Cruise liner captain to stand trial over shipwreck
byRome, May 24 (IANS/AKI) The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that hit rocks and sank off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people,…
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Obama to curtail drones in focused war on terror
byWashington, May 24 (IANS) Making a shift from a boundless “global war on terror”, US President Barack Obama Thursday announced a new counter-terrorism policy…
Bid to smuggle African ivory foiled in Dubai
byDubai, May 24 (IANS/WAM) Dubai Customs has foiled a bid to smuggle 259 pieces of ivory that arrived from Africa at its Jebel Ali…
Chandila got Rs.12 lakh for spot fixing in 2012 IPL: Police
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Arrested Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila had received Rs.12 lakh for spot fixing in IPL 2012 matches, Delhi Police…
10 including bookie nabbed in Kolkata for IPL betting
byKolkata, May 23 (IANS) A bookie, who had produced a Bengali film, and nine of his associates were arrested in Kolkata, police said Thursday,…
Cop arrested for smuggling drugs in Kashmir
byJammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police today arrested a police constable involved in drug smuggling from mountainous Rajouri district, an officer said. Rajouri’s Superintendent of…
Detained man part of Chinese espionage: Tibetan exiles
byDharamsala, May 23 (IANS) A day after the detention of a Tibetan, suspected to be a Chinese spy, from McLeodganj, the Tibetan government-in-exile Thursday…
Woman jumps to death from Gurgaon high-rise
byGurgaon: A woman employee in a private company here today jumped to her death from a multi-storey building, police said, adding she left a…
Driver held for Ghaziabad family’s massacre
byGhaziabad, May 23 (IANS) Cracking the gruesome killings of seven members of a businessman’s family in Ghaziabad two days ago, Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday…
Delhi Police seek details of Sreesanth seizures
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday contacted their counterparts in Mumbai seeking details about the articles seized from the hotel where tainted…