Thursday, July 26, 2012

Man commits suicide inside police station

Man commits suicide inside police station

Man commits suicide inside police station

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:44 PM PDT

Apparently upset over the biased behaviour of police, a 48-year-old man on Thursday committed suicide by slashing himself in the neck at a local police station in Amritsar.

Patna gang-rape main accused given 5-day transit remand

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:36 PM PDT

The main accused in the infamous Patna gangrape case, Prashant Jha, was today produced before a local court which gave his five-day transit remand to Bihar police for further probe.

16 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims killed in road accident

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:26 PM PDT

16 Amarnath pilgrims have died after their vehicle fell into a gorge in Samba district near Jammu. They were returning from the pilgrimage when the incident happened early this morning. Some surviv...

9-year-old crushed to death by speeding school bus in Delhi

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

The nine-year-old student, Mohammad Sarfaraz, who lived with his parents and three siblings at rented accommodation in west Dehli's Nawada village, was crossing the road near Nawada Metro station when...

Karnataka assembly passes resolution opposing heritage tag to Western Ghats

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT

In a show of unity, members of the Karnataka Assembly cutting across party lines "unanimously" passed a resolution asking UNESCO to withdraw world heritage tag given to ten spots in Western Ghats in t...

Gadkari unveils Vajpayee's wax statue in Mumbai

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:18 AM PDT

The Maharashtra BJP marked the 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' in Mumbai on Thursday by unveiling a wax statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was the Prime Minister at the time of Kargil war.

Rape victim's father tries to immolate himself

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:12 AM PDT

A man from Aligarh on Thursday tried to immolate himself at Vijay Chowk here after he failed to get justice for his minor daughter, who was allegedly raped by an influential person of his locality fou...

Noida flat buyers to move Supreme Court

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:06 AM PDT

A flat owners' association in Noida has decided to move the Supreme Court to seek redressal of their grievances related to the Noida Extension flats row.

Delhi Metro completes first tunnel of Phase III

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:43 AM PDT

Work on a 909.0-metre tunnel, the first for the Delhi Metro's Phase-III, was completed on Thursday at the upcoming Janpath Metro Station on the three-km underground line between Central Secretariat an...

Mumbai civic body to privatise schools in the city, Opposition protests

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:32 AM PDT

In a landmark decision that will change the face of municipal education in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to privatise schools amid vehement opposition from Congress-...

Kerala government wants to make education system job-oriented, says Chief Minister

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 08:42 AM PDT

The Kerala government is considering revising syllabus in educational institutions after consultations with universities, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday.

Patna MMS of gang-rape didn't spur police into action

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:19 AM PDT

For two weeks, an MMS of a gang-rape has been doing the rounds in Bihar. But that didn't spur the police into action.

Power charges up by 30 per cent in Kerala

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 04:03 AM PDT

A steep 30 per cent hike in power charges across the board has been effected on various categories of domestic and non-domestic consumers in Kerala.

Scaffolding of under-construction metro collapses in Chennai

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:33 AM PDT

The upcoming metro rail project in Chennai suffered a minor setback today. The scaffolding at the Vadapalani metro station site gave way as concrete was poured to build a ten-feet-long arm on the main...

Bangalore rape case: French diplomat Pascal Muzurier's bail plea rejected

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:16 AM PDT

A Bangalore court has rejected the bail plea of Pascal Muzurier, the French embassy official accused of raping his three-and-half-year-old daughter.

Bhopal victims hold own Olympics

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:48 AM PDT

Hundreds of survivors of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas leak held a "Special Olympics" on Thursday with children suffering birth defects in an effort to shame Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical Co. on the eve o...

11-year-old student commits suicide at school near Kolkata

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:55 PM PDT

An 11-year-old student has killed herself near Kolkata after she was caught cheating in her exam.

Minor resists marriage, gets father arrested in Odisha

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:51 PM PDT

Forced to discontinue her studies and get engaged at the tender age of 16, a minor girl got her father and three others arrested in Odisha's Nabrangpur district, an official said on Thursday. The four...

School owner arrested after class II student dies in bus tragedy

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:34 PM PDT

Six-year-old Shruti was returning home in the bus. She wasn't standing on the footboard or peering out of the window. The bus was so badly maintained that the floor which already had some patch work c...

Auto, taxi fare charges likely to increase in Delhi

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:33 PM PDT

People may have to shell out more to travel by autos and taxis as the government may allow increase in the fares in the wake of rise in price of CNG, auto union leaders said after a meeting with the t...
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