Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 20 (IANS) The mortal remains of Kirpal Singh, who died in a Lahore jail in suspicious circumstances last week, were consigned to flames at his village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Wednesday…
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 20 (IANS) Security forces gunned down a dreaded woman Maoist leader, carrying a cash reward of Rs.6 lakh on her head, in a gun-battle in the thick forests of Bhamragad, an official…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, April 20 (IANS) The poll season is a busy time for politicians and certainly not for vacationing. But for Punjab’s political leaders, it is also the time for foreign trips. The…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Fifty more app based cabs have been seized in Delhi for over-charging commuters, an official said on Wednesday. “We have impounded 50 more taxis following complaints from customers. All the…
By Anjali Madan New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) An innovative experiment of raising charity funds through screening feature films in cinema halls seems to have come as a big relief for nine cancer-afflicted girls in…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the signing of the Global Climate Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP-21)…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi Police have begun a probe to find out whether a hydrogen cylinder explosion could have added to the intensity of a fire that killed three people in an east…
Imphal, April 20 (IANS) Three troopers were injured on Wednesday in Manipur when two powerful foreign-made bombs were detonated near Moreh, a town on the Myanmar border. The injured, belonging to the 11th Battalion of…
Imphal, April 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to visit Manipur for a few hours on Saturday to attend a state function commemorating the anniversary of the last battle of independence fought against the…
Imphal, April 20 (IANS) Over 2,000 houses and other facilities with roofs of tin and corrugated sheets were damaged in the thunderstorms and torrential rains that hit many parts of Manipur on Tuesday, residents said….
Srinagar, April 20 (IANS) The wife of a senior army officer was killed on Wednesday when a vehicle in which she was travelling hit a tree in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A senior paramilitary…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The hill town Dehradun is all set to host the first edition of its literature festival from Friday. The two-day festival will feature renowned authors like Nayantara Sehgal, Durjoy Dutta,…
Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 20 (IANS) The mortal remains of Kirpal Singh, who died in a Lahore jail in suspicious circumstances last week, were consigned to flames at his village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Wednesday…
Agra, April 20 (IANS) A day after the BJP’s firebrand Kundanika Sharma defected to Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party and was named the Agra North assembly candidate, the BJP engineered the defection of Hemlata Divakar,…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The heat is slowly picking up in the burgeoning VR gaming market and Indian VR players are set to jump on the bandwagon. The $599 Oculus Rift…
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) A school teacher was beaten to death by family members of a young woman with whom he eloped, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Malihabad, about 25 km from…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) At least three sailors were injured, and one of them lost a leg, when a bailout bottle exploded aboard diving support ship INS Nireekshak, an Indian Navy official said here. The…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) For the second time in two months, a Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight from Ahmedabad was delayed by several hours following a bomb scare on board the aircraft, the airline officials said…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said his government was not against taxi aggregators after online app-based cab operator Uber blamed his government for car shortage to serve commuters….
By Vikas Datta Title: Gangster Warlords; Author: Ioan Grillo; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 385; Price: Rs.399 It may take an inexplicable atrocity to bring focus on a ‘war’ long-underway which doesn’t get global attention like other…