Washington, April 23 (IANS) At least five adults and two children were killed in a US state in what appears to be “execution-style” killings, law enforcement officials said on Friday. All of the victims were…
Patna, April 22 (IANS) At least ten people including five children and three women were burnt alive as fire swept a row of houses, including one hosting a marriage party, in a village in Bihar’s…
Peshawar, April 22 (IANS) Soran Singh, special assistant to the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on minorities affairs and a provincial assembly member, was gunned down late Friday in a targeted attack near Pir Baba in…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A day after environmentalist R.K. Pachauri ‘stepped down’ from TERI’s governing council, lawyer Vrinda Grover on Friday said he should have been asked to step down by authorities or suspended…
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Thirteen people died after eating poisonous sweets in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the media reported on Friday. Umar Hayat, a resident of Layyah district located in Punjab province, distributed sweets among his…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted interim bail to a man who hurled a shoe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference earlier this month, as he…
Imphal, April 22 (IANS) Inclement weather continued in most of the northeastern states with a thunderstorm damaging houses and disrupting power supply, official sources said on Friday. On Thursday evening, a strong thunderstorm lashed several…
Bangkok, April 22 (IANS/EFE) Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared at a Bangkok court on Friday in an ongoing trial over corruption charges related to her government’s controversial rice-pledging scheme, the media reported. Yingluck…
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and many others buried under debris in a landslide that struck Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, bordering China, early Friday morning. A team of…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A court here on Friday rejected the plea on one of the accused in the Danish woman’s gang rape case for examining doctors on his potency. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh…
Karachi, April 22 (IANS) Police and intelligence agencies have arrested in Karachi on Friday a man wanted in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case. Rizvia Society police said that in a joint action with intelligence…
Patna, April 22 (IANS) Lord Hanuman has defaulted on payment property tax of Rs.4.33 lakh in a Bihar town and authorities have decided to issue notice to him to make the payment at the earliest,…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The External Affairs Ministry said on Friday the central government was committed to bringing liquor baron Vijay Mallya back in India to face justice. “The government is committed to bringing…
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and many others buried under debris in a landslide that struck Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, bordering China, early Friday morning. A team of…
Vijayawada, April 22 (IANS) Four youth drowned in the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district, police said on Friday. They went to the river at Vishwanathapalli village in Koduru mandal on Thursday night for…
Rohtak, April 22 (IANS) A local businessman was shot dead on Friday by three unidentified assailants over a suspected property dispute while he was taking a morning walk here, police said. Ashok Kaka, 59, a…
Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) A suspected drug peddler, who hacked to death an Ahmedabad police constable this week, was picked up in central Gujarat following a massive manhunt involving 250 personnel. Drug peddler Manish Shrawan…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Centre on Friday approved assistance of Rs.842.7 crore for drought-hit areas of Karnataka and flood-hit areas of Puducherry and Arunachal Pradesh, agriculture ministry officials said. “The decision was taken…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) Liquor baron Vijay Mallya may be a billionaire, but he did not hesitate to claim amounts as little as Rs.20,000 as perks to…
Moscow, April 22 (IANS) Five people were killed in a fire in a house in Russia’s Omsk region of Siberia on Friday, said the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. A cigarette that was not…