Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Fire at a cloth godown in Kolkata

Fire at a cloth godown in Kolkata

Fire at a cloth godown in Kolkata

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:39 PM PST

A fire broke out in a cloth godown in the commercial area of Burrabazar in the city this morning. One shop in the godown caught fire at around 8.30 am and it spread to three other floors of the bui...

Chinese tourist falls into river, dies in West Bengal

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:41 AM PST

A female Chinese tourist drowned in the Bhagirathi river at the holy town of Nabadwip in Nadia district in West Bengal after she fell into the water from a boat, the police said on Wednesday.

With Delhi freezing, public toilets outside AIIMS used as shelter by homeless patients

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:21 AM PST

On the coldest day in Delhi in 44 years, a six year old cancer patient is forced to sleep in a public toilet outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

President, PM arrive to attend Science Congress in Kolkata

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:15 AM PST

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday evening to attend the inaugural session of the Indian Science Congress beginning in Kolkata on Thursday.

Delhi Police gets rapped by standing committee on victims of sexual abuse and trafficking

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:47 AM PST

Parliament's Standing Committee on Home today summoned senior Delhi Police officers, including Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Dharmendra Kumar to a...

Delhi High Court asks government not to remove night shelters till April

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came to the rescue of the homeless and asked the city government not to remove till April the temporary night shelters, built near railways tracks in the national cap...

Anti-Corruption Bureau raids Ajmer Superintendent of Police, recovers unaccounted cash

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:45 AM PST

Ajmer Superintendent of Police Rajesh Meena and Additional Superintendent of Police Lokesh Sonwal were raided on Wednesday and over Rs 2 lakh in cash seized.

IAF airlifts 154 more stranded people in Jammu and Kashmir

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:26 AM PST

The India Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday airlifted 156 more stranded people, including children and women, between Kargil town in Ladakh region and capital cities Jammu and Srinagar.

Woman killed, kids injured after falling from running train

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:24 AM PST

A woman was killed and her two kids were seriously injured after falling from a running train at Baroda railway crossing on Wednesday, near Gotegaon station in Madhya Pradesh, the police said.

Worst crimes caused by new money in and around Delhi: Chief Justice of India

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:00 AM PST

The court in South Delhi which will hear the case of the medical student who died after she was gang-raped on a Delhi bus was inaugurated today by the Chief Justice of India, Altamas Kabir.

At 9.8 degrees Celsius, Wednesday was Delhi's coldest day in 44 years

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:40 AM PST

Delhi has never been so bone-chillingly cold as it was on Wednesday. At 9.8 degrees Celsius, the maximum temperature in the Capital was the lowest in 44 years.

Seven injured as bus plunges into gorge in Jammu

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:35 AM PST

Seven persons were injured when a bus skidded off a road and rolled down into a gorge on Jammu-Srinagar national highway on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday.

Jammu and Kashmir employees to observe three-day strike from January 8

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:20 AM PST

Jammu and Kashmir government employees will hold a three-day strike starting from January 8 to press for their demands which include extension of retirement age and a policy on regularisation of daily...

Acid attack on woman in Srinagar

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:25 AM PST

A 30-year-old woman, a school teacher, was injured when she was attacked with acid by a young man on Srinagar airport road today, police said.

Girl commits suicide in Srinagar

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:17 AM PST

A 20-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in a village in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.

Court that will handle 'Amanat's' case will be inaugurated at 5:30 pm

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:11 AM PST

A fast-track Court in Saket, that will hear the gang-rape and murder case of the 23-year-old medical student in a day-to-day trial, will be inaugurated at 5:30 pm today by the Chief Justice of India.

Lawyers refuse to defend men facing trial in 'Amanat' case

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:05 AM PST

Lawyers at a Delhi court on Wednesday vowed they will not defend the six people standing trial for the gang-rape and murder of the 23-year-old medical student whose case has shocked the country and pr...

BJP's Delhi chief demands Ashoka Chakra for 'Amanat'

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:03 AM PST

The chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi has written to the Prime Minister to demand Ashoka Chakra, the county's highest civilian award for bravery, for the 23-year-old medical student w...

Two killed as trucks collide in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 11:31 PM PST

Two people were killed when two trucks collided in Azamgarh on Wednesday morning.

Hundreds march in Delhi for 'Amanat', women's rights

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 10:29 PM PST

Hundreds of people marched in Delhi today to demand justice for the 23-year-old medical student gang-raped in a moving bus and greater security for women. The 'Mahila Suraksha Samman March' was flagge...

States scramble to ensure women's safety; announce slew of measures

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 09:14 PM PST

The brutal gang-rape case in Delhi has stirred state governments across the country to initiate steps to improve security for women, and review law enforcement mechanisms.
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