It is the second day of the two-day nationwide strike called by trade unions in support of their various demands including urgent steps to control price rise, strict enforcement of labour laws in all places of work, social security net for workers in the unorganised sector, end to disinvestment in PSUs. More than 70 people have been arrested in Noida and 64 FIRs registered after the violence on Wednesday. ...
08:54 AM, Feb 21, 2013
This was India's second overwhelming win of the Hockey World League after they beat Fiji 16-0 in their first match. ...
07:36 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Production at leading automobile companies in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt, including Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp and Suzuki Motorcycle India, will be hit on Thursday. ...
05:25 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Commuters in the city on Wednesday faced hardships as a section of auto-rickshaws and taxis remained off the road in support of the two-day nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions. School children and office goers suffered the most as most auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers either refused or overcharged. Passengers at major railway stations and bus stands remained stranded or had to shell out more to reach their destinations. ...
12:56 PM, Feb 20, 2013
People at the railway station in Delhi faced problems as some of them said that private taxis were not plying too. In Kolkata, there were insufficient public vehicles on the roads. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Commuters have been hit in many parts of the country due to the trade unions' strike. Public transport services are off the roads in many states. The maximum impact is in Kerala where banks and shops are shut and taxis, autos, private and public buses are not running. ...
09:05 AM, Feb 20, 2013
There will be no change in the criteria for nursery admissions in Delhi schools, the High Court ruled on Tuesday while saying that the government should consider necessary amendments to the Right to Education Act to include nursery admissions as well. ...
11:14 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Even as Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi, some women Delhi councillors have alleged that they have been sexually molested inside the municipal corporation building. ...
11:10 AM, Feb 18, 2013
No signs of respite from cold in North India could be seen, with fresh bout of snowfall in higher parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh recorded on Sunday. Tourist spot Nainital also witnessed heavy snowfall Sunday night. ...
08:35 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Posing as CBI inspector, he used to extort money from businessmen but he soon ran out of luck and was caught in a trap laid by the police. Rajdeep Pandey alias Luv Kumar Pandey, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kanshi Ram Nagar district, was arrested for demanding Rs five lakh from complainant Sheetal Prasad and his friend, police said on Saturday. ...
04:42 AM, Feb 17, 2013
An officer of Intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Prashant Agarwal, has been missing after he came to Delhi for his wedding. Prashant, posted in Cuttack in Odisha, had taken leave for his marriage and come to Delhi. ...
01:04 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Across 193 countries, one billion people will dance and rise to end violence against women. Live updates. ...
02:30 PM, Feb 14, 2013
A case similar to Akshay Kumar starrer 'Special Chabbis' has been reported from Delhi. Eight people posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers arrived at a shop in Delhi's Lahori Gate area on Tuesday and tried to extort Rs 2 lakh from the businessman. But the businessman and his associates foiled their attempt to rob him. ...
02:21 PM, Feb 13, 2013
A woman was found murdered at her relative's home in Madhu Vihar, Delhi Police said. She was reportedly murdered when she was alone. Identified as Poonam, the victim was visiting her relative's home and even though the motive of the murder is not yet clear, but police suspect that some one close to the woman was involved in the crime. ...
11:16 AM, Feb 13, 2013
In another case of crime against women some boys allegedly molested a girl in Ashok Nagar in Delhi on Monday evening. While the horrified girl was being molested by the boys, some of the accused also brutally assaulted her brother who tried to rescue her. ...
11:07 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN, former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee said that hanging of Afzal Guru was the logical conclusion after the mercy plea was rejected and that the country cannot be held to ransom by protests. ...
11:12 PM, Feb 09, 2013
China on Friday asked India to enhance protection of its citizens in the wake of rape of a Chinese girl in the national capital. The Chinese Embassy in the national capital also asked the Indian government to "seriously" deal with the incident and assure safety, legal rights and privacy of the victim. ...
08:39 PM, Feb 08, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Union Health Secretary and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital on a complaint alleging that more than 8,200 children died at the institution in the last five years. The notice was sent on the basis of an RTI query which revealed that of the 18 ventilators available for children in the hospital, five were not functional. ...
07:21 PM, Feb 08, 2013
MDMK chief Vaiko courted arrest at Parliament Street police station in the capital on Friday along with 60 -70 supporters while protesting against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India. Vaiko was arrested while leading the MDMK protest march from Parliament Street to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. ...
12:17 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Rains continued to lash the capital overnight and are likely to cause water-logging and traffic snarls for the second day in a row. The Met claims that temperature will continue to fall due to chilly winds from the north. ...
09:26 AM, Feb 06, 2013
