16 deaths in Haryana violence: Minister
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 16 people have lost their lives in violence related to Jat protests seeking job quotas in Haryana in the past one week, Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said on…
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Police dog dies, five policemen suspended
Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Five policemen have been suspended in Bihar after a police dog, Gulabo, died in a road accident, officials said on Monday. A speeding truck crushed Gulabo in Rohtas district a few…
Landmine blast injures BSF trooper
Jammu, Feb 22 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was injured on Monday when a landmine exploded near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district. Ujhan Tara was injured while…
11 killed in jeep-truck collision in UP
Lucknow, Feb 22 (IANS) At least eleven people, five of them women, were killed and eight others injured when a jeep collided head-on with a truck in Jhansi, police said on Monday. The accident occurred…
Six civilians killed in Afghanistan blast
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least six civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s Takhar province as an explosive device went off in a house, police said on Monday. All the victims in Sunday’s blast belong to…
New Zealand marks fifth anniversary of fatal quake
Wellington, Feb 22 (IANS) Hundreds of people in Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city, gathered on Monday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of an earthquake, one of the strongest in 2011, which killed 185 people….
Toll from cyclone Winston in Fiji rises to 20
Suva, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed in a tropical cyclone Winston, authorities said on Monday. Akapusi Tuifagalele, director of the National Disaster Management Office, confirmed the latest nationwide death toll, Xinhua…
Syrian father helps son blow himself up, videotapes it
Cairo, Feb 21 (IANS/EFE) A Syrian man helped his 15-year-old son, who has been fighting among jihadists for a year, carry out a suicide attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and recorded a video…
Andhra Student Dies, Four Wounded in Car Crash in the US
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) An Indian student died and four others were injured in a car crash in southeastern US state of Alabama, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. All the five were…
Second army officer killed in Kashmir gunfight, toll now six
Captain Pawan Kumar of Army’s 10 PARA and Captain Tushar Mahajan and Lance Naik (corporal) Om Prakash of 9 PARA were killed while fighting militants. (Photo: DC) Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Another officer of the…
Another army officer killed in Kashmir gunfight, toll now six
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Another officer of the Indian army’s elite Para Regiment was killed on Sunday evening in the ongoing gunfight between guerrillas and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district while an…
One killed as boat capsizes in Telangana
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A boy was killed and three others were missing as a boat capsized in Godavari river in Telangana’s Karimnagar district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred near Kaleshwaram when the…
10 killed, 150 injured in Haryana violence: Police
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) At least 10 people have been killed and 150 injured in violence linked to the pro-quota agitation by the Jat community in Haryana, the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) Y.P….
Army official killed in Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) An army official was killed on Sunday when security forces raided a multi-storeyed building near Pampore town in Kashmir to flush out hiding guerrillas. “A captain of 10 para regiment was…
‘Kidnapped embassy staff killed in US airstrikes in Libya’
Belgrade, Feb 20 (IANS) The two Serbian embassy employees kidnapped last November in Libya were most probably killed during the US airstrikes against the Islamic State, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Saturday. Dacic…
Kashmir attack: Location made entrepreneurship hub the target
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi/Srinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) Its location makes it vulnerable, more prone to being occupied by suicide attackers for a possible long-drawn gunfight, a senior police officer had once said with some…
‘The Name of the Rose’ author Umberto Eco dead
London, Feb 20 (IANS) Italian academician-cum-bestselling novelist Umberto Eco, best known for acclaimed novels “The Name of the Rose” and “Foucault’s Pendulum”, has died, reports said on Saturday. He was 84. His family announced he…
Two drowned migrants’ bodies found on Sicilian beach
Siculiana (Italy), Feb 19 (IANS/AKI) The corpses of two migrants were recovered by the coast guard from a beach in Siculiana on the southern Sicilian coast while rescuers searched the area for other migrants after…
Raj Kumar Raja, Indian student found dead in Israel
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) A 27-year-old Indian student was found dead in a university hostel room in Israel, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday. He was identified as Raj Kumar Raja, from…
American author Harper Lee dead
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) Harper Lee, the author of the acclaimed “To Kill A Mockingbird” about racial injustice in a small town in the American south, died on Friday, reports said. She was 89. The…