New Delhi: With the sale of thousands of kilograms of sweets being sold this Diwali, adulteration is on the rise and is making news. Agencies are carrying out raids across the country in order to avoid the sale of spurious sweets. Lucknow Additional City Magistrate Arun Kumar said, "We have found around two quintals of sweets that had been made in unhygienic conditions. We have destroyed this lot." Agencies in...
07:07 AM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: Most 10-year-olds like football and video games. But, for mountaineer Arjun Vajpai, it was the mountains calling when he was 10. A family trek at the Sahyadri hills set off his mountain lust and later pushed him to scale some of the world's highest peaks including Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse and Mt Manaslu. The young Delhi achiever has gone where no 18-year-old has dared to step in. "When...
09:02 AM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: There has been a severe power shortage for the last few days across Maharashtra and Karnataka. The two state governments have assured that the situation will soon be back to normal. With the states hit by one of its worst power crisis in recent times, people have begun attacking power distribution offices across the state. The reason for the crisis is shortage of coal supply to power plants...
07:10 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Gurgaon toll plaza killing case may have been solved - but the incident has left the victim Umesh Kant Pandey's family completely shattered. Umesh's family claims the compensation announced by the toll company is not enough. The 22-year-old was the only earning member of his family and with his death, his family's hopes of a better future also died. Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway CEO Manoj Agrawal said, "Company has...
11:00 AM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi-based doctor has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife Supriya. He strangulated her and then threw her body off the bridge into a river. Supriya's mother Nibhasha said, "Please get justice for my daughter. My daughter used to say he treats her badly." On Friday, Supriya was allegedly murdered by her husband, Chandra Vibhas, a surgeon at the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya hospital in Delhi. Supriya's parents...
08:35 AM, Sep 28, 2011
New Delhi: The MCD has ordered an enquiry and a detailed report into the building collapse which took place near Jama Masjid on Tuesday night. Investigative officials are to submit their findings in three days and action will be taken against the guilty on the basis of this report. The incident left eight dead and close to 20 injured. An eyewitness said, "I heard a loud noise. I rushed outside...
07:59 AM, Sep 28, 2011
New Delhi: It has been close to two days since a toll collector was shot dead by unknown assailants at the toll-plaza in Gurgaon, but the police continued to search for clues. What has been making matters worse is that the toll company is yet to give any compensation to the 22-year old victim's family. Umesh Kant Pandey, a toll collector, was shot dead by two unknown assailants after a...
07:28 AM, Sep 25, 2011
New Delhi: The police have recorded statements of the people present at the Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza when a toll plaza attendant was shot dead. 22-year-old toll-plaza attendant Umesh Kumar Pandey was shot dead on Friday morning at the Delhi-Gurgaon toll-plaza. The assailants who came in an SUV refused to pay the toll fee. The car owners refused to pay and insisted that they must be allowed to go. When Umesh...
09:01 AM, Sep 24, 2011
New Delhi: The craze to ride a superbike brought an end to Mohammad Ayazuddin, the 19-year-old son of former India captain Mohammand Azharuddin. It also brought the spotlight back on issue of the superbikers and their safety. These high end bikes are a rage not just among youngsters from affluent families but corporate executives, doctors and pilots as well. Like, Ambika Sharma, an entrepreneur by profession and a biker by...
09:59 AM, Sep 21, 2011
New Delhi: Two days of excessive rainfall that brought Delhi to a standstill has exposed the Delhi local authorities' claims of being ready for the monsoon. Friday's morning rain again brought many parts of the capital to a standstill with waterlogged roads, flooded localities, traffic jams. Thursday evening saw Delhi receive the highest rainfall in the last 50 years. The city's show piece international airport bore the brunt The downpour...
07:19 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: Rain brought some relief to the capital on Thursday but it also brought the traffic to a standstill. Not just that it also led to complete chaos at the Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI). The world class airport terminal at IGI airport was not so world class anymore after the rains. Pictures shot on a cell phone obtained by CNN-IBN show a pitiful sight at the arrival area...
08:59 AM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court blast has left Nitin Mandlaus, 37, a young software professional with more than 1000 shrapnel wounds. His father Dr Ratan Mandlaus says doctors have already performed two surgeries and that it's impossible to remove all pieces of shrapnel. This means he has to live with them forever. Practically speaking, metal detectors will always beep when he passes through them - but Nitin Minlaus also...
08:51 AM, Sep 15, 2011
The ordinary men and women who were able to help even before the men in uniform reached the blast site. ...
08:27 PM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: The epicentre of attraction has shifted from Ramlila Maidan to Pragati Maidan where the Delhi Book Fair is on and books on Anna Hazare are quite a hit. The hot-selling 150-page biography of the new age Gandhian is called 'Krantidoot'. Over 50,000 copies of the book have already been sold since the book fair started in the capital last week. Just to cash in on the already growing...
12:26 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Police on Thursday informed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of rowdy elements at Ramlila Maidan. Anti-corruption activist Anna hazare is fasting against graft at Ramlila Maidan. Thousands of Anna supporters are agitating with him. According to sources, Delhi Metro stopped entry to four stations on the Jahangir Puri-Badarpur line. These stations are Jor Bagh, INA, Racecourse and Khan Market. People can leave the stations but the entry...
03:46 PM, Aug 25, 2011
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