Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Inmates, prison authorities clash in Meerut jail

Inmates, prison authorities clash in Meerut jail


Inmates, prison authorities clash in Meerut jail

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:19 PM PDT

Violent clashes broke out today in a Meerut prison between inmates of the district jail and the security guards. Gunfire shots from inside the jail were heard. Thick smoke was also seen coming out of ...


Cheating, fraud cases against Nirmal Baba in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:07 PM PDT

Three cases have been filed against controversial godman, Nirmaljeet Singh Narula in Uttar Pradesh for alleged fraud and cheating, police said on Tuesday. A case was filed against Baba and his wife in...

Jalandhar building collapse: One person rescued from debris after 48 hours

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 08:42 PM PDT

Nearly 48 hours after a factory building collapsed in Jalandhar, one person has been pulled out alive from under the debris.


Local train services in Mumbai hit by midnight fire

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 08:25 PM PDT

Local train services were affected in Mumbai today after a fire broke out at midnight at the Kurla and Vidyavihar signalling cabins. The fire was brought under control by fire brigade after half hour;...


Student brings gun to kill teacher, detained

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:32 PM PDT

A high school student in West Bengal's Murshidabad district was caught with a gun and bullets which he had allegedly brought to kill the principal who had earlier scolded him.


Woman killed in Punjab for bearing daughters

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:28 PM PDT

A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab's Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given birth to three daughters, police said.


Drunk men attempt to rape 8-year-old girl

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:22 PM PDT

Two youths, allegedly in an inebriated condition, tried to rape an eight-year-old rag picker who was collecting empty bottles outside a liquor shop, police said.


Adarsh case: Land does not belong to defence, says interim report

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:10 PM PDT

In a huge relief to the Maharashtra government, the judicial commission of inquiry looking into the Adarsh housing scam has held that the land on which Adarsh Housing Society stands belongs to the gov...


Woman killed, body chopped in Bihar

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 12:31 PM PDT

A differently abled woman was killed and her chopped body parts were dumped near railway tracks in three different districts in Bihar, police said on Tuesday. Her father alleged she was killed for dow...


Top leaders to attend BJP state meet

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Top BJP leaders including Nitin Gadkari, L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley would attend the party's two-day state conference at Madurai on April 28 which would discuss Tamil Nadu specific and...


Fire at Lucknow's Coffee House

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 11:17 AM PDT

A major blaze broke out in the legendary Coffee House here on Tuesday evening, but was doused without the establishment suffering any major damage, police said. No casualties were reported.


Lok Satta Party announces two more candidates for assembly by-polls

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT

The Lok Satta Party on Tuesday announced that Siddaiah Naidu, a former defence employee, will contest the by-election to the Assembly from Tirupati and Kondeti Kondaiah from Anantapur.


Girl sets herself ablaze after rape attempt, dies

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:19 AM PDT

A teenage girl, who set herself ablaze after a youth allegedly tried to outrage her modesty earlier this month, today died at a government hospital here, police said.


Man attacks daughters: One dead, two battling for life

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:07 AM PDT

A 30-year-old man allegedly tried to kill his three minor daughters by hanging them from a ceiling fan and later thrashing them with a stick, leading to the death of one, following a quarrel with his ...


MCD election results: Delhi votes BJP back to power

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:33 AM PDT

The BJP has retained control over Delhi's municipality - it has won all the three new civic bodies carved out of the Municipal Corporation Of Delhi (MCD). Overall, the BJP has won 138 of the 272 wards...


Meghalaya government orders probe into dead fish found in river

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:30 AM PDT

The Meghalaya Government has ordered a probe into the incident of several thousand fish being found dead in a river near the Indo-Bangladesh border in the remote West Khasi Hills district last weekend...


Three leopard cubs found near railway yard

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Three leopard cubs have been recovered today from the Broad Guage (BG) railway yard in Noonmati area of the city here, police said.

Assam cop is longest barefoot runner in world

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 06:57 AM PDT

A 22-year-old Assam Police constable officially entered the Guinness World Records as the longest barefoot runner, having run 156.2 km in 24 hours. Abhijit Baruah, who hails from Jorhat in Upper Assam...


ULFA firm on April 20 Assam shutdown

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 06:26 AM PDT

The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Tuesday reiterated its call for a state-wide shutdown on April 20 to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh t...


J&K govt to provide portable oxygen cylinders during Amarnath yatra

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:32 AM PDT

With deaths of many Amarnath pilgrims reported on way to the cave shrine due to lack of oxygen in 2011, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to provide 1000 portable oxygen cylinders during th...


Municipal corporation to give Mumbai 13 gardens this year

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:14 AM PDT

If you work or live in any of the 13 wards that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has marked to develop parks in, you will be pleased to know that within the next year the sites set aside f...


CAG report confirms leak, indicts Maharashtra ministers

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 04:47 AM PDT

Amidst much chaos, the Maharashtra government today tabled the controversial report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the state Assembly. The contents of the report, a copy of which is a...


MCD election results: BJP retains Delhi; Congress makes gains

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 04:17 AM PDT

MCD election results: BJP's Delhi veteran VK Malhotra is smiling. And there is little activity at the Delhi Congress headquarters. Therein lies the tale of trends halfway into counting of votes for th...


People have voted against 'misrule' of Congress: Gadkari

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 04:01 AM PDT

Buoyed by the results in Delhi civic polls, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today attributed the victory to good governance given by the party saying it has emerged as a strong alternative to the "corrupt...


Train runs over railway employees: 1 killed, 3 injured

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 03:37 AM PDT

One person was killed and three others were critically injured on Tuesday after a train hit them near Thakurbari in Chandrapur area on the outskirts of Guwahati, police said. The deceased and the inju...


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