Monday, May 7, 2012

Cops rescue four from committing suicide

Cops rescue four from committing suicide

Cops rescue four from committing suicide

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Two constables rescued a mother and her three children, who were attempting to set themselves ablaze, by breaking open the door of their house in Coimbatore on Sunday night.

Jalandhar factory collapse: Owner gets bail

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:28 PM PDT

A local court granted bail to Sheetal Vij, owner of the blanket factory that collapsed on April 15 killing at least 23 workers, after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to look into the matte...

Kolkata's musical plans for Tagore's 151st birthday

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Organised jointly by the West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts along with Rabindra Bharati University, the 26th Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela was inaugurated by the Higher Educa...

Bangalore to have 302-acre film city, with theme park and golf resort

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:42 AM PDT

The State government has decided to invite expression of interest for developing a film city on 302 acres with private participation. Briefing reporters on Monday after a cabinet meeting chaired by C...

Rare photos of 1912 Calcutta discovered in UK

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:24 AM PDT

A thus far unknown collection of photographs capturing life and times of 1912 Calcutta has been discovered in a shoebox in Edinburgh.

Delhi University exams: BA Honours students get wrong papers

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT

There was much chaos at the examination centres of Delhi University on Monday where a bulk of students of Bhachelor of Arts (BA) Honours were left panic-stricken after being given a wrong question pap...

Punjab Government orders probe in alleged prison drug sale case

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:36 AM PDT

The Punjab government on Monday ordered a probe into the alleged role of the Bathinda Prison Jail Warden in selling of drugs to prisoners. Punjab Jails Minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur had ordered the p...

Baba Ramdev's supporters beat up student for asking a question

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Supporters of Baba Ramdev allegedly thrashed a student at Bhind in Madhya Pradesh for asking the yoga guru a question about the 2011 incident in which he had escaped police action dressed as a woman f...

Thousands of musicians mark Sillicon Andhra event in Hyderabad

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:35 AM PDT

Thousands of musicians on Sunday came on a single platform to showcase their skills in playing traditional instruments at an event organised by the SilliconAndhra at the LB Stadium.The patrons of inst...

Jammu and Kashmir's rural areas get community information centers

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:30 AM PDT

To introduce the usage of information technology at peoples' doorstep in rural and mountainous belts in Kashmir, the state Government has set up Khidmat Centres and Community Information Centres (CICs...

Assam boat tragedy: Search operations still on

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:30 AM PDT

Search operations continued for the eighth day today to find survivors of the Dhubri boat tragedy with the Army, NDRF and BSF trying to trace victims. Police said no bodies were found either yesterday...

27-year-old man arrested for double murder

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:26 AM PDT

A 27-year-old man has been arrested from Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son on May 3 near Bangalore, police said on Monday.

Amarnath yatra registrations at post offices from May 15

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:08 AM PDT

Amarnath yatra registrations: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has said that 100 post offices across the country would register devotees for the annual pilgrimage this year. The post offices are ...

Nitish Kumar takes oath as legislative council member

Posted: 07 May 2012 02:45 AM PDT

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, RJD leader Rabri Devi and eight others, including two state Ministers, took oath as member of the state legislative council on Monday. ...

Restaurant owner flees city in fear of 'encounter killing'

Posted: 07 May 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Thirty-year-old Deshraj Singh is back at his native home in UP. But it's no pleasure trip for the young hotelier. Singh claims it was fear for his life that induced him to flee Mumbai. According to hi...

Jail warden arrested for providing cell phones to prisoners

Posted: 07 May 2012 02:19 AM PDT

A warden posted at the district jail in Bhondsi near here was arrested yesterday for allegedly supplying mobile phones to the prisoners, police said. Warden Pawan Kumar, who was deputed in Bhondsi jai...

Mumbai has one parking spot for every 120 vehicles

Posted: 07 May 2012 01:47 AM PDT

If you own a car or a bike, you know that parking space does not come easy in this city. And if you have been in a parking row, you know that the aforesaid is a galling understatement. Finding one is ...

Shah Rukh's Mannat in environment trouble again

Posted: 07 May 2012 01:38 AM PDT

His team is doing great in IPL, for a change. And he is very much top of the tree in the film industry. If there's an Achilles' heel troubling Shah Rukh Khan, it's on the home front. After sending a n...

"Stockbroker Gautam Vora was on my hitlist": Report

Posted: 07 May 2012 01:26 AM PDT

In what could be his most shocking revelation yet, Vijay Palande, accused in the murder cases of Arun Tikku and Karan Kakkad, has confessed to the Crime Branch that Gautam Vora featured prominently on...

Kerala seeks 500 MW power from Kudankulam project

Posted: 07 May 2012 12:56 AM PDT

In the midst of Tamil Nadu demanding that the Centre allocate the entire power to be generated by the Kudankulam nuclear plant to it, Kerala has staked claim for 500 mega watts (MW) from the project. ...

Thieves installed CCTVs in ATMs to steal data

Posted: 06 May 2012 11:27 PM PDT

Sleuths from the Ulhasnagar Crime Branch arrested two persons and recovered 597 credit and debits cards from their possession. The duo used to fit CCTV cameras and skimmers at various ATM kiosks to re...

Kerala to have 557 model villages

Posted: 06 May 2012 10:15 PM PDT

A total of 557 villages in Kerala would be declared as model villages in the next financial year. Seventeen village offices had already been announced as model village offices, which had been fully co...

Police recover truck loaded with 32,000 stolen NCERT books

Posted: 06 May 2012 09:38 PM PDT

Police on Sunday recovered a stolen truck loaded with 32,000 NCERT books worth Rs 25 lakh from the Nistoli area of Ghaziabad district.
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