Baghdad: Iraqi security forces on Thursday found the body of a journalist in the capital Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said. The body of Samir Ali Shgara, a cameraman assistant who worked for the US-based al-Hurra Iraq, an Arabic-language satellite TV channel, was found near al-Qanat Street with bullet injuries to[Read More…]
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Tribal man brutally killed for suspected witchcraft in Tripura
Agartala, Suspected of practising black magic and witchcraft, an elderly tribal man was hacked to death in the northeastern state of Tripura, police said here on Monday. Police arrested four people in connection with the incident. Some tribal villagers on Saturday tortured Nakuljoy Reang, 80, to death in a village[Read More…]
PNB customer care official abducted, killed in Gaya district, Bihar
Gaya: A Punjab National Bank (PNB) customer care personnel was abducted and later killed by unidentified criminals in Gaya district in Bihar. The bank’s Customer Service Point (CSP) in-charge Pintu Singh was abducted late on Friday from near Amas, Officer in-chrage of Amas Police station Shayam Lal Sarah said. After[Read More…]
Karnataka: 3-Month pregnant woman stabbed to death, honour killing suspected
In an alleged caste killing case, a three-month pregnant woman identified as Renuka Shakarappa Nayak, was stabbed to death in hone in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district. Investigators in charge of the case suspect that Renuka’s mother, Marevva, allegedly killed her daughter as she had married a man who did not belong to the same[Read More…]
Villagers lynch mentally-ill woman suspecting her a ‘witch’
A mentally-challenged woman was thrashed to death by a group of people, who suspected her to be a witch in Maghtai village in Agra. The incident happened when Maan Devi, went outside her house to relieve herself. She lost her path in the dark and reached an adjacent colony. A[Read More…]
Explosion near embassies in Kabul: 40 feared killed
A massive explosion rocked the German embassy in Kabul during the morning rush hour on Wednesday. At least 40 people are feared killed or injured after a car-bomb exploded. As the Indian, and US embassies are also near to the location of the explosion in the Afghan capital’s diplomatic enclave,[Read More…]
Woman along with son kills mother-in-law in Howrah
A woman along with her son killed her 70-year-old mother-in-law in Ramnagar area of Howrah, West Bengal on Thursday. Both of them have been detained. The deceased has been identified as Uma Panja. After prolonged interrogation, the woman confessed to her crime, said police. The body was found by the[Read More…]
Man thrashed to death by Rashtriya Hindu Sena’s district president
The Police have arrested two men for allegedly creating a ruckus in MP Nagar, Bhopal on Saturday night. They allegedly smashed the windshields of 25 cars and killed a 25-year-old man after brutally thrashing him. Initially, all the four accused fled the scene, but two of them were nabbed by[Read More…]
Assam: Three-year old boy killed after man suspected him to be a ghost
In a dreadful incident, a three-year old boy died after he was harshly beaten up by a person who suspected him to be a ‘ghost’ in Nagaon district of lower Assam, said the police. The kid was standing unaccompanied on the road at Sarudal Basti of Salna, waiting for his[Read More…]
Liberal Maldives blogger stabbed to death
A liberal blogger was stabbed to death on Sunday in the politically motionless Maldivian capital Male. Yameen Rasheed was found injured in the stairwell of his apartment. He had multiple stab wounds on is neck and chest and he passed away shortly after he was taken to the hospital to[Read More…]
Venezuela: At least 12 people killed as protests turn violent
Around 12 people were killed overnight after looting and violence in Venezuela’s capital amid a rising political crisis. Most of the deaths took place in El Valle. El Valle is a working class neighborhood near Caracas’ biggest military base. As per the Opposition leaders, 13 people were hit with an[Read More…]
Sri Lanka garbage dump fire, 11 killed
Men beaten by gau rakshaks had valid permits for transport of cows
The five men who were beaten up by gau rakshaks on Jaipur-Delhi highway near Behror on Saturday had valid permits for transport of cows and calves, said a family member of one of the injured men. “My brother bought three cows for Rs 75,000 from an animal flea market in[Read More…]
10 killed in a road accident in Bangladesh
Drunk bikers gouge out eyes of a pedestrian
As per TOI reports, 18-year-old Ramavatar Banwarilal Jatav was beaten to death and his eyes were extorted out by two drunken youths on a bike in Pune on Saturday. Police said Jatav was a skilled labourer specialising in tile fitting from Madhya Pradesh. He had come to Pune to visit[Read More…]
Leopard killed by crowd in Gurugram
A leopard which strayed into human habitation and injured nine persons in Gurugram on Thursday was allegedly hacked to death by villagers, said officials. The animal was spotted around 8 am and ran amok for more than three hours on the streets of Mandawar village, 26 kilometres from Gurugram, local[Read More…]
Three students of Amity Noida killed in car crash, 7 classmates injured
Three students of Amity University, Noida, were killed and seven of their classmates, including were injured after their rental SUV collided with a tractor on National Highway 1 a few hours after midnight Friday. The students were heading to Murthal for food in a self-drive rental Scorpio when the youngster[Read More…]
Typhoon Megi: At least 33 killed after landslides in two Chinese villages
According to China’s state-run news agency, at least 33 people are missing after rains from Typhoon Megi triggered landslides in two villages in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday. Twenty seven of the victims are from Sucun village where homes were swept away, the other six were from Baofeng village.[Read More…]