Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Man commits suicide in police station

Man commits suicide in police station

Man commits suicide in police station

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A 30-year-old man allegedly committed suicide inside a police station where he had gone to file a complaint against his wife and her alleged paramour, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Vijay Vihar Police Station in outer Delhi last night, a senior police official said. The deceased has been identified as Vivek.

CWG foot over-bridge collapse: Probe panel blames PWD, contractor

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A Delhi government-appointed committee, which probed the collapse of a foot over-bridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium days before the Commonwealth Games, has blamed the faulty construction methodology adopted by the private contractor and held the Public Works Department (PWD) responsible for supervisory failure.

The school that Obama will visit

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Thirteen-year-old Mamata Chauhan has no particular claim to fame. Yet. On Sunday, she and 19 other students of Holy Name High School will meet US President Barack Obama. Though these 20-odd students are happy, others are jealous.

Flyover collapses in Mumbai, no casualties

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Part of a flyover has collapsed at Lalbaug in Central Mumbai. Two cars have been damaged. No casualties have been reported yet. An old flyover was being demolished to allow the construction of a new one.

First a fake service call, then a robbery

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Customers of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in Kharghar need to be more alert, officials say. One of the MTNL customers in the node reportedly was at the receiving end when his wife got a fake call enquiring details of the family and was later allegedly robbed by a pesky caller recently. Confirming the same, a senior MTNL official said that the victim's husband had approached her requesting to cut his landline service. "The customer was in a shock and requested us to disconnect services to him temporarily after his wife received a call asking for information about the household. The caller later reached to the customer's residence and faked his wife that he had met an accident and demanded Rs 15,000 cash for medication," the officer said.

Gateway jetty to be shut during Obama's visit

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No ferry boats will be sailing off the Gateway of India for three days: November 5, 6 and 7. Given the vulnerability of the coastline, security agencies are taking all possible measures during the Obama visit.

Hotel staff held for beating waiter

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APMC Police have arrested three former workers of hotel Shikara for allegedly assaulting one Mahipalsingh Narendrasingh Bhandari (25), a waiter at the hotel. The accused have been identified as Rajendrasingh Mangalsingh Karki (21), Rajansingh Jeetahsingh Karki (21) and Prithvisingh Sundersingh Karki (20), police said.

Woman lawyer jailed for attacking another woman

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The metropolitan magistrate court sentenced a woman lawyer to 14 months imprisonment for attacking another woman. The lawyer was also fined Rs1400. According to the prosecution, advocate Jyoti Maniar had assaulted one Asha Doshi on October 31, 2004 at Nehrunagar crossroads where she had gone for Diwali shopping.

State govt to develop 16 beaches

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After promoting Gujarat tourism by roping in Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador, the state government has now revised its plans to develop beaches of the state to cater to the tourists visiting Gujarat.

Master blaster meets old buddy in city

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After a day at the nets practicing for the forthcoming Test match in the city against the Kiwis, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar found time to meet his old buddy, Dalbir Singh Gill. He was delighted to see Gill back on his feet and walking without crutches.

Cops bust fake credit card scam

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The Versova police on Sunday arrested a young Borivli-based couple who had taken to financing their lavish life style by running a credit card scam syndicate with the help of their Nigerian accomplices.

Corporation website will tell you if your favourite restaurant is legal

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Now, it is easy to find out if the hotel where you had gone for lunch or dinner is authorised or not. Not just that; you can even find out if the hotel has the right permissions, courtesy: the BMC's new software that it has installed in its website.

City hotels line up cuisines named after Obama

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It's not new to the gastronomic world, naming a dish after a celebrity. After all, a few years ago when former UK Prime Minister John Major came to aamchi Mumbai, a five-star hotel named a dish after him. Executive chef Hemant Oberoi recalls having once created a 'John Major Lamb Curry'. And the US President and his wife's visit around the corner (Nov 6) is stimulating other restaurants to follow suit.

Road rage incidents on an upswing in the city

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With increasing road traffic and lack of traffic sense among the drivers, road rage incidents have become quite common on the city roads. However, since most of these street fights are not registered, it's difficult to judge whether there is an increase in such incidents.

Want to register vehicle? Pay via internet

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Soon, you can stop worrying about bribing RTO officials to get your new vehicles registered. By early March next year, the transport department expects to fully implement its e-payment scheme in all 45 RTOs across the state.

Flights hit as runway closes for repairs

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Beginning Monday, main runway 09-27 of Mumbai airport will be closed for repairs for eight hours. There will be minor flight delays averaging around 30 minutes. Thankfully, passengers won't be inconvenienced as the secondary runway 14-32 is fully functional for operations.

Maid held for robbing employer on her first day at work

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A 22-year-old maid servant, who was arrested on Sunday for allegedly robbing her employer of cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 1.8 lakh, was remanded in judicial custody for 15 days by the holiday court on Monday. Sheetal Patil alias Swati alias Sandhya allegedly robbed from the flat of a Shivaji Park businessman on Saturday to fund her new house, which she wanted constructed at her native place in Chiplun, Ratnagiri.

Court to babus: Watch Khosla ka Ghosla

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In an interesting order, a local court has suggested a special screening of Hindi movie 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' for the urban development and housing (UDH) and police officials to sensitise them about the plight of people who suffer at the hands of land mafia in property-related matters.

US President to be briefed on how IT helped Kanpura

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The US president may not be touching down the desert state during his three-day visit to India, but he is set to taste the tech-cookie from Kanpura.

Teen rapes 3 year old, flees

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A state-wide alert has been issued in Sikkim for a 16-year old who is on the run after having allegedly raped a three and a half year old girl at Karek village in South Sikkim here.

Chennai: Kidnapped boy rescued

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Just a day after two siblings were kidnapped and murdered in Coimbatore, a class nine student of a private school, who was kidnapped in Chennai on Monday for a ransom of Rs 3 crore has been rescued.

At six, she is yoga trainer to grownups

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She is barely six years old but calls the shots at a class full of sadhus, housewives and other grownups. Meet Shruti Pandey, a yoga trainer at an ashram in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district.

Why this police station is hosting an elephant

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At a police station in Ghaziabad, there is, literally, an elephant in the room.

Lucknow girl attacked, three fingers cut off

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A 17-year-old girl was attacked and her three fingers chopped off by four youths in Itaunja area, police said here today.

Mumbai gunman wanted to take on Raj Thackeray, claims father

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Two years after 25-year-old Rahul Raj was shot dead in a BEST bus at Andheri, his father Kundan Raj Prasad is a furious man seeking to quash all rumours surrounding his son's death.

Razor attack on Mumbai teen at Kurla station

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A 19-year-old girl was attacked last night near Kurla (E) station in Mumbai with a razor resulting in major cuts all over her body. The girl's mother Naseem Bano alleges that the alleged attacker Sayyed Ali was sent by Kamaluddin Malik (50), who had promised to marry her daughter.
Posted by Harshad at 9:11 PM

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