18 killed in Nigeria road accident: Police
Lagos, March 8 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed in an accident on Nigeria’s Bauchi-Jos highway, police said. The accident occurred on Sunday after a DAF Truck and a Toyota Hiace bus carrying 18…
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Two dead in Bangladesh stampede
Dhaka, March 8 (IANS) At least two people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede during a Hindu fair in Bangladesh’s Chittagong district late on Monday, police said. The exact reason for the stempede…
Naples mafia turncoat’s brother shot dead in bed
Naples, 7 March (IANS/AKI) Gunmen shot dead Giovanni Sarno, the brother of Naples mafia informant Carmine Sarno overnight as he slept in an apartment in the city centre, police said. Sarno’s niece identified his body…
AAP leader extends support to JNU students
New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar with tribal activist Soni Sori at JNU campus in New Delhi, on March 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party leader and tribal activist…
Man held for posters exhorting JNU student leader’s murder
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Monday arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with posters that announced a reward of Rs.11 lakh to anyone who shot dead JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya…
HRD ministry clartifies on Yamuna Expressway accident
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The HRD ministry on Monday rubbished media reports on the involvement of a vehicle from union minister Smriti Irani’s cavalcade in an accident on the Yamuna Expressway, stating that ‘the…
Boat capsizes in Odisha, six missing
Bhubaneswar, March 7 (IANS) At least six persons were missing on Monday after a boat carrying about 60 people capsized in Brahmani river in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. The boat capsized near Chandipal ghat when around…
Extortion gang busted, key player held
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Delhi Police has claimed to have arrested a key member of an extortion gang that took about Rs.82 lakh from businessmen in the national capital and Haryana in separate cases….
Case registered after naval personnel’s death aboard ship in Goa
Panaji, March 7 (IANS) A case of unnatural death has been registered in connection with the death of a naval personnel after choking on fumes aboard aircraft carrier INS Viraat, Goa Police said on Monday…
Two devotees die in MP temple mishap
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), March 7 (IANS) At least two devotees were killed while many others were buried in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district on Monday when part of a boulder fell on them. A large number…
Indore man offers to sell wife on Facebook
Indore, March 7 (IANS) Unable to pay back borrowed money, a man in Indore opted to sell off his wife for one lakh rupees and posted the offer along with her photograph on Facebook. The…
ED slaps Mallya with money-laundering case
Mumbai: Businessman Vijay Mallya during the Kingfisher Ultra Indian Derby at the race course in Mumbai on Feb. 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Director (ED) on Monday registered a…
UP policeman killed by stray bullet
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) A policeman was killed when a stray bullet hit him during the wedding of his daughter in Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The deceased, 50-year-old Rajendra Singh,…
Seven bird poachers jailed in China
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) Seven people were jailed in China’s Hunan province on Monday for poisoning endangered birds and trafficking their carcasses for meat. The People’s Court in Yueyang city sentenced one of the seven…
Gunman who shot three in Sydney kills himself
Canberra, March 7 (IANS) A gunman who killed one person and injured two others at a Sydney industrial unit shot himself after a six-hour siege, police said. The police surrounded the site after a man…
Court to be moved over Yamuna Expressway deaths
Agra, March 7 (IANS) Following the death of a doctor and injuries to his daughter and her cousin after a car in the convoy of Union HRD minister Smriti Irani rammed into his motorcycle, people…
Kolkata policeman misnames girl, faces stern action
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Commission for Women is seeking punishment for a police officer for causing “great offence” to a 15-year-old girl and her family by misnaming her as “Dharshita” (Bengali for…
Kolkata policeman misnames girl, faces stern action
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Commission for Women is seeking punishment for a police officer for causing “great offence” to a 15-year-old girl and her family by misnaming her as “Dharshita” (Bengali for…
Bengal woman jumps off building to escape rape bid
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) A woman in West Bengal’s Howrah district jumped off a three-storey building to escape a rape bid and three people have been arrested in this connection, police said on Monday. The…
‘Debris found in Reunion Island could be from MH370’
Kuala Lumpur, March 7 (IANS) The aircraft debris found in French overseas territory of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean could be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, according to the drifting calculation, a Malaysian…