Three militants surrender in Tripura
byAgartala, May 21 (IANS) Three militants who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh along with two CPI-M leaders, who were kidnapped April 1…
Crime
iGate sacks CEO Phaneesh Murthy over sexual misconduct; he denies charge
byBangalore, May 21 (IANS) US-based IT services company iGate Corp. Tuesday said it has sacked Chief Executive Officer Phaneesh Murthy on the charges of…
Court to hear plea seeking IPL ban Wednesday
byNew Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is likely to hear Wednesday a plea seeking a ban on Indian Premier League (IPL)…
Vindu Dara Singh nabbed for IPL scam links
byMumbai, May 21 (IANS) In a high-profile development, Mumbai police Tuesday nabbed Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh for suspected links with the spot-fixing scam…
Cops question cricket bookie in Chennai
byChennai, May 21 (IANS) A day after he surrendered, suspected cricket bookie Prashanth was Tuesday questioned here and documents were seized from his house…
Tollywood denies links with spot-fixing
byHyderabad, May 21 (IANS) The Telugu film industry has no links with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Telugu film producers council has said. The…
Indian lorry driver jailed in Singapore
bySingapore, May 21 (IANS) An Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a court in Singapore for causing the death of one person and…
Indian-origin men in New Zealand face gang-rape charges
byWellington, May 21 (IASNS) A woman has given evidence in a court in New Zealand implicating four men of Indian origin of raping her…
Afghan women getting jailed for ‘moral crimes’
byKabul, May 21 (IANS) The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,”…
Strike against media murders cripples Agartala
byAgartala, May 21 (IANS) A dawn-to-dusk strike called by the opposition Congress Tuesday to protest the killing of three newspaper employees paralysed this capital…