Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Orissa: 1 killed, 4 injured as goods trains collide in Keonjhar

Orissa: 1 killed, 4 injured as goods trains collide in Keonjhar

Orissa: 1 killed, 4 injured as goods trains collide in Keonjhar

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:19 AM PDT

At least one person was killed and four others were injured as two goods trains collided in Keonjhar in Orissa on Wednesday morning.

Messi arrives in Kolkata

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:52 AM PDT

Over two thousand delirious soccer lovers gave sleep the miss as they danced, cried and shouted slogans eulogising football magician Lionel Messi, who arrived in Kolkata early Wednesday amid stringent security for Friday's first ever FIFA official international friendly in the Indian sub-continent featuring Argentina and Venezuela.

Suspect dies while in custody

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:44 AM PDT

A 33-year-old suspect, taken into custody in connection with the abduction of an industrialist, died after he reportedly suffered an epileptic attack in an all-women police station.

2 held for selling 'Messi match' tickets in black

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:26 AM PDT

Ahead of the high-voltage football match featuring Argentine star Lionel Messi at Yuvabharati Krirangan in Kolkata, two persons were arrested on Tuesday on the charge of selling tickets of the match at a premium.

Yeddyurappa takes a brief break with Hrithik

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT

After his first date with the courts following his indictment in the illegal mining report, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa even managed to watch Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara yesterday evening. He, however, left the movie theatre halfway through the movie, apparently unsettled by the growing media presence. He appeared before the Lokayukta special court in one among the five cases filed by lawyers Sirajin Basha and K N Balaraj, after the High Court rejected one anticipatory bail application yesterday.

BJP leader's sister given 70 sleeping pills by daughter-in-law

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:20 PM PDT

The sister of senior Delhi BJP leader, Harsh Vardhan, was administered around 70 sleeping pills and dumped in a heavily drugged state outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) mortuary by her daughter-in-law, police said on Tuesday.

Thane blasts convicts get 10 years in jail

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT

A Mumbai court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the 2008 Thane and Vashi bomb blasts. The duo Ramesh Gadkari and Vikram Bhave were also slapped with a fine of Rs 11,000 each for their role in the blasts in two theatres and a cinema hall in Thane, Vashi and Panvel in mid-2008.

AI flight makes emergency landing in Thiruvananthapuram

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:03 AM PDT

An Air India plane with 123 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at the airport here today after a minor defect was detected in its hydraulic system.

Delhi man fined for maligning girlfriend on Orkut

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:32 AM PDT

The Delhi High Court on Monday slapped a fine of Rs.20,000 on a youth who gave out his former girlfriend's mobile number on a social networking site Orkut, projecting her as a callgirl, in 2008.

Bodies of two children found hidden under neighbour's bed

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Two brothers were allegedly murdered at their residence in north-west Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Monday afternoon. The bodies of Sooraj Gupta, 7, and Gopal Gupta, 5, were found hidden under a bed inside the room of 24-year-old Ashok Gupta in the house in Jahangirpuri. The chief suspect, is absconding.

Mumbai pilot arrested at airport for abusing wife

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:04 AM PDT

A pilot on the payroll of a private airline company was arrested while on duty at the Santacruz airport on Monday, on charges of dowry harassment and robbery. His wife had registered a case against him at the Borivli police station.

Missing govt employee found hanging from tree

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:55 AM PDT

A missing Uttar Pradesh government employee was found hanging from a tree in Khurramnagar area here, police said on Tuesday.

At Ramlila Maidan, now alcohol drunk near Anna's bed

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:54 AM PDT

Ramlia Maidan has undergone a sea change. The fervour is missing, so is the spirit. Well maybe not the latter, but it is a huge transformation nevertheless. A day after Anna Hazare concluded his hunger strike on the lokpal issue, MiD DAY found a group of men consuming liquor on the same bed at Ramlila Maidan which Anna was using for resting purposes.
Posted by Harshad at 9:03 PM

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