Bhopal: In wake of the alleged gangrape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district recently, the state government has decided to constitute a special police force for the safety and security of foreign tourists. "We will constitute a Special Force for the safety and security of the foreign tourists visiting Madhya Pradesh and develop a mechanism to keep an information about them," Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said...
06:25 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Monday opposed the move to pardon Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt stating that it would send a wrong message to the society. Speaking in the Legislative Council during a debate on Law and Order scenario in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe said, "There should not be a rethink on the Supreme Court's judgment. It will send a wrong message to the society if Dutt is pardoned."...
05:53 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Mumbai: As the clamour grows for pardoning actor Sanjay Dutt in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, the Shiv Sena has said that it will oppose any such move. Speaking in the Maharashtra Assembly, Sena leader Neelam Gorhe says pardoning Sanjay Dutt will send the wrong message. It is a surprising turn considering it was late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who supported Sanjay Dutt in the case initially. On Sunday,...
01:35 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Jeev Milkha Singh was unable to carry on from where he had left on Saturday as he signed off tied 17th at the Maybank Malaysian Open after ending with a third and final round of 68, here on Sunday. Jeev dropped from overnight 10th and finished six shots behind the winner, Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who completed a sensational wire-to-wire victory at the weather-shortened event. Shiv Kapur, who was...
07:36 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Paris: After the news of a baby girl who was effectively cured of HIV in the US, a new study reports a functional cure for adults with HIV/AIDS, who were treated very early. Scientists in France said they selected 14 patients, who were treated within 10 weeks of being infected with HIV. They received treatment for three years but after that, the patients did not need antiretroviral treatment anymore. The...
07:55 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Bhind: A Jain sadhvi was allegedly molested and assaulted by her neighbour after she was kidnapped from her father's house at Mau town in the district by unidentified persons, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on March 18 when unidentified persons abducted the sadhvi from her father's house and took her to the place of one Ashok Dhobi who stays nearby, they said. Dhobi was arrested on Saturday for...
11:49 PM, Mar 23, 2013
A court in Switzerland has found a self-styled acupuncturist guilty of intentionally infecting 16 people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A regional court in the canton (state) of Bern said the man was sentenced Friday to 12 years and 9 months in prison. ...
06:56 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Centuries from Gayle and Chanderpaul helped West Indies built up a 206-run lead over Zimbabwe. ...
05:22 AM, Mar 22, 2013
India hopes to commission three major railway lines in 2017 to move coal from existing and planned mines of Coal India Limited, the minister of state for coal said, which the state-run miner considers crucial in helping it meet production targets. ...
01:30 AM, Mar 20, 2013
'Vazhakku En 18/9' also won the best film award at the South Asian Film Festival. ...
09:31 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Raja has worked as a make-up artist in recent Tamil films such as 'Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu', 'Naan Mahaan Alla' and 'Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai'. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Congressmen all over Madhya Pradesh staged demonstrations at various district headquarters in the state on Monday protesting against the gangrape of a Swiss national in Datia district on March 15. The two-hour demonstrations were peaceful and marked by presentation of memorandum demanding the resignation of Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta for his failure to prevent the incident. ...
05:15 PM, Mar 18, 2013
In Madhya Pradesh, the blamegame continues over the gangrape of a Swiss tourist in Datia on the outskirts of Gwalior. The survivor was camping with her husband while on a cycling trip. ...
05:09 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Shiv Sena protested at the premises of the Dr Antonio De Silva School where three six-year-old students were chained, paraded and made to clean toilets as punishment. Shiv Sena leaders met the trustees of the school saying the teacher should be suspended pending inquiry. ...
01:25 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Shiv Sena and Hindu Sena activists protest against Pakistani Sufi singer Sanam Marvi. ...
12:46 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Bengal trounced Assam by 53 runs in their opening East Zone leg encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 match. ...
11:15 PM, Mar 17, 2013
