High speed crash injures 9 in Mumbai

High speed crash injures 9 in Mumbai
Akhilesh's austerity drive: 32 cars dropped from his fleet
Election Commission recommends countermanding Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls
Case registered against doctor-couple who locked up teen
Bibi Jagir Kaur jailed for role in daughter's kidnapping; murder charges dropped
Ingram, Kallis and rain combine to defeat India
Modi government indicted for 'undue favours' to corporates
Hacker group might target internet today: Interpol Chief
US court sentences Ghulam Nabi Fai to 2 years in jail
British survivor of Mumbai terror attacks sues Taj Hotel
'Peepli' goes without power as film unit allegedly fails to pay up
Election Commission stops vote counting in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls
MasterCard probes possible cardholder breach
Taxis in Kolkata without meter printers not to be allowed from Sunday
CBI turns down Army Chief's request to investigate serving general
Karnataka Porngate report: 1 MLA guilty; ban high-tech cellphones inside Assembly
Physically challenged boy invents a game of chess for 6 people
Army Chief blames 'rogue elements' for trying to cause 'schism' with govt
On the run, Osama bin Laden had four children and five houses, a wife says
Court refuses to discharge employee who served pizza containing housefly
Tatra trucks for Army: CBI registers case of cheating
Tatra trucks for Army: Defence Minister was alerted to violation of rules, claims report
Case registered against doctor-couple who locked up teen
NRI honeymoon murder case: Shrien Dewani gets temporary relief
Dead bodies of senior Sena Bhawan official, wife found at their residence

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:45 PM PDT

6 boy and 3 girls have been injured after a speeding car banged into an auto in Mumbai's Juhu area 3 girls are said to be critical and admitted to the Government run hospital in the area. The au...

Akhilesh's austerity drive: 32 cars dropped from his fleet

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Surprising even his officials, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has issued orders to cut down the cars in his fleet from 40 to just eight and also ordered the specialised hospital operating in his offici...

Election Commission recommends countermanding Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:37 PM PDT

In an unprecedented move, the Election Commission has written to President Pratibha Patil, recommending that the Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand be countermanded. The Election Commission in its le...

Case registered against doctor-couple who locked up teen

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Locked up for three days in a second-storey highrise in Dwarka's Sector 6 allegedly by a doctor-couple on a six-day vacation in Bangkok, the girl's cries from her balcony alerted the neighbours. They ...

Bibi Jagir Kaur jailed for role in daughter's kidnapping; murder charges dropped

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Senior Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur has been arrested and sent to jail after being held guilty of conspiracy in the mysterious death of her daughter in April 2000. However, the court dropped murder...

Ingram, Kallis and rain combine to defeat India

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:26 PM PDT

A blazing innings by India's Gautam Gambhir could not prevent a South African win in a rain-hit one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Gambhir slammed 49 not out off...

Modi government indicted for 'undue favours' to corporates

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:25 PM PDT

A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India alleged financial irregularities worth thousands of crores by the Narendra Modi government. The report has indicted the state-owned Gujar...

Hacker group might target internet today: Interpol Chief

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Interpol Chief Ronald Noble on Friday warned that a group of hackers might try to shut down internet service today. "Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut down the internet for a whole day on S...

US court sentences Ghulam Nabi Fai to 2 years in jail

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai was on Friday sentenced to two years in jail by a US court on charges of illegally working for Pakistani spy agency ISI to influence American policy on Kashmir.

British survivor of Mumbai terror attacks sues Taj Hotel

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Will Pike, a London-based survivor of the Mumbai terror attacks that left him crippled for life after falling 50 feet from his bedroom window, has sued Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace Hotel for "failing" to...

'Peepli' goes without power as film unit allegedly fails to pay up

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:58 AM PDT

The power supply to Badwai village in Raisen district where Aamir Khan's much acclaimed film 'Peepli Live' was shot, has been discontinued due to non-payment of dues of over Rs 3.5 lakh by the film un...

Election Commission stops vote counting in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:50 AM PDT

The Election Commission has suspended the counting of votes for the Rajya Sabha elections that were held in Jharkhand today. There are reports that the election could be countermanded because of alleg...

MasterCard probes possible cardholder breach

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PDT

MasterCard says it is investigating a potential security breach of its cardholders' account information. The credit card company said on Friday it has notified law enforcement agencies and issuers of ...

Taxis in Kolkata without meter printers not to be allowed from Sunday

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:54 AM PDT

The Calcutta High Court today directed that taxis in the metropolis which did not apply for digital meter printers by tomorrow, would not be allowed on the roads from Sunday.

CBI turns down Army Chief's request to investigate serving general

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:53 AM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation today said it would not probe a corruption complaint forwarded by Army chief Gen V K Singh against a serving Lieutenant General, saying an extensive investigation b...

Karnataka Porngate report: 1 MLA guilty; ban high-tech cellphones inside Assembly

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:31 AM PDT

The probe panel that was investigating the Karnataka porn scandal has tabled its report and two of the three MLAs, CC Patil and J Krishna Palemar, have not been found guilty. However, the committee, s...

Physically challenged boy invents a game of chess for 6 people

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:04 AM PDT

A nine-year-old boy in Jaipur has got the patent for a unique invention, a game of chess that six people can play together. The idea came to the Hrideshwar, a class fifth student, when he was playing ...

Army Chief blames 'rogue elements' for trying to cause 'schism' with govt

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:03 AM PDT

The Army Chief General VK Singh has blamed "rogue elements" for trying to create "a schism" between the government and the army. He has also stressed that "The army and by extension, the Chief of Army...

On the run, Osama bin Laden had four children and five houses, a wife says

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:59 AM PDT

Osama bin Laden spent nine years on the run in Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, during which time he moved among five safe houses and fathered four children, at least two of whom were born in a go...

Court refuses to discharge employee who served pizza containing housefly

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:58 AM PDT

A Delhi court has refused to discharge an employee of an international food chain who allegedly sold a 'Veggi Crunch' pizza containing a dead housefly. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna d...

Tatra trucks for Army: CBI registers case of cheating

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:44 AM PDT

The army chief's revelation that he was offered a bribe six months after he took office in 2010 has led to renewed attention to how equipment is bought for the army. The sale of 7000 trucks to the arm...

Tatra trucks for Army: Defence Minister was alerted to violation of rules, claims report

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:41 AM PDT

The CBI has begun investigating the purchase of 7000 trucks by the Indian Army in alleged violation of basic rules. Today, a newspaper reported that Defence Minister AK Antony was alerted to these pro...

Case registered against doctor-couple who locked up teen

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:20 AM PDT

A case has been registered by the Delhi police against the doctor-couple, who had locked up their 13-year-old domestic help inside the house and left for a holiday. The couple, Dr Sunita Verma and Dr ...

NRI honeymoon murder case: Shrien Dewani gets temporary relief

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:04 AM PDT

Non Resident Indian (NRI) businessman Shrien Dewani got some temporary relief as the British High Court on Friday halted, on mental health grounds, his extradition to South Africa to face trial for th...