Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab
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…
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Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab
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…
Australian man jailed for ‘attempted murder’ of corpse
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,…
Former executives charged over Fukushima accident
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…
Police deployed to demolish Jakarta’s red light district
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….
Two Indo-Canadians to be tried for murder
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…
Stop using term ‘Asian’ to describe Rotherham gang: Sikh group
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…
Indo-Canadian policeman charged with drunken driving
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been charged with two counts of impaired driving, a media report said. Burnaby RCMP detachment said…
Four killed in US plane crash
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Four people, including two children, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Navasota, a city southeast of College Station in the US state of Texas. The plane, a single-engine…
Tribal girl gangraped, filmed in Telangana
Hyderabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Police in Telangana on Sunday held three accused including two juveniles for gangrape of a tribal girl, who was preparing for an exam to join the police force. The shocking incident…
Rahul, Yechuri, Kejriwal booked for sedition
Hyderabad, Feb 28 (IANS) A FIR charging vice president Raul Gandhi, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechuri, Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal and others with sedition was registered at a police station here on Sunday. On the…
Punjab teacher shot dead for opposing molesters, two arrested
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Two youth who allegedly shot dead a school teacher who resisted their lewd remarks and attempt to molest her at a wedding function in Punjab’s Batala town were arrested on Sunday,…
Seven booked after woman alleges gang rape near Murthal in Haryana
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) The Haryana Police on Sunday registered a case of gang rape after a woman from Delhi’s Narela area filed a complaint, even as a senior police officer said she could not…
Five killed as truck ploughs into shops in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck ploughed into several shops in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday. Three others were critically injured in the accident…
TV cameraman dies while covering Thane family murder
Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 28 (IANS) In yet another tragedy, a cameraman of a television news channel suffered a heart attack while covering the grisly killings of a 14-member family and died soon after, police said…
House of RJD legislator accused of minor’s rape attached
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) The house of Rajballabh Yadav, a Rashtriya Janta Dal legislator absconding after he was booked for allegedly raping a minor, was attached on Sunday, police said. The police move to attach…
26 miners feared dead in Russia coal mine blast
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 26 miners were feared dead in a coal mine blast in Russia’s Komi republic with the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry declaring on Sunday that there were no chances of…
Bassi’s tenure saw more controversies, than achievements
Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) By Ashish Mishra and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Known as “App commissioner” in…
Women who prefer dominant partner more at risk of crime
London, Feb 28 (IANS) Women who prefer physically formidable and dominant mates (PPFDM) have a tendency to feel more at risk of crime regardless of the situation or risk factors present, suggests a new research….
Eruption warning issued for volcano in Japan
Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) Japan’s weather agency on Sunday issued an alert for the possible eruption of a volcano in the southwest of the country. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that following an increase…