Batla House encounter: Delhi HC commutes Ariz Khan's death penalty to life imprisonment

New Delhi (IANS) Upholding Ariz Khan's conviction in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, the Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted his death penalty handed by a trial court to life imprisonment.

On August 18, the court had reserved its…

Maoists burn four vehicles at railway construction site in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh

Ranchi (IANS) Maoists set on fire four vehicles engaged in railway line construction work in Shahpur-Hesa Kudar Village in Hazaribagh District in the wee hours of Thursday.

The Maoists also left leaflets at the spot that falls under Katkamsandi…

Blinken visits Israel to show US support after Hamas attacks

Jerusalem (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday arrived in Israel in a show of support after the weekend's deadly attacks by the Hamas, media reports said.

Blinken is expected to seek the release of hostages kidnapped by…

Land subsidence in open cast mine kills three in Bengal's Raniganj

Kolkata (IANS) At least three people were killed and four others missing following land subsidence at an open-cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfield Limited at the coal-belt of Raniganj in West Bengal's West Burdwan district, sources said on Thursday.

Four killed, 30 injured as 23 coaches of North East Express derail in Bihar

Patna (IANS) The Railways on Thursday confirmed that four passengers have died and 30 others injured in the derailment of the North East Express train in Bihra's Buxar district.

The East Central Railway CPRO Virendra Kumar said, “The North…

Talks held to provide safe passage for evacuating foreigners, sending aid to Gaza via Egypt

Gaza (IANS) Regional mediation talks are being reportedly held to provide a safe passage for the evacuation of foreigners from the Gaza Strip and bring urgent aid into the Palestinian enclave via Egypt.

The mediation talks were led by Egypt,…

Too early to exchange Israeli hostages: Hamas official

Gaza (IANS) A senior Hamas official has said that it was too early to exchange Israeli hostages who were taken captive after the militant group launched its surprise attack on the Jewish nation on October 7.

Speaking to CNN on Wednesday from…

Gaza death toll nears 1,200, number of displaced soars to 338,934

Gaza (IANS) As Israel continued heavy bombardments from the air, sea, and land across the Gaza Strip in retaliation against the October 7 Hamas attack, the death toll in the coastal enclave is nearing 1,200, while the number of internally displaced…

Zelensky asks for more aid to Ukraine as world's attention turns to Israel

Brussels (IANS) As the world's attention shifted to Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels to ask Western countries to continue their aid to Ukraine.

"We spoke about priorities for Ukraine, for defending how…

Proposal to run another train between Dhanbad and Alleppey- Railway Board

Dhanbad:  Keeping in mind the convenience of passengers, there is a plan to run another express train between Dhanbad and Alleppey. Regarding this, Dhanbad Railway Division has sent a proposal to East Central Railway Headquarters. The route and stoppage…