Panic grips Ghaziabad school after hoax bomb call
Ghaziabad, May 3 (IANS) The Ghaziabad city was gripped by panic on Tuesday after a prestigious public school received a call, stating that a bomb had been planted on the first floor of the building….
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Court allows Gujarat Police chief to travel abroad
Ahmedabad, May 3 (IANS) A special CBI court on Tuesday allowed Gujarat Police’s in-charge Director General of Police P.P. Pandey and IPS officer G.L. Singhal, both accused in the Ishrat Jahan case, to travel abroad….
Rain partly douses Himachal forest fire; 3,500 hectares ravaged
Shimla, May 3 (IANS) Rain in Shimla and nearby areas in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday doused forest fires to some extent but the blaze was still raging in some pockets and destroyed flora and fauna…
MPs’ panel points out security lacunae ahead of Pathankot attack
Pathankot: The Pathankot IAF base that was attacked by terrorists on Jan 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Parliament’s standing committee for home ministry has pointed out lacunae and lapses in security…
Car driven by teenager hits traffic constable
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A traffic head constable was critically injured here on Tuesday when a 19-year-old youth rammed his car on him after being intercepted for speeding, police said. The incident occurred around…
25 inmates escape from juvenile home in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) Twenty-five inmates of a juvenile home in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh escaped on Tuesday morning following a clash between two groups, a police official said. Five of the juvenile delinquents…
Why is Sonia silent on Kerala rape, asks BJP
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS)v Sonia New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi on Tuesday demanded to know why Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi had not spoken…
Act against those who burnt Ambedkar’s posters: Dalits
Ghaziabad, May 3 (IANS) Members of the Dalit community here on Tuesday urged strict action against unidentified miscreants who burnt the posters of Bhimrao Ambedkar and former chief minister Mayawati in Murad Nagar, near here….
Declare drought national emergency: Kailash Satyarthi
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi during a press conference in Kolkata on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…
Imphal residents warn of general strike
Imhal, May 3 (IANS) Local residents on Tuesday warned of a general strike if the state government failed to provide the post-mortem report of a person found hanging in Lilong. Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi…
Severely punish Kerala woman’s killers: Kejriwal
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought “exemplary punishment” to those who brutally murdered a young woman in Kerala. “One feels sick. Give exemplary punishment to guilty. But we…
Rahul says he is targeted; BJP asks Congress to speak truth
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) As Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he was always the target of political rivals, the BJP said the Congress should…
Month after rape and killing of minor in Bihar, no action
Patna, May 3 (IANS) A month after a minor daughter of a landless labourer was gang-raped and killed in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, the police seems to have made no progress in probing the case. The…
Diesel taxi drivers again derail traffic, detained
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Scores of drivers of diesel taxis blocked three major roads here on Tuesday, causing major traffic jams which police said abated after some demonstrators were detained and others dispersed. Dozens…
Lok Sabha members express concern over police suicides
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Members, including from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Tuesday expressed concern in the Lok Sabha over police personnel committing suicide. The government maintained that steps are being taken…
Father held after forcing son into Facebook live boxing match
New York, May 3 (IANS) A man in the US state of Virginia has been charged with assault and battery after he posted a video on Facebook showing himself boxing with his 17-year-old son, media…
Murder of young woman in Kerala galvanises politics
Ernakulam (Kerala) May 3 (IANS) The brutal murder of a poor law student in this district last week has galvanised politics in election-bound Kerala as Chief Minister Oomen Chandy promised a thorough probe while the…
Maoists kill father and daughter in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 3 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday shot dead a man and his minor daughter in Khunti district of Jharkhand, police said. Some members of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a banned Maoist…
Nine killed after weekend storm in Haiti: Official
Port-Au-Prince, May 3 (IANS) At least nine people have been killed during the strong storm over the weekend in Haiti, officials said Monday. At least eight people were killed after the boat carrying them capsized…
Goa Russian rape: Accused still at large, consulate not informed
Panaji, May 3 (IANS) Five days after a 25-year-old Russian national was allegedly raped by a beach resort owner in the beach village of Morjim, located in the chief minister’s constituency of Mandrem, neither…