HK to inspect 2,500 buildings after fatal blaze
Hong Kong, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Hong Kong government on Tuesday said it will complete the inspection of some 2,500 domestic or composite buildings aged 60 or above by the end of this year in…
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Rita Bahuguna’s granddaughter dies of firecracker burn
Prayagraj (UP), Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six-year-old granddaughter of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi succumbed to burn injuries on Tuesday morning. Kiya had sustained 60 per cent burn injuries while bursting crackers on the roof of…
Car goes up in flames, driver charred to death in UP
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A driver, trapped in his car, was charred to death when the vehicle caught fire after crashing into a minibus on the Karnal-Meerut Highway in Shamli district. The accident…
BJP MLA’s convoy attacked in UP district
Lucknow, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The convoy of BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Salempur, Kali Prasad, was attacked by unidentified miscreants in Deoria district. The police have detained six persons in connection with the incident. The…
2 suspected militants from J&K held in Delhi, weapons recovered
New Delhi, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi Police Special Cell have arrested two suspected militants, both residents of Jammu and Kashmir from the national capital’s Sarai Kale Khan area. The arrests were made on Monday…
B’luru riots: police arrest key accused Cong leader Sampath Raj
Bengaluru, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police on Tuesday arrested former mayor and Congress leader R. Sampath Raj, who was wanted in Bengaluru riots case. The Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep…
Woman dupes Andhra merchant, caught with sarees worth Rs 3L
Bengaluru, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru police arrested a 45-year-old woman for deceiving a shop-keeper in Andhra Pradesh posing as the wife of a Judge in Bengaluru. The police said that the accused used to…
Andhra police give 2 more days for 68k motorists to clear fines
Ongole (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district police gave a grace time of two more days for 68,943 vehicles owners to clear their penalties or else face legal action. Siddhartha Kaushal, Prakasam…
Fire breaks out at famous Bengaluru pub
Bengaluru, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A fire broke out at Hangover, a popular pub in Bengaluru’s HSR Layout, on Monday afternoon reportedly due to a short circuit. As many as three fire engines were rushed to…
B’luru police bust fake employment racket which duped 500 techies
Bengaluru, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru police on Monday busted a fake inter-state employment agency racket allegedly run by a five-member Andhra Pradesh gang. The police said the gang is said to have duped more…
26 held for embezzlement of scholarship funds in Assam
Guwahati, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The CID in Assam has so far arrested 26 people from four Assam districts for reported embezzlement of pre-matric scholarship funds for minority students worth about Rs 10 crore for the…
Cab driver arrested for sending death threats to Goa CM
Panaji, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The police in Goa on Monday arrested a 25-year-old taxi driver for allegedly sending death threats to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other government functionaries over the last few weeks. The…
Shakib Al Hasan receives death threat on Facebook Live
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has received a death threat from a fundamentalist on Facebook Live, accusing the cricketer of blasphemy. Mohsin Talukder, a resident of Shahpur…
B’luru riots: Police arrest key aide of Cong leaders on the run
Bengaluru, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police have arrested a person for allegedly giving shelter to former Bengaluru Mayor R. Sampath Kumar and Congress leader Zakir, who are absconding for the last…
Hacking group Lazarus targets South Korean supply chains
Seoul, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hackers associated with the infamous Lazarus group, which is suspected of being tied to North Korea, are now targeting South Korean supply chains, cybersecurity researchers from ESET warned on Monday. The…
Man held for killing wife over suspicion of illicit relationship
Gurugram, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife in the Ashok Vihar Phase-3 area in Gurugram. The accused suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship, the police said…
2 killed in road mishap in Gurugram
Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two youths were crushed to death by a car at Ramgarh Chowk in Badshahpur area in Gurugram. After crushing the two youths on Sunday evening, the driver of the car lost balance…
CBI takes over Rs 25K cr J&K land scam case
New Delhi, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over three cases linked to the ignorance of Roshni Act provisions in Jammu and Kashmir while conferring ownership rights of state land…
8 members of voice phishing ring arrested in S. Korea, China
Seoul, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eight members of a voice phishing ring have been arrested in South Korea and China and investigators are looking into suspected links to a North Korean hacker, officials said on Monday….
CBI opposes mining baron Reddy bail plea in SC
New Delhi, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The CBI on Monday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy in an illegal mining case. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Madhavi Divan, representing…