Aizawl, May 11 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 11 were missing, while 25 others sustained injuries in Mizoram Saturday, when nine houses were swept away in a massive landslide, officials said. “Incessant rains for the past one week caused nine houses to be swept away in huge [...]

Gurgaon/New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A Delhi Police Special Cell inspector, who had achieved great success in tackling terrorists, allegedly committed suicide after killing a woman who was his live-in partner, police said Saturday. Inspector Badri Dutt, 45, and Geeta Sharma, 45, were found dead in an apartment here in [...]

Beijing, May 11 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed Saturday following a gas explosion in a colliery in southwest China’s Sichuan province, officials said. The accident occurred at the Taozigou coal mine in Luxian county when at least 108 miners were working underground, Xinhua reported. Officials said 71 miners [...]

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Delhi Police said Saturday that the 22-year-old Subhash shot dead a class 12 girl student the day before as she had spurned his marriage proposal, telling him that she was more educated. Police said Subhash had proposed marriage to 18-year-old Pinki even shortly before shooting [...]

Tehran, May 11 (IANS) One person was killed and 17 were injured while hundreds of homes were destroyed when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Iran Saturday, officials said. The earthquake in Bashagard city of Hormozgan province led to the disruption of water and power networks in the surrounding villages, Hossein Ranjbar, [...]