Russian mayor arrested on murder charges
byMoscow, June 1 (IANS) The mayor of a Russian city in a North Caucasus republic has been arrested on charges of murdering an investigator,…
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Maoists kill CRPF officer in Chhattisgarh
byRaipur, June 1 (IANS) Maoists attacked a CRPF search party in Chhattisgarh close to the Odisha border Saturday evening and killed an assistant commandant,…
Air hostess’ suicide: Kanda’s aide Chadha moves for bail
byNew Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Aruna Chadha, a co-accused with former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda in the suicide of an air hostess, has moved…
Teacher burnt alive in Bihar, headmaster surrenders
byPatna, June 1 (IANS) A school headmaster, the main accused in the alleged burning alive of a schoolteacher, surrendered in court Saturday, police said….
Probe ordered into Goa prison food poisoning
byPanaji, June 1 (IANS) The Goa government has ordered a magisterial probe into a food poisoning incident that claimed the life an inmate of…
Glitch holds up India’s first navigation satellite launch
byBangalore, June 1 (IANS) An electrical glitch in the rocket Saturday forced the Indian space agency to put off its first regional navigation satellite…
5.6 magnitude quake hits Philippines
byManila, June 1 (IANS) An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Mindanao in Philippines Saturday, Xinhua reported quoting the US Geological…
Man involved in murder, extortion arrested in Delhi
byNew Delhi, June 1 (IANS) An accused in several cases of murder, extortion and land grabbing has been arrested here, police said Saturday. Harsimran…
Taliban militant, cop killed in in Afghanistan
byZaranj (Afghanistan), June 1 (IANS) Taliban militants raided the headquarters and police department in Dilaram district of Nimroz province Saturday, leaving two people dead,…
Ex-soldier held in Meghalaya with drugs
byShillong, June 1 (IANS) A retired soldier and another man were arrested in Meghalaya for possessing 11 grams of smuggled heroin, police said Saturday….