Gang-rape accused refuses to return to ‘unsafe’ jail
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A Tihar Jail official Saturday denied in a Delhi court the allegation that Dec 16 gang-rape accused Vinay Sharma…
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Police busts gang helping students to cheat in exams
byChandigarh, April 6 (IANS) A gang helping class 10 and 12 students in Haryana’s Rohtak district to cheat in examinations has been busted and…
21 school children injured in Kashmir road accident
bySrinagar: Twenty one school children were injured in a road accident in north Kashmir Saturday, police said. All of them are out of danger….
British woman murdered in Srinagar houseboat, Dutchman held (Third Lead)
bySrinagar, April 6 (IANS) A 24-year-old British woman was found murdered Saturday in a houseboat on Dal Lake here and the alleged murderer –…
Scholars lash out at SFI leader’s death in police custody
byKolkata, April 6 (IANS) Academicians from across the country Saturday expressed “horror” at the “brutal” police assault on students leading to the death of…
Court stays hanging of rape-murder convict in Haryana
byChandigarh, April 6 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Saturday temporarily stayed the hanging of a rape-murder convict, Dharampal Singh, in Haryana. A…
Probe ordered into assault on scribes in Agartala
byAgartala, April 6 (IANS) The Tripura government has ordered a magisterial probe into the assault on at least 11 scribes by junior doctors and…
Two builders held for Thane building collapse
byThane (Maharashtra), April 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Police Saturday arrested two builders in connection with the collapse of a seven-floor building here that killed 72…
Indebted man, three family members found dead
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A man, suspected to be depressed due to a Rs.40 lakh debt, and his three family members were Saturday…
20 killed, 54 wounded in Iraq suicide bombing
byBaghdad, April 6 (IANS) As many as 20 people were killed and 54 wounded Saturday when a suicide bombing tore through an election rally…