Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Delhi, Mumbai shiver on coldest February day in years

Delhi, Mumbai shiver on coldest February day in years


Delhi, Mumbai shiver on coldest February day in years

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:15 PM PST

Delhi and Mumbai woke up to coldest February morning in years. The minimum temperature recorded in Delhi was 4 degree Celsius today, the coldest in five years. This is four degrees below normal. Mu...


AMRI case: Signature campaign wants accused to be tried for murder

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:07 PM PST

Two months ago, at around exactly this time, thick smoke had engulfed the Amri hospital in Kolkata; smoke that at the end of the day had killed 92 people and left their families bereaved and the entir...


Traffic cop gets two years for illegally detaining a woman

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:48 PM PST

A Delhi court has awarded two years' rigorous imprisonment to a traffic police constable for assaulting and illegally detaining a woman, observing that everyday newspapers publish reports about men in...


Minor dies after being thrashed by teacher

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:46 PM PST

A Class III student of a private school died on Wednesday after allegedly being thrashed by a teacher in the Jahangirabad area of the district.


Women 'proxy power' in Mumbai civic polls

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:32 PM PST

For the first time, all the six civic wards in Mumbai's Vile Parle area have been reserved for women. This is the result of 50 per cent seats of the Mumbai Municipality being reserved for women candid...


Teenager chops off tongue to appease Goddess

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST

A 17-year-old boy chopped off his tongue at Goddess Chawenda Devi temple, 30 kilometers outside Amritsar, to appease the deity. Baljit Singh was rushed to nearby hospital where his tongue was stitched...


Andhra Pradesh minister accused of taking bribe from liquor lobby

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:55 AM PST

It's a major hiccup for the Andhra Pradesh government. A report prepared by the state's Anti-Corruption Board allegedly includes a minister, M Venkataramana, among politicians who accepted bribes fro...


Caught on cellphone: Policeman forces constable to do somersaults as penalty

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:15 AM PST

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Police to explain why a junior police officer was made to crawl on the ground and perform a series of somersaults by his senior. The court described the incide...


Alert ATC official averts disaster at Mumbai airport

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:13 AM PST

A disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport by an alert Air Traffic Controller (ATC). At about 1pm on Wednesday afternoon, Jet airways flight 9W 2403 from Mumbai to Goa was about to take off when an ...


Unable to pay bills, Andhra widow seeks euthanasia for paralysed son

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 03:46 AM PST

Poverty, desperation and lack of response by the government have forced a widow from Andhra Pradesh to seek euthanasia for her mentally disabled son. K Lakshmamma, the mother of an engineering student...


Mumbai top cops in un-Holi mess

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday demanded an explanation from IPS officers Amitabh Gupta and Bipin Kumar Singh after a Criminal Writ Petition admitted by the Court alleged that the men were attempting...


Cop suspended after five illegal miners killed

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 11:23 PM PST

A police officer has been suspended following the death of five women involved in illegal coal mining, an official said on Wednesday. According to police, the officer in charge of Chandrapura police s...

Paid Rs 40,000 to throw acid on girl

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:25 PM PST

With two more arrests, Mumbai Crime Branch claims to have cracked the recent acid attack case in which a 22-year-old woman was injured at Goregaon station. Police had earlier nabbed Nasir Shaikh alia...


In Karnataka, alleged rave party is political controversy

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:39 PM PST

The BJP government in Karnataka came under fire from opposition Congress members today as they sought action against officials who allowed holding of an "island festival" at St Mary's Island off the d...


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