Rome, Oct 21 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s anti-mafia directorate on Friday impounded assets worth 10 million euros from alleged Sicilian mafia member and businessman Giuseppe Montalbano. The expropriation of the assets followed a probe by anti-mafia investigators…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) The toll in Odisha’s SUM Hospitals fire mishap rose to 25 on Friday, said a health official here. While two persons died from their injuries on Thursday night, two others died…
Rome, Oct 21 (IANS/AKI) Police on Friday arrested a Sicilian priest who performed exorcisms and a soldier, both accused of sexually abusing women and children. Salvatore Anello, 59, was arrested at a Capuchin monastery in…
Panaji, Oct 21 (IANS) The atmosphere in cinema halls, where sometimes patrons are under the influence of alcohol, is not ideal for playing the national anthem, says Salil Chaturvedi, a paraplegic, who was assaulted in…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has recorded the highest number of deaths in judicial and police custody in the country, revealed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday. “Uttar Pradesh has recorded…
Cairo, Oct 21 (IANS/AKI) Seven people were killed and six others were injured on Friday when a public bus collided with a microbus in Nasr City in Egypt, state-run daily Al-Ahram Arabic reported on its…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The central government on Friday said chana (chickpea) will be distributed to the states and a “significant quantity” released at the earliest through the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)…
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered five kg of heroin, valued at Rs 25 crore in the international market, from near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, an official said on Friday….
Ranchi, Oct 21 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas set on fire a road roller and thrashed labourers in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district on Friday, the state police said. According to the police, the guerrillas raided the camp office…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The CBI on Friday registered a case against a UK-based NRI arms dealer, two foreign firms and some unknown Defence Ministry officials regarding alleged kickbacks in the purchase of three…
Panaji, Oct 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship Swachh Bharat campaign will now feature in the upcoming 47th edition of the IFFI in Goa, with 20 award-winning short films on the nationwide cleanliness campaign…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday asked its officials to take action against private clinical establishments which violate fire safety norms. “The District Collectors and Revenue Divisional Commissioners (RDC) should immediately inspect…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das on Friday reassured the public that there was no cause for panic on the recent data breach that has affected over 32 lakh bank cards….
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) The Indian equity markets on Friday closed on a flat-to-negative note as profit booking, along with outflow of foreign funds and broadly lower global indices, subdued investors’ sentiments. However, value buying…
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Cement manufacturer ACC Ltd on Friday reported that its consolidated net profit dipped by 29 per cent to Rs 81.97 crore for the quarter ended September 30, as compared to Rs…
Panaji, Oct 21 (IANS) Two Nigerian nationals arrested in Delhi by the Goa Police earlier this month for cheating via social media, have now also been booked for possessing invalid visas and passports, a police…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Punjab for three days from Sunday to release the AAP’s Trade and Industry Manifesto ahead of next year’s assembly elections. Kejriwal will go…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dubbed as “alarming” the pile-up of garbage up to 45 metres at Delhi’s landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalsawa and called for urgent steps to…
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) A kangaroo court in West Bengal allegedly prevented a family from lodging a police complaint after a woman’s mysterious death at her in-laws’ place in South 24 Parganas district, a family…
Guwahati, Oct 21 (IANS) Poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Assam’s famous Kaziranga National Park, park officials said on Friday. The guards of the park spotted the carcass during a routine patrolling on…