Friday, March 2, 2012

Bike-borne assailants rob elderly couple

Bike-borne assailants rob elderly couple

Bike-borne assailants rob elderly couple

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:01 PM PST

An elderly couple travelling in a car were robbed of cash and jewellery by two motorcycle-borne men armed with firearms in east Delhi, police said on Friday.

Man commits suicide by jumping before Metro train

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:57 PM PST

A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping before an oncoming Metro train at the Chandni Chowk station, police said on Friday.

Rajasthan police arrest paraplegic woman they allegedly tortured earlier

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:11 PM PST

In a case that has sent shockwaves through Rajasthan and made national headlines, police in Jaipur have arrested a paraplegic woman. The 22-year-old girl is charged with abetting the abduction and sex...

Andhra speaker disqualifies 16 Jagan loyalists

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:46 AM PST

Ending the long suspense, the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker on Friday disqualified 16 rebel lawmakers belonging to the ruling Congress party who were loyal to Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

Baby Falak taken out from ICU, shifted to children's ward at AIIMS

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PST

Two-year-old Falak, who was brought to hospital in a battered state, was today shifted from an ICU to the children's ward after doctors at AIIMS found her medical condition stable. Doctors at the AII...

Bangalore lawyers attack reporters with stones, iron chairs

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:55 AM PST

For about 60 minutes this morning, media crews outside a Bangalore court tried to duck stones, helmets, iron chairs all being flung at them by a group of nearly 500 lawyers. The riot lasted for an hou...

Shooting of Osama film disrupted by VHP activists

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:22 AM PST

The shooting of Kathryn Bigelow's film on Osama bin Laden here to depict killing of the al Qaeda leader in Abbottabad was stalled today by VHP activists who objected to hoisting of Pakistani flags.

Soldier on tank dies in Chennai after driver crashes into wall

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 05:41 AM PST

In a freak accident, a soldier perched over a T-90 battle tank was killed when its driver lost control and dashed against a concrete structure in Chennai today.

Man's hands chopped off for Rs 300 debt

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:34 AM PST

A senior police officer has been asked to probe the complaint filed by a daily wager Ram Sagar Chandravanshi that his hands were chopped off by some persons after he failed to repay them the money he ...

Human head found in bag near Assam temple

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:19 AM PST

The discovery of a man's severed head on a road leading to the ancient Kamakhya temple created quite a sensation in this Assam's major city on Friday, and police said it could be a case of human sacri...

Man gets death sentence for rape and murder of schoolgirl

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:56 AM PST

A local court awarded death sentence to a man convicted of rape and murder of a school girl in Burdwan district on Thursday. Additional Sessions judge Somnath Bandyopadhyay ordered capital punishment ...

Mamata's nephew who slapped traffic cop granted bail

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:49 AM PST

A Kolkata court has granted bail to Mamata Banerjee's nephew Akash and three other persons, who were arrested for slapping a traffic policeman, after signing a bond of Rs 1000. The court has asked the...

80-year-old woman flier abandoned in wheelchair for 2 hours

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:06 AM PST

For the last two months, an 80-year-old woman has been waiting for a reply to one seemingly simple question: why did an attendant -- who had been appointed for the express purpose of wheeling her out ...

Golden crown worth Rs 2 lakh stolen from temple

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:05 AM PST

A well-dressed man believed to be in his thirties allegedly stole a golden crown worth Rs 2 lakh from an idol in the Godiji Parshwanath Temple in Guruwar Peth around 8 pm on Wednesday. The temple offi...

Vidya Balan saved from falling on train tracks

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:32 PM PST

Vidya Balan almost fell on the tracks while shooting for her upcoming release, Kahaani at a Kolkata metro station. Fortunately, the Director Sujoy Ghosh came to her rescue and saved her from falling o...

Three years later, father to get young daughter's remains

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:21 PM PST

In December last year, Upendra Rai, whose 3-yr-old daughter's skeleton was found buried at a construction site in 2009, had spoken to MiD DAY of the agony of having to wait two years just to be able t...

China's 'Occupy men's toilet' drive inspires Pune women

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:19 PM PST

The 'Occupy Men's Toilet' campaign started by women in China to protest against the lack of sanitation facilities for them is beginning to grip the imagination of women in the city. Activists, working...

Anti-narcotic cops held with 1,500 kg of charas

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:43 PM PST

Two constables attached to the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police have been arrested by officers from the same department for selling drugs seized in various cases yesterday. Cops recovere...

Here's why you can never get tatkal tickets

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:38 PM PST

If you were wondering why it is so difficult to get tatkal tickets, recent arrests by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may help you get the answers. The CBI has busted a multi-crore railway t...
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