Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) A CPI-M worker on Wednesday succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack allegedly by cadres of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress in North 24 Parganas district, an Election Commission official said….
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Three naval sailors were injured, including one who lost a leg, when a bailout bottle exploded aboard diving support ship INS Nireekshak, a navy official said here on Wednesday. The mishap…
London, April 20 (IANS) Around 500 migrants from Africa are feared to have drowned in the southern Mediterranean, survivors have told the UN refugee agency. UNHCR spoke to survivors of the shipwreck in the Mediterranean,…
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) Shaktimaan, an Uttarakhand Police horse that lost a leg in an attack by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator last month, died on Wednesday, days after it got a prosthetic limb,…
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) A Jet Airways flight to Mumbai was thoroughly searched here on Wednesday following a bomb threat which authorities later declared to be a hoax. The passengers were evacuated and the plane…
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) At least 21 workers sustained burn injuries on Wednesday in an accident in one of the nine units of the 4,600 MW thermal power plant of Adani Power Ltd. at Mundra…
Gurgaon, April 20 (IANS) At least three farmhouses were partially damaged in a fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the Aravali foothills on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road, officials said. No one was injured in…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A young man was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of killing his minor daughter and injuring his wife, police said. Kishan, 25, of West Delhi’s Azadpur locality suspected his…
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) Days after it got a prosthetic limb, Shaktimaan, an Uttarakhand Police horse which lost a leg in an attack by a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator last month, died on Wednesday, an…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) The much hyped “Chotoo gang” in Pakistan’s Punjab province has surrendered and its members have been taken into custody, police sources said on Wednesday. Twenty-four policemen taken hostage by the gang…
Tokyo, April 20 (IANS) Japan’s nuclear regulator disseminates detailed updates on the state of nuclear power plants located in the southwest of the country, an area hit by two strong earthquakes recently, after facing criticism…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The body of an 11-year-old boy who went missing a day earlier was recovered from a canal in east Delhi on Wednesday morning, police said. Danish, a Class 7 student,…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Authorities in Delhi have impounded 50 more taxis for over-charging customers as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hinted on Wednesday that “surge pricing” by cabs may face the axe forever. “We…
Baitul, April 20 (IANS) Four guests at a wedding were killed when their car rammed into a tree in Madhya Pradesh’s Baitul district, police said. The accident occurred late Tuesday night when four of the…
Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 20 (IANS) The mortal remains of Kirpal Singh, who died in a Lahore jail in suspicious circumstances last week, were consigned to flames at his village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Wednesday…
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 20 (IANS) Security forces gunned down a dreaded woman Maoist leader, carrying a cash reward of Rs.6 lakh on her head, in a gun-battle in the thick forests of Bhamragad, an official…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Fifty more app based cabs have been seized in Delhi for over-charging commuters, an official said on Wednesday. “We have impounded 50 more taxis following complaints from customers. All the…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi Police have begun a probe to find out whether a hydrogen cylinder explosion could have added to the intensity of a fire that killed three people in an east…
Dhaka, April 20 (IANS) Thirteen people died and 30 others were injured when two buses collided head-on in Bangladesh’s Rangpur district, police said on Wednesday. All the injured were rushed to hospitals and nearby clinics,…
Imphal, April 20 (IANS) Over 2,000 houses and other facilities with roofs of tin and corrugated sheets were damaged in the thunderstorms and torrential rains that hit many parts of Manipur on Tuesday, residents said….