Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Lovers attempt suicide; girl dies, man critical

Lovers attempt suicide; girl dies, man critical

Lovers attempt suicide; girl dies, man critical

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:41 PM PDT

A 14-year-old girl and her 25-year-old boyfriend consumed poison and then jumped into a well in Rajasthan's Sikar district Monday, police said. She died while his condition is critical.

Cruel summer? You bet. Delhi power prices shoot up

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:48 PM PDT

Trying to beat the heat in the city just got tougher, not just because there's no sign of the rain. As the capital swelters with the maximum temperature hitting 43 degrees regularly, power prices ha...

Srinagar on the edge after mysterious fire destroys holy shrine

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar today after its revered Sufi shrine of Dastageer Sahib was burnt in a mysterious fire. Curfew was imposed in most parts of the city to pr...

Pranab Mukherjee to meet Andhra Legislative Assembly Congress members on July 1

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:12 AM PDT

UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will have a meeting with the Congress members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad on July1, party sources said.

Complaint filed against Tamil bi-weekly for defaming Jayalalithaa

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:45 AM PDT

The Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday filed a complaint in the Principal Sessions Court in Chennai against a Tamil bi-weekly for publishing a news item allegedly defaming Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. ...

Gujarat worse than days of emergency: Modi rival Keshubhai

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:36 AM PDT

In a fresh salvo at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, veteran BJP leader Keshubhai Patel today said the situation in the state has become "worse" than the Emergency era.

Maharashtra minister denies links with Abu Jundal

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:27 AM PDT

A senior Maharashtra minister today denied any links with the arrested LeT handler of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, Abu Hamza, and said she is ready to face any probe. NCP leader and Minister of Stat...

Four arrested for child trafficking, eight minor girls rescued

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Four people, including a woman, were arrested in Delhi for child trafficking and eight minor girls were rescued, police said on Tuesday. "The accused were involved in trafficking minor girls from Assa...

26/11 had been planned originally for 2006, reveals Abu Hamza

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:21 AM PDT

The terrorist, Abu Hamza, deported from Saudi Arabia to Delhi earlier this month, has revealed that the attacks unleashed upon Mumbai in 2008 were planned two years before that.

Hot Tuesday in Delhi, no relief in sight

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT

Delhi sweated again on Tuesday although the maximum temperature dipped a bit, but it was still three notches above normal at 40.6 degrees Celsius. Wednesday is expected to be the same.

NRHM scam: Judicial custody of Kushwaha, eight others extended

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:13 AM PDT

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday further remanded former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and eight others to judicial custody till July 5 in the...

Guwahati lake filled with money lures divers, one dies

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:53 AM PDT

A youth's body was on Tuesday fished out from a wetland here in which scores of people entered to collect Indian currency notes that were found floating on the water. The youth, in his early 20s, had ...

Bihar to bring Information Technology to madrassas

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:36 AM PDT

The Bihar government plans soon to bring Information Technology (IT) to the state's madrassas for modern education, Minority Welfare Minister Shahid Ali Khan has said. "It'll help madrassa students to...

Delhi Jeweller gets one year in jail for bounced cheque

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:15 AM PDT

A Delhi court has sentenced a jeweller to one year in jail in a cheque bounce case saying that convicts in such cases cannot be shown mercy as the offence is on "rise in the society". The court also ...

Law Minister gets clean chit, withdraws resignation

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:56 AM PDT

Karnataka Law Minister S Suresh Kumar on Tuesday decided to withdraw his resignation after the Advocate General exonerated him of the charge that he had violated rules in securing allotment of a resid...

British travel advisory on theft, drugs in Goa

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:41 AM PDT

A British travel advisory has identified the Goan beach villages of Calangute and Candolim as hubs of theft and bag-snatching gangs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advisory, updated on June 13, h...

Nagpur University admits paper leakage, 2,965 students to reappear for exam

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:27 AM PDT

After repeated denial for over two months, the Nagpur University has finally acknowledged that the Business Law paper of B.Com (Computer Application) examination conducted on April 21 was leaked.

Tamil Nadu govt allocates Rs 10 crore to upgrade dental hospital

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:13 AM PDT

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced Rs 1.25 crore to purchase 149 dental chairs for the Government Dental Hospital in Chennai. The move is a part of the state government's effo...

I'm being framed, says Bhojpuri starlet

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:43 AM PDT

Absconding Bhojpuri actor Tulip Singh alias Poonam Singh has stated that a jeweller, in connivance with a powerful businessman, has registered a false case against her and her partner in Gujarat. In a...

Dhoble raids continue, this time at massage parlour

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:32 AM PDT

On a tip-off, a team of Social Service branch officials, led by ACP Vasant Dhoble raided a massage parlour in suburban Powai for allegedly operating a flesh trade racket and 'rescued' seven girls who ...

Three crushed to death in Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:32 AM PDT

Three youths travelling on a motorbike were crushed to death by a truck near Sindhi colony in Bhopal last night, police said today.

Seniors arrested for gambling were just playing bridge

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:17 AM PDT

Seventeen senior citizens who were arrested by the police last year for playing card games - Rummy and Bridge - at a suburban Gymkhana got a major relief from the Bombay High Court yesterday. It award...

Delhi University admissions: Your questions answered

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:00 AM PDT

The first cut-off list of the Delhi University for admissions to various under-graduate courses is out. And even though there is no 100 per cent cut-off this time like last year, the cut off percentag...

Judge says verdict could affect marriage prospects of convict's daughter

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:54 AM PDT

A 54-year-old business man held guilty of stealing electricity has been sentenced by a Delhi court to day-long detention in the courtroom after he cleared his punitive power bill worth Rs 4.02 lakh to...

Kashmir tense, a day after fire destroyed Dastgeer Sahib Sufi shrine

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT

Life across Kashmir has been disrupted today due to a strike called by separatists over gutting of the over 300-year-old Dastageer Sahib sufi shrine in Khanyar area of Srinagar. Schools, colleges, ...
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