The government on Thursday said it will release Rs 9,000 crore as the first instalment of compensation for losses incurred by states due to reduction in the Central Sales Tax rate, a precondition for the rollout of GST - the indirect taxes regime. It also expressed the hope that a consensus with states on the Goods and Services Tax, which has been in the works for long, will be reached...
03:32 PM, Feb 28, 2013
An inquest was told on Monday that Maynard was nearly four times above the legal alcohol limit for driving and had taken cocaine and ecstasy before he was electrocuted and hit by a train in June last year. ...
07:03 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Tom Maynard was electrocuted after stepping on a live track before he was hit by a train, causing him to die from multiple injuries last year. ...
07:49 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Finance minister P Chidambaram is expected to meet Congress leaders to get their budget wishlist on Thursday. The Congress is likely to make a strong pitch for raising the Income Tax exemption limit and increasing allocations for anti-poverty programmes. ...
07:36 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Mumbai: A teenager, who assisted a painter in allegedly murdering his 27-year-old partner and dumping her body in a suitcase at CST railway station on September 26, has been arrested, police said on Sunday. The victim's quarrel with her live-in partner (the prime accused) over his "illicit relationship" with a minor girl living in neighbourhood led to her murder, railway police claimed. Amol Karanjule (19) was arrested on Saturday evening...
07:58 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Mumbai: The Pune railway police on Saturday claimed to have solved the murder case where a young woman's body had been found in an abandoned trolley-bag at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai on September 26, with the arrest of her paramour. Pravin Thakre (29), who was in a live-in relationship with the victim Roshni, was arrested in Pune, police said. "We arrested Pravin in the afternoon and he is being...
11:59 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Mumbai: Another child was kidnapped from Mumbai's busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) station on Wednesday. The incident was caught on CCTV cameras. Ten-year-old Sagar, who was lying next to his grandmother, was kidnapped when she fell asleep. Officials are examining the footage to nab the kidnapper. This is the second case of child abduction from the CST station in 2012. Three-year-old Sangita was kidnapped in June while her parents continued...
05:10 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Mumbai: A gruesome crime was captured on CCTV in Mumbai. The railway police have released the CCTV footage of two accused dumping a suitcase in which a 30-year-old dead woman was found. The incident took place on one of the platforms of the CST station in Mumbai. The unidentified woman was found inside the suitcase on September 26, but there has been no more progress in the case yet even...
02:17 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Chennai: War-torn Jaffna in Sri Lanka had a musical symphony earlier this month. Carnatic vocalists TM Krishna and P Unnikrishnan, along with Bharatnatyam dancer Alarmel Valli enthralled Jaffna with their performances and workshops for three days. These artistes from Chennai participated in the three-day event called 'Divine Ecstasy', set up by TM Krishna. "In a way it is re-inforcing a cultural depth they already had. You are not introducing anything...
09:03 AM, Sep 14, 2012
Mumbai: 9.56 pm: A statewide alert has been issued to ensure there is no adverse fallout, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. He said CRPF, Rapid Action Force and Mumbai Police have been deployed at all sensitive locations in the city. 7.41 pm: "I have alerted the police force across the country to act against whoever spreads false information. I have spoken to the Maharashtra CM, the Deputy CM and...
04:15 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: The three-year-old whose kidnapping at Mumbai's CST station was caught on CCTV camera returned home on Wednesday. She was rescued and brought home by the police from Haridwar. Her kidnapper is in custody. The kidnapper was nabbed after the CCTV video of the kidnapping was repeatedly flashed across news channels alerting locals in Haridwar. A CCTV footage from the station showed a man walking inside the station premises and...
01:24 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Mumbai: There will be relief for the parents of the little girl whose kidnapping from Mumbai's CST station in June was caught on CCTV. The Mumbai Police is expected to bring back the three-year-old from Haridwar on Monday. The kidnapper was arrested on Friday after the CCTV video was repeatedly broadcast by news channels. The child is safe and will be reunited with her family soon. A CCTV footage from...
08:18 AM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the Uttar Pradesh Police recovered the child who was kidnapped from Chhatrapati Shivaji station in Mumbai, yet another similar kidnapping incident caught on CCTV camera has come to light. This time, the victim is a 5-month-old baby girl, who was abducted from the premises of the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. The incident although happened almost an year ago, it has come to light only now....
03:17 PM, Jul 08, 2012
Mumbai: The Haridwar Police on Saturday claimed to have found the girl who was kidnapped from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Station in Mumbai on June 10. A CCTV footage from the station showed a man walking inside the station premises and taking away the girl, Sangita, while her parents continued to sleep. The footage showed the man first looking around to make sure no one caught him in the act. The...
02:19 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai police on Friday released CCTV footage of a man kidnapping a child in full public view at Chattrapati Shivaji Station. The June 10 footage shows a man walking inside the station premises and taking away the girl, Sangita, while her parents continue to sleep. The footage shows the man first looking around to make sure no one catches him in the act. The police have now released the...
02:22 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Mumbai: At least 44 out of the 46 people who were arrested from a rave party on May 20 in Mumbai during the IPL have tested positive for drugs. However, the medical reports of cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell, who attended that party, are still awaited. Ninety-two people were detained at the venue after the Mumbai police busted the party. Twenty-seven of the attendees have tested positive for cannabis,...
06:28 AM, Jun 23, 2012
New Delhi: Almost 44 of the 46 held after the Mumbai Police busted an alleged rave party at suburban Juhu's Oakwoods Hotel on the night of May 20 have tested positive for drugs, sources said on Friday. As many as 100 people, including IPL players, namely Wayne Parnell and Rahul Sharma, and 19 foreign nationals, were detained by the police after they busted the party. However, the test reports of...
08:48 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Geneva: India has called on countries for creating a democratic Internet governance structure to ensure a balance between private, commercial and public policy interests. "The ability of the existing internet infrastructure to be used globally for delivering programmes for development requires a free and secure internet," Dilip Sinha, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said in a statement. "Creating a democratic internet governance structure will...
02:28 AM, May 22, 2012
Kolkata: Reiterating her demand for an interest moratorium for the cash-strapped West Bengal government, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday gave the central government a 15-day ultimatum and warned that its "indifferent attitude" could become a "big issue". "We have not enough income to pay the interest for the debt burden bequeathed by the erstwhile (Left Front) government. We are repeatedly urging (the central government) that we do not need...
05:58 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Mumbai: In a sigh of relief for commuters, Central Railway has announced that they have restored over 85 per cent of the services on Thursday. According to the officials, the signals from CST towards Kalyan have been fully restored, so no delays expected there. However the signals from Kalyan towards CST are yet to be fully restored. Trains shall be around 25-35 minutes late. As of early morning most have...
08:02 AM, Apr 19, 2012
