Patna: A railway official was beaten to death on a train in Bihar by a group of people who thought he was a thief, police said on Wednesday. The ghastly incident took place in Lakhisarai district on Tuesday. Virendra Kumar Tyagi was first thrashed by dozens of passengers at the Patna railway station but he survived, Government Railway Police inspector Rajendra Paswan said. As he boarded the Danapur-Bhagalpur Inter-City Express,...
06:27 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Thisara Perara took 3 for 19 in his eight overs to help SL restrict India to 138 and win the 2nd ODI by 9 wickets. ...
09:30 AM, Jul 25, 2012
The hosts chased down 139 in 19.5 overs to give a nine-wicket hiding to MS Dhoni's men. The five-match series is now tied at 1-1. ...
07:06 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Virat Kohli scored a magnificent 106 as India beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs in the first one-day international. ...
10:35 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Pakistan closed Day 4 at Pallekele on 299 for 8 with a lead of 188 runs. The day belonged to Azhar Ali who made 136. ...
09:44 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Heavy rain forced the 2nd day of the third Test between SL and Pakistan to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. ...
12:04 PM, Jul 09, 2012
After scoring 226, the visitors bowled well to reduce Sri Lanka to 44 for 3 on day one of the third Test at Pallekele. ...
10:30 AM, Jul 08, 2012
Pakistan will look to bounce back after suffering a humiliating defeat in the first ODI. ...
08:11 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Hisar: Away from the rule of law, away from thoughts of justice and fairness, away from a society of abundance, away from a society where relations between men and women are governed by a sense of equality and mutual regard is a world close by and yet far removed. It's a world that we don't want to think about and talk about, for these are thoughts so abhorrent that when...
08:16 PM, May 31, 2012
Chandigarh: The bharat bandh call to protest the petrol price hike has been fairly effective in Punjab. However, no incidents of violence have been reported from the region till the filing of this report. The Amritsar bus stand wore a deserted look with no buses plying. All buses stood lined up at the bus stand. Mounted police patrolled the streets even as shops remained closed. "We wanted to go to...
07:19 PM, May 31, 2012
Hisar (Haryana): The 23-day old agitation by Jat community in Haryana seeking quota in government jobs was finally called off on Monday. The Jat leadership has set September 13 as deadline for the Haryana government to implement the quota. The agitators removed the blockade of roads in Hisar district, including National Highway No 10 (NH-10) and other roads and railways tracks. Most of these blockades were near Mayyar village in...
10:57 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Jeetu, a Jat leader, said on Sunday that first, a funeral ceremony will be organised for one of the men who was killed during the agitation, and then a core group meet will be held to decide on future strategy. ...
08:53 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Hisar: The Jat stir was called off on Sunday after the protesters reached a compromise with the Haryana government late on Saturday night, with the latter assuring the release of its leaders arrested during the three-week agitation in Hisar over their demand for reservation in government jobs under the OBC quota. The compromise was reached following marathon talks late on Saturday night between the two sides. Dharamveer, along with Chief...
08:18 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Commuters had a rough time as rail and road services were hit due to a bandh called by Jat protesters demanding OBC quotas. ...
05:52 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Hisar: Tension prevailed in the district on Saturday as the standoff continued between the protesting Jats and the state government over release of those arrested during the agitation to press for reservation under OBC category. "We are not going to hold any talk with the state government till the time our demand (of releasing those arrested) is met. There will also be no talks with the Khap leaders, who are...
03:29 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday urged Jat agitators to exercise restraint and cremate the body of the youth, who was killed in alleged police firing this week in Hisar district. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the assembly session which concluded here, he said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala has already apprised the House with the entire situation concerning the ongoing agitation. He said...
02:39 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Hisar: The Haryana government on Friday refused to release the Jat leaders and protesters who were arrested in various incidents and arsons over the past week. The Jat agitators have been demanding quota in government jobs. However, the government said there was no agreement with Jats on the issue and if they indulged in destruction of public property, stringent action would be taken against them. The agitators early on Friday...
01:56 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Hisar: One person was killed and several others were injured as members belonging to the Jat community clashed with police near Ramayan village in Hisar on Tuesday. The incident took place when members of the community were protesting against police for detaining top Jat leaders and rounding up agitators squatting near the railway track at Ramayan village late on Monday night. Hisar District Commissioner has called in the Army to...
09:34 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Hisar (Haryana): A second year mechanical engineering student of a private college here was killed on Monday allegedly by two of his batchmates who had developed an animosity towards him because he was a class topper despite coming from a poor family. Pradeep Kumar (20) was shot dead near the gate of the Kalpana Chawla College of Education as he alighted from a bus. Police said he suffered three bullet...
03:00 PM, Feb 28, 2012
M L Kak calls this personal account of his 40-plus years in journalism, much of it spent in Jammu and Kashmir by a quirk of fate, an "untold story of Emergency". The subtitle is somewhat misleading. But the book is readable and informative and at times even racy. Although coming from a family of journalists, Kak was an unwilling entrant into the profession. But once he chose it, he embraced...
02:40 PM, Jan 13, 2012
