Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Two days after eight trackers went missing on their way to Chanderkhani peak in Himachal Pradesh, a helicopter was deployed on Saturday to locate them, an official said. The rescue team…
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Two days after eight trackers went missing on their way to Chanderkhani peak in Himachal Pradesh, a helicopter was deployed on Saturday to locate them, an official said. The rescue team…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Two ex-servicemen working as private security guards were killed during indiscriminate firing after a heated argument among some people at a liquor party at a councillor’s office here, police said…
Washington, March 12 (IANS) By looking at Twitter data, it is possible to determine the damage caused by a natural disaster in just a few hours, say researchers who analysed Twitter activity before, during and…
Jakarta, March 12 (IANS) A 45-year-old Indonesian man choked to death during a chicken eating competition in capital Jakarta, the media reported on Saturday. The competition, organised by fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on…
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) At least ten people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district when a speeding truck lost control and mowed down members of a marriage procession, police said. The accident occurred at…
Johannesburg, March 12 (IANS) A South African teen holidaymaker may have found a piece of debris that could be a part of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, aviation authorities has said. The metre-long piece of…
Sao Paulo, March 12 (IANS/EFE) A rainstorm that struck the Sao Paulo metropolitan area has left at least 21 people dead, a dozen injured and several cities flooded, official sources reported on Friday. Four people…
Sao Paulo, March 12 (IANS/EFE) A rainstorm that lashed this Brazilian metropolis and its suburbs left at least 15 dead, a dozen injured and several cities flooded, authorities announced on Friday. Four people died in…
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) The Goa Police’s Crime Branch on Friday filed a charge sheet against a ruling BJP legislator Michael Lobo and three others for allegedly cheating and forging documents related to CRZ clearances…
Rome, March 11 (IANS/AKI) The Italian police on Friday arrested 19 officials, road contractors and a lawyer amid a widening probe into alleged corruption at the state-owned road construction agency ANAS. A finance police statement…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) A city court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Sambia Sohrab, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case that killed an IAF officer but granted the relief to two others…
Taipei, March 11 (IANS) Two people were killed and another was in critical condition when a rescue helicopter with five people on board plunged into waters off New Taipei City in northern Taiwan on Friday…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the country, parliament was told on Friday. Cases relating to…
Gurgaon, March 11 (IANS) A court here on Friday remanded ex-servicemen C.K. Sharma, 75, in one-day police custody in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds of a society that organised the ‘One Rank One…
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), March 11 (IANS) Eight people, including five members of a family, were killed and as many injured in two separate accidents in Madhya Pradesh on Friday. At least five people were killed…
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) The first atomic power unit at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) was shut down on Friday morning following a leakage in the reactor’s coolant system, said the sectoral regulator, adding there…
Ranchi, March 11 (IANS) A woman was allegedly dragged out from a train in Deoghar district of Jharkhand by six youths on Friday and gang raped, a police officer said. The woman was sleeping in…
Manali, March 11 (IANS) Eight trekkers, mostly from Punjab, who were on their way to Chanderkhani peak in the Manali region lost contact due to inclement weather, an official said on Friday, adding that a…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to quash a criminal case against Gujarat Police personnel involved in the Ishrat Jahan shoot-out case in view of…