A middle-aged woman ran for her life on a public road but was chased and murdered in full public view here Sunday night, police said. Shakuntala Devi was chased in Postal Park locality here by some people, who finally caught up with her and attacked her with sharp weapons, killing her, Patna's Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj told media persons here. He said it was the first such ...
Punjab launches night policing
With an dedicated force of 4,000 personnel, Punjab Sunday laid its claim to be the first state in the country to launch night policing scheme (NPS). Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the home minister, launched the scheme at the Khanpur T-point near here, 20 km from Chandigarh, in the evening. He flagged off the first contingent of night patrolling vehicles along the busy ...
India lucky to have a captain like Dhoni Laxman
Lauding Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, retired stylish batsman V.V.S. Laxman Sunday said the national team was on track to defend its title in the 2015 ICC World Cup. Laxman said Dhoni had the unique quality of being able to respond to a tough situation with ease and praised the captain for unearthing a talent like Ravindra Jadeja, whose allround role enabled India win the West Indies ...
Passenger dies as vehicle turns turtle
A 40-year-old man was killed while six others, including a woman, were wounded after a speeding commercial passenger vehicle in which they were travelling turned turtle here Sunday morning, police said. The driver was arrested. Murshid was killed and his co-passengers Pradeep, Sanjay, Ramdulari, Ajit, Bansi and Veeru were injured in the incident around 9.45 a.m. in west Delhi's Mundaka area, ...
Paper leak Delhi cop arrested
A 25-year-old Delhi Police constable, along with another man, was arrested in connection with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) examination paper leak last month, an official said Sunday. Mohit Kumar, a constable posted at south Delhi's Defence Colony police station, was arrested Friday when he was on duty while co-accused Jai Karan, who had arranged the answer keys for the exam, was arrested ...
Minor raped by neighbour in Delhi
A 15-year-old girl was raped inside her house by her neighbour, police said Sunday. The accused has been arrested and send to judicial custody. Umashankar raped the victim when she was alone at her residence in north Delhi's Keshav Puram area Saturday afternoon. "Victim's medical report confirmed rape. On the basis of her statement, the accused was arrested late Saturday night from the area," ...
Bengal minister defends Trinamool attacks on state poll panel chief
Defending the verbal attacks by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other Trinamool Congress leaders on State Election Commissioner Mira Pande, West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee Sunday said it is not always possible to mind one's language in political speeches. "When someone lashes out at other person, then at times out of anger, he cannot mind his language and then he uses foul ...
Garo rebels security forces exchange fire in Meghalaya
A fierce gun-battle broke out between Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels and security forces Sunday in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills, police said. Two GNLA rebels were reportedly injured in the about an-hour-long exchange of fire at Agreng village, sparked off when security forces retaliated after coming under fire from hiding militants. "The gunfight lasted for an hour and the rebels ...
Delhi sees rain Monday also to be rainy
Delhi saw rains Sunday after witnessing a string of hot and humid days. The Met department has forecast a rainy Monday also in the national capital. Despite the rain, the maximum temperature remained three notches above average at 37.2 degrees Celsius Sunday. "Barring a few places, most parts of the capital received rains. Lodi Road area received heavy showers post-noon," said an official of ...
Chinese choppers violate Indian airspace
Two Chinese Army helicopters violated Indian air space in Ladakh's Chumar area July 11, said sources Sunday. Defence officials, however, denied there had been any transgression, saying the choppers flew close to the LAC but did not cross it. The incident occurred days after the Chinese soldiers transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Chumar sector and took away a surveillance ...
Singur Nandigram vote in Bengal panchayat polls Monday
Singur and Nandigram, known for the intense protests against farmland acquisition that caused the ouster of the long entrenched Left Front government and propelled Mamata Banerjee to the chief minister's chair, go to the hustings in the second phase of West Bengal panchayat polls Monday. The two rural hamlets would be part of the elections in 12,869 seats in the three-tier rural bodies spread ...
