Monday, February 13, 2012

UP polls: Mega rallies lined up in Rae Bareli today

UP polls: Mega rallies lined up in Rae Bareli today


UP polls: Mega rallies lined up in Rae Bareli today

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:24 PM PST

Uttar Pradesh votes in the third phase tomorrow and the biggest political guns are out campaigning in the heartland. Rae Bareli is the hot spot today. The entire Gandhi clan - Sonia, Rahul and Priyank...


Five of Bangalore family attempt suicide, three succumb

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:53 PM PST

In an alleged suicide pact, three of a five-member-strong family died after reportedly consuming poison while the others have been admitted to hospital, police said on Monday.


Placement process begins at IIM-A

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:48 PM PST

The final placement process at the premier Business school Indian Institute of Managament-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) began with global strategy consulting firms and i-Banks recruiting candidates on Monday, the...

Congress, BJP councillors fight 'dirty' over cleanliness in Jaipur

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:44 PM PST

Congress and BJP councillors in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation have been alleged with unruly behavior before but a rather unruly method of protest against the lack of cleanliness in the city created...

Delhi govt appoints administrator for private orphanage

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:15 AM PST

The Delhi Government on Monday appointed an administrator at a privately-run orphanage where a number of children were allegedly sexually abused.


College student jumps to death from hostel terrace

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:09 AM PST

A student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a private college hostel on Monday, the police said. Sonesh, a first year BBM student, hailed from West Bengal.


Police rescue 25 minor girls from Bihar fair

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:57 AM PST

Twenty Five minor girls, who were allegedly forced to dance naked at a theatre in a rural fair near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's Araria district, were rescued and 44 people arrested under human tr...


Drunk man thrashed by police at railway station

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

A drunk man creating a ruckus was brutally thrashed by police at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh. A police official on Monday assured action against the guilty.


Car blast near Prime Minister's residence, three injured

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:19 AM PST

A blast in a vehicle near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence today created a flutter among security agencies including elite Special Protection Groups (SPG) guarding the VVIP. Three people wer...


No anti-North Indian agenda: Uddhav Thackeray tells NDTV

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:00 AM PST

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, on the eve of the Mumbai civic polls, Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray has said that his party has no anti-North Indian agenda and that development is ...

Three-year-old girl mowed down by school bus in Mumbai

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:54 AM PST

A three-year-old girl was today crushed to death under a school bus in suburban Chembur, police said. Tulja Kapure was attending a nature's call on the road near Ambedkar Nagar 2 of Tilak Nagar where ...


Man attempts suicide after parents denied bail

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:53 AM PST

After seeing a city court turn down his parents' application for anticipatory bail, a 26-year-old garment businessman from Vikhroli (E) tried to kill himself by consuming a bottle of phenyl early Sund...


Mumbai civic polls: Will politicians refrain from defacing the city?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:47 AM PST

With voting day (February 16) for the BMC poll nearing and code of conduct about to be relaxed, some time by February 21, it will be interesting to see for how long the political parties live up to th...


Three-year-old girl run over by school bus

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:40 AM PST

A three-year-old girl was run over by a school bus in the Ghatkopar suburbs of Mumbai today.


Denied dowry, man allegedly forced wife to have sex with friends

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:33 AM PST

Cops say he married her for revenge. A Pune-based engineer has been arrested by Mahatma Phule police in Kalyan for torturing his wife, and asking her to have sex with his friends after she refused to ...


Mumbai civic polls: Only 8 percent of women candidates are graduates

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:30 AM PST

The one distinction that sets apart the BMC Elections 2012, now three days away, from those in the corporation's history is the 50 per cent quota for women corporators. That is, of the 227 civic wards...


Four dead, 11 injured in campaign shocker

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:13 AM PST

A tragic testimony to Mumbai city's fervour during election campaigning was witnessed on Sunday. Four loyalists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) died and 11 supporters suffered minor injuries a...


Right-wing to go easy on couples this Valentine's Day

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:38 AM PST

This Valentine's Day, couples can snuggle up on park benches and corners unhassled, as the moral brigades have decided not to play spoilsport by targeting love-struck couples on February 14, an activi...


Desi daaru won't woo voters, whisky will

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:31 AM PST

There is a paradigm shift in the voter market. Bartering votes in city slums for locally made alcohol just won't do any more. For the dweller of the urban shanty, being courted by the corporate-types ...


School teacher ends life with two children

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST

A 37-year-old school teacher allegedly committed suicide along with her two children at her residence in Palghar town in the district, police said on Monday.


300 vehicles stuck as snowfall shuts Srinagar-Jammu highway

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:36 PM PST

The vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed for traffic on Monday after heavy snowfall along the arterial route, leaving 250 passengers and 300 vehicles stranded. A traffic department officia...


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