Wife of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad dead
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The wife of slain NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad succumbed to her bullet injuries at the AIIMS here on Wednesday — 10 days after unidentified assailants waylaid the couple and pumped…
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Team to assess damage caused by temple fireworks
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Three Kerala ministers will lead a team of experts to study the destruction civilian property suffered due to the deadly fireworks display at a temple in Kollam. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy…
Cabinet observes two-minute silence for Kerala temple fire victims
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday observed two-minutes’ silence in memory of those killed in the fire tragedy in Kerala’s Kollam district on Sunday. “The union cabinet meeting today morning began…
12 die in China construction site collapse
Beijing, April 13 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and two reported missing when a temporary structure on a construction site collapsed in China’s Guangdong province on Wednesday. An area of about 200 square…
Wife of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad dies of injuries
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Farzana Khatoon, the wife of slain NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad, succumbed on Wednesday to her injuries at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. Ahmad was killed on…
Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided
Panama city, April 13 (IANS) Police in Panama have raided the headquarters of the law firm Mossack Fonseca at the centre of a massive data leaks dubbed as “Panama Papers”. Prosecutors said the operation had…
Kerala temple tragedy: Woman committee member seeks interim bail
Kollam (Kerala), April 13 (IANS) While the seven arrested committee members of the Kerala’s Puttingal Devi temple in Paravur town have been remanded to judicial custody, a woman committee member and a few others are…
NIA officer killing: Rs.2 lakh reward for information of prime accused
Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police has announced a Rs.2 lakh reward on information about Muneer, the prime accused in the murder of NIA official Tanzeem Ahmad, an official said on Wednesday. While…
India to raise prisoner’s death issue in Pakistan at top level
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) India has asked its envoy in Pakistan to take up at the “highest possible level” with their foreign office the issue of early transportation of mortal remains of an Indian…
Toll touches three in Kashmir firing incident
Srinagar, April 13 (IANS) The toll from a firing incident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district rose to three on Wednesday as another critically injured civilian has died, officials said. Doctors at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute…
18 killed, 14 hurt in bus-truck collision in Pakistan
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 14 others injured when a passenger bus hit into a truck in Pakistan’s east Faisalabad city on Wednesday morning, local media reported. The ill-fated…
Gunmen kill five, injure six in Burundi’s Ruyigi province
Bujumbura, April 13 (IANS) Five persons were killed and six others injured in gunmen’s attack in a market at Munyinya in Gisuru district in Ruyigi province, near the border between Burundi and Tanzania, local administration…
Sister of Indian prisoner who died in Pakistan protests at Attari
Attari (Punjab), April 12 (IANS) A sister of Kirpal Singh — who died in Pakistan where he was jailed after conviction for spying — on Tuesday protested at the Attari-Wagah integrated checkpost on the India-Pakistan…
Second ‘water train’ being filled up for Latur supply: CM
Mumbai/Latur, April 12 (IANS) Hours after a ‘water train’ reached the parched Latur district in Maharashtra, another train was being filled for more supply, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday. “The work to fill…
Biker Veenu Paliwal dies in road accident
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) Famed Indian woman biker Veenu Paliwal’s death was caused by internal injuries she suffered in the road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district. Her post-mortem examination report has revealed,…
Delhi’s Nigerian cocaine ‘kingpin’ nabbed, drug peddling gang busted
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Fill, a 33-year-old Nigerian, is cooling his heels in Tihar Jail under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. With his arrest, Delhi Police have heaved…
Two youth killed in security force firing in Kashmir
Handwara: People gather around the bodies of two men killed in army firing in Handwara of Jammu and Kashmir on April 12, 2016. The duo were participating in a demonstration against molestation of a student….
Five killed during demolition drive in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, April 12 (IANS) Five shopkeepers died and one was left seriously injured on Tuesday when a wall fell on them during a demolition drive by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation here. The incident occurred in…
Dalai Lama donates Rs.10 lakh for Kerala temple fire victims
Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, April 12 (IANS) The Dalai Lama on Tuesday donated Rs.10 lakh to be used for relef and rehabilitation of those affected by the devastating fire at…
Kerala toll 112, HC pulls up police
Kerala (Kollam): The victims of Paravur Puttingal temple accident caused by a firework display in which 96 people lost their lives in Kollam district of Kerala, about 60 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram on April…