Hisar: Two cases of alleged honour killings have been reported from Haryana, a state which has gained notoriety for the ghastly crime. In the first case a father allegedly murdered his daughter as he was opposed to her relationship with a boy from the same village while in the other case a young man was beaten to death by the girl's family. According to the police, in the first case...
02:59 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea which had challenged the validity of the Cairn-Vedanta deal and said there was nothing malafide in the transaction. The court was hearing a petition challenging the validity of the $8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and had sought a CBI probe into it. "There were no extraneous considerations involved in the deal and it should not be interfered with by the court....
11:59 AM, May 09, 2013
Dhaka: A major fire at a garment factory in Dhaka killed its managing director, a top police official and six others, officials said on Thursday. Fire service officials said managing director of the Tung Hai Sweater factory Mahbubur Rahman and his friend Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police ZA Morshed were among the dead as the fire broke out on several floors of the 11-story building housing the factory and...
09:55 AM, May 09, 2013
Washington: The Obama administration may seek to end a long-running debate over Internet wiretaps with proposed legislation that would enable law-enforcement agencies to tap into many types of Internet communications, US officials with knowledge of the matter said. The proposal is aimed at getting past the technical and legal obstacles that make it difficult for the FBI and other agencies with court orders to check so-called voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) services such...
06:20 AM, May 09, 2013
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to increase the number of foreigners' tribunals in the state from the existing 36 to 100. Gogoi met the prime minister at the latter's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday and appealed to increase the number of tribunals as the existing ones are inadequate to dispose of the large number of pending cases, leading to harassment of genuine...
05:55 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: BJP MP Tarun Vijay on Wednesday again accused Google of violating India's mapping laws by showing vital military installations with annotations and asked the government to take steps to access the data the company possessed. Vijay, who raised the issue in a special mention in the Rajya Sabha, called upon the central government to probe the issue. Vijay said the recce of any area was the key to...
04:54 AM, May 09, 2013
Bilaspur: A police officer was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a 23-year-old girl over four years on the pretext of marrying her, police said on Wednesday. "Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Ashutosh Kaushik (29), posted at Bilaspur SP office, was apprehended on Tuesday on the charge of rape after the victim filed complaint against him," SP Ratanlal Dangi said. According to the police, the girl, a resident of Kasturba Nagar in...
03:35 AM, May 09, 2013
Rameswaram: Thirty fishermen from Rameswaram, who were set free by a Sri Lankan court after being arrested by the island Navy in April 2013 on charges of poaching, arrived at Rameswaram on Wednesday. The fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on April 6, 2013 while fishing near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded by India to the island republic, for allegedly entering into Lankan waters. A court in Mannar on...
01:52 AM, May 09, 2013
Gaya: Highlighting initiatives undertaken by his government, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said the pace of progress could be understood from the almost ten-fold increase in funds spent on development in the state. "Prior to the NDA rule not even Rs 3,000 crore were spent on developmental works in Bihar. The amount has now risen to Rs 26,000 crore in fiscal 2012-13," Kumar said in Gaya. He said...
12:43 AM, May 09, 2013
Jamnagar: A 30-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her toddler son by setting him ablaze at her residence on Wednesday, apparently following a dispute with her husband, police said. "Vandana, wife of one Kishore Vadgama who is a carpenter by profession, today burnt her two-year-old son Raunak alive, after dousing him with kerosene," they said. The incident took place this morning at Vambay Awaas Yojana, where the couple is...
12:35 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: A 'tantrik' has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a Delhi court for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, relying solely on her testimony. Additional Sessions Judge TR Naval awarded the jail term to the Ashok Nagar resident for raping his minor daughter, observing that the strained relations between the parents may be a reason for sexual assault on the girl by her father. "It is held...
05:03 PM, May 08, 2013
Rameswaram: A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered release of 30 fishermen from here, arrested in April by Island Navy on charges of poaching, according to Fishermen Association sources here. President of Pamban Fishermen's Association Arulanandam said they have received a communication stating that a court in Mannar has ordered the release of the fishermen, arrested on April 6 while fishing near Katchatheevu. Magistrate of the court Aananthi Kanagaraj had...
03:20 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: A BSP member on Wednesday left the Lok Sabha as the national song was being played to mark the sine die adjournment of the Budget Session of Parliament, prompting an angry rebuke from Speaker Meira Kumar. "One honourable member walked out when Vande Mataram was being played. I take very serious view of this. I would want to know why this was done. This should never be done...
01:20 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Parliament was adjourned sine die at 12.56 pm on Wednesday, two days before scheduled end of the Budget session. The decision was reportedly taken after the Congress's victory in Karnataka elections. The adjournment would mean that crucial bills like the Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill won't be passed. It was yet another day of uproar and unruly scenes in Lok Sabha as opposition MPs rushed...
12:56 PM, May 08, 2013
Washington: The newly-formed American Sikh Congressional Caucus, which is backed by groups and individuals who in the past have openly supported the Khalistan movement, has got a shot in the arm with Ami Bera, the only Indian-American Congressman, joining the group. Bera said he decided to join the Sikh Congressional Caucus to work on "civil rights" issues, ignoring the concerns of several Indian-American groups and also that of the Indian...
12:40 PM, May 08, 2013
Salman Khurshid was all smiles when he requested BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain to let Parliament function. Hussain retorted with an equally winning smile saying protests will stop if ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal resign. ...
12:08 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: Veteran actor Dharmendra today said he is the number one dancer in Bollywood. "I want to tell you all a big news that I have not said over the years. I am the number one dancer of Bollywood," Dharmendra told reporters here at the music launch of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2. The event saw participation of several Bollywood actors including Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Juhi Chawla, Rakesh...
10:37 AM, May 08, 2013
Rajya Sabha member Rekha at Parliament House in New Delhi on May 7, 2013 during the ongoing Budget session. PTI Photo. ...
10:34 AM, May 08, 2013
The three young women imprisoned for around a decade in a white two-story house in Ohio are going to need support and, most of all, privacy as they re-integrate into society, survivors of other long-term kidnapping ordeals said on Tuesday. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who went missing in separate incidents about a decade ago, were found alive on Monday in a home in the same blue-collar Cleveland...
06:42 AM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Tuesday set up an 11-member committee headed by Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad to finalise the women's policy draft which was unveiled on March 8, 2013, celebrated as International Women's Day. The two-month period for seeking objections and suggestions for the draft policy ends tomorrow. The committee will meet on May 10, 2013 to discuss the inputs received and give a final shape to...
03:50 AM, May 08, 2013
