Dewas, April 21 (IANS) Seven people, among them two children, were killed on Thursday when the car in which they were travelling collided with an oncoming truck in this district of Madhya Pradesh, a police…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A fire broke out at a landfill site in north Delhi’s Bhalswa area on Thursday and fire tenders were rushed to douse the blaze, an official said. A fire department…
Taipei, April 21 (IANS) Taiwan’s judicial authorities on Thursday detained 18 telecom fraud suspects and issued a travel ban on two more. The Taichung district court issued the ruling after district prosecutor’s office on Wednesday…
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) Three persons, including a father and son, died on Thursday after a bike they were riding crashed into a tree here, police said. Police officer Mahendra Yadav identified them as Pairu…
Quito, April 21 (IANS) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has announced temporary tax increases to fund the recovery of areas affected by the earthquake that struck the northern coast of the country that killed 570 people….
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) A CPI-M activist was killed on Thursday after being attacked by crude bombs in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, police said. The incident occurred in Domkal, one of the 62 seats in…
Mexico City, April 21 (IANS) At least 30 people were injured in an explosion at a petrochemical plant in Mexico’s coastal state of Veracruz. The blast occurred around 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday at state oil…
Canberra, April 21 (IANS) The Australian government on Thursday launched a $180 million cyber security strategy, in an effort to shore up Australia’s defence against cyber attacks and online fraud. According to Prime Minister Malcolm…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A man has been arrested for fabricating a kidnapping of his 10-year-old son to divert the attention of his relatives who were demanding the money he had borrowed from them,…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) The Pakistan Army said on Wednesday that a criminal gang that was involved in crimes in parts of Punjab province had surrendered to the security forces. Hundreds of army troops had…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) A CPI-M worker on Wednesday succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack allegedly by cadres of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress in North 24 Parganas district, an Election Commission official said….
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) A CPI-M worker on Wednesday succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack allegedly by cadres of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress in North 24 Parganas district, an Election Commission official said….
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Three naval sailors were injured, including one who lost a leg, when a bailout bottle exploded aboard diving support ship INS Nireekshak, a navy official said here on Wednesday. The mishap…
London, April 20 (IANS) Around 500 migrants from Africa are feared to have drowned in the southern Mediterranean, survivors have told the UN refugee agency. UNHCR spoke to survivors of the shipwreck in the Mediterranean,…
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) Shaktimaan, an Uttarakhand Police horse that lost a leg in an attack by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator last month, died on Wednesday, days after it got a prosthetic limb,…
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) A Jet Airways flight to Mumbai was thoroughly searched here on Wednesday following a bomb threat which authorities later declared to be a hoax. The passengers were evacuated and the plane…
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) At least 21 workers sustained burn injuries on Wednesday in an accident in one of the nine units of the 4,600 MW thermal power plant of Adani Power Ltd. at Mundra…
Gurgaon, April 20 (IANS) At least three farmhouses were partially damaged in a fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the Aravali foothills on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road, officials said. No one was injured in…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A young man was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of killing his minor daughter and injuring his wife, police said. Kishan, 25, of West Delhi’s Azadpur locality suspected his…
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) Days after it got a prosthetic limb, Shaktimaan, an Uttarakhand Police horse which lost a leg in an attack by a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator last month, died on Wednesday, an…