Kedarnath head priest seeks ASIs guidance for repair of shrine complex
The head priest of the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand, Pandit Bhimashankar Ling Shivacharya Maharaj, has sought the Archaeological Survey of India's guidance for the further repair and reconstruction of the temple complex that was devastated by recent flash floods. Ecologists blamed reckless construction on the bank of River Ganga and its tributaries for this calamity in Kedarnath region, one ...
35 boats given to Kaziranga to deal with floods
The International Fund for Animal Welfare - Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) has provided 35 boats to the Kaziranga National Park authorities to assist in anti-poaching patrolling during the ongoing flood season. The park, a UNESCO World Heritage site that houses more than 70 percent of the world's greater one-horned rhinoceros, witnesses flooding every year. This year, too, the park was ...
Monday - Bajatey Raho music fails to leave an impression
Film: "Bajatey Raho"; Music Directors: Jaidev Kumar; Singers: Anmol Malik, Sona Mohapatra, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Manjeet Ral, and Gajendra Varma; Rating: The music album of director Shashant Shah's forthcoming revenge-comedy "Bajatey Raho" is made up of six tracks. While certain tracks are attention-grabbing, others are monotonous. The first track is "Nagin dance" sung by Anmol Malik. If the ...
Meghalaya tribals take part in traditional mud dance
Thousands of tribals in one of India's most popular tourist attractions, the Jaintia Hills, which are famous for their tribal culture, in Meghalaya, generously smeared mud on each other and danced during a religious ceremony in an indigenous festival to drive away evil spirits and offered prayers for peace and prosperity. The four-day-long festival called Behdiengkhlam, which means to drive ...
Con man held for credit card frauds worth Rs.1 crore
A con man from Maharashtra who cheated ICICI Bank customers by obtaining their credit card data has fallen into the Delhi Police net after illegal online transactions of over Rs.1 crore in the past one year, said an official Sunday. Raju Tevar was arrested last week by Delhi Police from Palghar in Thane after he was tracked using his cellphone's location, the official said. In one of his ...
There will be element of continuity in Bhutan-India ties
Tshering Tobgay, leader of Bhutan's victorious People's Democratic Party (PDP), has repeatedly stressed that India is "irreplaceable for Bhutan" and his becoming prime minister of the Himalayan country will help bring in "an element of continuity" to India-Bhutan relations that will help it prosper, says former Indian envoy Pavan K. Varma. The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the ...
Congress blames Badal regime for unemployed youths suicide
Punjab's opposition Congress Sunday blamed the Parkash Singh Badal government for not addressing the problems of unemployed youth, who are agitating to get jobs and which led to the recent suicide of a youth in Tarn Taran district. State Congress chief Pratap Singh Bajwa blamed the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state for the suicide by unemployed ...
Indians rushing to be a part of history by sending last telegrams
The central hall at New Delhi's historic telegraph office is witnessing a sudden buzz, as Indians are rushing in to be part of history by sending their last telegrams before the government shuts down the 160-year-old service from Monday, following an onslaught of new and cheaper modes of communication. Known as "Taar" in Hindi, telegrams have been both anticipated and dreaded for bringing good ...
Badal not well cancels all appointments
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday cancelled all his scheduled engagements and meetings due to illness, a spokesman of the chief minister's office said here. Badal, 86, the oldest serving chief minister in the country, is down with viral fever, his doctors said. The doctors have advised him complete rest and told him to avoid travelling. Badal cancelled his three-day 'Sangat ...
Food security cards to be given from Aug 20 Dikshit
The Delhi government would distribute food security scheme cards to beneficiaries on the occasion of the welfare initiative's formal launch Aug 20, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Sunday. "The cards would help in realising food security guarantee at large," Dikshit said at a workshop for resident welfare associations in east Delhi. The scheme is planned to be in operational from Sep 1, just ...
BJP Congress exchange salvos over Bofors
The death of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, accused in the Bofors case, has led to a fresh round of political blame-game between the BJP and the Congress. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Meenakashi Lekhi said the Bofors scandal was a classic case of how an investigative agency should not do its job. Referring to Quattrocchi, she said all those who were involved in alleged ...
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