
Lucknow: Close on the heels of alleged rape of a minor inside a police outpost in Badaun, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday decided to impart training of "good behaviour" to its personnel who have direct interaction with people. "As complaints of misbehavior by policemen are coming, we have decided to impart training of good behavior to them. Initially we will train policemen from Noida and Lucknow districts and if...

09:38 PM, May 30, 2012

New Delhi: In a stormy start to the budget session, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs clashed in the state assembly in Lucknow on Monday. The BSP MLAs shouted slogans at the well of the Lucknow Vidhan Sabha after budget session began on Monday. Leaders of the ruling Samajwadi Party and BSP shouted slogans against each other and took to the well of the House. It was...

11:34 AM, May 28, 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

Lucknow: In a shocking incident late on Wednesday, a 40-year-old man knifed his 20-year-old son for asking him not to be abusive. Police said the incident took place at Banthara village, when an inebriated Prakash reached his home after work and had a brief altercation with his son Sailakh. Sailakh, who was a labourer, objected to his father's habit of drinking liquor and protested the use of foul language. Enraged...

10:24 AM, May 24, 2012

Patna: Self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba on Monday moved the Patna High Court challenging the legality of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a court in Araria in Bihar against him. Vindhyachal Prasad Singh, an advocate, filed the application on behalf of the Baba. The court of Araria Chief Judicial Magistrate Satyendra Razak had issued a warrant of arrest on Saturday on the basis of an FIR filed on April 21...

04:17 PM, May 21, 2012

New Delhi: A local court in Bihar on Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant against spiritual leader Nirmal Baba in connection with a cheating and forgery case. Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Araria district of Bihar issued the arrest warrant against the Delhi-based spiritual leader. The court's order comes in connection with a forgery case filed in Forbesganj court last month. Nirmal Baba has been in the line of fire after...

04:17 PM, May 19, 2012

Lucknow: The Lucknow Police have registered an FIR against him self-styled godman Nirmal Baba. Nirmal Baba has been charged with cheating, fraud and impersonation under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The Police acted following a local court order based on a complaint filed by an 17-year-old. Tanya Thakur complained after watching the baba's TV show Nirmal Darbar in which he offers solutions to people's problems. Sections under which...

01:06 PM, May 12, 2012

Lucknow: A packet containing a white substance suspected to be sulphas was recovered from the possession of former Chief Medical Officer of Lucknow AK Shukla during frisking in the jail. Shukla, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the murder case of another CMO VK Arya on Sunday night, was remanded in 14-days judicial custody by a court on Monday. After being handed over by the police, a...

12:03 PM, May 08, 2012

Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested former Lucknow Chief Medical Officer (CMO) AK Shukla for allegedly conspiring to kill two other Lucknow CMOs in jail. Shukla worked in the UP Family Welfare Department and was arrested for financial irregularities in the Health Department in 2011. Shukla was arrested earlier in connection with a corruption case but was later released on bail. The twin CMO murders In...

08:10 AM, May 07, 2012

Cast: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner Director: Scott Hicks Melodrama and sentimentality in cinema are necessary in small proportions. However, it requires delicate handling. Those who have not figured how to best use them without patronising the viewers should not even try. Sadly, it's a hint that comes too late for the makers of 'The Lucky One'. After a photo that he finds on the streets of Baghdad coincidentally...

05:48 PM, May 05, 2012

This Friday, Hollywood has three films to offer including 'Hugo', 'The Lucky One' and 'Safe'. ...

11:59 AM, May 04, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: Can a monkey do a man's job? Yes, when it comes to climbing tall coconut trees and plucking its fruits - a skill that has been hit by labour shortage, say the Kerala authorities. With fewer people in the state willing to take up the arduous and risky job, the coconut business has taken a beating. To keep up the supply of the fruit, trained monkeys seem to be...

12:32 PM, Apr 30, 2012

Zoya Akhtar talks about her experience while shooting the opening titles of her film 'Luck by Chance'. ...

11:42 AM, Apr 28, 2012

New Delhi: Two youth accused of robbing Rs 600 from two men and injuring them, have been convicted and sent to seven years rigorous jail term on Monday by a Delhi court. Refusing to take a lenient view or grant probation to the two 19-year-old convicts, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ramesh Kumar said robbery and dacoity are on the increase in the metros and such crimes need to be dealt...

08:08 PM, Apr 23, 2012