Your smartphone is clueless if you are raped or want to die
New York, March 15 (IANS) Most of the top smartphone app including Siri on Apple phones and Cortana on Windows phones cannot help you if you raise an alert to them that you are raped,…
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Two arrested after violent riots mar Australian festival
Melbourne, March 15 (IANS) Two men responsible for starting violent riot in the Australian city of Melbourne during a festival have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. Victoria Police’s Special Operations Group arrested the pair…
Italian man, son shot dead in Zimbabwe wildlife park
Rome, March 14 (IANS/AKI) The Italian foreign ministry on Monday confirmed reports that two Italians from Padua — Claudio Chiarelli and his son Massimiliano — were killed in a Zimbabwe nature reserve. The ministry said…
Bangladeshi migrant critical after attack in Rome
Rome, March 14 (IANS/AKI) A 37-year-old Bangladeshi man was taken to hospital in a critical condition on Monday with a brain haemorrhage after being savagely kicked and punched in the Italian capital. Doctors have put…
Karnataka sets up anti-corruption bureau
Bengaluru, March 14 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Monday set up an Anti-Corruption Bureau to provide a transparent and efficient administration. Though Karnataka was the first state to set up an anti-corruption watchdog – the…
Six sent to jail in Hyderabad for driving without license
Hyderabad, March 14 (IANS) Those driving on Hyderabad roads without license and being caught more than once for the same violation are landing in jail with a court on Monday sentenced six people including a…
NCP leader Bhujbal arrested by ED in graft cases
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) In a jolt to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, its senior leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was on Monday night arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection…
NCP leader Bhujbal arrested by ED in graft cases
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) In a jolt to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, its senior leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was on Monday night arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection…
Bhujbal arrested by ED
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal was on Monday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after questioning in connection with corruption cases lodged against him.
Pakistan to release 86 Indian fishermen
Ahmedabad, March 14 (IANS) Pakistan will likely release 86 more Indian fishermen from Karachi jail on March 21, official sources said on Monday. A senior Fisheries Department official said a majority of these 86 fishermen…
Decomposed body found near AoL festival venue
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The decomposed body of an unidentified male was found on the Yamuna river bank near the Art of Living’s World Culture Festival venue on Monday, police said. The body was…
Government seeks report from hailstorm-hit states
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The central government on Monday sought reports from states on crops damaged due to heavy rains and hailstorm in parts of northern India, hours after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi…
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over farmer’s suicide
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the suicide of a farmer following humiliation by police and a financial firm. Taking cognizance of the…
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over honour killing
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the alleged honour killing of a young Dalit man who married an upper caste Hindu woman. According…
Centre seeks report from hailstorm-hit states
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government has sought reports from states about damage to crops following heavy rainfall and hailstorm in some parts of northern India, union Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Monday….
Woman held for ruckus in Gurgaon police chief’s office
Gurgaon, March 14 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman was on Monday arrested for creating ruckus and abusing staff at the office of the Gurgaon Police Commissioner alleging that police refused to act on her complaint. The…
Dalit who married upper caste girl killed in TN, four held
Chennai, March 14 (IANS) Police on Monday detained four of the suspects accused of hacking to death a young Dalit man who married an upper caste girl, who herself narrowly survived the brutal assault in…
49 die in rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) At least 49 people were killed and 80 injured over the last four days in accidents caused by a spell of torrential rains in Pakistan, the authorities said on Monday. The…
Two pilots killed as UAE fighter jet crashes in Yemen
Dubai, March 14 (IANS) A UAE fighter jet, reported missing earlier on Monday, crashed in Yemen killing both pilots on board, defence officials said. The Riyadh-based command of the Saudi-led Arab coalition against Houthi rebels…
They never thought disaster awaited them in Himachal hills
By Vishal Gulati Manali, March 14 (IANS) When seven students of an engineering college opted for the hills of Himachal Pradesh for an excursion, little did they realise they were seconds away from a disaster….