Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Five objects, suspected to be crude bombs, were found from beneath the stage from where West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is slated to address an election rally in Murshidabad…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Three men were killed here on Friday morning when the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a road divider, a police officer said. The incident occured in Dhaula Kuan…
Srinagar: A soldier stands guard on a Srinagar road as authorities imposed restrictions in six police station areas of the city following appeals for a valley-wide shutdown by separatist leaders to protest Handwara firing; on…
Tokyo, April 15 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured after a powerful quake rocked Japan late on Thursday, media reports said on Friday. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 9.26 p.m. and…
Jakarta, April 15 (IANS) An undersea quake measuring at 5.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted eastern parts of Indonesia earlier on Friday and was not potential for Tsunami, the Met and geophysics agency said…
Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Lom Harsh, the director of upcoming drama, ‘Yeh Hai India’, is deeply saddened by the death of renowned lady biker Veenu Paliwal, who has acted in his film. “I’m shocked hearing…
Tokyo, April 14 (IANS) Two strong earthquakes jolted Kyushu area in southwestern Japan on Thursday, amid reports that several people had been injured and trapped in collapsed buildings. The aftershocks were continuing, Xinhua news agency…
Lucknow, April 14 (IANS) BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh and former basic education minister Ravindra Shukla was on Thursday attacked with acid in Jhansi city, police said. Shukla and five of his gun-wielding security men…
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Acting on a tip-off, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized over 31 kg of heroin in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector on Thursday, BSF officials said. The…
Kaziranga: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton feeds a rhinoceros calf at Panbari Reserve Forest in Kaziranga of Assam on April 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, April 14 (IANS) In a mockery of the so-called tight…
Kochi, April 14 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday accepted the state government’s request to oversee the ongoing crime branch probe into the ‘illegal’ fireworks display at the Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam which…
Nagpur, April 14 (IANS) Suspected right-wing Bajrang Dal activists pelted stones and hurled a slipper at Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar here on Thursday but he escaped unhurt. Police have detained 10…
Srinagar, April 14 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday ordered that no harm be done to civilians while controlling crowds as an eerie calm prevailed amid curfew in parts of a tense Kashmir Valley…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Three days after he suffered a mysterious death in a Pakistani jail, Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh’s anguished sister met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking his help to get his…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) The Kerala government on Thursday said that a blanket ban on events associated with religious institutions was not practical but enforcement of rules will be strengthened while a separate fund will…
Kaziranga: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton feeds a rhinoceros calf at Panbari Reserve Forest in Kaziranga of Assam on April 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, April 14 (IANS) In a mockery of the so-called tight…
Lucknow, April 14 (IANS) A woman and her elder daughter were shot dead on Thursday while the younger one was critically injured by a male relative in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh, said a police…
Imphal, April 14 (IANS) The earthquake that hit the Myanmar-India border region on Wednesday night damaged structures and left at least 30 people injured in Manipur, but there has been no report yet of any…
Paravur (Kerala), April 14 (IANS) It has been four days since over 110 people were killed in a horrific temple fire tragedy in this coastal town, but residents around the shrine are still a very…
Kuala Lumpur, April 14 (IANS) Malaysian authorities destroyed seized ivory worth some $20 million on Thursday, in the first-ever such public event to showcase its commitment to combat illegal wildlife trade. Authorities have confiscated more…