UP: 42 policemen booked for alleged murder of terror suspect

UP: 42 policemen booked for alleged murder of terror suspect Lucknow: Forty-two Uttar Pradesh policemen, including some top officers, have been booked for the alleged murder of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts in the state in 2007. Mujahid died while he was being taken to a Lucknow prison from Barabanki. The state government has ordered a high-level probe in the case. Among the police officers booked are DGP (Training) Brij Lal and former DGP Vikram Singh. Police...
10:08 AM, May 19, 2013
UP: Police policement inject petrol into body of two accused

UP: Police policement inject petrol into body of two accused

Another case of shocking police brutality in Uttar Pradesh - a murder suspect dies and another is critical after being injected with petrol during interrogation. ...
09:20 PM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai IPL betting murder: Profiling the 'urban criminal'

Mumbai IPL betting murder: Profiling the 'urban criminal'

An MBA abducting and killing his own cousin to recover betting losses may have shocked it's way into the headlines. But quietly going unnoticed is the fact that this is not the first time educated young urbanites have been found engaging in a crime of this nature. Experts now say there is no such thing as a typical criminal any more. ...
11:38 PM, May 15, 2013

Will UPA's 'Bharat Nirman' campaign help resurrect its flagging image?

Will UPA's 'Bharat Nirman' campaign help resurrect its flagging image? New Delhi: There's nothing like a feel good advertisement when you are down in the dumps. And no one needs it more right now than UPA-II. Faced with uncertainty, embarrassment and an election in the next one year, the government plans to bombard us with not-so-subtle reminders of what they did get right in the last nine years. This is the Congress's Rs 180 crore ad blitz 'Bharat Nirman', written...
09:20 PM, May 14, 2013

Sarabjit case opens wounds of spies who spent years in Pak jails

Sarabjit case opens wounds of spies who spent years in Pak jails Ferozepur: Two weeks after Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's tragic killing in a Lahore jail, CNN-IBN is meeting other spies who have spent decades in Pakistani jails, but are almost never acknowledged. Gopal Das wears his scars as proudly as a soldier, claiming he was on the payroll of the Research and Analysis Wing, drawing Rs 1,500 a month till he was caught by Pakistani rangers in 1985. "Today former terrorists...
02:55 PM, May 14, 2013

Meet India's forgotten spies who've spent decades in Pakistani jails

Meet India's forgotten spies who've spent decades in Pakistani jails Gurdaspur: India's forgotten spies are back in focus after the tragic death of Indian prisoner Sarbajit Singh, but Delhi never accepted that he was a spy. Recruited from India's border villages by intelligence agencies, spies often spend decades in Pakistani jails, but are hardly ever acknowledged. Former spy Surjit Singh, who spent 31 years in Pakistani jails, says he was lucky not to suffer Sarabjit's fate. "I was lucky to...
12:19 PM, May 13, 2013

Live: Delhi rape survivor interacting with parents, says doctor

Live: Delhi rape survivor interacting with parents, says doctor New Delhi: 7:02 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi visits AIIMS to meet the rape survivor. 7:02 pm: AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma gives a health update of the rape survivor. He says the condition of the girl is stable; she is also alert, speaking to her parents and responding to the treatment well. Sharma adds she has been put under close observation. 5:16 pm: Accused in the Delhi minor rape...
07:19 PM, Apr 20, 2013
DSP murder: Village pradhan's son arrested, no clean chit to Raja Bhaiya yet

DSP murder: Village pradhan's son arrested, no clean chit to Raja Bhaiya yet

The CBI on Saturday arrested the son of the murdered village head Nanhe Yadav. CBI sources claimed Babloo Yadav had confessed to shooting DSP Zia-ul-Haq. ...
10:56 PM, Apr 13, 2013

UP: Uproar as minor rape survivor is put behind bars

UP: Uproar as minor rape survivor is put behind bars Bulandshahr: A ten-year-old rape survivor was put behind bars by the Bulandshahr police in Uttar Pradesh when she approached them for help. The child and her mother had gone to a women's police station to file the complaint of the rape. The child and her mother, who spent several hours behind the bars, were freed only after locals created an uproar. Two women constables have been suspended while two sub-inspectors,...
10:17 AM, Apr 09, 2013

UP policeman murder: Will Raja Bhaiya return as state minister?

UP policeman murder: Will Raja Bhaiya return as state minister? Controversial Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya resigned as the state's Food and Civil Supplies Minister on Monday after he was booked for the murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zia-ul-Haq. He met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday and submitted his resignation. ...
10:27 AM, Mar 04, 2013

BSP MLAs protest in UP assembly over Kumbh tragedy

BSP MLAs protest in UP assembly over Kumbh tragedy The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday protested in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly over the stampede in Allahabad during the Maha Kumbh Mela. ...
11:29 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Allahabad stampede: UP govt denies lapse on its part, Railway says all measures were taken

Allahabad stampede: UP govt denies lapse on its part, Railway says all measures were taken

The UP government on Monday denied any lapses on its part in connection with the stampede at the Allahabad railway station on Sunday, even as the railways also said the incident did not occur because of them. ...
11:12 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Allahabad station stampede: Eyewitnesses recall the fateful night

Allahabad station stampede: Eyewitnesses recall the fateful night

As the death toll in stampede at Allahabad railway station reached 36, eyewitnesses are alleging that many of the people died in the mishap because they didn't get medical assistance for a long time. ...
08:46 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Allahabad railway station stampede: One policeman started lathi-charge, others followed, says eyewitness

Allahabad railway station stampede: One policeman started lathi-charge, others followed, says eyewitness

The death toll in the stampede at the Allahabad railway station had gone up to 37 by Monday morning. ...
11:37 AM, Feb 11, 2013

Allahabad station stampede: People struggle to get information

Allahabad station stampede: People struggle to get information Hours after a stampede left over 30 Maha Kumbh pilgrims dead in a stampede at the Allahabad railway station on Sunday, many people are blaming the railway authorities and some looking for their loved ones at the hospital are also complaining of poor administration. ...
10:55 AM, Feb 11, 2013