Godhra: A special court will deliver the crucial judgement in the Godhra train fire of 2002, on Tuesday. The big questions that will be answered include whether the coach was set on fire in cold blood, or whether it was an accident. The truth about what happened on February 27, 2002, on the railway tracks of Godhra, has often been clouded by what followed in Gujarat. To unravel the facts...
07:18 AM, Feb 22, 2011
London: Scientists have developed an amazing spray gun that speedily heals severe burn injuries with stem cells. Jörg Gerlach from the University of Pittsburgh's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, US has created a method which regenerates healthy skin stem cells from the victim and sprays it on the burned skin. Though scientists have been able to regenerate sheets of skin for decades, it is a lengthy process and the resulting...
12:43 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Mumbai: Some of the accused in Yashwant Sonawane murder case have alleged in statements to police that the slain officer had demanded a 'bribe' to settle the matter when he spotted oil adulteration near Manmad on January 25. The police, however, said such counter-accusations are common. The investigating officers have recorded statements of the ten accused who are in police lock-up, while the main accused Popat Shinde's statement is yet...
03:47 PM, Jan 30, 2011
Mumbai: Brother-in-law of Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane, killed by oil mafia in Nashik district, on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. "Sonawane's Personal Assistant as well as the driver were there when the incident occurred. It is surprising that only he was targeted," Anand Dani, brother-in-law of the slain Maharashtra civil service officer, said. Mobile phone records of Sonawane should be checked and the probe should be handed...
03:23 PM, Jan 26, 2011
Nasik: The last rites of Yashwant Sonawane, the additional collector of Malegaon, who was burnt to death allegedly by the persons involved in fuel adulteration near Manmad, were conducted here overnight. Several government officials were present at the funeral. Meanwhile, Popat Shinde, the prime suspect who also suffered burn injuries in the gruesome incident, has been shifted to Nasik Civil Hospital. According to the police, Sonawane (42) was returning from...
11:56 AM, Jan 26, 2011
Talking to CNN-IBN, Prithviraj Chavan said such an incident of burning an officer live will not be tolerated. ...
10:02 PM, Jan 25, 2011
Malegaon: Additional District Collector of Malegaon, Yashwant Sonawane, has been burnt alive by people involved in black marketing of petrol and diesel. The tragic incident took place about 10 kms from Malegaon in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Tuesday afternoon. Sonawane was going to Nandgaon for a tehsildar meeting when he spotted a few trucks parked in a very suspicious manner near a road side eatery where the depots of IOC,...
03:20 PM, Jan 25, 2011
London: A breathalyser to reveal how much fat you burn off at the gym is being developed by scientists. Exercise machines currently estimate when people enter the 'fat burning zone'. The breathalyser works by picking up minute changes in the levels of a molecule called acetone in people's breath, which is given off when the body starts to burn fat, the Telegraph reports. Gus Hancock, chemist at Oxford University who...
05:56 PM, Jan 23, 2011
Chicago: A study suggests medical errors, job burnout and depression lead surgeons to contemplate suicide at higher rates than the general public, and they're much less likely to seek help. Fear of losing their jobs contributes to surgeons' reluctance to get mental health treatment, according to the study. Nearly 8,000 surgeons participated. About six per cent reported recent suicidal thoughts; the rate was 16 per cent among those who'd made...
03:57 PM, Jan 18, 2011
Panaji: The Sunburn festival kicked off on Monday as Bollywood and sport stars are amongst the 18,000 visitors expected to throng the musical extravaganza at Goa's Candolim beach. The festival will have 60 DJs playing electronic music for the crowd on three separate stages set up on the beach. MTV India will stream the festival live from the venue. Viewers can log on to mtvindia.com/sunburnfestival or connect to wap.mtvindia.com/sunburnfestival on...
05:38 PM, Dec 27, 2010
Panaji: Organisers of a mega music festival in Goa said they have not prepared a guest list for the event and anyone who wants to come -- be it superstar Shah Rukh Khan -- needs to buy a ticket. The three-day Sunburn Music Festival will begin on December 27 at the Candolim beach. Talking to reporters here, the organisers were mum on the participation of Shah Rukh in the event....
12:35 PM, Dec 24, 2010
New Delhi: Severe burn injuries leave behind scars -- not only physical but in the victim's mind too. The Burn Eradication Project, which now hopes to begin operations in India, aims at reducing the fear of burns and the psychological after-effects by counselling people over telephone. Marja Pronk, global coordinator of the Burn Eradication Project on a recent visit to the capital, explained the Distant Subliminal Neuro-Bypass (DSNB) technique that...
12:39 PM, Dec 20, 2010
Mumbai: A traffic policeman who was set on fire by an angry auto rickshaw driver in full public view on Thursday, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Constable Anil Aitodekar had taken action against the auto rickshaw driver Mahendra Kevat for not following traffic norms, police said. He booked the auto driver for a traffic violation in Vasai. Eyewitnesses say the driver, poured petrol on the policeman and set him...
09:34 AM, Nov 03, 2010
Mumbai: A traffic police constable was on Thursday set on fire by an auto rickshaw driver after the policeman took action against him for traffic rule violation in Vasai in neighbouring Thane district. Anil Aitodekar, constable, had taken action against the auto rickshaw driver Mahendra Kevat this afternoon for not following traffic norms, police said. Enraged over this, Kevat went to the constable in the evening and poured kerosene and...
07:51 PM, Oct 28, 2010
Los Angeles: Alisha -- the Afghan girl who became the face of Taliban opression after her nose was cut off by her husband -- has got a new face. Ayesha's plight was highlighted by Time magazine after she was married off to a Taliban fighter at the age of 12. When she tried to escape, her nose and ears were sliced off by her husband. Now thanks to a complicated...
07:39 PM, Oct 13, 2010
The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty of 3 AIADMK workers in the Dharmapuri bus burning case in which 3 Coimbatore University students were burnt alive on 2nd February 2000. ...
12:28 PM, Aug 30, 2010
Warangal: In Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, 11 children of a government primary school have sustained burns after their teacher punished them by placing burning firewood on their hands, arms and thighs. ...
11:07 AM, Aug 11, 2010
The murdered man made a dying confession to IBN 7 but the Delhi police failed to record the statement. ...
08:58 PM, Jun 17, 2010
There seems to be a new love of industry in West Bengal and Trinamool workers are thanking Mamata Banerjee. ...
10:50 AM, Jun 15, 2010
