Acolony of Adelie penguins faces being wiped out after an iceberg the size of Rome became lodged in their bay. An estimated 150,000 penguins of Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay have been killed since the iceberg measuring 1,120 square miles – larger than Luxemberg – forced them to trek 70 miles for food. The penguins used to live near a […]
» Read moreThe US-based wife of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and his business partner have “refused” to answer questions posed by NIA, citing a privacy clause. The agency had approached Shazia, Headley’s wife, and Raymond Sanders, his busines partner, through the US department of justice, for helping it get answers to […]
» Read moreA Scottish tourist has been gored to death by an elephant that he and his 16-year-old stepdaughter were riding on the resort island of Samui, Thai authorities said on Tuesday. Police Lietenant Rotjanart Kiewjan said the animal threw Gareth Crowe and Eilidh Hughes to the ground during a trek on Monday. The elephant then gored Crowe with his tusk and […]
» Read moreActor Anupam Kher has had to cancel his participation in the Karachi literary festival starting February 5 with the Pakistan government denying him a visa. Kher was one of the 18 Indians invited to the four-day festival by the organisers but he is the only one who has been denied a visa. The other 17 Indian participants have been issued […]
» Read moreSenior IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram was on Monday appointed Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the first woman to head a paramilitary force. Ms. Ramasundaram, a 1980 batch officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently Special Director, National Crime Records Bureau. She has been appointed to the post till the date of her superannuation — September 30, 2017 […]
» Read moreThe CBI has filed its first chargesheet against gangster Chhota Rajan and three former officials of Bengaluru passport office accusing them of criminal conspiracy and forgery over issuance of fake passport to him, which he used to escape to Australia. The chargesheet has been filed in the Special Court, Patiala House, which has also taken cognisance of it, CBI press […]
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