Friday, January 11, 2013

100 million head to Ganges for Kumbh Mela festival

100 million head to Ganges for Kumbh Mela festival

100 million head to Ganges for Kumbh Mela festival

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:23 PM PST

A procession of around 100 million devotees, from naked sprinting gurus to worshippers completing simple rituals, will stream into the river Ganges next week for the world's biggest festival.

Engineer arrested in Meerut for allegedly killing daughter

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:17 PM PST

Police in Meerut have arrested an engineer for allegedly killing his 23-year-old daughter. The man, who is said to have nursed a grievance about not having a son, allegedly strangled his daughter, a c...

Central Delhi witnesses freeze mob for a cause

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:50 AM PST

To create awareness about the troubled life of acid attack victims, a freeze mob on Friday gathered at a busy Central Delhi to sensitise people about the social ill.

DTC bus conductor shot dead in Ghaziabad

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:19 AM PST

A DTC bus conductor was murdered by unknown assailants in Loni area of the district, police said on Friday.

Lured by one crore lottery, student duped of two lakhs

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:03 AM PST

Lured by a lottery prize of Rs one crore, a second-year bachelor of science (B.Sc.) student at the government women's college in Gurgaon was duped of two lakhs, a senior police official said on Friday...

School girl allegedly raped, accused arrested in Assam

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:08 AM PST

An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man at North Guwahati town in Kamrup Rural district of Assam earlier this week.

Noida-Greater Noida, City Centre to Sector 62 Metro Projects get nod

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:55 AM PST

Noida and Greater Noida Boards on Friday gave green signal to Noida to Greater Noida and city Centre to sector 62 Metro rail projects.

Irked at being frisked, she assaulted a policewoman

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:47 AM PST

A woman advocate was arrested by the Mumbai Police today for assaulting a policewoman.

Student consumes poison after being denied exam hall ticket

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:40 AM PST

A first year polytechnic student has been admitted to the Beed Civil Hospital after he consumed poison on Friday for being denied his exam hall ticket.

Couple, daughter killed in property dispute in Delhi

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:33 AM PST

A married couple in their late 20s and their six-year-old daughter were killed by the owner of a small factory and his employee over a property dispute, police said on Friday, adding that the two accu...

Tripura declares holiday for school students

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:26 AM PST

Tripura on Friday declared four days holiday for the primary class students of 6640 schools as the mercury dipped 3.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday, official sources said.

Mercury on the rise in capital

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:14 AM PST

Mercury was on the rise for another day in the capital as cold wave showed signs of ebbing with temperature above normal level on Friday.

Nursery student molested by teacher

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:53 AM PST

A five-year-old girl student was allegedly molested by a physical education teacher, himself a minor, in New Delhi, said police on Friday adding that the accused has been detained.

Drunk RPF inspector rams car into two, one killed

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:33 AM PST

A cameraman of a TV news channel was killed and another person was injured in Raipur after being hit by a car rashly driven by a Railway Protection Force officer who was in an inebriated state, police...

Canadian minister shown black flags in Amritsar

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:28 AM PST

Visiting Canadian minister Jason Kenny was on Friday shown black flags by a group of people who are waiting for their immigration clearance to Canada.

Four hurt in clashes in Lucknow

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST

Four people were injured on Friday when two sects of Muslims clashed in the Old City area of the Uttar Pradesh capital, police said.

Fire at ONGC plant, two dead in Assam

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 03:56 AM PST

A massive fire swept through a unit of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at upper Assam's Sibsagar district killing two persons and destroying property worth lakhs of rupees, ONGC officials s...

Stalked for months, woman ends life in Nashik

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:25 AM PST

Fed up of being stalked for the last two months by two unidentified people, a 43-year-old woman committed suicide at her residence in Nashik, putting an end to the torment, police said on Nashik.

Teen creates Facebook account in model's name to ask for money

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:04 AM PST

A 14-year-old-boy was apprehended after creating a fake account using well known model Aanchal Kumar's name, adding friends through the account, and then asking them for money on the pretext that her ...

No safety for women on Delhi roads: Supreme Court

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:12 PM PST

The Supreme Court today said "there is no safety in Delhi" and that judges are "concerned about providing a safe environment for women to live with dignity."

Eight killed in bus-truck collision in West Bengal

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:45 PM PST

Eight people were killed and 30 injured when a bus collided head-on with a truck at Heria in East Midnapore late on Thursday, police said.
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