Friday, June 22, 2012

President-in-waiting Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata; will he meet 'sister' Mamata Banerjee?

President-in-waiting Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata; will he meet 'sister' Mamata Banerjee?


President-in-waiting Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata; will he meet 'sister' Mamata Banerjee?

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 09:01 PM PDT

UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee received a rousing welcome as he arrived in Kolkata last night. This is Mr Mukherjee's first visit to the city after he was chosen by the ruling coalition...


For four months, Delhi government HQ was a fire-trap

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 07:55 PM PDT

After a major fire broke out at the Maharashtra secretariat in Mumbai, reports emerged to show that several safety measures were flouted in the building premises. Now NDTV has learnt that fire safety ...


Efforts to rescue five-year-old Mahi from borewell hits fresh roadblock

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT

More than 48 hours after she fell into a 70-feet borewell on her birthday, the fate of the five-year-old girl Mahi still remains uncertain, as rescue operation in Manesar hits a roadblock again late o...


Mantralaya fire in Mumbai: Major lapses in safety exposed already

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Mumbai News: Evidence suggests lapses that made a bad situation drastically worse. Fire extinguishers inside the building did not work. It took an hour for the water sprinklers inside to kick into ac...


Pregnant woman's body found hanging in Ghaziabad apartment

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:38 AM PDT

A 26-year-old pregnant woman today allegedly committed suicide at her Abhay Khand residence in Indirapuram area in Ghaziabad.


Jagannath Rath Yatra: American devotee allegedly beaten up while seeking 'darshan'

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:12 AM PDT

An American national was today allegedly beaten up in Puri by security personnel when he along with his Indian wife attempted to climb the chariot of Lord Jagannath seeking a 'darshan'.


Doctor dies of Congo fever after contracting the virus from patient

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT

A local hospital is on alert as a resident doctor died of the dreaded Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (Congo fever) in Ahmedabad today.


Two day meet to rebuild Karnataka mining industry

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 10:18 AM PDT

With Karnataka's mining industry getting past the worst phase in the wake of partial lifting of the ban, miners, officials, exporters and importers from India and abroad will hold a two-day meet in Ba...


Major fire breaks out in commercial building in Kolkata

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 09:23 AM PDT

A major fire has broken out on the fourth floor of a commercial building in Ultadanga in north-east Kolkata.


Mumbai rave party: 44 detained test positive for drugs

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT

At least 44 people, who were arrested from a rave party in Mumbai's suburban Juhu last month during the IPL, have tested positive for drugs.


Delhi at 43 degrees, but weekend should bring rain

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:56 AM PDT

Delhi continued to reel under the scorching heat with the maximum temperature recorded at 43 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - and the city's power demand reached a new high of 5,330 MW F...


Jagannath Rath Yatra chariots reach destination in Puri

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:05 AM PDT

Jagannath Rath Yatra: Lakhs of devotees resumed pulling the chariots of the deities in the world famous Rath Yatra at Puri on Friday, and the chariots reached their destination, the Gundicha temple, a...


Woman arrested for supplying drugs to jailed son

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 05:56 AM PDT

A woman has been arrested for supplying charas to her son undergoing life imprisonment for murder in the district jail in Kanpur, police said today.


Mantralaya fire: Five dead, fire extinguishers weren't working

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 05:52 AM PDT

A day after a massive fire broke out in the Mumbai Mantralaya, sources say that an audit report has found that safety norms were violated in the building. The audit report, dated 2008, shows that fire...


Three killed in landslide

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:53 AM PDT

Three persons, including two children, died when their house collapsed in a landslide following heavy rains in Lokhra area of Guwahati today.

Want to friend Nitish Kumar? Get on Facebook

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:36 AM PDT

Bihar turned to social-networking sites on Friday to reach out to people, especiallly the young, and start communicating with them over policy and governance issues related to the state, officials sai...


Rajya Sabha elections in Kerala to be held on Monday

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:27 AM PDT

Elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Kerala will be held on Monday, with four candidates in the fray. The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is confident of ensuring the victory of a...


Kamakhya Temple closed for three days for Ambubachi Mela

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:07 AM PDT

The door of the famed Kamakhya Temple, seat of the Shakti cult, has been closed for three days starting today, on the occasion of the annual Ambubachi Mela. Elaborate security arrangement have also be...


BJP's 'jail bharo' cancelled in Mumbai after Mantralaya fire

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:36 AM PDT

The BJP's jail bharo agitation was cancelled in Mumbai on Friday in the wake of the massive fire at the Mantralaya.


Honey trap may have led bookie to his death

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:48 AM PDT

Police investigating the murder of top bookie Rajesh Kukreja suspect that a bar dancer may have lured the deceased to Duru Bar, Ulhasnagar, on Sunday, the night he was murdered. While checking Kukreja...


'I climbed down the pipe to safety'

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:26 AM PDT

Of the 16 people, who sustained injuries in the major fire at Mantralaya yesterday, one Hemant Khaire, is said to be critical. He was admitted to the ICU at St George Hospital. Doctors said that his l...

Mantralaya fire: When students controlled crowds

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Our nation's obsession with disaster was on display yet again on Thursday, with flocks of onlookers gathering in front of Mantralaya to gape at the rescue operations. But 50-odd students from the Nati...

Mantralaya fire: What went wrong

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:59 AM PDT

A disaster control room, armed with the latest equipment to facilitate disaster management in the state's secretariat building now lies in a heap of ashes - so do crucial documents and papers which re...

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