Saturday, November 24, 2012

Fire at Bengal's largest state-run hospital

Fire at Bengal's largest state-run hospital


Fire at Bengal's largest state-run hospital

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:23 AM PST

A fire broke out near the paediatric ward of West Bengal's largest state-run hospital Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) on Saturday night. There was panic but no casualties or injuries, an official...


26 injured in Moharram clashes in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:08 AM PST

Violence between two Muslim sects left more than 26 people injured in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Saturday, police said.


Agra to host first world congress on rights of disabled

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:35 AM PST

More than 1,200 delegates from 85 countries will participate in the first international congress on Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) in the Taj city, an official said.


36 more dengue cases in Delhi

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:56 AM PST

Another 36 people in the national capital were on Saturday detected with dengue taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease this season to 1,904.


Man dies as Rapid Metro pole falls on him in Gurgaon

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:53 AM PST

An engineer with a private firm died on Saturday after a pole from the elevated section of the Gurgaon's under-construction Rapid Metro line fell on him, police said.


Minor raped, confined along with father for 10 days

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:42 AM PST

A 12-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by her neighbour in Bawal area of Rewari district.


Man murdered for changing song at wedding function

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:36 AM PST

A young man was murdered in a tiff that began after a song being played on a music system was changed at a marriage function, police said in Gurgaon on Saturday.


64-year-old held for molesting teacher in Kanpur

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:31 AM PST

A senior citizen has been arrested for allegedly molesting a lady teacher in Kanpur, police said.


13 of marriage party killed, 40 injured in Jammu and Kashmir accident

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 07:11 AM PST

At least 13 members of a marriage party were killed and 40 others injured, when the bus, in which they were travelling, skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge at Dudu in Udhampur district thi...


BJP student's wing demands probe into IIM-Indore drugs issue

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:48 AM PST

The Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday held protests at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore demanding a probe into the incident in which three students were expelled for...


11 die as vehicle falls into gorge in Himachal Pradesh

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

Eleven people were killed and fifteen injured when an overcrowded multi-utility vehicle carrying locals fell into a gorge near Timbi on Bakhal-Timbi road of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sat...


Facebook arrests row: Guilty cops won't be spared, says Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:57 AM PST

The Maharashtra government today assured strict action against police officials if a probe report on the arrest of two girls, who made Facebook comments on Bal Thackeray's funeral, found them to have ...


Abu Salem has malaria, refuses treatment at hospital

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:44 AM PST

Jailed gangster Abu Salem, who is suffering from malaria, has refused to get admitted to a hospital, preferring treatment inside the prison, said a hospital official on Saturday.


One killed, many feared trapped in building collapse

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:37 AM PST

At least one person was killed and two others were injured when a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Sarurpur industrial area in Faridabad.


Straight from heart: Pune doctor promotes love-letter writing

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 04:55 AM PST

To revive the practice of writing love letters which has died a slow death after the advent of mobile phones and Internet, a naturopathy doctor promoting a "healthy heart" campaign has decided to orga...


Government helped distressed Indian women abroad

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 03:45 AM PST

The government has spent Rs 80 lakh (Rs 8 million) on assistance to over 100 Indian women living abroad who had been deserted by their spouses and were in distress, a minister told the Rajya Sabha.


HIV affected family spends 20 days on railway platform

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 03:32 AM PST

Evicted out of their home, miseries of a HIV-affected family did not end with their finding of a new house in a locality in Jodhpur as their neighbours, following discovery of their disease, beat them...


Maharashtra jail staff to get pay parity with police department

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 03:17 AM PST

Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has assured the jail administration staff in the state of parity in pay and facilities with the police department.


Pune police learn to talk about sex

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 02:18 AM PST

At the conference hall in Pune police commissioner's office, inspectors and sub inspectors have assembled for a workshop, where they are being taught how to handle complaints involving sensitive issue...


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