Wednesday, December 28, 2011

In Dharavi, misery, work, politics, hope

In Dharavi, misery, work, politics, hope


In Dharavi, misery, work, politics, hope

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST

More than a warehouse for the poor, Dharavi, a Mumbai slum, contains a hive of workshops with an annual economic output of more than $600 million.


Telugu actress' death: Court reduces sentence of convict

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:41 PM PST

The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday reduced the jail sentence of G Siddhartha Reddy, a convict in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, to two years from five years earlier awarded. Praty...


MBA student kills himself with father's revolver

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:36 PM PST

An Amity University student pursuing his Master's degree in business administration committed suicide in Ghaziabad by shooting himself from the revolver of his father, police said Wednesday. Vaibhav S...


School bus overturns in Lonavala, 17 children injured

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:33 PM PST

At least 17 school children were injured after a school bus hit a road divider and overturned near the Amrutanjan Bridge between Lonavala and Khandala late on Wednesday night, the police said. A femal...


Nine booked for a Noida family's deaths

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:38 AM PST

The Noida police have registered a criminal case against nine persons for abetting a man in killing his wife, child, and himself. On the basis of a suicide note recovered from the spot, Devanand lodge...


Koodankulam citizens to appeal to Japan Prime Minister

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:09 AM PST

Senior citizens of Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district will be sending an appeal to the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda not to revive civil nuclear cooperation with India,...


Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders arrested in Hyderabad

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:03 AM PST

Hyderabad Police on Wednesday arrested dozens of leaders and activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) when they tried to stage protests against each other over the...


"Gandhian policing" to tackle drunk driving

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:46 PM PST

In keeping with the changing times, the Hyderabad Traffic Police has come up with a novel idea called Gandhian Policing to drill into the young minds the dangers of drunken and reckless driving. But i...


Locked inside a car, toddler suffocates to death

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:46 PM PST

A neighbour's folly of leaving his car unlocked during the day resulted in the death of a child Raj Petkar in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai. The agonising medical report confirmed that the tot died due to asph...


Narcotics seized from Hyderabad pharma company

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:41 PM PST

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Tuesday raided a pharma company located in Jeedimetla industrial area in the city and seized huge quantities of ephedrine, a narcotic substance.


One student dead, three hurt in car mishap

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:38 PM PST

A B.Tech student died and three of his friends were injured after their car was hit by a truck at Kompally on Tuesday morning. Police identified the deceased as 19-year-old Sridhar Kumar of Narasimha ...


Court frees man branded a gangster, slams police

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:20 PM PST

A vegetable seller has been freed by a Delhi court, which slammed the police for invoking a stringent law meant to deal with criminal gangs and keeping him behind bars without evidence. Rajeev, who wa...


Family of three commits suicide in Noida

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:17 PM PST

A family of three was found dead on Tuesday in their house in Noida in what appears to be a case of suicide, police said.


Woman gang-raped in Bangalore

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST

A woman aged about 20 years was allegedly gang-raped by 11 miscreants, who thrashed her male friend before forcibly taking her to a cemetery, where they raped her. However, fearing social stigma the w...


Teacher falls to death from 3rd floor

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:32 PM PST

A 40-year-old government school teacher allegedly died after he fell from the 3rd floor of a private hospital here in the wee hours of Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Laksmaiah, a native ...


Poor turnout at Freedom Park for Lokpal fast

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:30 PM PST

The first day of the three-day fast in the city by India Against Corruption saw a poor turnout as only around 60 people turned up at Freedom Park to express their solidarity with anti-corruption crusa...


All-night musical tribute to Tsunami victims

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:19 PM PST

When the city was busy making preparations to catch some sleep after celebrating Christmas this year, an all-night musical tribute to the 2004 Tsunami victims began at Spaces in Besant Nagar. Organise...


Relief for Tsunami affected families

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:17 PM PST

Seven years after tsunami, there is hope for 566 families of Nochikuppam as they will be allotted a new house under the Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project of the World Bank at Okkiyam Thoraipakk...


Dense fog greets Delhi, but flights unaffected

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:09 PM PST

Dense fog descended over some parts of the capital this morning even as the minimum temperature rose by a degree. The mercury dipped to 5.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal and up from yester...


Pulicat tragedy: Relatives fight for boys' custody

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:05 PM PST

Two days after 20 members of a family lost their lives in Pulicat Lake, the relatives of the deceased seem to be involved in a turf war over the custody of the three surviving children. The relatives ...


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