$16 mn road maintenance scam found in Russia
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Investigative Committee has opened several criminal cases against a group of people suspected of misappropriating half a…
Crime
Nine killed in tractor accident in UP
byLucknow, April 2 (IANS) Nine people were killed and over two dozen injured Tuesday when the tractor trolley in which they were going home…
CBI official commits suicide
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A 43-year-old CBI officer committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his official residence here Tuesday…
SFI activist dies in police custody
byKolkata, April 2 (IANS) An activist of the Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) student wing Tuesday died of a head injury in police custody…
NRI arrested for raping Nepali woman
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A 67-year-old US-based non-resident Indian (NRI) raped a Nepali woman here on pretext of marrying her, police said Tuesday….
NIA allowed to quiz Hizbul terror suspect in jail
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to interrogate suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah…
Cabinet nod to special funding for Maoist areas
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Tuesday approved continuation of a Rs.373 crore Scheme for Special Infrastructure (SIS) in…
‘Maoist’ couple surrender outside Maharashtra legislature
byMumbai, April 2 (IANS) An artiste-activist couple from a Pune-based theatre group, accused of having Maoist links, surrendered to police outside the high-security precincts…
BSP leader’s killers sent to 10-day police custody
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent three men who allegedly killed BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj to 10…
BSP leader’s killers were hired for Rs.1 crore
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A week after the murder of BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj, Delhi Police said Tuesday that the…