New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Describing a series of incidents involving members of the African community as unfortunate and painful, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday assured a delegation of African students of full…
Pulgaon (Maharashtra) May 31 (IANS) At least 16 persons, including two army officers, were killed and 17 injured in a massive fire at India’s largest ammunition depot in Maharashtra’s Pulgaon town early Tuesday, raising questions…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The following is the list of major fire disasters at India’s ordnance depots that have always raised questions about alleged safety violations at these defence facilities in the country. Pulgaon,…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Three persons were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the sensational gangrape of a young woman in a moving car in the city’s posh satellite township Salt Lake, police said. The…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) With an estimated 18.35 million men, women and children trapped in modern slavery through human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or servile marriage or commercial sexual exploitation, India is…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) An enquiry has been ordered into the massive fire that engulfed one of the Indian Army’s largest ammunition depots in Maharashtra’s Pulgaon early on Tuesday and left 16 dead including…
Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested former assistant director of the National Database and Registration Authority Ghulam Muhammad Bugti for suspected involvement in the issuance of identification papers to…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) An enquiry has been ordered into the massive fire that engulfed one of the Indian Army’s largest ammunition depots in Maharashtra’s Pulgaon early on Tuesday and left 14 dead, a…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The following is the list of major fire disasters at India’s ordnance depots that have always raised questions about alleged safety violations at these defence facilities in the country. Pulgaon,…
Chandigarh, May 31 (IANS) With a section of Jats all set to resume their agitation for job quota in Haryana from June 5, raising fears of recurrence of violence, the Manohar Lal Khattar government on…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met with a delegation of African students here and assured them of full security and support in India. Sushma Swaraj, who met the…
Dhaka, May 31 (IANS) Six militants were on Tuesday awarded death sentence by a Dhaka court for organising a bank robbery last year in which eight people were killed. The court found nine militants, affiliated…
Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) Telangana’s Director General of Police Anurag Sharma on Tuesday said that Africans living in Hyderabad and elsewhere in the state “can rest assured about their safety”, adding there is “no…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) A woman who had recently started taking swimming lessons died here on Tuesday morning in a swimming pool she was training in, police said. Sangita Das, 22, was declared brought dead…
Nagpur, May 31 (IANS) At least 17 army men, including two officers, were killed and 19 injured in a massive fire that engulfed one of India’s largest ammunition depots in Maharashtra’s Pulgaon early Tuesday, officials…
Kabul, May 31 (IANS) At least six Afghan civilians were shot dead along a highway after militants intercepted three vehicles in the country’s Kunduz province on Tuesday, police said. The militants intercepted three buses roughly…
Nagpur, May 31 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and another 19 injured, some seriously, in a major fire followed by a blast at the Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon, in Wardha district in Maharashtra…
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, May 31 (IANS) Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said that Goans are “annoyed” with the behaviour, attitude and way of life of Nigerians living in the…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief over the deaths caused by a fire at Central Ammunition Depot in Wardha in Maharashtra. Modi said he was “pained by loss…
Mexico City, May 31 (IANS) Kidnapped Mexican footballer Alan Pulido knocked his captor unconscious and was freed with the help of police, a media report said. Pulido, 25, found himself alone with one of his…