120 tonnes of radioactive water leak from Fukushima
byTokyo, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) About 120 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the plant’s…
Crime
50 alleged Nazi guards face jail in Germany
byMoscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Fifty men in their 90s may face prison terms in Germany over allegations of their service as guards at…
Corpse goes unnoticed for weeks in Moscow street
byMoscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Spelling an unpleasant end to the winter, a woman was found stabbed to death in Moscow, with the corpse…
$1 mn allocated for movie embezzled in Russia
byMoscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian investigators suspect that more than 30 million rubles (over $1 million), allocated by the culture ministry for making…
Mobile users in Middle East victims of cyber crime: Study
byAbu Dhabi, April 7 (IANS/WAM) Lack of precaution by mobile users can have unfortunate consequences. Close to two in five mobile users in the…
Two pick-pockets found stabbed to death
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Two pick-pockets were found stabbed to death at a house here Saturday evening, police said, adding it could be…
Trinamool councillor sent to police custody till April 7
byKolkata, April 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor Sambhunath Kow, the prime accused in the murder of party leader Adhir Maity in March, was Saturday…
BJP MP to raise Google map issue in parliament
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) BJP MP Tarun Vijay Saturday said he will raise “violations” of country’s map policy by Google Maps in parliament…
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…
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…