Huge stocks of medicinal drugs seized from Haryana bus
byChandigarh, April 21 (IANS) Haryana’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and police have seized psychotropic drugs worth Rs.15 lakh from a private bus in…
Crime
Need to be better prepared for natural disasters: PM
byNew Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said there was need to identify the best practices in disaster management, and disseminate…
NIA combs Bihar districts for suspected terrorist
byPatna, April 21 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has searched four districts of Bihar for Tahseen Akhtar, allegedly a member of the Indian…
Delhi protests rage, barricades broken at Sonia house
byNew Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Dozens of BJP women activists Sunday marched to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s house and broke barricades on the way…
Sack guilty policemen, says CITU
byNew Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has demanded the sacking of policemen who failed to register a complaint…
Afghan girls hit by suspected gas poisoning
byKabul, April 21 (IANS) Thirty Afghan girl students were hospitalized Sunday due to possible gas poisoning in the northern province of Takhar, an official…
China quake toll rises to 181
byBeijing, April 21 (IANS) The death toll in the strong earthquake that rattled China’s Sichuan province has risen to 181, Xinhua reported Sunday. Of…
Rapes expose police failure: Human Rights Watch
byNew Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The brutal rape of a five-year-old girl here “has again exposed the failure of police training and reform in…
Couple murdered in Delhi
byNew Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A middle-aged couple was found brutally murdered at their residence in south Delhi Sunday morning, Delhi Police said. Both…
Rape victim stable, undergoes surgery: Doctors
byNew Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The five-year-old girl who was brutally raped here is in “stable” condition after undergoing surgery, doctors said Sunday. “She…