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The man who carried out a murder-suicide at UCLA left a kill list at his Minnesota home that led authorities to find a woman's body, Police Chief Charlie Beck said.Mainak Sarkar, 38, drove to Los Angeles from Minnesota with two guns and killed Professor Bill Klug before taking his own life...
22:56
A law-enforcement official on Thursday said that tests show Pop icon Prince died of an opioid overdose, AP has reported.The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate.The official, who is close to the investigation, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not...
22:28
Indian football team slipped one place to occupy 163rd position in the latest FIFA rankings issued on Thursday. India, who beat Laos 1-0 in Vientiane in a play-off match of the 2019 Asian Cup Qualifiers on Thursday, are one place behind Myanmar among the Asian countries at 29th...
22:27
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday filed a defamation complaint in the principle sessions court in Chennai against Tamil magazine Nakkeeran for publishing an article allegedly intending to tarnish the image and reputation of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. City Public...
21:37
Two elderly sisters were found dead inside their flat in suburban Chembur today, police said. Police suspect it to be a suicide case as the door of the flat in which, both Mohini Jethvani and Basanti Jethvavni (both aged above 70) was found locked from the inside. The deceased were unmarried...
20:56
Over 400 Indians stranded in Nepal's mountainous region of Hilsa and Simikot en route to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra due inclement weather have been evacuated.The External Affairs Ministry said Nepal government and tour operators are making all possible arrangements for timely evacuation of pilgrims...
20:32
Three IIT students were detained by Italian police in North Italy's Ventimiglia town on Monday during checking for illegal immigrants but were released hours later following the intervention of the Indian mission in Rome. Akshit Goyal and Deepak Bhatt, from IIT Delhi and Uday Kusupati from...
20:30
A disgruntled PhD student who had been working on his thesis for at least 10 years is believed to have killed his professor at UCLA on Wednesday after the instructor refused to give him a passing grade.Mainak Sarkar, 38, who lived in Minneapolis but is thought to have been born in India, shot...
20:06
The Income Tax department is mulling booking defence consultant Sanjay Bhandari, said to be linked to Robert Vadra in an alleged benami property transaction in London, under the stringent anti-blackmoney law in connection with its tax evasion probe against him. Bhandari, against whom the...
19:19
Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajinder Sachar today described a Gujarat court verdict in Gulbarg Housing Society case as a stain on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, considering that he was the chief minister in Gujarat when the killings took place. In a statement, the former President...
19:18
There is no evidence so far to indicate direct complicity of government of Pakistan or Pakistani agencies in the Pathankot attack Director General of National Investigation Agency Sharad Kumar told News18. No evidence to show that Pakistan government or Pakistani government agency was...
18:59
Attacking Indira Gandhi's 'garibi hatao' slogan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the call failed as the path chosen to implement it was wrong. We heard garibi hatao slogan for 40-50 years. The intention of those who gave it may have been good, but the path they chose to eradicate poverty...
18:44
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, who won three Grand Slams together in 2015, have qualified for the semi finals at Roland Garros. They defeated the pairing of Bruno Soares and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-3.
18:30
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Thursday and gave him a 'report' on the controversy surrounding minister Eknath Khadse.I have given a factual report on recent developments (regarding Khadse) to Amit Shahji. Also held discussions on...
18:21
Noted actor Tom Alter has resigned from his post as head of the acting department in the Film and Television Institute of India.Alter emailed his resignation, citing preoccupation with other commitments that prevented him from devoting time to the FTII assignment, FTII director Bhupendra...
18:02
A view of the fire that has engulfed the Metro House building at Colaba in Mumbai. Photograph: Ajit Balakrishnan/ Rediff.com
17:53
JUST IN: Four more fire tenders from Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, have joined fire brigade to douse the flames at Metro shoes building in Colaba.
17:38
A major fire broke out today in a five-storeyed building housing Metro Shoes and the popular Cafe Mondegar near Regal Cinema, on tony Colaba Causeway, South Mumbai, officials said.The blaze erupted on one of the top floors in the commercial-cum residential building situated near Regal Cinema...
