24 dead, 22 injured in Bangladesh bus accident
A police officer says an overnight bus packed with passengers veered off the road, hit trees and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 24 people and injuring 22 others in southwestern Bangladesh. The accident took place early Thursday in the Bhanga area of Faridpur district when the bus was... read more »
12-year-old Israeli girl dies in Thailand ferry fire
The search team on Thursday found the body of a 12-year-old Israeli girl, the only fatality from a tourist boat that caught fire in the Andaman Sea in the country’s southwest, Thai officials said. The rest of about 110 passengers, mostly foreign tourists, and crew were rescued on Wednesday after... read more »
Killed red sander ‘smugglers’ taken off bus: Witness account pu...
The Andhra Pradesh police version of events with regards to the killing of 20 red sanders smugglers in Chittoor district has received a crippling blow after a ‘witness’ has come forward to say that he saw seven of the supposed ‘smugglers’ dragged off a bus by Andhra Pradesh... read more »
Satyam scam: Court finds Ramalinga Raju, 9 others guilty
New Delhi/Hyderabad: A special court trying the multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL) in its judgement on Thursday found the firm’s founder and then Chairman B Ramalinga Raju guilty in the case. The special court found Raju guilty of cheating, forgery... read more »
Gold futures down 0.19% on profit-booking
NEW DELHI: Gold futures declined 0.19 per cent to Rs 26,945 per 10 grams as investors indulged in booking profits at prevailing levels amidst a weak trend in global markets. Gold prices... read more »
RBI policy: Raghuram Rajan holds rate but sends out a strong message to banks to act
For a change, there wasn’t any surprise in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) first bi-monthly policy of fiscal year 2016. The status-quo in the repo rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR)... read more »
‘Over 3000 Indian nationals rescued from Yemen’: S.U. Singh
Djibouti, Apr. 7 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General (retired) S.R. Singh has stated that over 3,000 Indian nationals have been introduced again residence from strife-hit... read more »
Beef ban in Maharshtra won’t extend to goats, clarifies Advocate General
Mumbai: A day after the Bombay High Court, while hearing a slew of petitions against the beef ban, asked the government to explain why the ban only extends to the slaughter of cows and... read more »
Delhi’s Most Wanted Gangster, Neeraj Bawana, Arrested
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s most wanted gangster Neeraj Bawana, who has dozens of cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion against him, was arrested in the wee hours today by the Special Cell of... read more »
