(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked a Maharashtra court to hold daily hearings into the trial of Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba from March 4 so as to…
Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 29 (IANS) A day after the macabre massacre of 14 members of his own family by an income tax consultant who later hanged himself, police are still looking for the motive behind…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked with stones and…
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Submitting a status report on the alleged Murthal gang rapes, the Haryana government on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that no such rapes or incidents of molestation were…
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked with stones and sticks by some men near Ludhiana in Punjab….
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail plea of JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges. Justice Pratibha Rani…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A self-confessed killer of the then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was hanged on Monday in Rawalpindi, the twin city of capital Islamabad. Mumtaj Qadri was executed at the Adiala jail in…
Lucknow, Feb 29 (IANS) One person was burnt alive and more than 50 shanties gutted in a massive fire in Lucknow’s Alambagh area, police said on Monday. A few women and children sustained minor burn…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Petty criminals who are black are more likely to be jailed than their white counterparts and blacks are also being awarded longer sentences for crimes which are low in intensity, claims…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A Pakistani court sentenced two brothers to death on Monday for killing their sister and her husband to protect the family’s “honour”, the media reported. The court also fined them Rs.1…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer, on Monday took charge as the Delhi Police Commissioner, an official said. Verma, who will be the Delhi Police chief till…
Agartala, Feb 29 (IANS) Tripura ministers Badal Chaudhury and Manik Dey sustained minor injuries when a man attacked them in the CPI-M office here with a chair, police said on Monday. Police arrested Samir Debnath,…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 29 (IANS) Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Monday announced that the country will not hold a memorial service for the missing Malaysia Airlines’ flight MH370, the search for which still…
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when some men armed with iron rods attacked his car here, coming “within an inch of grievously injuring” him, the…
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his car was attacked in Ludhiana in Punjab. “My car attacked with sticks and stones in Ludhiana. Front glass pane broken. Badals and…
Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead man, in a case lawyers believe may be the world’s first. Daniel James Darrington, 39,…
Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) — that operates the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant — in the first criminal trial linked to the…
Jakarta, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indonesian government on Monday deployed 5,000 police personnel to demolish hundreds of buildings in north Jakarta’s red light district of Kalijodo after residents were evicted from the area last week….
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) The trial of two Indo-Canadians, who were charged with first-degree murder and manslaughter, would start on March 1, a media report said. Gurjinder “Gary” Dhaliwal was charged with first-degree murder of…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault…