Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh), May 28 (IANS) The MNREGA can benefit the parched Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, but the state government is not doing enough to exploit the rural jobs scheme for the people, says…
Bogota, May 28 (IANS) At least two Colombian journalists, kidnapped by ELN rebels and held for four days have been freed, their employer Noticias RCN said on Saturday. The guerrillas released Diego D’Pablos and Carlos…
Gurgaon, May 28 (IANS) Eight members of a gang involved in illegally conducting sex determination tests have been arrested at Rewari in Haryana, officials said on Saturday. A team comprising of Gurgaon deputy civil surgeon…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The police has registered four separate cases of alleged assault on African nationals in the national capital, but added that none were part of a planned attack and were not…
Imphal May 28 (IANS) : The agitation over the Inner Line Permit (ILP) continued here on Saturday as hundreds of students held a protest march in Imphal East district. While the police didn’t intervene, the…
Beijing, May 28 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on Saturday, said the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The epicentre was monitored at 56.2 degrees…
Kolkata: Preparations for swearing-in ceremony for Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee as West Bengal Chief Minister underway on Red Road of Kolkata on May 26, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) One of…
Agartala, May 28 (IANS) Three Bangladeshi intruders with diplomatic passports, who were arrested in Tripura last Sunday, have yet to give a credible account of what they claim to be their transit through India to…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Criticising the central government over attacks on African nationals in India, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said that such attacks were a serious issue with international repercussions. “Attacks on…
Brasilia, May 28 (IANS) Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer has called an emergency meeting of state security ministers over the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro, which has triggered widespread condemnation….
Manila, May 28 (IANS) A Filipino journalist was shot dead by an unknown assailant in Manila, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred in a street in Manila’s Quiapo district when the victim, reporter Alex…
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday slammed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government over the firing incident on retired Justice U.K.Dhawan’s car late Friday night. State spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak alleged…
New York, May 28 (IANS) A vintage Second World War plane flying in the New York City area crashed in the Hudson river, officials said. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) recovered a body,…
Mexico City, May 28 (IANS) Attorneys for Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said they filed a motion challenging the govenment’s decision to authorise his extradition to the US. Attorneys Juan Pablo Badillo Soto…
Bogota, May 28 (IANS) A Colombian rebel group freed a Spanish journalist in the Catatumbo region after she went missing on May 21. Salud Hernandez-Mora, a correspondent for Spain’s El Mundo newspaper, was released Friday…
Tokyo, May 28 (IANS) A Korean Air passenger plane terminated take off from Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Friday after its left engine caught fire, affecting the travel of some 70,000 people with over 400 flights…
Dhaka, May 28 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 31 others were injured after a speeding bus fell off a bridge in Bangladesh’s Madaripur district on Friday, police said. “The passenger bus fell…
Rome, May 28 (IANS) Some 1,900 migrants and refugees were saved in rescue operations in the southern Mediterranean Sea on Friday, and dozens were feared missing, Italian officials said. The Italian coast guard coordinated some…
Bhubaneswar, May 27 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday asked police to take up the “no helmet-no fuel” initiative as a public movement and ensure its implementation in petrol outlets across the state as a…
Agartala, May 27 (IANS) Two women were killed in southern Tripura following which a woman who practised black magic and her husband have been arrested, police said here on Friday. “Accused Shanta Majumder, 48, who…