17:31
A Dubai-bound Shaheen Air flight narrowly escaped a crash on Thursday when its tyres burst just before takeoff at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport.The engine of Shaheen Air flight NL-766 started making loud noises seconds before takeoff which prompted the pilot to apply emergency...
16:43
The Indian Meteorological Department has said that the monsoon will be above normal this year, with 'zero per cent probability of deficient' rainfall.There's a 96 per cent probability that monsoon will be normal and in excess this year. Zero per cent probability that it will be deficient, the...
16:21
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi on Thursday said that he has no choice but to quit the Congress to improve the state's condition as the grand old party is presently working like 'Team-B' for Raman Singh-led state government.Jogi told ANI he is under a lot of pressure to revive the...
15:15
An arrangement between the authorized governmental agencies of the governments of India and the United States for exchange of terrorist screening information was signed in New Delhi today.The arrangement was signed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and US Ambassador to India Richard Verma.As...
15:10
BJP chief Amit Shah has reportedly asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to handle the Eknath Khadse issue at the earliest, raising speculation that his resignation may be just a matter of time.Khadse, the senior most minister in the state Cabinet, is embroiled in two major...
15:01
Chhattisgarh Congress leader says the Congress Working Committee has decided to expel Ajit Jogi. Jogi's statements against the party taken into consideration by CWC, he said.
14:33
Zakia Jafri, who has been waging a battle for 14 years to secure justice for her late husband and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, today expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict in the 2002 Gulberg Society riots case and said she will continue her fight.No I am not satisfied with the verdict. I...
13:58
There is nothing like free lunch in America. Reciprocity is expected from the interlocutor, which means for every move America makes, there must be a reciprocal move by the 'other' side, writes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar on Rediff Blogs, here.
13:49
Gangster Ajay Kumar shot dead in an encounter with Haryana Police in Bathinda (Punjab), four others arrested
13:42
Pakistani authorities have recovered the domicile certificate of slain Taliban chief Mullah Mansour which was illegally made under a fake name, officials said today.The recovery of the domicile certificate comes after Mansour was found possessing not only Pakistan's computerised national identity...
13:01
Days after the Union Home Ministry suspended for six months the FCRA registration of non-government organisation Lawyers Collective for alleged violations of foreign funding norms, its founder Indira Jaising has termed the government action as mala fide and said that she will challenge notices in...
12:26
Social activist Anjali Damania begins fast unto death protest at Azad Maidan, Mumbai seeking inquiry against Bharatiya Janata Partys senior-most minister in Maharashtra, Eknath Khadse.Khadse has been facing charges of corruption.Damania, who released a set of documents alleging Khadses...
11:55
A court of Ahmedabad on Thursday convicted 24 and acquitted 36 of the 66 accused in the 2002 Gulbarg society communal riots case relating to the killing of 69 persons, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri.BJP corporator Bipin Patel is among the 36 acquitted.Special Court judge PB Desai...
11:47
M I Khan reports from Patna: The Patna High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing of the bail plea of suspended JD-U legislator Manorama Devi, mother of Rocky Yadav who is accused of killing Aditya Sachdeva on May 7 in Gaya town, to June 6.Manorama Devi had surrendered last month in the Gaya...
11:18
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday unfurled a 300 feet high national flag at an event commemmorating the state's second foundation day at Sanjeevaiah Park.After much consideration, the Airports Authority of India and Director General of Civil Aviation granted permission to...
10:46
Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh last month triggered a row when he asked the government to rename Akbar Road in Lutyens' Delhi as Maharana Pratap Road because the Rajput king had not been given his due despite being truly secular and a man of masses.While Bharatiya Janata Party...
10:22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting at Balasore in Odisha todayThis would be PM Modi's third visit to Odisha this year and the fourth one after he took over as PM in 2014.Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the rally is part of a series of meetings to be addressed by...
