Sunday, June 24, 2012

15 killed as bus rams into tree on Amroha-Joya road

15 killed as bus rams into tree on Amroha-Joya road


15 killed as bus rams into tree on Amroha-Joya road

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:09 PM PDT

Fourteen people have died and 20 others injured when a bus, on its way back from Haridwar, rammed into a tree.


Historical Sufi shrine in Srinagar gutted in blaze

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 08:41 PM PDT

Historical Peer Dastgeer Sahib shrine in summer capital Srinagar was gutted in a blaze in Srinagar on Monday morning although the authorities said all the relics of the 11th century saint were safe.


Slum in Amritsar catches fire; 10 fire engines battling the blaze

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 07:53 PM PDT

A major fire broke out in a slum in Amritsar on Sunday evening. Around ten fire engines and the army have been trying to battle the blaze. No casualties have been reported as yet.


Amarnath Yatra: Arrangements ready for formal start of pilgrimage

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 07:22 PM PDT

Despite inclement weather, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has put in place all the arrangements for the commencement of this year's pilgrimage from Pahalgam to the cave shrine in south Kashmir Hima...


Killer ticket collectors? Two people dead, pushed off trains

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:40 PM PDT

In a shocking incident, a man was pushed out of a running train in Bihar today by a railway official after he refused to pay a bribe. He died on the spot, police said.


17-year-old boy falls into 30-feet-deep well, rescue operations on

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 11:35 AM PDT

A 17-year-old boy today fell into a 30-feet-deep well in the Liluwa village in West Bengal's Howrah district.


Minor girl raped allegedly by neighbour in Delhi

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 11:03 AM PDT

A 15-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour in outer Delhi, police said on Sunday.


Body of minor girl fished out of canal in Delhi; rape suspected

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT

The body of a teenaged girl was fished out of a canal in Outer Delhi on Sunday morning, police said.

Torrid heat wave sweeps Punjab, Haryana

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Punjab and Haryana was swept by the heat wave today with the maximum temperature settling up to five notches above normal at some places in the two states. Besides intense heat conditions, high lev...


Big B's brother woos voters for Congress

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Ajitabh Bachchan, younger brother of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, wooed voters for Congress-backed candidate for the post of Allahabad Mayor, Shree Wadhawan.


Chennai witnesses Gay Pride March for the fourth year

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:49 AM PDT

Over two hundred people with alternative sexual choices took out a march, holding aloft placards and banners with slogans against discrimination, near Chennai's Elliots Beach this evening. This is the...


No respite from heat in capital

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:45 AM PDT

There was no respite for residents of Delhi from searing heat today as mercury remained at above normal levels.

Two-storey public toilets in Kolkata

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:36 AM PDT

Kolkata will get the country's first two-storey public toilets.

Fire at Home Ministry building in Delhi

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:32 AM PDT

A fire has been reported at the office of the home ministry in North Block in Delhi on Sunday. The fire has been reported on the second floor of the building.


Yeddyurappa undergoing Naturopathy treatment

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:19 AM PDT

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is undergoing body rejuvenation treatment at a Naturopathy Institute on the outskirts of Bangalore, sources close to him said.


Gadkari's younger son Sarang weds in low-key affair

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:46 AM PDT

BJP national president Nitin Gadkari's younger son Sarang today tied the nuptial knot with his classmate Madhura at a wedding hall in Mahal area in eastern part of Nagpur.


Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh facing severe power cuts

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Punjab, Haryana and union territory Chandigarh are facing severe power cuts this summer season, due to "unprecedented" rise in demand for energy and absence of pre-monsoon showers.


Encephalitis death toll rises to 227

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:00 AM PDT

Two more children have died of encephalitis in Bihar, taking the toll due to the disease in the state to 227 since May this year, an official said on Saturday.


2 succumb to heat wave

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:55 AM PDT

Intense heat wave claimed lives of two persons in neighbouring Prabudhnagar district.


Madurai-bound flight returns after a suspected bird-hit

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT

A Madurai-bound Jet Airways flight that took off at 10.40 this morning returned to Chennai following a suspected bird hit.


Mumbai shocker: Woman arrested for possessing liquor for chocolates

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:49 AM PDT

The Mumbai Excise department raided the home of a 55-year-old documentary filmmaker Priti Chandriani for possessing liquor for making chocolates at home. Priti was detained on Thursday evening and she...


Crime in Andhra Pradesh well under control: Top cop

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:10 AM PDT

Andhra Pradesh DGP V Dinesh Reddy on Saturday said the occurrence of crime in the state was not "alarming" and well "under control".


Mantralaya fire: Maharashtra govt to re-construct damaged files in three steps

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:44 PM PDT

As a part of efforts to re-construct all damaged files in wake of the devastating fire at the state secretariat, Maharashtra government has made three classifications to retrieve the documents.


Mantralaya fire: Amid blame game, back to work tomorrow

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:48 PM PDT

Public Works Department head Chhagan Bhujbal has stirred a hornet's nest. Livid with reports that his department was at fault for the poor upkeep and failure to maintain fire-fighting equipment, which...


Annual fitness test of private vehicles to become norm in Delhi

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:36 PM PDT

All private car owners in the city may soon have to go for an annual fitness test of their vehicles with the Delhi government all set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment...


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