquila, killing 308 people, an official said on Thursday. The L’Aquila…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A three-year-old boy was crushed to death by an e-rickshaw in northeast Delhi’s Mansarovar Park area, the police said on Thursday. The child has been identified as Prince, son of…
Amatrice (Italy), Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) A rescue team pulled a 10-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house in town of Pescara del Tronto, 18 hours after it was flattened by a devastating earthquake…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A court here on Thursday sent, to 14 days judicial custody, Jawaharlal Nehru University student Anmol Ratan who allegedly raped a 28-year-old Ph.D student. He was presented before a duty…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape tried to commit suicide by hanging himself with a ‘gamcha’ from the ventilator of his cell in…
Patna/Bhopal, Aug 25 (IANS) The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Thursday, though the river Ganga and its tributaries started showing sign of receding but hundreds of thousands of affected people have been still…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A day after telling the Supreme Court he had not blamed the RSS as an organisation for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination but only people linked to it, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi…
Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday said that people with “vested interests” were through rumors and social networking sites trying to whip up ethnic tension in Tripura in the wake…
Ranchi, Aug 25 (IANS) An ATM machine with Rs 7 lakh cash in it was stolen in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand on Thursday, police said. The police said the machine, stolen at Sijua Naya Mode…
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) With the Punjab Police having failed to nab the attackers of RSS leader Brigadier (retd) Jagdish Gagneja earlier this month, the state government, hinting at a foreign hand, asked the Central…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Observing that judges must not hesitate to “use the sword of justice with utmost severity” if the offences are grave in nature, a Delhi court dealing…
(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…
Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday said some vested interests are trying to take advantage of the prevailing situation in the state after the recent ethnic clashes by spreading rumours…
Canberra, Aug 25 (IANS) A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder as an alleged infatuation with a British woman emerged focus of a police investigation into her stabbing death at an Australian backpackers hostel….
Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Thursday that some vested interests are trying to take advantage of the prevailing situation in Tripura after the recent ethnic clashes, by spreading rumours…