10:11
The Economic Times reports: Startups worried over funding prospects and falling valuations could soon have a bigger problem on their hands. The income tax department is discussing a controversial move to levy tax on those startups whose valuations have fallen recently on the grounds that the...
10:02
News 18 reports: A report by The New York Times which mentions Indian icon Lata Mangeshkar as a 'so-called playback singer', has garnered the ire of Twitter users, who perhaps misconstrued the meaning of 'so-called'.The newspaper's report is on Indian comedian Tanmay Bhat's controversial Snapchat...
09:53
In a major development in Bihar journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder case, key accused Laddan Miyan, a close aide of former RJD MP Shahabuddin, surrendered before court on Thursday.Rajdeo Ranjan, district bureau head of a leading vernacular newspaper, was shot dead by unidentified men when he was...
09:25
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 4 fishermen and detains one fishing boat from Kottaipattinam, Tamil Nadu.
09:25
Suspended Karanataka policeman V Shashidhar, who claims to be founder-president of the Akhila Karnataka Police Maha Sangha, has been sent to judicial custody after he was arrested for 'provoking police constables for protest against the government and police department's superior...
09:07
Times of India reports: An 11-year-old boy with a hole in his heart was reportedly prohibited by Air India from boarding his flight to the US for a June 2 appointment with a specialist ahead of surgery scheduled for June 6.The incident took place on Tuesday evening, as patient Jasraj Singh Saini,...
09:02
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will today travel to Singapore to take part in the crucial Shangri-La Dialogue, an inter-governmental security forum, on the sidelines of which he will also hold talks with his French counterpart, with both countries looking at closing the deal for 36 Rafale...
08:47
Rajasthan government to terminate services of over 500 resident doctors who are on strike for the last 3 days
08:47
TRAI launches Mobile App for telecom subscribers to register complaints against pesky calls and SMSes to tighten the noose on telemarketers
08:14
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday begins his five-day summer retreat in Shimla.The President, to be accompanied by his daughter Sharmistha, would preside over the golden jubilee convocation of Indira Gandhi Medical College at Peterhoff on June 3 and attend a banquet to be hosted in his...
08:13
Telangana is gearing up to celebrate its second foundation day on Thursday.Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Governor ESL Narasimhan will join in the celebrations at the Parade Ground in Secunderabad.Public spaces and government buildings...
03:58
The besieged Damascus suburb of Darayya has received its first aid convoy since November 2012, according to the Red Cross.UN aid officials had said the town was suffering dire shortages of food, clean water and medicine.A 48-hour ceasefire for the town, which lies south of the Syrian capital,...
03:45
A three-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo, leading to the animal being shot, is said to be doing well.Harambe, a 17-year-old endangered western lowland gorilla, was shot dead after he started dragging the boy.Police said they were investigating the actions of the...
02:29
Soon, all you'll need to do is Google yourself if you're wondering how deeply Google has been digging into your digital life.In coming weeks, a shortcut to personal account information will appear at the top of Google's search results whenever logged-in users enter their own names in the query...
01:58
Islamic State insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in what could prove to be some of the biggest operations to roll back their caliphate since they proclaimed it in 2014.In Syria, U.S.-backed militia with thousands of Arab and Kurdish fighters were...
01:06
Los Angeles police say UCLA shooting appears to be murder-suicide; no outstanding suspects, no threat to campus
00:52
Underscoring that relationship between India and US is not about one person, key American Senator Ben Cardin on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to Washington because of the country he represents and not his name.The prime minister was not invited to address the joint...
00:21
Amidst renewed speculation about elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the Congress president, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said any such development will only strengthen BJP's resolve for a 'Congress-mukt Bharat'.That only strengthens our case for a 'Congress-mukt Bharat', Goyal told...
00:12
NIA's accused is now on CBI radar in Dabholkar murder caseLicence of noted lawyer Indira Jaising's NGO suspended for 6 months Crashed EgyptAir plane's black boxes found Muslim boy from Sangh Parivar school tops Assam Class X exams
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