Thursday, April 19, 2012

DMK minister Ramachandran to stay in jail

DMK minister Ramachandran to stay in jail


DMK minister Ramachandran to stay in jail

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:59 AM PDT

A local court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of former DMK minister KKSS Ramachandran and three others who were charged with shielding a person involved in a murder case in Virudhunagar district...


Probe against cops investigating film producer's murder

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:52 AM PDT

Amboli police officers may soon have some explaining to do. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone IX) yesterday ordered an enquiry against them to determine if they were negligent in their investiga...


Gandhi items' auction disappoints collector

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:46 AM PDT

Antony Chittattukara, a 70-year-old antique collector from this Kerala town, had expected to make over Rs 500 million from the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia. But the auction, held at Mullock...


CBI raids BEML chief's Bangalore residence

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:37 AM PDT

The CBI is today conducting searches at the Bangalore residence of BEML chief VRS Natarajan reportedly in connection alleged irregularities in hiring of a consultancy firm. Just two days ago, Mr Natar...


SS Ahluwlia is BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate from Jharkhand

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:36 AM PDT

Setting aside internal differences, BJP today declared S S Ahluwalia - their outgoing Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha - as the party candidate from Jharkhand for the biennial elections to the Upper House...

Chandrababu Naidu hails test firing of Agni V

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:11 AM PDT

Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu hailed the successful maiden test flight of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V today.He congratulated scientists and officials involved ...


CST deserted at 10 am on a weekday!

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:49 AM PDT

Following the signal failure at Kurla-Vidyavihar stations due to a blaze, the metropolis's lifeline to the island city was callously sliced, as locals were running late by hours. Mumbaikars failed to ...


Mumbai limps on second day after Central Railway fire

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:37 AM PDT

Mumbai continued to limp for the second day Thursday as Central Railway (CR) suburban train services remained disrupted, impacting commuters and students. Work on a fire-ravaged signal network has bee...


Central Railway services hit: Passengers wait for trains, and information

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:25 AM PDT

If you stepped into a Central Railway station yesterday, you saw an uneasy crowd, enormous in number and short of temper, waiting at the platforms. The LED displays showing train arrivals were frozen ...


70 kg of sea cucumber seized

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT

In the second such seizure within a week, 70 kg of sea cucumber, an endangered marine species, was recovered on Thursday, forest officials said. Forest officials on routine duty at Devipattinam spotte...


Naxals kill jawan in Gadchiroli

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:37 AM PDT

A State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) jawan was today allegedly shot dead by Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said. RR Pande (50) of the SRPF group IV, Nagpur, was escorting an ailing...


Odisha MLA abduction: Court notices to Centre, state on Maoists' release

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:22 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre and the Odisha government on a petition seeking to restrain the release of jailed Maoists in exchange for captive Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Jina...

Fine for running illegal hookah parlours to be increased

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:15 AM PDT

Maharashtra government has proposed a stringent fine against illegal hookah parlours. "We have proposed to make the offence cognisable, and hike the fine from the present Rs 1,200 to Rs 25,000," Home ...


12 including three minors arrested for beating college student to death

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:02 AM PDT

In a brutal case of vigilante justice, 12 people including three minors, have been arrested for beating a college student to death. Junior college student, Ansh Agarwal was bludgeoned to death in Mumb...


'Give and take' necessary to solve Indo-China border dispute, says former Army Chief JJ Singh

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:39 PM PDT

In what has the makings of a controversy, former Army Chief and the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, General JJ Singh, has said that India should do away with its non-negotiable stand on the border disp...


VFS Global opens new visa application centre in Bangalore

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:29 PM PDT

VFS Global, a global outsourcing and technology services specialist, on Wednesday opened its new Schengen Visa Application Centre in Bangalore, which would process visa applications for 16 European co...


Agni V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:25 PM PDT

Agni V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired: Agni V, the country's first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), has been successfully test-fired. The missile was launched from the Integra...


Prime Minister hails test firing of Agni V

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:11 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hailed the test firing of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Agni V saying that this represented another milestone in India's quest to add to the credibility of it...


Bollywood actress' headless body found in Allahabad septic tank

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:10 PM PDT

A team of Mumbai police aided by Allahabad cops traced the headless torso of Meenakshi Thapa, a budding Bollywood actress who was abducted on March 30, to a septic tank here, police said on Wednesday.


What Agni V launch means for India

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:04 PM PDT

Agni V launch: Now that the initial euphoria of the successful launch of India's longest range missile (call it IRBM, ICBM, doesn't matter) Agni V is over, congratulatory messages from Prime Minister ...

Agni V test launch: It's a major milestone, says AK Antony

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:48 PM PDT

The Agni V test launch has been described by Defence Minister AK Antony today as an "immaculate success" and a "major milestone". The about 5,000 km range Agni V was launched from a test range at Whee...


Agni-V, India's first ICBM, successfully test-fired

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:03 PM PDT

Agni-V test-fired from Odisha: Agni-V, India's first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), has been test-fired from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. The test launch was originally scheduled ...


ICBM Agni-V's launch put off till Thursday due to bad weather

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 12:18 PM PDT

The high-profile launch of India's first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Agni-V, was postponed on Wednesday due to bad weather. Sources say the missile will now be launched on Thursday mor...


Mumbai rail services to be affected for next three days

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 12:06 PM PDT

It wasn't a regular Wednesday for at least 40 lakh commuters of the suburban Central Railways in Mumbai. A fire, late Tuesday night at the Kurla and Vidyavihar signalling cabins damaged some equipment...


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