Three persons, including a police inspector and a head constable, have been arrested after a High Court directive in connection with the murder of a Congress worker in police firing in 2012, police said. Ambika Prasad Dube was killed allegedly in a police firing at Jhipani Dhana village following a dispute in June 2012. ...
12:50 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday hoped the landmark Food Security Bill, to ensure the right to highly subsidised foodgrains to poor, would be passed in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament. ...
04:42 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Railway passenger fare may see another round of hike soon. Railway Board Chairperson Vinay Mittal hinted on Saturday that passenger fares could go up when fuel surcharge becomes applicable in October. ...
02:04 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Lashing out at the central government for stopping allocation of additional foodgrain in backward areas and some targeted groups at cheap rates in the coming fiscal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her government would continue the schemes from its own resources. ...
04:06 AM, Mar 21, 2013
A goods train rammed into a bus at an unmanned railway crossing near Saraigarh in Bihar's Supaul district on Wednesday, leaving one person dead and six others injured. ...
10:53 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Gautam Gambhir was first selected in place of the injured Dhawan but then left out after blood tests confirmed jaundice. ...
09:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
England had New Zealand on the ropes when rain intervened, having dismissed the host for 254 in reply to their own first innings of 465. ...
07:42 AM, Mar 18, 2013
UPA II's most ambitious bill, the Food Bill, is a step closer to becoming law. The Cabinet is meeting amidst strong hopes that it will clear the Food Bill for passing in Parliament. The Congress believes the Food Bill, which was first tabled in 2011 will be a game changer. ...
07:31 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Airport Metro has resumed check-in facility for domestic and international flyers at the New Delhi station. At present, Air India and Jet Airways will provide domestic and international check-in at the station while talks are on with other airlines that have international service to set up their check-in counters at the station. ...
05:44 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Displaying rare courage, the wife of an accused in the 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case, has demanded action against the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for harassing her, said her lawyer. ...
04:48 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Retired Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandant BC Joshi on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a speeding Metro train in Noida, police said. Joshi, a resident of Jal Vayu Vihar in Greater Noida, was apparently in a state of depression, SP City Yogesh Singh said. ...
11:14 PM, Mar 12, 2013
In the annals of Chinese bureaucratic power, the Railways Ministry stood apart. Running everything from one of the world's busiest rail systems to a special police force, the ministry was so pervasive and powerful it resisted government reform efforts for years. Chinese called it "Boss Railway." On Sunday, the government gave notice it was firing the boss. ...
01:30 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The railway police rescued nearly 168 children from the Ajmer-Sealdah Express on Saturday. The children were being taken from Jaipur to Kolkata to be employed as labourers in factories. ...
05:55 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Delhi's opening batsman Unmukt Chand has been drafted in as the 16th member of the North Zone side for the Deodhar Trophy inter-zonal limited overs tournament. ...
07:11 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Meena Bindra did it. Jasu Shilpi did it. Nina Lekhi did it. 'Follow Every Rainbow' is the story of twenty-five enterprising women who took up a challenge. They raised a family as well as a company, with love, laughter and patience. Managing multiple equations - never giving in or giving up. These stories say one thing, loud and clear. Women think and act differently than men, but they can be...
07:25 PM, Mar 08, 2013
Seeking to provide a close-to-real battlefield situation for its troops to train, the Indian Army is working on a Rs 40-crore plan towards modernising infrastructure at two of its main field firing ranges in Pokharan in Rajasthan and Babina in Madhya Pradesh. ...
06:43 AM, Mar 08, 2013
The left-handed batsman is also eyeing a return to the Test team. ...
08:15 PM, Mar 07, 2013
A travel agent was arrested for allegedly making a hoax call, claiming that a bomb was planted in an Uttar Pradesh-bound train at CST railway station, police said. According to city police crime branch, the accused Rameshchandra Chourasiya (39), who operates Chourasiya Tours and Travels, was nabbed for making the hoax call and handed over to the CST railway police where an FIR was registered against him. ...
07:43 PM, Mar 07, 2013
