Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New York, April 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed concern over the growing global nexus…
New York, April 20 (IANS) India on Tuesday voiced its concern over “the growing nexus of drug trafficking and terrorist networks”, saying that “we have to continue and toughen our collective fight against these evils”….
Quito, April 20 (IANS) The death toll from April 16 earthquake in Ecuador rose to 480 by Tuesday morning, Vice Interior Minister Diego Fuentes said. Around 4,027 people were injured and 231 missing, the vice…
United Nations, April 20 (IANS) At least 150,000 children have been affected by April 16 earthquake in Ecuador, the strongest tremor to strike the Andean country in decades, according to initial estimates by the…
Jaipur, April 19 (IANS) Under pressure from various quarters, the Rajasthan government on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to inquire into a case of a teenaged Dalit girl who was allegedly raped…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Nearly Rs.2.5 crore in cash and fake currency of face value Rs.9 lakh were seized from the districts in West Bengal where polling will be held in the third phase on…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday removed the officers in charge of two police stations in West Bengal, a poll panel official said. “Two officers-in-charge, one in Shantipur police station in Nadia…
Rome, April 19 (IANS/AKI) A 26-year-old man shot himself dead at the Roma III university on Tuesday. Paramedics found the young man lying dead in a pool of blood outside the engineering faculty, a pistol…
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) The engines of the Sabarmati Express and Chauri Chaura Express caught fire on Tuesday at two different places in Uttar Pradesh, inconveniencing their passengers, a railway official said. The Chauri Chaura…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Three women and a man were killed in Pakistan’s Punjab province in an incident of ‘honour’ killing on Tuesday. The accused, absconded after he shot and killed his daughter, sister-in-law, her…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman succumbed to her burn injuries on Tuesday, taking the toll in a fire incident in the capital to four. The woman, Meenakshi, was admitted along with 22…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) A court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday awarded death penalty to eight people convicted for the abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student known for opposing…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea challenging an Enforcement Directorate (ED) order to provisionally attach certain properties in connection with a money laundering case…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of a minor accused in a hit-and-run case in which a 33-year-old business consultant was killed. According to sources, the…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Eight members of a gang involved in snatching mobile phones in different states and supplying their parts in China and Nepal have been arrested and 448 mobile phones recovered from…
Ranchi, April 19 (IANS) Curfew was relaxed for two hours on Tuesday in the communal violence-hit Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, police said. The curfew was relaxed from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The curfew will…
Maroua, April 19 (IANS) A top US diplomat has expressed her “great sorrow” after a vehicle in her convoy struck and killed a young boy during an official visit to Cameroon. US ambassador to the…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A juvenile board on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of a minor accused in a hit-and-run case that led to the death of a 33-year-old business consultant. According to informed…
Patna, April 19 (IANS) At least 100 people fell ill on Tuesday due to food poisoning after partaking of meals at a village feast in Bihar’s Supaul district, police said. Those who complained of uneasiness…
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), April 19 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh police has seized a truck carrying 21 tonnes of explosive Ammonium Nitrate in this district, police said on Tuesday. “A truck that hit another vehicle on Monday…