New Delhi: A 71-year-old tantric was arrested in New Delhi for raping a 10-year-old girl on the pretext of healing her, police said Wednesday. The girl, who had a migraine, had been advised by a neighbour to seek the tantric's help. Her mother took her to Kanu Lal, a tantric in Govindpuri area in south Delhi on Tuesday evening. Lal asked her mother to leave the room as he would...
04:26 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday set up a high-level committee to curb child trafficking in the state. An announcement in this regard was made by Kiran Walia, Minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development and Education, at a meeting convened by her at the Delhi Secretariat in which several other steps to curb the menace were also made public. Walia said immediate registration of an FIR in...
01:07 AM, May 16, 2013
Banka: Cracking the UPSC is a difficult proposition, especially for aspirants who live in Naxal-infested areas, with no access to proper coaching facilities. But all that has changed in Bihar's Banka district due to the efforts of District Magistrate Dipak Anand and his deputy Sub-Divisional Magistrate Mithilesh Mishra. Together, they conduct free coaching sessions for students taking the UPSC exam from this region. With no proper guidance, the youth in...
11:02 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Amidst demand for expeditious trial of terror cases involving Muslim youth, the Union Home Ministry has asked all states to set up fast track courts to take up such cases for speedy disposal. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said the Centre has sent an advisory to all states and is also trying to find out how many Muslim inmates (involved in terror cases) were in jail and for...
06:50 PM, May 15, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's head coach Dav Whatmore has rejected talks about him recommending little known Australian Trent Woodhill for the post of the national team's batting coach ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy. Whatmore told reporters before the team's departure for Ireland earlier on Wednesday that Woodhill's appointment was a decision of the PCB. He also disclosed that he had not had any discussions with Woodhill since his appointment was made....
09:35 AM, May 15, 2013
Batala: A 17-year-old girl was abducted and raped allegedly by a youth in Qadian area of Gurdaspur district. On Sunday night the girl was abducted allegedly by one Satnam Singh alias Satta, according to the complaint filed by the victim's mother. The accused took her to a nearby tubewell and repeated raped her, police said. Seeing the serious condition of her daughter, the girl's mother approached the police, who later...
02:25 AM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: A special chattai therapy is providing some relief to little children suffering from cancer. CanKids initiative at AIIMS Delhi helps children undergo treatment by helping them with motivational and self esteem talks. Chemotherapy sessions, frequent hospital visits, long waiting hours, hair loss - are images associated with cancer. Battling the disease is a painful process for every one. Poonam Bagai was no different. The government officer's life was...
11:28 AM, May 14, 2013
Actress Shilpa Shetty was spotted at the Mumbai airport recently with her husband Raj Kundra and son Viaan. The mother-son duo were sporting their team- Rajasthan Royal's colour. Both were dressed in blue t-shirts and jeans and made a for happy two-some. Viaan who has recently got a haircut looked happy perched on his mothers lap as his proud mother beamed at him. The Kundras were returning from an IPL...
10:21 AM, May 14, 2013
Washington: Police have released video surveillance of a suspect wanted in the Mother's Day parade shooting in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana, injuring at least 19 people. The footage shows still images taken from the scene of the parade minutes before and after the shooting, including footage of one of the three suspects involved, according to local Nola.com. The grainy surveillance...
05:27 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was on Monday sexually assaulted by her landlord's 15-year-old son in Delhi, police said. The juvenile suspect was caught. The incident occurred in Aman Vihar area of outer Delhi on Monday morning. "After spotting the minor alone in her house, the juvenile took her to an abandoned room built in the same building and sexually assaulted her. When the minor began to cry, he fled...
05:01 AM, May 14, 2013
Guwahati: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a tea garden at Titabor in upper Assam, police said on Monday. According to the FIR filed on the complaint of the girl's father, she was called out of her house in the labour lines of Rongdoi tea estate on Sunday by the accused, who is known to the family. The man fled after committing the crime, it said. The girl's father...
07:23 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: An unidentified man was on Sunday arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a two-year-old girl in Mayur Vihar Phase 1 area of Delhi, police said. The police have registered a case of attempted rape against the accused and girl has been admitted to the Lal Bahadur hospital for treatment. The incident reportedly occurred just about 100 meters from the Mayur Vihar police station. The accused was caught by...
01:07 PM, May 13, 2013
Rajasthan Royals owner Shilpa Shetty and Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi hang out together during an IPL 6 match in Jaipur. ...
09:36 AM, May 13, 2013
United States: At least 19 people, including two children, have been wounded in New Orleans as gunmen opened fired on crowds taking part in a Mother's Day parade. Police say the shotting took place from different guns and three suspects were seen. No arrests have been made so far. The shooting shattered the festive mood surrounding the parade that drew hundreds of people to the 7th Ward neighborhood of modest...
07:30 AM, May 13, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will embark on a three-day visit to Darjeeling Hills beginning May 14, 2013 during which she will meet the GJM leaders as well as hold talks with the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA). "The chief minister will leave for Darjeeling May 14. She will have a meeting with the GTA officials and attend several government functions to announce development schemes for the region. She...
05:21 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: A two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 23-year-old neighbour inside her house, police said on Sunday. The man has been arrested. The incident was reported from Adarsh Nagar area in north Delhi and occurred when the child was alone at home on Saturday evening. A neighbour, who chanced upon the crime, raised an alarm following which the accused fled. The girl was taken to hospital where the...
08:56 PM, May 12, 2013
Palanpur: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man living in Fanwara locality near the victim's house in Deesa, around 28 Kms from Palanpur, the police said. The incident happened on Sunday when the 14-year-old girl was alone at her home and the accused Kishore Panchal (25) lured her, the police said. According to the complaint filed by the mother of the victim, the accused took her to the...
08:10 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran roadie Palak Johal has won the 10th season of the reality show Roadies. She is originally from the 6th season of Roadies. She defeated 15 other contestant to win the show. She defeated Ramandeep Kaur Dhillon in the finale to win the show. Palak Johal and Ramandeep were in the same team before the last round. They edged out the team of Mohit and Anirudh to make...
11:36 AM, May 12, 2013
Pune: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday said the resignations of Union Ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal would not pose any danger to the UPA government. "There is no danger to UPA government. The decisions taken by the Prime Minister and the two ministers are right. We are set to complete full term," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Pune. When asked...
02:23 AM, May 12, 2013
Gurdaspur: In a shocking incident, a step-father allegedly married his minor daughter after forcibly taking her in Jammu on the pretext of getting her 'Aadhar' card. The incident came to light when the girl's mother, lodged a complaint against her husband, Pardeep Malik, following which police conducted raid at his house in Shahzada colony in Gurdaspur and rescued the girl, police said on Saturday. However, the accused managed to escape...
02:12 AM, May 12, 2013
