Monday, July 30, 2012

NRI woman seeks custody of her 'abducted' sons

NRI woman seeks custody of her 'abducted' sons


NRI woman seeks custody of her 'abducted' sons

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:27 PM PDT

A Goan NRI woman based in Qatar has moved the Bombay High Court in Goa seeking custody of her three minor boys who were allegedly abducted in Qatar and brought to Goa by her former husband.


Kerala Chief Minister wants relaxation in education loans

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:37 AM PDT

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday asked the Centre to make changes in the guidelines for sanctioning education loans.


Abu Jundal's voice samples taken by Mumbai Police

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT

The Mumbai Police has taken voice samples of alleged 26/11 handler Zaibuddin Ansari, also known as Abu Jundal. These samples will be sent to Mumbai Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for a voice test t...


Want to be VIP in Delhi? Drive like one

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT

Delhiites would be able to bid for fancy and VIP numbers for their cars with Delhi cabinet on Monday clearing a proposal to auction such numbers at high prices to generate additional revenue.


Punjab to launch card for NRIs

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:27 AM PDT

The Punjab government on Monday announced that it will soon launch an NRI card for Punjabis living abroad to identify them for official purposes and facilitate various services for them.


Delhi blames neighbouring states for power crisis

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:13 AM PDT

After hours of blackout due to a breakdown of the Northern Grid early on Monday, power supply was restored to almost 80 per cent areas of Delhi by noon, officials said. Delhi blamed Haryana, Punjab an...


Rain brings cheer to Agra farmers

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:52 AM PDT

Fairly widespread rains in the last three days have delighted farmers in the Agra region as the delayed monsoon had triggered fears of a drought. Met department officials now say that spectre has rece...


Tamil Nadu announces Rs 1 lakh cash relief to families of deceased

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:10 AM PDT

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced a cash relief of Rs one lakh each to the families of those killed in the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express fire accident at Nellore.


Tamil Nadu Express fire: Political parties in Andhra Pradesh blame Railways for negligence

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Political parties in Andhra Pradesh on Monday accused the Railways of being "negligent", while expressing shock and grief over the fire in Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in which over 30 passengers ...


Prime Minister, Jayalalithaa condole deaths in train fire

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi, DMDK chief A Vijayakant and others on Monday condoled the death of 35 people, burnt alive in a fir...


Women Maoist cadres surrender in West Bengal

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:59 AM PDT

Weeks after Maoist top gun Bikram alias Arnab Dam was arrested, two female members of his squad on Monday surrendered with their arms at the West Bengal state secretariat.


45,000 Amarnath pilgrims treated at medical camps

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:44 AM PDT

About 45,000 pilgrims were treated at the medical camps set up along the Amarnath pilgrimage trek route this year, according to an official. "These medical aid camps serve pilgrims round-the-clock to ...


7-year-old raped, murdered by family friend in Nashik

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:34 AM PDT

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a family friend on the Mumbai-Agra national highway in Nashik, police said today. The girl's body was found near the Meenatai Thackarey stadiu...


12 arrested in Patna prostitution ring

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Patna police have arrested 12 persons - five women and seven men - allegedly involved in prostitution ring in the posh Patliputra colony in Patna, the police said today.


Girl killed in railway wall collapse, locals block tracks

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:00 AM PDT

A 10-year-old girl was killed and four others were seriously injured when a boundary wall of the railways caved in near Khurda Road railway station, police said.


Two held for MMS scandal in Nagpur

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:39 AM PDT

Two men were on Sunday arrested from Nagpur for allegedly making an obscene video of a teenage girl and circulating it in Gadchiroli through MMS, police said.


Lab technician commits suicide

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:33 AM PDT

A lab technician of an engineering institute on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from ceiling of the college lab apparently due to work stress.


Train fire: Majority of victims from Chennai; list of injured passengers

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:42 AM PDT

Most of the victims of the train fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh early on Monday were from Chennai, according to railway officials.


Raj Thackeray's men break all rules on sea link

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:17 AM PDT

While Mumbai's bike riders are itching to feel the sea breeze in their hair on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), which is banned for two-wheelers, there were a few who managed to do it in style on Sun...


No power, no water, no metro: Delhi's manic Monday

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:47 AM PDT

Grid failure left more than 300 million people without power in New Delhi and much of northern India on Monday in the worst blackout for more than a decade, highlighting chronic infrastructure woes ho...


Four children killed after train collides with school bus in Amritsar

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:32 PM PDT

Four children were killed and 19 others were injured when a speeding mini local train rammed into their school bus at an unmanned railway crossing at Kot Mehtab Singh village near Amritsar today.


Delhi Metro services resume on all lines

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:28 PM PDT

Services on all six lines of the Delhi Metro resumed by 8.45 a.m. after almost three hours of disruption due to tripping of the power supply across northern India, an official said in New Delhi on Mon...


Power failure worsens Delhi's water crisis

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:08 PM PDT

A massive power breakdown in northern India - it's the worst northern grid failure since 2001 -has affected water supply in seven states. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pra...


Power failure leads to chaos on roads

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:39 PM PDT

The worst northern grid collapse in 11 years brought Monday blues of various shades for Delhiites who woke up bleary-eyed from lack of sleep because of the power outage.


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