Visakhapatnam, April 18 (IANS) At least two persons were killed and eight others injured when firecrackers exploded in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on Monday, police said. The incident occurred in Guruvam village when the firecrackers…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 18 (IANS) A total of 36 people were killed and 316 injured during Myanmar’s Thingyan water festival, the media reported on Monday. During the five-day water festival, 14 people were killed…
Kabul, April 18 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed in flash floods in Afghanistan overnight, officials said on Monday. Rainstorms and flash floods killed 12 people and washed away several houses in Burka district…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 18 (IANS) Kerala is seeking Rs.117 crore from the central government to mitigate the destruction caused by the Kollam temple tragedy which it says must be declared a national disaster. “Our revenue secretary…
(160418) — QUITO, April 18, 2016 (Xinhua) — Humanitarian aid collected by Venezuelans living in Ecuador are seen in a collection center in Quito, Ecuador, on April 17, 2016. The number of victims of a…
Srinagar, April 18 (IANS) Authorities on Monday re-imposed curfew soon after fresh protests erupted during curfew relaxation in the tense town of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir. The curfew was to be relaxed from 8…
Quito, April 18 (IANS) The toll in the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador on Saturday evening, rose to 246 on Monday, with authorities heightening relief efforts and activating all resources to cope with the…
Kupwara: Security personnel deployed in Natnoosa area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara on April 15, 2016. At least five people were injured when security forces allegedly opened fire on an angry mob protesting the deaths…
QUITO, April 16, 2017 (Xinhua) — Debris of a house are seen after an earthquake in Quito, Ecuador, on April 16, 2016. The number of victims of the earthquake that struck off the coast of…
Bhubaneswar, April 18 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and eight injured when a bus carrying over 40 artistes of an opera team fell down a 300-feet gorge in Odisha’s Deogarh district on Sunday…
Agra, April 18 (IANS) A man here on Sunday shot dead his fiancee, who had refused to marry him, before turning the gun on himself, police said. Rukhsar, 23, was shot dead by Nadeem, 25,…
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed when a bus carrying over 40 artistes of an opera team fell down a 300-feet gorge in Odisha’s Deogarh district on Sunday evening, police said….
(160417) — GUAYAQUIL(ECUADOR), April 17, 2016 (Xinhua) — People try to rescue a victim trapped in a vehicle crushed by a bridge after an earthquake in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 16, 2016. The number of…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A 40-year-old cook has been arrested on charges of strangulating his wife and then chopping her body into several parts, a police official said on Sunday. The incident is attributed…
Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal. (File Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The Election Commission on Sunday lodged two FIRs against Trinamool strongman and Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal for violating statutory orders and the…
Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) Curfew was imposed and the Border Security Force (BSF) was deployed in Mehsana town in Gujarat on Sunday after pro-reservation Patidars (Patels) turned violent, leading to arson and clashes with police….
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A four-month-old girl child, allegedly abducted by her maternal uncle, has been rescued and three people arrested in this connection, a Delhi Police official said on Sunday. “We rescued the…
Mehsana: The president of Sardar Patel Group (SPG) Laljibhai Patel after getting injured during “Jail Bharo Andolan” in Mehsana of Gujarat on April 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) Curfew was imposed in…
Imphal, April 17 (IANS) Drivers of inter-state public transport vans in Manipur launched an indefinite strike from midnight of Saturday, accusing Nagaland Police of arresting a fellow driver on April 12 without any reason. The…
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Three people were injured, one critically, on Sunday when a concrete slab being laid on the Lucknow Metro rail route here collapsed, police said. The accident took place at Sujanpura near…