Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) The death toll in the nine-day violent Jat agitation demanding job quotas in Haryana has touched 30, the state police chief said on Friday. Director General of Police Y.P. Singhal said…
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) Haryana Police on Friday announced the formation of an all-women inquiry committee to look into allegations that women commuters were pulled out of their cars during the recent Jat agitation and…
Bangkok, Feb 26 (IANS) Two university students were arrested in Thailand’s capital Bangkok for selling weapons on social media website Facebook, the media reported on Friday. Sanit Mahathavorn, acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau,…
Shillong, Feb 26 (IANS) Security forces on Friday busted the hideout of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) commander-in-chief Sohan D’ Shira but he managed to escape along with his accomplices. Security forces seized 16 improvised…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) At least three people were killed and over 20 injured when an employee went on a shooting spree in the midwestern US state of Kansas, authorities said. The shootings took place…
Ragusa (Italy), Feb 25 (IANS/AKI) Italian police have taken into custody six suspected people smugglers including four minors that were among 327 migrants who reached Sicily late on Wednesday. The four minors piloted two of…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) An income tax official and a chartered accountant, arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for bribery, were on Thursday sent to two days police custody by a court here,…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested two more accused allegedly involved in illegal forex transfer involving the Bank of Baroda. Brothers Varun Bhatia and Gaurav Bhatia were presented before special…
Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh Police head constable was shot dead in Pilibhit in the early hours of Thursday by a mentally unstable person, police said. Subhash Yadav of Pooranpur police station was…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Ten Indians are among the 16 crew members rescued in Nigeria from a ship hijacked off the Ivory Coast earlier this month, a senior official said on Thursday. While one…
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) A British disc jockey was on Thursday sentenced by a special court in Goa to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment for possession of synthetic drugs LSD and MDMA. The special court handling…
Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) A Pakistani terrorist who attacked an Indian army camp in Jammu and Kashmir three months ago has been arrested, the military announced on Thursday. Mohammad Sadiq Gujjar, 17, of Daska in…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) A senior forest officer was arrested in Odisha on the charge of possessing assets worth over Rs.6 crore which were disproportionate to his known sources of income. Sudhansu Mishra, a Divisional…
Agra, Feb 25 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Arun Mahaur was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants on a motorcycle in Agra’s Mantola area, police said. Senior police officials said a hunt was…
Melbourne, Feb 25 (IANS) The widow of a Melbourne-based Chinese businessman who was a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has sued the company, claiming the crew may have orchestrated its mysterious disappearance….
Melbourne, Feb 25 (IANS) Three young Australians, who make controversial online prank videos were on Thursday arrested after their latest online video stunt that depicted them faking a terrorist attack, caused an uproar. The Jalal…
Karimnagar (Tel), Feb 24 (PTI) An anonymous caller threatened to kill Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during his visit here, police said today. The threat call was received by Korutla MLA Kalvakuntla Vidyasagar Rao…
Havana, Feb 25 (IANS) Cuban and US delegations met in Havana this week to discuss “ways to increase bilateral cooperation” in combating cybercrime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. “Both sides agreed on the importance…
Ranchi, Feb 24 (IANS) Unidentified criminals on Wednesday snatched Rs.10 lakh from a person after he arrived at the railway station here from Bokaro, police said. Police said Rajendra Prasad Yadav was in the process…
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) A total of 412 students caught cheating in Class 12 exams were expelled in Bihar on Wednesday and dozens of people who helped them to cheat have been arrested, officials said….