New Delhi: Fire fighters in the national capital attended over 50 calls tonight about fire-related incidents from across the city as Delhiites celebrated Diwali bursting crackers. The fire brigade got calls from almost all parts of the city but almost all of them were minor incidents. In the 20 hours from last midnight, fire fighters received around 70-75 calls reporting fire-related incidents. However, the maximum calls came between 6 pm...
09:40 PM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: A 21-year-old BCom student of Delhi University committed suicide in New Delhi by jumping from a building after a heated argument with his girlfriend on Saturday morning, police said. Abhishek, who hailed from Guwahati in Assam, jumped from third floor of his rented accommodation in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, around 9.30 am. Abhishek was a third year BCom student at the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). He...
09:02 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Washington: Seven members of an elite US Navy SEAL team, including one who participated in the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, have been reprimanded for disclosing classified material while helping produce a videogame, officials said on Thursday. All seven of the special operations forces who were punished were members of the elite SEAL Team Six, according to CBS News, which first reported the reprimands. CBS said...
12:32 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: India's loss has turned out to be Africa's gain in the World Series of Boxing as Algeria Desert Hawks have replaced Mumbai Fighters in the semi-professional league's second season starting later this month. "World Series of Boxing (WSB) is delighted to announce its presence on yet another continent with the Algeria Desert Hawks set to bring the excitement of the world's premiere team boxing to Africa," the International...
11:15 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Lucknow: Even as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claims that law and order has improved in the state, an officer of his own security was beaten up in front of a police check post in Lucknow. Lucknows Hazratganj police say that the men who beat up CO Harendra Singh are not anti-socials, but a senior relationship manager in a real estate company and his friends. Surprisingly, the area where...
11:59 AM, Nov 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress is at war with itself in Kerala and at least one leader says this is affecting governance while another says he will continue to air their grievances against the party. There is even a suggestion that the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) could come apart if the infighting and faction-feuding continues. Not long ago, the tussle was between the factions led by the late K. Karunakaran and...
09:30 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: After performing the duty for the maximum number of hours in the night during the luxury budget task - Major Saab ki Sena - Rajev was declared a doormat in the house by Sapna. As per the rules of the task, any one of the housemates had to be awake in the night. As a result, housemates decided to perform the duty by turn. But in the morning,...
02:04 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Lahore: Giving in to the pressure from hardline groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and a section of local residents, a move to rename a roundabout here in Pakistan after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has been put on hold. The City District Government of Lahore had announced last month that Shadman Chowk would be renamed Bhagat Singh Chowk to acknowledge his revolutionary spirit and his role in the movement against the erstwhile...
11:14 AM, Nov 01, 2012
New Delhi: Concerned over recurring problems in MiG-27 combat aircraft engines, Indian Air Force is planning to phase out these Russian-origin planes by 2017. IAF operates about 80 (four squadrons) of these aircraft in its fleet and due to the recurring problems in their engines, it had to ground all of them after a crash about two years ago. "We are planning to phase out the MiG-27s, of which around...
04:02 AM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal is all set to make his his much-anticipated foray into active politics. He is expected to launch his political party on Tuesday. He will also outline the vision of his party, its constitution, the selection of candidates and a party manifesto, for which he will seek feedback from the general public. Kejriwal chose Gandhi Jayanti to make his big announcement as he takes his fight...
07:21 AM, Oct 02, 2012
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Police in Puerto Rico say a 27-year-old woman is suspected of killing her boyfriend after he became upset about her activities on Facebook. Lt. Candido Pagan says there were two children in the house when the killing occurred on Saturday morning: a nearly 2-month-old girl and a 10-year-old boy. Pagan says both belonged to suspect Wilnilia Sanchez Falcon, but it's unclear if they witnessed the killing...
02:21 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Sometimes, turning full circle takes no time. Eighteen months after NATO forces bombed Qadhafi's Libya citing their responsibility to protect the citizens of Benghazi, U.S. ...
12:29 PM, Sep 26, 2012
London: Taliban militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked a base in Afghanistan, targeting Prince Harry, but the prince was "never in any danger". At least 18 Taliban men and two US Marines were killed in the clash. A massive firefight erupted on Friday night on an airstrip near Camp Bastion where Harry is based, The Sun reported on Saturday. Bastion is Britain's main military base in Helmand province. Sky News...
01:09 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Naresh Aggarwal said he will complain against BSP MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri to the Rajya sabha Chairperson. ...
01:46 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Aggarwal and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill. "The BSP MPs were misbehaving with me. I didn't try to tear the bill. We wanted that the division of votes should be there. I will complain against Karimpuri to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha," Naresh Aggarwal said. The scuffle...
01:08 PM, Sep 05, 2012
SP MP Naresh Aggarwal and BSP MP Avtar Singh Karampuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill. ...
12:42 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: Think of it as the opening act at a concert: Nokia, Motorola and Amazon are unveiling new mobile devices this week before attention turns to a new iPhone and possibly a smaller iPad from Apple. Makers of consumer electronics are refreshing their products for the holiday shopping season. Apple's rivals are hoping that a head start on the buzz will translate into stronger sales. Nokia and Microsoft, in...
10:39 AM, Sep 05, 2012
London: After a long stream of pot shots at each other, music legends Elton John seem to have buried the hatchet by kissing and patching up in public. The pair bumped into each other at a posh restaurant in the south of France last week and they kissed and hugged in front of everyone eating at La Petite Maison in Nice, reported Sun online. "Elton goes to the Petite Maison...
12:48 PM, Sep 03, 2012
