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
Mumbai: If you thought adulterating milk meant diluting it with water, heres a disgusting reality check. Cops caught four milk vendors red-handed selling milk packets mixed with sewage water to customers in Vile Parle (East) in Mumbai on Monday. The milk vendors were engaged in this act since the past six months and were using empty milk packets that they collected from garbage bins. Acting on a tip-off, Vile Parle...
12:45 PM, May 29, 2012
Lucknow: The Lucknow police have registered FIRs against four people including former Cabinet Secretary Shahshank Shekhar Singh and Senior IAS officer Navneet Sehgal. A case of criminal intimidation has been filed in the Hazrat Ganj police station on a complaint by Taj Corridor case litigant Anupama Singh. Anupama Singh alleged that she got life threats from them. The Rs 175-crore Taj Heritage corridor scam came to light in 2002-2003. The...
12:18 PM, May 26, 2012
Guwahati: To travel across all 28 states of India and neighbouring Bhutan in a Tata Nano car covering around 25,000 kms is no easy task. Yet, this is being attempted by 62-year-old Kochi-based car enthusiast Thomas Chacko, who has so far covered 5,400 km in the small car and reached Guwahati on Saturday. Starting his journey from Mumbai on May 3, Chacko has so far travelled through Indore, Bhopal, Khajuraho,...
07:40 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Italian government on Saturday summoned India's Ambassador to the country over the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian marines, said Ministry of External Affairs sources. Foreign Ministry sources confirmed that the Indian Ambassador was called to the Italian Foreign Ministry on Saturday over the issue. According to the sources, the concern of the Italian government at the charges filed against the marines in custody in Kerala...
07:44 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: In the Kerala fishermen death case, Italy on Friday recalled its India ambassador Giacomo Monteforte to Rome. The ambassador has been called back for consultations over the detention of the two Italian marines who allegedly shot dead two Kerala fishermen. Meanwhile, Italy's deputy foreign minister Stefan Mistura insists that the compensation paid to the slain fishermen families was not blood money. The decision came on a day when...
08:52 PM, May 18, 2012
HYDERABAD/GUNTUR: The state government is understood to be contemplating cancellation of the MoU with the promoters of the Vodarevu and Nizampatnam Port Industrial Corridor (VANPIC) and resume the land allotted to it.Officials are said to be gearing up to obtain legal opinion on the move, and are likely to issue notices to the project management over the next couple of weeks.Giving credence to these moves, rural development minister D Manikya...
10:18 AM, May 18, 2012
Manchester: Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa has spoken to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and would like to move to an English Premier League club, the Japanese international said on Wednesday. "It was good to meet and actually talk to him. He had some nice things to say to me," the 23-year-old told reporters. Kagawa has been widely linked with a seven-million-Pound transfer to the Premier League runners-up by British...
05:19 AM, May 17, 2012
Lahore: LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with US Ambassador Cameron Munter, seeking Rs 10 crore as damages. The notices were served on columnist Nazir Naji and reporter Amir Mir by Saeed's lawyer AK Dogar. The notices contended that Naji's column in the Urdu daily Jang on May 9 and Mir's report in the...
01:14 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: There is a clash between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Minister over a visit of eight ambassadors from European Union countries to Nagaland. The Home Ministry has written a letter to the MEA, claiming it was not informed by the ministry of the delegation visiting the north eastern state. According to the letter, the Home Ministry and the Intelligence Bureau had no knowledge of the...
05:00 PM, May 14, 2012
CHENNAI: The Chennai Comprehensive Transportation Study has a major focus on improvement of the entire transportation corridor rather than the piecemeal approach that the government agencies have had over the years.The transportation corridor as a whole will be improved instead of taking up improvements at isolated locations along the corridor. For example, the Highways Department, Chennai Corporation and other local bodies should ensure that the pavements are not less them...
08:43 AM, May 02, 2012
David Davidar Age: 53 Profile: Co-Founder and MD, Aleph Book Company Career: Over 25 years as a publishing professional. Founder-publisher of Penguin India at age 26; was then variously CEO & Publisher, Penguin India; MD, Dorling Kindersley India; CEO, Pearson India; Publisher, Penguin Canada; President & Publisher, Penguin Canada; CEO, Penguin International Education: BSc, Madras University; Diploma in Publishing, Harvard University Interests: Tennis, swimming, music, movies, books. Q. Worldwide, publishing"as...
06:35 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Indore: A boat with nearly 11 bank employees on board capsized in the Narmada river near Maheshwar in Indore on Monday. Reports said seven of the bank employees had been rescued while four were still missing. The bank employees had gone to Indore for a training programme. The identity of the bank has not been revealed yet. ...
08:15 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Indore: In a case of honour killing, a man allegedly killed his 19-year-old daughter in Indore for having an affair with a boy from another caste. Shivnarayan Verma, 45, a resident of Pardeshipura area, strangulated his daughter Jyoti on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Afterwards, he himself went to the police station and confessed about the act. The girl was in love with a boy who lived near her...
03:40 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss and nine others in a Delhi court in a corruption case. Ramadoss allegedly misused his position to give clearance to a medical college in Indore in 2008. According to the chargesheet, Ramadoss, two doctors of the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi, and owner of Index Medical College, Indore are the main accused...
05:52 PM, Apr 27, 2012
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