Bus catches fire, five burned to death near Nagpur

Bus catches fire, five burned to death near Nagpur
Farmhouse weddings bring Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway to a crawl
Woman held for posing as British national, duping businessman
30,000 weddings in Delhi, huge traffic jams all across NCR
Set up Gitika Mehta's statue in Hisar University
Death sentence to five for burning family alive
Bihar polio-free for two years
Four injured in Beed explosion, Anti-Terror Squad on spot
Delhi Transport Corporation penalising ticketless bus travellers
Man stabbed to death in Delhi
Car mows down two children, injures two other in Uttar Pradesh
Uddhav Thackeray to meet party workers, functionaries
One lakh reward for information on Delhi constable's murder
3493 teaching posts vacant in Bihar universities
Kidnapped when she was four, she's searching for her parents
Two arrested for drug trafficking in Dehradun
Giving new life to vultures to restore a human death ritual
After fight over Rs 600, he buried mother at home
Five killed in Bihar road accident
Bareilly couple banished from village for marrying against parents' wishes
Man suffocates to death in faulty lift in Mumbai
She jumped off 15th floor after husband's birthday dinner

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:15 PM PST

Five people, including two children, were charred to death when a private luxury bus caught fire today at Hinganghat, about 100 kms from Nagpur.

Farmhouse weddings bring Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway to a crawl

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:50 PM PST

Traffic came to a crawl on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway on Friday night as a number of weddings had been organised in farmhouses converted to marriage venues along the highway. An estimated 30,000 wed...

Woman held for posing as British national, duping businessman

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:46 AM PST

A woman has been arrested for posing as a British national and allegedly cheating an Andhra Pradesh-based businessman of Rs 10 lakh, police said on Friday.

30,000 weddings in Delhi, huge traffic jams all across NCR

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:29 AM PST

Motorists in Delhi and Gurgaon were on Friday evening caught in massive traffic jams with an estimated 30,000 weddings being performed.

Set up Gitika Mehta's statue in Hisar University

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:13 AM PST

The situation at Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology on Friday became tense after father of Gitika Mehta, who was axed to death allegedly by a senior student, entered the campus along...

Death sentence to five for burning family alive

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:04 AM PST

The sessions court in Solapur on Friday awarded death sentence to five persons for murdering a family by torching a hut in February 2010 on the suspicion that members of the family were police informe...

Bihar polio-free for two years

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:58 AM PST

Bihar has remained polio-free for over two years, thanks to the state government's committment supported by development partners in the polio eradication programme, a health official on Friday said.

Four injured in Beed explosion, Anti-Terror Squad on spot

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:51 AM PST

Four members of a family, including a minor boy, were seriously injured when a radio set exploded at their residence in Koregaon village of Kaij tehsil of Beed district in Maharashtra on Friday aftern...

Delhi Transport Corporation penalising ticketless bus travellers

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:14 AM PST

Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has penalised over 1,200 passengers, including 135 government officials and police personnel, for traveling on its buses without tickets during a five-day drive.

Man stabbed to death in Delhi

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:01 AM PST

A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in the capital after a brawl over some petty issue, police said on Friday.

Car mows down two children, injures two other in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:59 AM PST

Two children were on Friday killed while two others injured when a car hit them in Karvi area of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesj.

Uddhav Thackeray to meet party workers, functionaries

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:47 AM PST

Over a fortnight after his father's death, Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray will embark on a series of meetings with party workers and functionaries in Mumbai, Thane and other parts of M...

One lakh reward for information on Delhi constable's murder

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:34 AM PST

Delhi Police Friday declared a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information about people who shot dead a head constable checking vehicles on the outskirts of the capital.

3493 teaching posts vacant in Bihar universities

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:23 AM PST

A total of 3493 posts of teachers are vacant in nine universities of Bihar, state education minister said on Friday.

Kidnapped when she was four, she's searching for her parents

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:00 AM PST

Beena, 30, has two young daughters. In their home in a Bangladeshi resettlement colony in Thiruvananthapuram, they present a pretty family picture.

Two arrested for drug trafficking in Dehradun

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:48 AM PST

Two people, including a Nepali citizen, were arrested on charges of drug trafficking in Dehradun and charas was recovered from them, police said on Friday.

Giving new life to vultures to restore a human death ritual

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:26 AM PST

Parsi leaders have negotiated for six years with the government to revive a centuries-old practice.

After fight over Rs 600, he buried mother at home

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:05 AM PST

A man was arrested for allegedly murdering his 70-year-old mother and then burying her body in the house to destroy evidence in Saphale village of Thane district, police said on Friday.

Five killed in Bihar road accident

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:42 PM PST

Five people were killed when three vehicles collided with each other near DAV school in Bihar's Gaya district, a police official said on Friday.

Bareilly couple banished from village for marrying against parents' wishes

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:19 PM PST

Nearly 250 kilometres from Delhi, in Uttar Pardesh's Bareilly district, a couple have been ordered by a panchayat to stay out of the village. They say the panchayat threatened to kill them if they wer...