Thursday, April 5, 2012

23-yr-old kidnapped engineer killed as family fails to pay Rs 1 crore ransom

23-yr-old kidnapped engineer killed as family fails to pay Rs 1 crore ransom


23-yr-old kidnapped engineer killed as family fails to pay Rs 1 crore ransom

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:50 PM PDT

The body of a 23-year-old engineer, Johnny Kumar, abducted on April 3, has been found in West Delhi's Nangloi.


Three injured as constable's rifle fires accidentally

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:13 PM PDT

Three persons were injured as a service rifle belonging to a police constable accidentally fired inside a hotel in Bhavani Peth area on Thursday morning.


TV serial sparks fear in old man; kills son

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:50 PM PDT

Fearing that his son would send him away after inheriting the property, as he saw in a TV serial, an octogenarian and former panchayat president killed the son with an iron rod while he was asleep, po...


Doctor loses Rs 11.14 lakh in internet mobile banking fraud

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:55 PM PDT

In an internet mobile banking fraud, fraudsters withdrew Rs 11.14 lakh from the bank account of a doctor and transferred the money to various accounts, police said. Police have registered a case and b...


Foreigner's decomposed body found in a hotel in Delhi's Paharganj area

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:41 PM PDT

A decomposed body of a foreign national was found in a hotel room on Thursday in the Paharganj area of central Delhi.


Sexual harassment, alcoholism cited in CPM report of weaknesses

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:22 PM PDT

As if a shrinking presence in the country was not bad enough, the CPM is also having to confront party cadres who are not toeing the party line on a host of issues.


Land scam in Maharashtra, says state auditor; BJP says Vilasrao Deshmukh must quit

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Vilasrao Deshmukh in Maharashtra CAG report: The report has yet to be officially shared by the government -that will happen on April 16, said the chief minister. But its contents were leaked first by...


Odisha names prisoners to be released in exchange for hostages

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:33 AM PDT

In exchange for an Italian tour guide and an MLA, the Odisha government has agreed to release 27 prisoners, including eight Naxals. The hostages are being held by two rival factions of Naxals. No date...


15 child labourers rescued in Delhi

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:01 AM PDT

15 child labourers were rescued today from the Old Delhi Railway Station by the Delhi Police. The children were being taken to Ludhiana.


Right To Information activist assaulted in Bihar

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:56 AM PDT

Nabi Ahmad, in his mid-60s, was assaulted by an Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineer and three contractors of the water resources department in Dehri-On-Sone, a town in Rohtas, about 150 km from Bih...


DNA report leads Jodhpur family to accept new-born daughter

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:26 AM PDT

It took a DNA test to convince Poonam Kanwar and her husband, Chain Singh, that a baby girl delivered 11 days ago is truly theirs.


Teen trying to park dad's car runs over 6-year-old

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:46 PM PDT

A six-year-old girl was killed in Meghwadi area at Jogeshwari on Saturday, crushed by a 17-year-old boy reversing a Toyota Qualis Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV). Meghwadi police have arrested the teen (n...


11-year-old survives cardiac failure after rare infection

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:24 PM PDT

When an 11-year-old village boy Chetan Gurav was rushed to JJ hospital last month, after he complained of acute breathlessness, doctors were shocked to discover that the Std V student was in cardiac f...


Cop's super memory ends robber's 33-year run

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:59 PM PDT

After over three decades of being on the run, Dharavi police have finally arrested a man wanted in a 1979 robbery case. The accused, Krishna Raghunath Vaidi, now 59 years old, had fled the city in 198...


Maid's cries cast light on child labor in India

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:21 PM PDT

A 13-year-old girl who worked as a maid reportedly led a life akin to slavery, in a symptom of India's growing middle class and its demand for domestic workers, jobs often filled by children.


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