Woman abducted, raped in moving car in Noida
Noida/New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A 25-year old woman was abducted late on Friday and gang-raped by four men in a moving vehicle, police said on Saturday. According to police, the woman was abducted from…
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Rohingya villages in Myanmar still being burned: Amnesty
London, Sep 23 (IANS) New satellite images and videos from Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicting State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims that military operations there have ended, according…
Macron: UK needs to clarify Brexit position
Paris, Sep 23 (IANS) The UK must provide more clarity about its negotiating position on Brexit, French President Emmanuel Macron has said following British Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech in the Italian city of Florence….
Arvind Subramanian to continue as CEA, gets 1-yr extension
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Srubramanian, whose term was due to end in October, has been given an extension of one year, the government said on Saturday. “Subramanian will continue…
Rajasthan’s ‘Falahari Baba’ arrested for rape
Jaipur, Sep 23 (IANS) After three days of investigation, Rajasthan Police on Saturday arrested self-styled godman Kaushalendra Prapannacharya ‘Falahari’ Maharaj in Alwar for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman. “We have arrested the Baba…
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays come from outside our galaxy
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) Researchers have found that some ultra-high energy cosmic rays that occasionally hit Earth come from a distant source outside the Milky Way. Cosmic rays are atomic nuclei that travel through…
Alarm as ‘super malaria’ spreads in Southeast Asia
London, Sep 23 (IANS) The rapid spread of “super malaria” in Southeast Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists have warned. This dangerous form of the malaria parasite cannot be killed with existing anti-malaria drugs,…
Thousands sign Uber petition in London
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Some 400,000 people have signed a petition urging Transport for London (TfL) to reverse its decision not to renew Uber’s licence, the media reported on Saturday. On Friday, the regulator said…
Train coach derails in Agra, no casualties
Agra, Sep 23 (IANS) One compartment of the Agra-Gwalior passenger train jumped the rails early on Saturday morning at the Agra Cantonment railway station. The train was empty and no one was injured, officials said….
CBI team reaches Ryan school to collect evidence
Gurugram, Sep 23 (IANS) A 12-member CBI team on Saturday arrived at Ryan International School in Bhondsi here to collect forensic evidence in connection with the murder of a Class 2 student earlier this month….
Siddharth Roy Kapur re-elected Producers Guild president
Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur has been re-elected as President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India Ltd. Kapur, husband of actress Vidya Balan, was re-elected at the newly…
Iran tests new ballistic missile defying US threats
Tehran, Sep 23 (IANS) Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from the US that it was ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal over…
Don’t believe in vote bank politics, nation comes first: Modi
Varanasi, Sep 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday the BJP did not believe in vote bank politics as the country was above party politics. On the second day of his visit to…
Sack Minister Chandy, Kerala Congress tells CM
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 23 (IANS) Kerala Congress on Saturday asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to oust State Transport Minister Thomas Chandy from the cabinet after a preliminary report in land usurpment case. “All the defence put…
Sanitation is worship for me: Modi
Varanasi, Sep 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said sanitation was also worship for him as it can rid the poor of various diseases. Addressing a public gathering on the second day of…
Google honours trailblazer Asima Chatterjee on birth centenary
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Google on Saturday honoured Asima Chatterjee, the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science in India with a Doodle. When the doyenne of chemistry was growing up in Calcutta…
China to restrict oil exports to N.Korea
Beijing, Sep 23 (IANS) China on Saturday announced that it would restrict oil exports to North Korea from October 1 and also suspend textile imports from Pyongyang. The Ministry of Commerce will implement UN Security…
Iran ‘successfully’ launches ballistic missile
Tehran, Sep 23 (IANS) Iran has “successfully” launched a ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km, a state-media report said on Saturday. State-run Press TV broadcast a footage released by the government of “the…
Trump slams McCain, says Republicans will ‘eventually’ repeal Obamacare
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) US President Trump slammed Senator John McCain for opposing a last-minute plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, insisting that the Republicans would “eventually” roll back his predecessor’s signature healthcare law,…
Film producer Morani surrenders in rape case
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Bollywood producer Karim Morani has surrendered to police here in connection with a rape case hours after the Supreme Court dismissed his bail plea, authorities confirmed on Saturday. He surrendered at…