Washington | 7 days ago
US Mother's Day parade shooting suspect identified
Washington, May 14 - US police are looking for a 19-year-old man identified as a suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana, that injured 19 people.Police are looking for one Akien Scott who has previous arrests on charges of possession of firearms, possession of narcotics and resisting arrest, New Orle ... read more

Agartala | 8 days ago
Tripura assembly witnesses bedlam over chit fund firms
Agartala, May 13 - The Tripura assembly Monday witnessed unprecedented bedlam as the opposition Congress created a ruckus demanding that the government promise security for the money deposited by the people in chit fund companies.While protesting, the agitated opposition lawmakers took away the about three-feet-tall silver metallic 'maize' emblem placed in front of the speaker's podium. The assemb ... read more

Islamabad | 9 days ago
Six killed, 45 injured in Quetta attack
Islamabad, May 13 - At least six people were killed and 45 injured in a suicide attack on the convoy of Balochistan province's police chief in Pakistan late Sunday.The incident occurred in Quetta, the provincial capital city, when the suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into inspector general of police Mushtaq Sukhera's convoy, reported Dawn citing a police official seeking anonymity ... read more

Los Angeles | 9 days ago
Isla Fisher feared for life when stunt went wrong
Los Angeles, May 12 - Isha Isla Fisher panicked when an underwater stunt shot for her upcoming film Now You See Me went wrong.The 37-year-old plays a glamorous escapologist in the film and the scene demanded that she bangs desperately on the glass walls to give the impression of being in distress, but the chains became entangled and she started to panic for real. They had a guy who was off camera, ... read more

Agartala | 10 days ago
Crackdown against chit fund group in Tripura
Agartala, May 11 - The Tripura government has launched a crackdown against Rose Valley, one of the biggest chit fund companies in eastern India. Two executives of the group have been arrested and documents have been seized, an official said here Saturday.Raids in Rose Valley's main office in Tripura began late Friday and are continuing. Police arrested the company's regional director Ashok Saha an ... read more

Abu Dhabi | 11 days ago
No cases of novel coronavirus found in UAE
Abu Dhabi, May 10 - No cases of novel coronavirus - have been reported in the UAE, the health ministry said following reports about a man in France diagnosed with NCoV after his return from a trip to the UAE.An official said the ministry has taken all necessary measures as per international standards and recommendations by the World Health Organisation -.A man in France was diagnosed with NCoV aft ... read more

Mohali | 12 days ago
Rajasthan Royals jump to second place, play-off berth in sight
Mohali, May 9 - Rajasthan Royals almost assured themselves of a play-off berth in the Indian Premier League - after they defeated Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets at the Punjab Cricket Association - Stadium here Thursday.Chasing a target of 146, Ajinkya Rahane struck a fine unbeaten 59, his second consecutive half-century, and the young Sanju Samson remained not out on 47 to guide Rajasthan Royals ... read more

Patna | 12 days ago
Encephalitis claims 3 kids in Bihar
Patna, May 9 - A six-month-old baby succumbed to a deadly mosquito-borne disease in Bihar Thursday, taking the toll from the disease to three in 2013, and 16 children have been admitted to hospitals in Muzaffarpur, officials said.Six-month-old Himanshu Kumar died of suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome -, at Sakra Referral Hospital, Muzaffarpur Civil Surgeon Gayan Bhusan said. The AES is a severe ... read more

Kolkata | 12 days ago
Witch-hunting is not about superstition, say experts
Kolkata, May 9 - Women lynched, sexually exploited and forcibly evicted from their homes after being branded witches. Witch-hunting is not about a stray report tucked away in a corner of the newspaper but an increasingly worrying pan-India trend that specifically targets women in a patriarchal society, say experts.With reports of witch-hunting coming in from villages and even towns across the coun ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 13 days ago
Odisha activist seeks release of confined wild tiger
Bhubaneswar, May 8 - An animal rights activist Wednesday demanded the release of a wild tiger who walked into a zoo in Odisha and has been in captivity since the past over a week.Biswajit Mohanty, secretary of the Wildlife Society of Odisha, who is also a member of the National Board for Wildlife, said the tiger in Nandankanan zoo near state capital Bhubaneswar has every right to lead a free life. ... read more