Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) A 17-year-old girl set herself on fire after allegedly being assaulted by a neighbour at her home in Lucknow’s Malihabad area. She has been admitted to the civil hospital in critical condition, police said on Sunday. According to officials, the accused, identified as 23-year-old Rahul, allegedly entered the girl’s house while … Read more
Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) Two armed miscreants fired indiscriminately at an accused in the Ambala court complex in Haryana on Saturday, owing to an old rivalry. However, no one sustained injuries. As per the preliminary investigation, the miscreants fired to harm accused Aman Sonkar, who had come to the court complex for a hearing in … Read more
Imphal, Feb 28 (IANS) Amidst the return of looted and illegal arms to the police, suspected Kuki militants opened fire at a religious site in Imphal East district from adjoining hills, officials said. However, no casualties were reported in the firing, first of its kind after the promulgation of President’s Rule in Manipur on February … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) A major fire broke out in the Santosh Nagar slum near the entrance to Film City in Goregaon (East) area of Mumbai on Thursday evening. No injuries have been reported so far, said a fire official. The fire was brought under control within three hours, the official added. According to the … Read more
Bhopal, Feb 20 (IANS) The Morena police of Madhya Pradesh have apprehended the main accused responsible for shooting a five-year-old child thereby “intentionally” claiming his life in Jaura police station area of the district. The child was attending a relative’s wedding with his parents and grandparents when he was shot. Speaking to IANS over the … Read more
Jammu, Feb 16 (IANS) A brief exchange of fire occurred on Sunday on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch district. Officials said that an Indian army post came under fire from a forested area across the LoC in the Gulpur sector of Poonch district. “Indian army soldiers retaliated and the exchange of fire … Read more
Ranchi, Feb 10 (IANS) Armed criminals opened indiscriminate fire near the main gate of the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) mines in Churi, under the Khalari police station limits here on Monday afternoon, triggering panic among workers and locals. The attack left a CCL employee, Pradeep Sao, injured after he sustained a gunshot wound in his … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Several garment shops were gutted in a huge fire that broke out in a shopping complex in old city of Hyderabad on Monday morning. No casualties were reported. According to the police, the fire broke in a garment shop on the third floor of a building and spread to the second … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) A woman was burnt to death after her shop caught fire in the Pattamundai area of Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Kamala Sahoo, a resident of Baktarpur village. Local residents claimed Sahoo had a betel shop at Baktarpur village market where she also used to sell … Read more