Crime

Bitcoin traders flooded with calls seeking to exchange cash for virtual currency

Bitcoin traders in India are getting frequent calls after the government's crackdown on higher denomination notes.

Nov 11, 2016

Evening wrap: SC notice to Salman Khan, ATMs not working, new levy to increase airfare, and more

Read about Trump lashing out at protesters, and SanDisk launching new storage solutions in India.

Nov 11, 2016

Iraq: Isis killed and crucified 40 people in Mosul for helping Iraqi forces, says UN

This is just another example of the kind of "punishment" the terror group metes out, often at the drop of a hat.

Nov 11, 2016

'There is nothing called marital rape,' says Sita Annadanam of RSS women's wing

Rashtra Sevika Samiti is holding a three-day conference in New Delhi to mark its 80th anniversary.

Nov 11, 2016

SC issues notice to Salman Khan after Rajasthan govt challenges acquittal in poaching case

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan has also asked the apex court to direct Salman Khan to surrender.

Nov 11, 2016

Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill Congress leader Ajay Singh's nephew in Bijapur

Singh was elected as an MLA from Karnataka's Jewargi constituency in 2013.

Nov 11, 2016

US election 2016: Isis, al-Qaeda celebrating Donald Trump's victory

It is suspected that the terror groups will look to use Trump's anti-Islam statements to garner support, recruit and strengthen their position.

Nov 10, 2016

The Secret Life of Prisons: Inmates smuggle phones to film rampant violence, drug abuse and anarchy

The grim reality of a British prison service nearing collapse under a record number of prisoners.

Nov 10, 2016

Rs 500, Rs 1,000 currency notes scrapped: 2 dead; PIL filed in SC to quash ban

While it was certain on Tuesday that the common man would face hardship, people did not anticipate that it would also cost lives.

Nov 10, 2016

Seattle: 5 wounded in mass shooting; gunman at large

The shooting was not related to the earlier anti-Trump demonstrations that took place in Seattle.

Nov 10, 2016

Remains of burnt sacks full of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes found in Bareillly

Police said the notes were damaged, cut and then burned and added that they have informed the RBI about it.

Nov 9, 2016

California: 1 dead, 3 injured after gunman opens fire near polling station

The man is yet to be apprehended by the police.

Nov 9, 2016

British banker Rurik Jutting given life sentence for grisly murders of two Indonesian women

Rurik Juttings defence argued that his cocaine and alcohol disorders, as well as personality disorders of sexual sadism and narcissism, had impaired his ability to control his behaviour.The prosecution rejected this, stating Jutting was able to form judgements and exercise self-control before and after the killings, filming his torture of Sumarti Ningsih on his iPhone as well as hours of footage in which he discussed the murders.The case gripped world media due to graphic video footage seen by the jury and the brutality of the killings.

Nov 8, 2016

Nirbhaya gang rape: 'Strike down death sentence given to accused'

The amicus curiae claims that the trial court committed six fundamental mistakes while giving the death sentence.

Nov 8, 2016

Six-hour riot breaks out in Bedford jail

A riot involving around 200 prisoners broke out at Bedford prison after an alleged dispute between an inmate and a guard. Prisoners armed themselves with makeshift weapons and stormed a prison wing, according to local reports, and officers had to fire stun grenades to end the six-hour protest on 6 November. Richard Fuller, MP for Bedford and Kempston, will put an “urgent question” to justice secretary Liz Truss in parliament on Monday, local media reported.

Nov 7, 2016