Beijing: A man in China has been sentenced to three years in jail for helping his paralysed mother kill herself by consuming pesticide, a court said. The 73-year-old woman was suffering from hemiplegia, total or partial paralysis of one side of the body, for 20 years. Deng Mingjian, 41, a migrant worker, was sentenced to three years in jail with a reprieve period of four years for intentional homicide, Xinhua...
02:23 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Jaunpur: The Doon Express on Thursday got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, killing at least three people died and injuring 15 other. Union Railways Minister Mukul Roy ordered an enquiry into the accident, saying sabotage cannot be ruled out. The Railway Minister, who is mostly absent from New Delhi, ordered the routine enquiry in Kolkata. A crowded Doon Express was en-route to Dehradun from Howrah when...
08:53 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy has said that sabotage cannot be ruled out in the Doon Express accident near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh. A total of five bogies of the 18-coach Doon Express derailed killing at least five people and injuring 12 others. The Railway Minister also ordered a high-level enquiry into the incident, terming the accident as unfortunate. "Relief and rescue operations are...
04:42 PM, May 31, 2012
Five people died and 12 got injured after five bogies of the 18-coach Doon Express got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday afternoon. ...
04:41 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Five people died and twelve got injured after five bogies of the 18-coach Doon express got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday afternoon. Doon Express 13009 was going to Dehradun from Howrah. Most people have been rescued and the injured have been taken to nearby hospitals. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded a probe into the mishap. The District Magistrate...
01:44 PM, May 31, 2012
Chandrapur: The Maharashtra government has ordered a CID inquiry into the recent tiger poaching incidents in the district. "We suspect the involvement of inter-state gangs in the incidents," Forests and Rehabilitation Minister Patangrao Kadam said in Chandrapur on Wednesday. "The report from CID is expected within three months. If required, the period would be extended to get concrete information on tiger poaching," he said. Kadam was addressing a press conference...
02:05 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Indian television's longest running detective show 'CID' might soon be a film, says producer B.P. Singh, promising more action, a unique storyline and different styling with the same cast. "There will be a film on 'CID' with the same cast, but one main villian will be from outside," Singh told IANS, adding that he was not sure about the time frame. Launched Jan 21, 1998, on Sony, 'CID' has...
11:37 AM, May 30, 2012
Jammu: Thirteen people were killed early Wednesday when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said. The Tata Sumo carrying 13 passengers rolled into a 300 metre deep gorge at Digdol, about 165 km north of Jammu city, an official said. All the passengers died instantly. Bodies were scattered all over and police were finding it difficult to...
10:51 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Some bogies of an Indore-Ratlam passenger train caught fire on Tuesday night. Thankfully all the passengers were evacuated safely. The rail traffic at the route had to be halted for some time. A probe has now been ordered. This comes just a week after the Hampi Express collided with a goods train killing over 20 people in Andhra Pradesh. ...
08:57 AM, May 30, 2012
Jamshedpur: A 32-year-old woman on Monday allegedly committed suicide when her husband turned down her request for a air-conditioner machine for lack of money at East Bengal Colony in Jamshedpur. Bina Das hanged herself following a quarrel with her husband over the demand of an AC machine, the police said. She had been demanding the AC machine for nearly a week in view of the scorching heatwave prevailing in the...
08:39 AM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: At least 26 people were killed and 27 others injured when a speeding tempo rammed into a stationary bus at Khalapur on Mumbai-Pune Expressway around midnight. The victims, which included four minors, were part a marriage party, said Raosahib Shinde, Superintendent of Police Raigad. Some of the injured were admitted to MGM hospital at Panvel near Mumbai while others were rushed to Sassoon hospital in Pune. (With additional inputs...
08:03 AM, May 28, 2012
Lahore: A seven-year-old girl and two women were attacked with acid by two men at a busy market in eastern Pakistan on Sunday, witnesses and police said. The women and the girl were emerging from the Sunday Bazar in Sanda area when the two men, who were riding a motorcycle, threw acid at them and fled. The trio was rushed to Mayo Hospital. Salman Kazmi, a doctor at the hospital,...
08:02 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Seven officials, including two loco drivers, have been suspended by the Railways in connection with last Tuesday's rail mishap in Andhra Pradesh that claimed 25 lives. The May 22 accident of Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express at Penukonda station in Anantapur district of South Western Railway also injured 55 people. The suspended officials included station master of Penukonda Station of Bangalore division M Sri Ramulu, traffic inspector of Hindupur Station...
06:11 PM, May 27, 2012
Dubai: The growing number of suicides on metro tracks in India could be avoided if a new advanced technology and communications system, which provides for driverless trains and quick response to prevent such accidents, is put in place. Thales Group, which has an impeccable track record in Dubai and other cities - where it provides supervision, communications, and security and fare collection facilities, has offered India its advanced Communications-based train...
01:19 PM, May 27, 2012
Rohtak: A teenage girl, who is a junior national volleyball player, was hospitalised with serious injuries after two motorcycle-borne youth threw acid on her while she was going for practice on Saturday evening, police said. Ritu Saini, 17, was taken to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak with burn injuries on her face and chest. The youth managed to escape from the spot after the attack near...
11:27 AM, May 27, 2012
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