Imphal, March 3 (IANS) Manipuri film producer-director M. Raghumani was in critical condition on Thursday after an attack by suspected militants seeking protection money left him half head, police said. Raghumani, a former general secretary…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A phone call on Thursday claiming the presence of a bomb at a school here, which created a panic situation, turned out to be a hoax, police said. According to…
Ankara, March 3 (IANS) Two unidentified female assailants on Thursday opened fire at a riot police station in Turkey Istanbul city. Initial reports indicated that two women inside a vehicle opened fire at the station…
Agartala, March 3 (IANS) As many as 23 Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women and three children, have been arrested in Tripura for illegally entering Indian territory, police said here on Thursday. “Acting on a tip-off,…
Kuala Lumpur, March 3 (IANS) The illegal trade in iconic and threatened animal species in Asia is growing unabated on social media platforms like Facebook, a leading wildlife trade monitoring network claimed on Thursday. “The…
Florence (Italy), March 3 (IANS/AKI) Police in the Italian city of Florence impounded assets worth more than 3 million euros from a Calabrian businessman with alleged mafia links. The assets included companies, real estate, vehicles,…
Imphal, March 3 (IANS) An indefinite blockade of National Highway 102 linking Manipur capital Imphal with Myanmar crippled movement of vehicular traffic on Thursday. A Joint Action Committee (JAC), formed for justice to Thongkhogin Haokip,…
Brasilia, March 3 (IANS) The Brazilian government and mining firm Samarco have signed a billion-dollar agreement providing indemnification for last year’s toxic dam spill. As part of the deal signed on Wednesday, the company commits…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) A software engineer was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on Thursday, police said. Four people, who came in a car, attacked Sanjay Junge,…
London, March 3 (IANS) Diego Dzodan, Facebook’s vice-president for Latin America who was arrested by Brazilian police for not complying with previous judicial decisions, was released on Wednesday. Facebook spokesman Matt Steinfeld confirmed to technology…
Canberra, March 3 (IANS) Airplane debris suspected to be of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight found off the coast of Mozambique, would be transferred to Australia for examination. Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport…
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) A police inspector in Uttar Pradesh has been suspended for torturing two men suspected of carrying out a series of thefts in Bahraich district, an official said on Thursday. According to…
Jakarta, March 3 (IANS) A shallow aftershock, measuring 5.8 magnitude, jolted West Sumatra in Indonesia on Thursday morning, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. The quake came at 07:10 a.m. Jakarta time with epicentre…
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9, 2016 (Xinhua) — Soldiers escort Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias “El Chapo”, upon his arrival to the hangar of the Attorney General’s Office, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Jan. 8,…
Maputo, March 3 (IANS) Mozambican aviation authorities on Wednesday confirmed the finding of a piece of an airplane off the coast of Mozambique, but considered it “premature” to relate it with a Boeing 777 aircraft….
Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked murder case of the Ritz restaurant’s owner Bobby Khanna, with the arrest of two sharpshooters from Azamgarh. Senior Superintendent of the Special…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Enraged over bursting of crackers, a police officer in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district allegedly opened fire at a mob on Wednesday, leaving a man injured. The incident occurred in Egra…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University erupted in joy on Wednesday at Parliament Street, soon after Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was granted six-month interim bail by the Delhi High Court….
Patna, March 2 (IANS) Soon after Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, a sense of relief, happiness and joy swept his house…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) A woman has been apprehended from near the international border in West Bengal for allegedly smuggling in over eight lakh Bangladeshi taka, the Bangladeshi currency, the Border Security Force said on…