Under bank debt, man kills wife, son, and himself
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) A man poisoned his wife and son and killed himself in the state capital due to an unpaid bank loan, police said on Tuesday. The tragedy occurred in Simra in Madiyaon…
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Two DU students beaten up
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Two Delhi University students, belonging to the Left-affiliated AISA, said they were beaten up in their college on Tuesday when they attempted to paste posters for a students’ march to…
Army to get advance orders to control civil violence: Minister
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) Army officers leading troops will be given advanced magisterial orders to take action against trouble makers indulging in violence in civil areas, union Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh…
Al Qaeda ‘hacks’ Indian Railway website
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Terror outfit Al Qaeda on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Railnet page of the Indian Railway to show its sinister reach for the first time. It later left…
BJP seeks probe into UPA ‘flip-flop’ in Ishrat Jahan case
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged flip-flop by the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre in the Ishrat Jahan fake gunfight case and demanded a thorough…
Three held with 150 kg marijuana in Delhi
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Three people have been arrested for possessing 150 kg marijuana valued at Rs.15 lakh in the international market, police said on Tuesday. Vijay Kumar Jha, 23, Guddu Kumar Jha, 24,…
Union minister Katheria says he did not target any community
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union minister Ram Shankar Katheria on Tuesday said that he did not target any community in his speech in Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. “I did not take the…
Efforts on to use bamboo to rebuild post-quake Nepal
Patna, March 1 (IANS) In an effort to address Nepals post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan countrys abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods….
Bank guard who saved Rs.137 crore to be rewarded
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) A bank guard who single-handedly saved Rs.137 crore in a bank from being looted during Haryana’s Jat protests deserves the highest gallantry award for civilians, a minister said on Tuesday. Former…
Charge sheet filed against Pachauri in sexual harassment case
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A charge sheet was filed by police in a sexual harassment case against TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri, court sources said. “The charge sheet was filed before a metropolitan…
10 arrested with yaba pills in Dhaka
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) At least 10 people were arrested in Dhaka with methamphetamine-based contraband yaba pills, police said on Tuesday. The police have also seized two cars which were used to carry the contraband,…
Lok Sabha disrupted, AIADMK wants action against Chidambaram’s son
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed repeated adjournments as AIADMK members created a ruckus to demand action against…
Bank guard who saved Rs.137 crore to be rewarded
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) A bank guard who single-handedly saved Rs.137 crore in a bank from being looted during Haryana’s Jat protests deserves the highest gallantry award for civilians, a minister said on Tuesday. Former…
Protests, slogans disrupt Rajya Sabha proceedings
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed several adjournments as AIADMK members created a ruckus to demand action against former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti over corruption charges….
Delhi court frames charges in CWG baton relay graft case
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A court here has framed charges against the then 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee officials, including T.S. Darbari, in graft cases related to a baton relay in London ahead of…
CBI to set up cyber-crime investigation branch in Mumbai
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation is planning to set up a cyber-crime investigation branch here, its director Anil Sinha said here on Tuesday. For this, the Maharashtra government has been requested…
Charge sheet filed against Pachauri in sexual harassment case
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A charge sheet was filed by police in a sexual harassment case against TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri, court sources said. According to sources, the charge sheet was filed…
Noida ex-official’s custody extended by Ghaziabad court
Ghaziabad, March 1 (IANS) A CBI court here on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of Noida’s former chief engineer Yadav Singh till March 15 in a corruption case. On February 17, Special Judge G. Sridevi…
Rape accused RJD legislator’s Patna flat attached
Patna, March 1 (IANS) Another property of Rashtriya Janata Dal legislator Raj Ballabh Prasad Yadav, who has been accused of rape, was attached here on Tuesday, police said. Two days after the legislator’s house at…
165 dead from diseases in Pakistan’s Sindh
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The toll in an outbreak of water-borne and food shortage diseases has reached 165 in a district of Pakistan’s Sindh province since this January. People in Tharparkar district, largely from the…