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…
Nagpur, May 31 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and another 19 injured, some seriously, in a major fire followed by a blast in India’s biggest Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon in adjoining Wardha district…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that he was “pained” by the recent attacks on African students while Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Delhi Police chief Alok Kumar Verma assured…
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Some hospitals were trying to loot the government vis-a-vis payments under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday, adding that his ministry is examining the…
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Leaders of political parties across political spectrum in Maharashtra on Monday demanded action against comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB) co-founder-creator Tanmay Bhat on charge of belittling two Bharat Ratna awardees…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The draft new bill aimed at curbing human trafficking has provided for, among other things,registration of placement agencies and punishment for the use of narcotic drugs or alcohol for the…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) A woman was allegedly gang raped in a moving car by three youth early on Monday in the city’s posh satellite town Salt Lake, police said. The culprits forced the woman,…
Chandigarh, May 30 (IANS) The Haryana government on Monday ordered the suspension of senior IAS officer Sandeep Garg, over a month after he was convicted by a special CBI court in a corruption case. Garg’s…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A total of 5,217 cases were registered between the years 2012 to 2015 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which deals with issue of child sexual…
Mumbai/Pune, May 30 (IANS) Maharashtra’s most senior minister Eknath Khadse was mired in a fresh controversy on Monday as a Pune-based businessman accused him, his wife and son-in-law of various irregularities in the purchase of…
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Goa’s Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza on Monday advised against a media trial in the “sensitive” rape case in which a Nigerian national has already been arrested, and hinted that the…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Acting on a tip-off, police on Monday apprehended one person and seized a crude bomb, some gunpowder, mobile chips and a circuit in the southern part of the city. “At about…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma on Monday met a delegation of Africans here and assured them of prompt action for their safety, in the wake of a series of…
Rome, May 30 (IANS/AKI) A 27-year-old security guard on Monday confessed to killing his former girlfriend by dousing her in petrol and setting her alight in a Rome suburb. Vincenzo Paduano faces charges of pre-meditated…
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh), May 30 (IANS) The Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh is reeling under a severe crisis following drought and unemployment. Despite a Supreme Court directive to provide the people of drought-hit regions five…
Kathmandu, May 30 (IANS) At least four Nepalis involved in kidnapping industrialist Suresh Kedia, were arrested in Bara district on Monday, police said. They were arrested after Nepal police on Sunday collected evidence of their…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday assured a group of African students that the Indian government is committed to ensuring their safety and security even as an Ola driver was…
Chengannur (Kerala), May 30 (IANS) A 36-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of fatally shooting his father who had come visiting him from the United States, police said on Monday. The arrest was…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday told a special court which is hearing the coal block allocation case allegedly involving former MP Naveen Jindal and others, to allow…
Dakar, May 30 (IANS) Former Chadian president Hissene Habre was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by the African Special Court in Dakar, Senegal. Habre was found guilty of rape, sexual assaults, voluntary homicides, massive…