Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Smoother ride for Mumbai commuters today after chaos on Mumbai's Central Railway line

Smoother ride for Mumbai commuters today after chaos on Mumbai's Central Railway line

Smoother ride for Mumbai commuters today after chaos on Mumbai's Central Railway line

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:20 PM PDT

After facing a harrowing time on Wednesday, commuters in Mumbai can expect a relatively smoother ride today. While trains are still running late, yesterday's visible chaos that was caused by the sudde...

12 including three minors arrested for beating college student to death

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:58 PM PDT

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

Bollywood actress' headless body found in Allahabad septic tank

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:52 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.

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...

Noida sealing drive on

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:03 AM PDT

A team of Noida Authority on Wednesday went to Sector 30 for sealing drive and found some premises were already closed by houseowners while others told the team that they have given the premises on re...

Eight-year-old beaten by employers, rescued in Delhi

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:46 AM PDT

In yet another incident of a minor girl being beaten up by her employers, an eight-year-old girl was rescued today from a family in Munirka in South Delhi. The girl from Bihar hired a month ago to ...

Court orders serving summons to Facebook through e-mail

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:39 AM PDT

A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered serving of summons to US-based social networking site Facebook through e-mail to respond to a suit which seeks action against it for allegedly hosting objectionable ...

Man held for posing as minister's son to watch IPL match

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:42 AM PDT

A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly posing as the son of Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok and availing VIP passes to watch an IPL match at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Umesh approached the sp...

In Gurgaon, four-day-old left to die in a garbage bin

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Another horror story of a baby girl being left to die. This time from Gurgaon in suburban Delhi. A four-day-old girl wrapped inside a polythene bag was found abandoned in a garbage dump in the Udyog V...

Girl commits suicide after failing entrance test

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Depressed after failing to qualify for a professional course, a 20-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house in Vijaynagar, police said. Indubala Verma had appeared for...

Mumbai cop accused of rape suspended; files for anticipatory bail

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:41 AM PDT

A day after an FIR was registered against him for allegedly raping a middle-aged housewife; the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Anil Mahabole today approached the session's court seeking antici...

Mau hostage drama: 4 killed in gun battle

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:28 AM PDT

A fierce gun battle is underway between the police and local criminals in the Chiraiyakot area of Uttar Pradesh's Mau district. The police have cornered the criminals inside a house. Five people have ...

Notorious Mumbai criminal held in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:26 AM PDT

A member of the notorious Ravi Pujari gang from Mumbai was arrested in a joint operation by special task forces of Uttar Pradesh and the Maharashtra police in Jaunpur district. On a tip-off, the Mumba...

Rocket shells seized from farmer's house

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:22 AM PDT

Police has recovered 20 rocket shells, including eight live ones, from a farmer's house at Salarpur in the district, officials said today.The farmer purportedly found the shells from the premises of a...

State govt plans to hold Chennai Open Super Series Badminton

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Inspired by the success of tennis and squash tournaments in the city, a Chennai Open Super Series Badminton event will also be conducted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sports Minister NR Sivapathi told the st...

A Rs 100 crore dairy coming up in Bihar

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:10 AM PDT

Union Finance Minister would lay the foundation stone of the dairy during his visit to the state some time next month, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said while inaugurating the 29th foundation day of th...

17.50 kg gold, Rs 6 lakh stolen from Manappuram office

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:55 AM PDT

At least 17.50 kg of gold and Rs 6.34 lakh in cash was stolen from the office of Manappuram Finance Limited, located in central Pune, police said. The incident took place in Bhavani Peth on Tuesday, p...

DMK stages walkout in Tamil Nadu assembly

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Opposition DMK today staged walkout twice from the Tamil Nadu Assembly over different issues. Initially, the party was locked in a war of words with arch rival AIADMK after PWD Minister K V Ramalin...

Train services on Mumbai's Central Railway line hit by fire; delays likely to continue

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:10 AM PDT

Mumbaikars are bracing for an evening on crowded local trains as just 70 percent of the train services are available after a fire last night at the Kurla and Vidyavihar signalling cabins damaged som...

Dabbawallas want two reserved compartments on Western Railways

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Like almost all other sections of the city's population, the politics and paucity of space has also started afflicting the functioning of the unfailing army of city dabbawalas, who satisfy the hunger ...

Mystery politician helped bookies fix cricket matches

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:39 AM PDT

A shocking revelation made by the accused Vijay Palande in the sensational Karan Kakkad murder case points to a mystery politician, who was liaising with the two in a match-fixing racket. According to...

Samajwadi Party activists injured in clash

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:24 AM PDT

Two factions of the Samajwadi Party (SP) clashed with each other in Shamli town in Prabhudhnagar district, leaving several injured, police said. The incident took place when party members met on Tuesd...

RTI activists say politicians using RTI queries to spy on them

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:11 AM PDT

Politicians are not known to be fans of the Right to Information Act, but now they seem to have discovered that they can use the same law to obtain details on RTI activists' work, allegedly in order t...

Oommen Chandy, Ramesh Chennithala patch up ahead of crucial bypoll

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:59 AM PDT

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday put up a show of unity amid reports that the recent cabinet expansion had created a major rift between the ...

Worker rescued 55 hours after Jalandhar factory collapse

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:47 AM PDT

A teenage boy was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed blanket factory on Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the four-storey building had been flattened, police said. Many more people could still...
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