US police officers charged for selling drugs
byWashington, May 30 (IANS) Five police officers in the US state of Texas have been charged for selling the drugs they seized from drug…
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UAE hails UN special rapporteur’s report on trafficking
byGeneva, May 30 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has welcomed findings of the report submitted by the special rapporteur of the UN on…
26 killed, 80 injured in Iraq violence
byBaghdad, May 30 (IANS) As many as 26 people were killed and 80 injured due to bombings and clashes in different parts of Iraq…
Court notice to police over rescued sex worker
byNew Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday took a suo moto cognizance of a media report on the failure of police…
Court offers relief to Congress MP Mahabal Mishra
byNew Delhi, May 29 (IANS) In a relief to Congress MP Mahabal Mishra, the Delhi High Court Wednesday set aside a trial court’s summons…
Top Pakistani Taliban leader killed in drone strike
byLondon, May 29 (IANS) Waliur Rehman, the second-in-command of the Pakistani Taliban was killed in a suspected US drone strike Wednesday, BBC reported. However,…
New IAF chopper unit to help fight Maoists
byNew Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The anti-Maoist operations in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh are set to be augmented with the air force putting in…
SC caution on delay in graft cases involving public servants
byNew Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that in corruption cases involving public servants, the courts should guard against hyper-technical contentions…
Red Cross office attacked in Afghanistan, one killed
byKabul, May 29 (IANS) A group of terrorists Wednesday attacked an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in east Afghanistan’s…
Iraqi governor survives two bomb attacks
byBaghdad, May 29 (IANS) The governor of Iraq’s Salahudin province Wednesday miraculously escaped two bomb attacks, but five of his bodyguards were wounded, Xinhua…