Nashik: The urn containing ashes of Shiv Sena chief late Bal Thackeray was brought to Nashik and will be kept at the party office for 'darshan' till Thursday, official sources said on Wednesday. On Friday, the ashes would be immersed in Godavari river, they said. The urn was kept for darshan at Ghoti, Igatpuri Tuesday and Wednesday it will keep at Nashik Road, Sinnar, Trimbakeshwar, Dindori, Niphad, Yeola, Manmad, Nandgaon...
02:46 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday directed state authorities to deal with the latest spurt in violence in Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) region with tough action, where earlier in 2012 over 100 people were killed in Bodo-Muslim clashes. The Chief Minister asked the state Director General of Police (DGP) and top police officials to sternly deal with the situation during a law and order meeting at his...
01:40 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Washington: Two men have been stabbed outside a Gurdwara in California and more than a dozen people pepper-sprayed in violent clashes that broke out between two groups over a power struggle to control the shrine. According to an eyewitness, violence erupted outside the Tierra Buena Gurdwara in Yuba City of California at about 6:45 pm (local time) on Sunday when the meeting of its board of directors ended and some...
07:27 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: The 'Twilight' films catapulted Robert Pattinson to heartthrob status in Hollywood and the actor says he can't do away with the image the vampire franchise has given him. Although Pattinson has tried his hand at different kinds of films such as 'Little Ashes', 'Bel Ami' and 'Cosmopolis', it is the Twilight films he is most known for. "I haven't done anything with a conscious decision. I did what...
03:33 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Cairo: Clashes between supporters of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood and Opposition parties on Friday erupted in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square for the first time since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi took office, leaving hundreds injured. The clashes erupted after supporters of Morsi tore down a stage belonging to leftist politician and ex-presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi's Popular Current. The supporters of Sabbahi were chanting anti-Morsi slogans. Tensions are also high after the...
08:35 AM, Oct 13, 2012
The England fast bowler has revived memories of a 5-0 Ashes whitewash in 2006-07 by shedding light on the alcohol culture in the touring camp. ...
07:37 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Kolkata: Three people were injured when members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) clashed in the Nandi Gram area of Asansol sub-division in the Burdwan district of West Bengal on Friday. The clashes reportedly took place over filing of nomination papers for a school managing committee election. Three CPM supporters were injured. Both parties were seen openly displaying bamboo sticks and other weapons in...
03:44 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Hyderabad: Pro-Telangana students on Monday clashed with police which used teargas shell to quell the protestors at Osmania University campus in Hyderabad even as the bandh called by different groups favouring separate statehood had little impact in the state capital and Telangana districts. A group of activists under the banner of Telangana students and Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OU-JAC) held protests in front of the OU Police Station located...
02:43 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress is expected to hold a massive rally in Gandhinagar on Monday in protest against the deaths of three Dalit men who were killed in police firing in Thangadh, Surendranagar on September 22. The party has demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the killings. Earlier, a CID probe had been ordered into the case and a police sub-inspector of Thangadh town suspended...
09:50 AM, Oct 01, 2012
London: Late singer Amy Winehouse was given a final goodbye by family and friends when her ashes were buried at a ceremony in north London. They were buried underneath a new pink and black headstone, reports thesun.co.uk. The black stone has pink writing and a picture of a songbird, and also pays respects to her grandmother Cynthia Levy. About 70 people attended the Jewish ceremony. Her father Mitch Winehouse honoured...
07:03 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Kudankulam: As the situation in Kudankulam continued to remain tense, DMK supremo Karunanidhi blamed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the violence. "There has been a death. There has been violence against protestors who were protesting peacefully. The police and the state are responsible for this violence at Kudankulam. The Jaya government has deployed police forces to curb the protests," Karunanidhi said. Villagers alleged that the police were destroying their...
03:31 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: The village of Kudankulam remained tense on Tuesday as the stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and police continues. Reports say the leader of the protest SP Udayakumar and a few others are likely to court arrest later in the day. Anti-nuclear protesters continued with their relay fast at the epicentre of protests, condemning the action against anti-KNPP activists. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the night camping in open...
12:54 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: The village of Kudankulam remained tense on Tuesday as the stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and the police continues. Tens of thousands of protestors spent Monday night camping in open against the nuclear plant. Many protestors are continuing their hunger strike. They're opposing the loading of uranium at the reactor, rumoured to take place on Tuesday. On Monday, the protests spread to Tuticorin where one farmer died in police...
08:40 AM, Sep 11, 2012
James Anderson believes Vaughan's failure to communicate well was ignored because he was in charge of a great team. ...
06:58 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the violence that took place in Delhi's residential area of Mayur Vihar Phase III on Sunday night. Two cases of arson, rioting and looting have also been registered. A probe has been ordered into the incident in which one person died and many including 15 policemen were injured. Three people have suffered bullet injuries, but the police denied firing saying...
06:09 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Twenty people have been detained in connection with the violence that took place in Delhi's residential area of Mayur Vihar Phase III on Sunday night. Two cases of arson, rioting and looting have also been registered. A probe has been ordered into the incident in which one person died and many including 15 policemen were injured. Delhi's residential area of Mayur Vihar remained tense on Monday morning following...
09:41 AM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi's residential area of Mayur Vihar remained tense on Monday morning following mob violence on Sunday night. One person died and many including 15 policemen were injured in the clashes. Three people have suffered bullet injuries, but the police denied firing saying only tear gas was fired. Firing by miscreants to create panic has not been ruled out. Two police posts, six public transport buses and six private...
07:57 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Guwahati: Assam MLA Pradeep Brahma from Bodoland People's Front has been arrested by the state police for his alleged involvement in the ethnic violence on Thursday. Brahma was arrested from Kokrajhar. The protestors blocked railway tracks across the state following the arrest of the MLA, demanding his release. Brahma was held after seven cases were registered against him. This is the first significant arrest in the case. Meanwhile, an indefinite...
08:56 AM, Aug 23, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNBC TV18's Shereen Bhan, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargva said it would not be surprising to see the unions taking the matter to court. ...
05:08 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: Ashes of late union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh will be taken across the state to enable Congress workers to pay their respects before being immersed on August 30, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre said today. Deshmukh (67) died of a serious liver ailment at a Chennai Hospital on August 14. The ashes will be brought to Mumbai on August 27 and a joint meeting comprising the state executive,...
09:05 PM, Aug 20, 2012
