National News
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Coin Shortage Leads To Traffic Jam At DND Flyway
India | Nov 02, 2011, 02:06 PM ISTNoida, Nov 2: Traffic snarls were seen at DND toll plaza here with commuters stranding at the gates due to shortage of change after the hike in toll rates for some categories of vehicles become
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Delhi Judge Stops Use Of Special Jail Van For CWG Accused
India | Nov 02, 2011, 01:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 2: Delhi Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah has directed Tihar jail authorities to stop use of a special jail van to ferry three high-profile prisoners who are accused in the Commonwealth Games scam,
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Chhath Celebrated With Traditional Fervour In Bihar
India | Nov 02, 2011, 12:06 PM ISTPatna, Nov 2: ‘Chhath' was celebrated across Bihar today with lakhs of devotees thronging banks of several rivers and ponds besides rooftops to offer prayers and offerings to the rising Sun for the welfare of
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Rahul Makes Unannounced Trips To Varanasi, Chandauli
India | Nov 02, 2011, 12:45 PM ISTVaranasi, Nov 2: Taking the district administration and local party men by surprise, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived unannounced in the city on Tuesday morning.District Magistrate Ravindra, when contacted, confirmed that the Congress MP
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CBI Announces Rs 5 Lakh Reward For Info On Bhanwari Devi
India | Nov 02, 2011, 10:55 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 2: CBI on Tuesday night announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for information about whereabouts of midwife Bhanwari Devi who has gone missing after being abducted allegedly at the instance of
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Parliament Winter Session From Nov 22
India | Nov 01, 2011, 11:41 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 1: The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Monday recommended to President Pratibha Patil that the winter session of parliament be convened from Nov 22 till Dec 21.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar
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Former Kashmiri Militant Bitta Karate To Marry State Govt Official
India | Nov 01, 2011, 09:20 AM ISTSrinagar, Nov 1: A former militant of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate will marry today a state administrative service official Assbah Arzoomand Khan at a wedding ceremony here. She is
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Money Laundering Accused Hasan Ali Khan Tells Court He Had Paralytic Attack
India | Nov 01, 2011, 08:40 AM ISTMumbai, Nov 1: Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali Khan, accused of money-laundering, on Monday filed an application in the sessions court here stating that he had had a paralytic attack, and he should be admitted to
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Income Tax Crackdown On MPs, Industrialists Having Accounts In HSBC Bank, Geneva
India | Nov 01, 2011, 08:36 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 1: The Income Tax department is reported to have launched a crackdown on undisclosed account holders who have parked their money in HSBC Bank, Geneva.In a first of its kind crackdown against
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Priyanka Refuses To Return To Barfee
Bollywood | Oct 31, 2011, 01:43 PM ISTMumbai, Oct 31: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has cancelled her dates for Anurag Basu's film as she is yet to return to India to shoot for the film, says a Mumbai Mirror report.Priyanka is currently
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Three Dead As Car Smashes Into Metro Pillar On Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road
India | Oct 29, 2011, 10:56 AM ISTGurgaon, Oct 29: Three young men lost their lives early Saturday morning, when the Swift Dzire car in which they were speeding suddenly swerved, went up the pavement and dashed against a Delhi Metro pillar,
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Metallica Concert Called Off In Gurgaon, Angry Fans Vandalize Equipment, 4 Held
India | Oct 29, 2011, 02:57 PM ISTGurgaon, Oct 29: Four persons, including the general manager of the DNA event management company, were detained by Gurgaon police on Saturday morning after exasperated fans of Metallica rock band went on a rampage at
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Rift In Team Anna Is Its 'Internal Affair' : Salman Khurshid
India | Oct 29, 2011, 08:13 AM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 29: Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday night described as "internal affair" of Team Anna the sharp differences in it and declined to comment on the possibility of any break-up in the
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Three Bogies Of Kalka Mail Derail, No One Injured
India | Oct 28, 2011, 04:43 PM ISTChandigarh/New Delhi, Oct 28: Three coaches of Howrah-Delhi Kalka Mail derailed near a railway station in Haryana early this morning but no one was hurt.The derailment took place near Rathdhana station close to Sonipat, about
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Unease In Team Anna; Hazare Hints At Revamp
India | Oct 28, 2011, 06:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28: Anna Hazare today hinted at expansion of his Core Committee as a sense of unease gripped his team over allegations of financial misconduct by some of its key members.The core committee
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Indians Aim For Whitewash In Lone T20
Cricket | Oct 28, 2011, 01:16 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 28: Brimming with confidence after thrashing England 5-0 in the ODIs, India would be aiming to wrap it up in style by beating the visitors in the one-off Twenty20 International at the Eden
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18 Killed In Truck-Tractor Collision Near Godhra
India | Oct 28, 2011, 01:00 PM ISTGodhra, Gujarat, Oct 28: Eighteen people were killed when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling collided with a speeding truck on the Godhra-Ahmedabad highway early Friday morning.The mishap took place near Vaganpur village.Fifteen people
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Powerful Pipe Bomb Defused Ahead Of Advani's Yatra
India | Oct 28, 2011, 08:32 PM ISTMadurai, Oct 28: A powerful pipe bomb planted under a culvert through which BJP leader L K Advani was to travel as part of his Yatra was defused today with police suspecting the hand of
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Role Of Cong Leaders In Scams Should Be Probed : Advani
India | Oct 28, 2011, 11:35 AM ISTMadurai, Oct 28: Accusing the government of selectively targeting people allegedly involved in various scams, BJP leader L K Advani today said it was “scrupulously” protecting itself from any probe.The BJP leader, who is on
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Wife Anjali Stopped Sachin From Resigning Mid-Series, Reveals Jaywant Lele
Cricket | Oct 28, 2011, 10:00 AM ISTMumbai, Oct 28: Sachin Tendulkar tendered his resignation as Team India captain in early 2000 in the middle of Test series against South Africa, and even as the BCCI chief Raj Singh Dungarpur and former