Dhaka, Sep 27 (IANS) Days after an explosion near the Jatrabari Police Station in Dhaka, explosive materials used for making crude bombs and 9,000 paper masks were recovered by police, leading to the arrest of one individual, during a raid in the Bangladeshi capital's South Keraniganj area, media reports said.
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) As many as 212 people, including Chinese nationals, were arrested by Pakistani authorities in raids carried out on three illegal call centres in Islamabad involved in an alleged international online fraud network, according to a media report.
Pretoria, Sep 27 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed, and more than 20 others were injured in two shooting incidents in South Africa over the weekend, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Nothing can be scarier than finding your picture morphed by AI tools in a highly objectionable manner with the Prime Minister of a country and being displayed by those who aspire to be the future leaders, running a mission to shake the system and remove the ruling party.
Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Hundreds of students at a private university on the outskirts of Punjab’s Jalandhar protested late on Sunday over rumours circulating on social media that a student had been raped on campus by an outsider, damaging property, setting fires and blocking a national highway, officials and students said.
Dhaka, Sep 26 (IANS) As Bangladesh’s deteriorating law-and-order situation continues to fuel concern, a series of killings, disappearances and sexual abuse of children has deepened fears among parents about the safety of their children in the country, a report has stated.
Kohima, Sep 26 (IANS) At least 19 people have died in Nagaland’s Mokokchung and Tuensang districts over the past two days after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor, prompting police to launch a probe into the source and supply chain of the illicit alcohol, officials said on Saturday. As many as 19 people have been arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy till now.
Chennai, Sep 26 (IANS) Three more girls have approached the all-women Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing sexual abuse allegations against GEM Granites owner R. Veeramani. Reports now put the number of complainants at 15, widening the investigation into allegations involving girls who were minors at the time of the alleged offences.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned to September 28 the hearing on an appeal filed by four women wrestlers challenging the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar, in the alleged sexual harassment and intimidation case.
Ayodhya, Sep 25 (IANS) The SIT's voluminous charge sheet in the Ram Temple donation theft case against eight accused cites CCTV recordings as evidence, alleging that accused Avinash Shukla was caught on camera removing money 85 times from the counting room.
