Patna: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses a press conference in Patna, on Oct 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Incidents of mob violence against Muslims are rising, Leader of Opposition in…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) A minor fire broke out at South Block, which houses the ministries of defence and external affairs, on Sunday but was soon extinguished, an official said. No damage was caused…
Jakarta, March 20 (IANS) A military helicopter with 13 officials on board crashed on Sunday in Poso regency of Indonesia. The helicopter crashed near the village of Kasiguncu, Antara news agency reported. No further details…
Madrid, March 20 (IANS) At least 13 students were killed and 30 injured on Sunday in a bus accident in Spain’s Tarragona province. Catalonia regional Interior Minister Jordi Jane said the victims were aged between…
(160319) — MOSCOW, March 19, 2016 (Xinhua) — Rescuers work at the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia, on March 19,…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) A minor fire broke out at South Block, which houses the ministries of defence and external affairs as well as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), an official said. “A minor…
Chalakkudy (Kerala), March 20 (IANS) The BJP’s Kerala unit on Sunday sought a CBI probe into popular actor Kalabhavan Mani’s death as his brother R.L.V. Ramakrishnan demanded a lie-detector test on Mani’s associates often seen…
Jammu, March 20 (IANS) The body of an army soldier buried under an avalanche was recovered on Sunday in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Army rescue teams have recovered the mortal remains of Sepoy…
Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers on Sunday caught two people and seized four kg of heroin on the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, a senior BSF officer said. The heroin…
Kuala Lumpur, March 20 (IANS) Malaysian officials said on Sunday that two pieces of suspected debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have arrived in Australia for verification. Both pieces of debris arrived in…
Dubai, March 20 (IANS) Dubai-based low-cost carrier FlyDubai said on Sunday it will pay $20,000 per victim following the crash of its plane from Dubai to Russia. The airline said it was their priority to…
Bangkok, March 20 (IANS) A Thai anti-corruption commission will investigate police officials who were accused of mishandling a probe into a car crash that killed two students last week, the media reported on Sunday. Post-graduate…
Imphal, March 20 (IANS) An elderly teacher has been arrested on charges of molesting and attempting to rape a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Thoubal district of Manipur. The incident happened on Friday night in the hostel…
Doha, March 20 (IANS) Scores of the Indian expatriate community members mourned the death of five-year-old Adien Mathew Shaji, who was killed in a bus accident, a media report said. Adien’s body was flown to…
Toronto, March 20 (IANS) The man found dead in an accident in the Newton area of the city is an Indian-Canadian man who was allegedly involved in the local drug trade, police in the Canadian…
Brasilia, March 20 (IANS) At least seven people were killed when a plane crashed into a house in Brazil’s Sao Paulo city, the media reported on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday as the plane…
Beijing, March 20 (IANS) Five people died and 20 others were injured after a truck exploded on a highway on Saturday in central China’s Hunan Province, according to local authorities. The truck suspected to be…
Lagos, March 20 (IANS) The Nigerian Army will adjust deployment of troops as part of measures to end the killings in Agatu communities in central north Benue State, a top military officer said on Saturday….
Guwahati, March 19 (IANS) Police in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Saturday shot a man dead after he attacked and injured four people with a machete. Bhadra Gogoi, a resident of Kharikatia village in Bordubi area,…
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) At least 79 people were killed and 97 injured in separate rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan over the past 10 days, authorities said on Saturday. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said…