Friday, May 4, 2012

Fire claims lives of pregnant woman, daughter

Fire claims lives of pregnant woman, daughter

Fire claims lives of pregnant woman, daughter

Posted: 04 May 2012 07:13 PM PDT

Manju Devi, 25, was preparing tea on a stove when the fire broke out in the hut in the city's Shiprapath area around 7.30 am. Manju Devi and her daughter Laxmi died in the blaze, police said, adding t...

St Stephen's proposes reservation for male students; teachers call it 'absurd

Posted: 04 May 2012 10:45 AM PDT

An unusual proposal to reserve 40 per cent of the seats for male students was introduced at the staff meeting of the St Stephen's college today, but was met with vehement disapproval from the teachers...

Nupur Talwar to spend weekend in jail, Supreme Court to review case next week

Posted: 04 May 2012 08:34 AM PDT

Nupur Talwar, accused with her husband of the murders of their daughter and domestic help in a Delhi suburb, will spend the weekend at a jail near Delhi, where she was imprisoned on Monday.

Army havaldar caught taking bribe

Posted: 04 May 2012 07:59 AM PDT

An Army havaldar was today arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from an applicant to rectify his mistakes in the recruitment form for the post of Mate-Mason, CBI officials said today.

Prince Andrew visits Officers' Training Academy in Chennai

Posted: 04 May 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Reinforcing the close links between the militaries of India and Great Britain, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York visited the Officers' Training Academy in Chennai on Friday. Prince Andrew, who is on a w...

Shopian: Rifles stolen as cops offered Friday prayers

Posted: 04 May 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Unidentified people looted two Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs) from a police picket in Jammu and Kashmir when the policemen were away offering Friday prayers.

Not cooking, folding clothes cannot be grounds for divorce: Bombay High Court to husband

Posted: 04 May 2012 06:09 AM PDT

The Bombay High Court has held that refusal by a wife to conceive a child because of the family's financial instability could not be used as a ground for divorce by her husband.

ISRO scientist quits job to start Sunday Science Schools

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:29 AM PDT

A former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist is all set to start 'Sunday Science School' in Karnataka to help children go beyond textbooks, create models and set up laboratories in hom...

Another Manipuri student hangs himself in front of his girlfriend

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

Close on the heels of a Manipuri student who was found dead in "mysterious circumstances" in his college hostel last month, another student from the north-eastern state allegedly committed suicide in ...

IIT students to organise Educational Yatra

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:19 AM PDT

"IITians for youth (IFY)", an organisation of students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, will organise an educational Yatra for the students of Bihar which aims to provide quality l...

Girl allegedly gang-raped in SUV after leaving mall near Delhi

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:41 AM PDT

A 21-year-old has allegedly been gang-raped in an SUV near a mall in Ghaziabad, a suburb of Delhi. She was reportedly assaulted early this morning.

Amity University denies role in Dana Sangma's suicide

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:41 AM PDT

More than 10 days after Dana Sangma, a student from Meghalaya committed suicide due to alleged "discrimination" by the Amity university authorities in Gurgaon; the college today addressed the media gi...

CCTV shows cop slapping man, using hockey stick for threats

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:25 AM PDT

Once again, the iron-fisted rule of 56-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble has created a stir. The Social Service cop, feared by bar owners and sex racketeers because of his unforg...

Controversy over CCTV footage of Mumbai cop weilding a hockey stick

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:33 AM PDT

Mumbai Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble reportedly arrived at Amar Juice Centre in Vile Parle on the the night of April 15, with 8-10 men in tow - all were in civilian dressing - and all...

Hunt for stolen water meters leads cops to 1,000-yr-old scripture

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:33 AM PDT

A search to recover stolen water meters in Kalyan led cops to chance upon some historic antique stationery lying in a scrap shop. On Tuesday, the Bazarpeth police recovered a tamrapatra - a copper-pla...

Another suicide at metro station in Delhi, second in two days

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT

A day after a 25-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a metro station in Gurgaon, a similar incident was reported from the Capital today. According to reports, an unident...

Body of French citizen who was assaulted on train being brought to Delhi

Posted: 04 May 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Officials from the French embassy in Delhi were in Chandigarh this morning to collect the body of a French citizen who died after being beaten unconscious on a train travelling through Haryana.

AIIMS Bhopal to start functioning by July-August this year

Posted: 03 May 2012 11:37 PM PDT

Appointment of 40 faculty members is in its last stage and now the Government of India 's concerned department will have to issue their appointment orders.Construction of staff quarters for the newly ...

Pune varsity guard shot dead

Posted: 03 May 2012 10:53 PM PDT

A security guard of the University of Pune was shot dead by an unidentified man in the campus on Thursday night, sending shockwaves among the student community here, police said on Friday.The incident...
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