Guard at Wave City construction site shot
Ghaziabad, May 30 (IANS) A security guard at the Wave City construction site was shot and seriously injured as he confronted robbers on Monday, police said. Police said about half a dozen men came to…
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‘Raising safety standards in n-power plants top priority’
Moscow, May 30 (IANS) Raising the safety standards in nuclear power plants remains a top priority for all operators, says the director of World Association of Nuclear Power Plants, an organisation formed after the Chernobyl…
Chandrababu running a corrupt government in Andhra: YSR Congress
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The opposition YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh has accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of running a “corrupt” government and “making a mockery of democracy” by engineering defections to…
Cabbie assaulted by Africans in Delhi
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) An Ola cab driver was allegedly assaulted on Monday morning by a group of Africans after he refused to allow more than four passengers to travel in his vehicle, police…
World Congress against death penalty in Oslo
Oslo, May 30 (IANS) Norway will host the World Congress against the death penalty in Oslo in June. The countries still practising the death penalty and also those who have abolished this punishment will participate…
Nigerians create problems in Goa, India: Goa minister
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Monday said that Nigerian nationals not just “create problems” in Goa, but across the country too. The minister’s comment comes even as African nationals in…
Nigerian arrested in Goa rape case: Police
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a Nigerian who has been accused of kidnapping and raping a 31-year-old woman here late on Saturday night. Speaking to reporters Superintendent of Police…
BJP protests outside Sonia’s residence over Batla statements
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged a protest outside Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s residence over party leader Digvijaya Singh’s statement terming the Batla House encounter as “fake”. “The…
Foreign secretary meets African students; assures safety, security
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday met a group of African students here and assured them of the safety and security of the community in India after a string of…
Cabbie assaulted by Africans in Delhi
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) An Ola cab driver was allegedly assaulted on Monday morning by several African nationals after he refused to allow more than four persons in his cab, police said. According to…
Bahrain’s opposition leader sentenced to 9 years in jail
Manama, May 30 (IANS) A Bahrainian appeals court on Monday sentenced the country’s top opposition leader Shaikh Ali Salman to nine years in prison. The verdict for Salman, secretary general of the main opposition group,…
Killed Congolese national’s kin arrive in Delhi
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The family members of a Congolese national who was beaten to death over a minor dispute earlier this month arrived in the Indian capital on Monday, and were met by…
African nationals stage protest against growing attacks
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Several African students on Monday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here against increasing attacks on them and demanded that the Indian government act swiftly to stop such incidents. We…
Search for Japanese boy abandoned in forest continues
Tokyo, May 30 (IANS) Japanese police on Monday continued the search for a seven-year-old boy missing since Saturday in a forested, mountainousremote area of Hokkaido, after being abandoned there as punishment by his parents. According…
Major fire guts plastic factory in Lucknow
Lucknow, May 30 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a plastic and crockery industrial unit in the Bazaarkhala area of the state capital on Monday, police said. While no one was injured in the…
At least 40 people shot over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago
Washington, May 30 (IANS) A string of shootings brought the total number of people shot during the Memorial Day weekend to at least 40, the Chicago Police Department said on Sunday. Between Saturday afternoon and…
Goa Police on lookout for two Africans in rape, kidnap case
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Police in Goa are on the lookout for two Africans, one of whom allegedly raped a 39-year-old woman at knife-point, a police official said on Sunday. According to an FIR filed…
Women protest in Manipur to demand release of student activists
Imphal, May 29 (IANS) Scores of women held protests here on Sunday to demand the unconditional release of five Kangleipak Students Association activists arrested on charge of seizing packets of adulterated salt and questioning two…
AAP MLA held in Delhi on assault charge, gets bail
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Jagdeep Singh was on Sunday arrested on the charge of assaulting an employee of a waste management company here a week ago, police said. The…
Six held for assaulting Africans, Rajnath asks police to be active
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Hours after union Home Minister Rajnath Singh condemned attacks on Africans in the national capital and asked police to be more active, Delhi Police said on Sunday that six people,…