Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his car was attacked in Ludhiana in Punjab. “My car attacked with sticks and stones in Ludhiana. Front glass pane broken. Badals and…
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Australian man jailed for ‘attempted murder’ of corpse
Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead man, in a case lawyers believe may be the world’s first. Daniel James Darrington, 39,…
Former executives charged over Fukushima accident
Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) — that operates the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant — in the first criminal trial linked to the…
Police deployed to demolish Jakarta’s red light district
Jakarta, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indonesian government on Monday deployed 5,000 police personnel to demolish hundreds of buildings in north Jakarta’s red light district of Kalijodo after residents were evicted from the area last week….
Two Indo-Canadians to be tried for murder
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) The trial of two Indo-Canadians, who were charged with first-degree murder and manslaughter, would start on March 1, a media report said. Gurjinder “Gary” Dhaliwal was charged with first-degree murder of…
Stop using term ‘Asian’ to describe Rotherham gang: Sikh group
London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault…
Indo-Canadian policeman charged with drunken driving
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been charged with two counts of impaired driving, a media report said. Burnaby RCMP detachment said…
Four killed in US plane crash
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Four people, including two children, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Navasota, a city southeast of College Station in the US state of Texas. The plane, a single-engine…
Punjab teacher shot dead for opposing molesters, two arrested
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Two youth who allegedly shot dead a school teacher who resisted their lewd remarks and attempt to molest her at a wedding function in Punjab’s Batala town were arrested on Sunday,…
Five killed as truck ploughs into shops in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck ploughed into several shops in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday. Three others were critically injured in the accident…
TV cameraman dies while covering Thane family murder
Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 28 (IANS) In yet another tragedy, a cameraman of a television news channel suffered a heart attack while covering the grisly killings of a 14-member family and died soon after, police said…
26 miners feared dead in Russia coal mine blast
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 26 miners were feared dead in a coal mine blast in Russia’s Komi republic with the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry declaring on Sunday that there were no chances of…
New algorithm can warn sailors about rogue waves
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) Engineers at a US university have developed a new algorithm that may give sailors a 2-3 minute warning of an incoming rogue wave — huge, towering walls of water that…
Eruption warning issued for volcano in Japan
Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) Japan’s weather agency on Sunday issued an alert for the possible eruption of a volcano in the southwest of the country. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that following an increase…
Chile completes reconstruction 6 years after quake
Santiago, Feb 28 (IANS) Six years after a devastating earthquake shook Chile on February 27, 2010 and claimed over 500 lives, the Chilean government is close to completing reconstruction of infrastructure essential for restoring public…
Army team rescues Russian skier in Gulmarg
Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir after he lost control and fell into a gorge at the Apharwat skiing…
Mobile app developed to locate victims trapped during natural calamities
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A doctor’s initiative in harnessing technology has produced an application which can help locate a person trapped in debris in an earthquake or other disasters when communications…
Thane man kills 14 family members, hangs himself
Thane, Feb 28 (IANS) A 32-year old man killed 14 members of his family, including seven children, and later hanged himself in a house here on Sunday, police said. The gory incident took place in…
Six dead in Russia coalmine blast
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS) At least six people were killed in a coalmine blast in Russia on Sunday, the country’s emergency ministry said. Sunday’s blast took place a day after a similar blast occurred in…
Truck kills five in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck rammed into several shops in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday. Three others were critically injured in the accident…