Crime

Terror attack foiled in France: 4 arrested from raids across country

The terror suspects included a 16-year-old girl.

Feb 10, 2017

London Tube racist tirade shared on Twitter in bid to find offender

A video is being shared on Twitter to try to find the perpetrator of racist abuse on the London underground on 10 February. The aggressive man can be heard saying that he doesn’t like the other passenger’s family, and repeatedly telling him to “f** off”. Bonnie Cliff who shared the video said he was hurling racist abuse at a fellow passenger. He told the victim to “go back to his own country”, calling him “foreign scum”.

Feb 10, 2017

Iraq: ISIS looks to claw back into Mosul as mass graves and other horrors continue to emerge

A mass grave has been unearthed in Anbar, while more than 1,000 houses have been destroyed in eastern Mosul.

Feb 10, 2017

UP elections 2017: Will Uma Bharti's comments on torture of rapists rile human rights groups?

Human rights groups may claim that men had been tortured without proof under Uma Bharti's reign as MP CM, while men's rights activists may cite false rape case statistics.

Feb 10, 2017

Bengaluru-based couple arrested for making fake bomb call to airport to catch Air Asia flight to Kochi

The couple, who were supposed to get engaged in Kerala, plotted the entire incident fearing they might not be able to reach KIA in time for their flight to Kochi.

Feb 10, 2017

Maharashtra: Is a serial stabber active in Nagpur? Police issue sketch of man whom people are calling a 'psycho killer' [PHOTO]

There have been a series of stabbings in Nagpur in January, but the police are yet to catch the suspect, whose sketch they have released.

Feb 10, 2017

Manappuram Finance: 32 kg gold worth Rs 9 crore looted from Gurugram branch

In the sixth case of robbery at Manappuram Finance branches in six months, 32 kg of gold was robbed from the Gurugram branch in broad daylight.

Feb 10, 2017

Will CPEC force Beijing's hand after India issues demarche to China on Masood Azhar? | OPINION

The proposal in the UN to ban Masood Azhar was moved by UNSC members -- the US, the UK and France.

Feb 10, 2017

‘Baton rape’ of black man in police custody sparks protests in French cities

Protesters in three French cities demanded justice for Theo, a young black man who was allegedly raped with a baton while in police custody in the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois. At least 250 people congregated in the French capital, near the underground station of Ménilmontant, on 8 February, for second consecutive night. Between 300-400 people participated at a solidarity rally in Nantes, and another 200 demonstrated in Rennes. Protesters showed anger at the police, chanting: We all hate the police and leaving Cops, rapists, murders written on the walls, as the newspaper Le Parisien reported.

Feb 9, 2017

Red Cross temporarily stops operations in Afghanistan after 6 employees get killed; 2 missing

ICRC billed the offensive as the worst attack against the organisation in last 20 years.

Feb 9, 2017

Madhya Pradesh ATS team arrests 11 persons on charges of supplying information to Pakistan's ISI

The ATS team arrested the suspects on charges of supplying information to the ISI about the Indian army and the air force in the state.

Feb 9, 2017

Kerala techie found dead in her Australia apartment

A software engineer from Kerala was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her apartment in Clayton near Melbourne. The cause of her death is yet to be ascertained.

Feb 9, 2017

Two IIT Guwahati students detained for molesting three girls during annual fest

The police are investigating the case and are trying to find out why the girls stayed back at the IIT campus.

Feb 9, 2017

Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy case: Gopal Ansal to be jailed for 1 year, has 4 weeks to surrender

The court reduced Sushil Ansal's sentence to time already undergone.

Feb 9, 2017

Man jailed for feeding his hamster LSD and cannabis

Corey Lee Destrow, 22, of Brock Close, Lancaster and Nchinmunya Ntembe, 22, of Cypress Close, Lancaster have been charged with animal cruelty offences after the video emerged online. Ntembe, admitted five animal cruelty offences, including failing to meet the needs of two dogs.

Feb 8, 2017