Four electrocuted in Himachal village
byShimla: Four people were killed and five were critically injured after an electric current seeped into some houses in a Himachal Pradesh village, police said…
Crime
Kerala software engineer develops anti-piracy software
byThiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) A Kerala-based software engineer has come up with an anti-piracy device to check recording of movies in theatres using sophisticated…
Five Azerbaijan troops killed in road crash
byBaku, May 19 (IANS) At least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned,…
Inmates flee Siberian prison via tunnel
byMoscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 2,500 police officers are engaged in search of four inmates, jailed for murder and burglary, who escaped from…
Afghan police officer killed in Taliban attack
byKabul, May 19 (IANS) A senior police official was killed in Afghanistan’s Farah province when two Taliban militants opened fire on him, an official…
Anti-terror officer killed with family in Baghdad
byBaghdad, May 19 (IANS) Five people, including an anti-terrorism police officer along with his wife and children, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in…
Couple arrested in Kolkata for duping banks
byNew Delhi, May 18 (IANS) A Delhi-based couple were arrested from Kolkata for duping several banks by forging documents, police said Saturday. Kamal Kishore…
Court rejects bail plea of Saradha group boss (Roundup)
byKolkata, May 18 (IANS) Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a West Bengal court…
Terror accused dies on way to prison in UP, probe ordered
byLucknow, May 18 (IANS) Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts at Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad in 2007, died of ‘heat stroke’ Saturday when…
Three cricketers grilled together, TV footage sought
byNew Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Three Rajasthan Royal players, S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan, arrested for alleged spot fixing in IPL cricket…