Thursday, August 5, 2010

Armed robbers attack train passengers, loot valuables in Bihar

Armed robbers attack train passengers, loot valuables in Bihar

Armed robbers attack train passengers, loot valuables in Bihar

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:43 PM PDT

As many as 13 people, including a GRP jawan, were injured when armed robbers opened fire and beat the passengers of an express train with rifle butts near Bhalui halt early today.

Proficiency test replaces CBSE board examinations

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

The CBSE has done away with the class X board exams and come up with a mechanism to enable students judge their level of knowledge in terms of marks.

Cloudbursts claim 14 lives in Leh

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:44 PM PDT

At least 14 people were killed and many more still missing in a series of cloudbursts that hit parts of this town during the night.

Manali-Leh highway blocked by landslides

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:24 PM PDT

Landslides at Baralacha La and Rahni Nallah in Himachal Pradesh have left the Manali-Leh highway blocked since Wednesday night. Reports say about 100 vehicles are stranded at both places.

'Bill on honour killings this session'

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Strongly condemning the spate of honour killings that have taken place in the country, home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that he intended to bring a bill to tackle this issue in the current Parliament session.

Close shave for Sharad Yadav as snag hits chopper

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:21 PM PDT

JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, a Bihar minister and two IAS officials had a narrow escape as a private chopper flying them had to make an emergency landing in a field at Jaganpura, minutes after takeoff from Patna airport.

Vendors working with CWG on taxman's radar

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Income Tax (I-T) investigation has started probing vendors and contractors involved in supply of goods and execution of works for Commonwealth Games stadiums.

Ex-IPS officer blames Johri in 9-hour grilling

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Retired IPS officer O P Mathur has reportedly put all the blame on additional DGP Geetha Johri for the botch-up in the Sohrabuddin encounter probe. Mathur was grilled for nine hours on Thursday by the CBI.

'Once the baraat arrives, everything will fall in place'

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:16 PM PDT

Union sports minister M S Gill on Thursday ruled out removal of Suresh Kalmadi as chairman of the Games Organising Committee and turned down Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's demand that OC's responsibilities be transferred to an apex committee.

Purushottam Exp runs in reverse to avoid collision

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:14 PM PDT

Passengers of New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express missed a beat when they heard that a goods train was moving on the same track after the train left Mughalsarai station on Thursday.

Krishna backs Pillai, but again says his timing was wrong

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Foreign minister S M Krishna on Thursday said home secretary G K Pillai's statement on the eve of his visit to Pakistan was a "reflection" of what LeT operative David Headley had revealed, but reiterated that the timing was wrong.

Ash Patel, a toilet supplier, lands OC in hot water

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:10 PM PDT

It's a much ado about a supplier of temporary toilets! Ashish Patel, originally from Anand, Gujarat, furnished these, among other items, for an event at the British monarch's Buckingham Palace last October to launch the year-long baton relay.

Pilot: Make cell firms pay for unsolicited calls

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Telecom regulator Trai has made several attempts to curb unsolicited commercial calls, including creating a 'Do Not Call Registry' but without much success.

On quiet day, cops clear Srinagar of rubble

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Kashmir breathed easy on Thursday after hardline separatist Syed Ali Geelani's appeal to protesters the previous day to abjure violence.

You have no clue to J&K, Advani tells PM

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:05 PM PDT

A meeting between the PM and BJP leaders over the crisis in J&K took a serious turn, with L K Advani telling Manmohan Singh that he did not have much of a clue about the situation in the troubled state.
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