Mannheim (Germany): One person was killed and others injured when a car rammed into a crowd Monday in western Germany, police said. A suspect is in custody. Police in the German city of Mannheim asked the public to stay away from the downtown area and keep inside their homes. Other details were not immediately available. Police in...

Mumbai: The stock of Reliance Group companies saw a significant decline Monday, eroding more than Rs 40,000 crore from their market capitalisation. The total market-cap of these companies dropped by Rs 40,511.91 crore, bringing it down to Rs 17.46 lakh crore. The sharp losses were part of a broader weakness in the market, with all stocks within...

Mannheim (Germany): Police in the western German city of Mannheim have asked the public to stay away from the downtown area and keep inside their homes. Mannheim is a city of about 300,000 people located south of Frankfurt. Police would not disclose what prompted the large law enforcement presence in the city centre but a spokesperson said...

Karachi: Pakistan will be the venue for the six-team Women's 50-overs World Cup qualifiers later this month after being confirmed as the hosts for another ICC tournament. An official from the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed Monday that they are working with the ICC to confirm the dates and venues for the competition. The six-team event will consist...

New Delhi: An Indian woman on death row in Abu Dhabi for the alleged murder of a four-month-old child has already been executed February 15, the Delhi High Court hearing her father's plea about her well-being was informed Monday. On being informed about the development, Justice Sachin Datta termed it "very unfortunate". "It is over. She was...

A podcast video featuring a woman's bizarre claims has sparked a stir on social media. In the viral clip, woman reveals that when she got pregnant with her ex-boyfriend, she stored her urine in a bottle and kept it in the freezer. She later had an abortion but allegedly used the stored urine to create fake pregnancy...

New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court Monday held that visually impaired persons cannot be denied opportunity of employment in judicial services. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan had reserved the judgement on six petitions, including a suo motu (on its own) case, December 3, last year over non-grant of quota...

Lucknow:A day after removing her nephew Akash Anand from all key posts, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday said she has expelled him from the party "in the interest and movement" of the party. Mayawati said that Akash's response to her action against him on Sunday was "selfish and arrogant". In a BSP meeting on Sunday,...

Bhubaneswar: Calling the Opposition Congress a "sinking party," Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said his government would soon publish a white paper on the alleged rise in atrocities against women in the state. Majhi made this remark in response to an agitation by Congress supporters, led by its newly elected OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das,...

Beijing: US President Donald Trump's tariff threats, along with firm policies to contain China and the economic slowdown, are expected to dominate the annual session of the Chinese parliament beginning here on Tuesday. Over 5,000 delegates from the National People's Congress (NPC) and the advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), will meet to begin...