Friday, January 4, 2013

Delhi shivers at 2.9 degrees

Delhi shivers at 2.9 degrees


Delhi shivers at 2.9 degrees

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:04 PM PST

The capital got no respite from the bitter cold as the minimum temperature today settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four notches below average. The Met office has forecast a clear day ahead.


Rally in Pune today for woman allegedly raped, murdered in 2009

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:30 PM PST

Family and friends of Nayana Pujari, an IT professional who was reportedly raped and murdered in Pune - almost four years ago - are holding a rally in the city today, demanding justice they say is lon...


Ragged mercilessly, Delhi student struggles to walk

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:33 PM PST

In a horrific case in the national capital, a first-year architecture student at the renowned School of Planning and Architecture was allegedly ragged so severely by his seniors that he reportedly can...


Woman alleges rape; father-in-law, brother-in-law arrested in Gujarat

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:06 AM PST

A 35-year-old woman has filed a complaint against her father-in-law and brother-in-law, accusing them of raping her repeatedly over the past three years, in Halvad taluka of Surendranagar district in ...


Half-burnt body of unidentified girl found in Puri

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:56 AM PST

Odisha Police on Friday recovered the half-burnt body of an unidentified girl near a canal in Odisha's Puri district but it was yet to be established if it was a case of rape.


Dalai Lama holds special prayer at Nitish Kumar's residence

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:32 AM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday held a special prayer at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's official residence in Patna for world peace and praised the state government for taking interes...


Woman cop who fought seniors over dirty SMSes suspended

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:31 AM PST

A woman constable in Maharashtra, who allegedly hurled a shoe at a senior police officer, for allegedly sending her lewd messages on her cellphone, has been suspended, officials said.


Chandigarh sees coldest day in ten years

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:29 AM PST

With the maximum temperature being only 8.4 degrees, Friday was the coldest day in Chandigarh in the last one decade, Met officials said in Chandigarh.


Gas leakage in zinc plant: two dead, nine hospitalised

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:26 AM PST

Two workers died and nine others fainted on Friday after they inhaled poisonous gas at a zinc plant in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district, police said.


Jammu and Kashmir government to bear the treatment expenses of acid attack victim

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday night said that the entire expenses spent on the treatment of the woman, who was injured in an acid attack on Wednesday, will be borne by the state government.


Eight die after consuming alcohol in Patna

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:23 AM PST

Eight persons died after allegedly consuming alcohol in the Mehndiganj and Khajekala area of the Bihar's capital city on Friday, officials said.


Acid attack victim from Kashmir admitted to Delhi hospital

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:15 AM PST

A 30-year-old school teacher, who suffered severe burns on her face in an acid attack in Jammu and Kashmir, was on Friday flown to Delhi and admitted to a private hospital where doctors said she will ...


Women paramilitary officers to ensure security on Delhi Metro

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:07 AM PST

Lecherous males trying to misbehave with women on board crowded Metro trains could find themselves collared and fined by women paramilitary officers posing as passengers.


Over 700,000 children in Himachal Pradesh to get polio drops

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:58 AM PST

Over 700,000 children will be administered polio drops in a two-round campaign beginning this month in Himachal Pradesh, an official said in Shimla on Friday.


Teen commits suicide after being harassed by man for four years

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:21 AM PST

A 19-year-old girl died today after she had set herself on fire in Alwar in Rajasthan. The teenager was allegedly being harassed by a man in the neighbourhood for the past four years. He had also thre...


Man hit by metro while crossing tracks, services disrupted

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:14 AM PST

A 55-year-old man suffered head injuries after he was hit by a moving train while trying to illegally cross the tracks at a Metro station in central Delhi leading to disruption of services on the busy...


Improvised Explosive Devices recovered in Assam

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:31 AM PST

Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were recovered on Friday, from an oil collection centre in upper Assam's Tinsukia district.


Baby girl dies in ambulance after oxygen cylinder ran out

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:38 AM PST

A two-year-old girl suffering from breathing problems died after oxygen cylinders in the ambulance that was shifting her to Indore exhausted enroute, due to alleged negligence of the hospital staff, o...


Some protesters shave their heads at Jantar Mantar

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:14 AM PST

About 35 men had their heads tonsured in public at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi on Friday, protesting that the government was not keeping women safe in the country.


Help 12-year-old with cancer who's sleeping on the streets

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 01:17 AM PST

After NDTV reported on a 12-year-old who is fighting cancer and spends his nights sleeping outside the hospital where he is being treated, many ndtv.com surfers have asked how they can help.


Settle rape case with Rs.50,000, panchayat tells 13-year-old

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 01:06 AM PST

Rs.50,000 as compensation for being kidnapped, taken to Nagpur and raped in captivity for many days. That is what a panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has offered a 13-year-old who came to them with her tale ...


Shops observe two-hour shutdown to protest acid attack on woman

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:36 AM PST

The commercial hub of Lal Chowk and adjoining areas on Friday observed a two-hour shutdown against the acid attack on a woman in Srinagar earlier this week.


At this Delhi Police workshop, the aim is to be women-friendly

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:01 AM PST

At a police station in central Delhi, 40 officers of the Delhi Police are spending a third consecutive day learning how to be more sensitive and responsive to crimes against women.


IBM employee commits suicide, jumps from her office building

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 11:41 PM PST

A 30-year-old woman employee working with an IT company in Pune today committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of the office building, police said.


55-year-old man allegedly beaten to death by three cops in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 11:26 PM PST

A 55-year-old man has died in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district allegedly after he was beaten up by three policemen. The man was reportedly being interrogated about the residence of an alleged ...


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