Kochi, March 17 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the state police to ensure necessary security to all drivers working for operators of online taxi services. Justice V. Chitambaresh directed Kerala Police chief…
Jammu, March 17 (IANS) One person was killed and seven injured in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of Jammu region on Thursday. Police said in winter capital Jammu that…
Ranchi, March 17 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas on Thursday shot dead four labourers constructing a road in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said. Some 20 Maoists raided a road construction company at Basia, 145 km from Ranchi,…
Dhaka, March 17 (IANS) Hackers, who stole $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank in February, had hacked a key printer that was used to print payment receipts, due to which the theft went undetected for…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Bomb threats on two commercial flights, including one international, at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here on Thursday led to the grounding of both aircraft while security officials searched…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said the state government’s action in ordering a probe into alleged land scam in the state was “politically motivated”. Hooda has…
Patna, March 17 (IANS) A Bihar jail official, suspended for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl, has been arrested and jailed, an official said on Thursday. Kishanganj Jail Superintendent Kripa Shankar Pandey was sent to…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday posted for Friday the bail plea of former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal posted the matter…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A junior resident doctor working with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was found dead in his hostel room here on Thursday, hospital authorities said. The doctor was…
Hong Kong, March 17 (IANS) One of the five Hong Kong booksellers, who had disappeared for months and reappeared in Hong Kong a week ago, has admitted to having smuggled “banned books” into mainland China….
New York, March 17 (IANS) In a first, police have booked a US man after he posted a video on Facebook in which he was shown violating traffic rules. Facebook user Michael Dalton posted a…
Lucknow, March 17 (IANS) A CBI special court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against senior Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Rajeev Kumar over a plot allotment scam, an official said on Thursday. Special Central Bureau…
Tokyo, March 17 (IANS) Two people were killed and over 20 others injured in a pile-up involving more than 10 vehicles in a tunnel in Japan’s Higashihiroshima city on Thursday. The accident occurred at around…
Palermo (Italy), March 16 (IANS/AKI) Police in Sicily on Wednesday arrested 62 people in an anti-mafia operation that effectively wiped out two entire crime families in the Palermo area. The suspects are from the from…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The high-level inquiry committee set by JNU to probe the controversial event of February 9 has not recommended rustication of five students including students union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, for their…
Mumbai, March 16 (IANS) With the spectre of a severe drought looming large, Maharashtra will celebrate a ‘dry Holi’ this year to conserve water for the next 100 days before monsoon. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday carried out raids at 82 places in four cities in connection with two cases related to the multi-crore rupee chit fund scam, an official said. The…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday ordered an FIR be lodged against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on a complaint filed by a party volunteer alleging that he molested her….
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A consortium led by the State Bank of India is likely to auction the Kingfisher House at Jogeshwari in Mumbai on Thursday, in a bid to recover…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo: IANS) Patna, March 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a jail official for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, an official…