New Delhi: A DTC driver accused of driving rashly and mowing down a pedestrian, who was crossing a road, has been absolved of the charges by a Delhi court which held that drivers cannot always be blamed for accidents due to the "menace of jaywalking" in the city. Observing that "even the most vigilant driver cannot avoid an accident if someone unexpectedly walks into middle of the road", Metropolitan Magistrate...
03:39 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Around 250 people hired by Delhi Police as drivers last year used fake or forged for securing the job, an investigation has revealed. The police have filed five cases and are in and are in the process of registering more First Information Reports (FIRs) as investigations are being carried on, a senior police official said. In one case, the applicant allegedly forged the licence of a woman in...
12:59 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Kolkata: Auto rickshaw drivers went on a rampage in different parts of Kolkata and held rush hour traffic to ransom on Tuesday while protesting hike in fuel prices. Auto rickshaw drivers pelted stones on buses and forced passengers to disembark. The highly unionised three-wheeler operators in the city blocked roads at Kankurgachi, Phulbagan and Hudco crossing in north Kolkata and at Rashbehari crossing in the southern part of the city,...
12:44 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Paris: For the first time in the history of Formula One, six world champions will be on the grid when the new season starts on Sunday. Here is a brief look at them (with age, nationality, manufacturer, number of championships, race wins and pole positions): Sebastian Vettel, 24, Germany, Red Bull Two-time defending F1 champion Race Wins: 21 Pole Positions: 30 Is there anything or anyone to stop Sebastian Vettel...
03:56 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Paris: Yesterday was history, tomorrow's a mystery... Red Bull Racing and the other title contender teams would be reminding themselves of this adage ahead of ...
09:21 AM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has approved the government's project of interlinking rivers. The apex court has directed the Central and State governments to implement the projects under the interlinking of rivers scheme. Observing that the project has already been delayed resulting in an increase in its cost, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the Centre and the concerned state governments should participate for its...
11:21 AM, Feb 27, 2012
London: Jarno Trulli's abrupt departure from Formula One on Friday triggered no shockwaves around the world, but the Italian's exit was still a significant moment for the glamour sport and the home of Ferrari. Trulli had not scored a point since 2009 and the quality of the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wines coming out of his vineyards has won more recognition than his achievements at the wheel in recent years. However, until...
11:23 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Hingham: Russian driver Vitaly Petrov replaced Jarno Trulli at the Caterham F1 team on Friday, leaving the Italian veteran without a drive after 15 seasons in Formula One. Caterham, formerly known as Team Lotus, said Petrov was at the team's factory in Hingham for a seat fitting and will take part in the pre-season testing in Barcelona next week. The 27-year-old Petrov, the first Russian to drive in F1, was...
08:38 PM, Feb 17, 2012
London: It's a research which is likely to reignite the cliched battle of the sexes -- women are much better at parking a car than men. The research, which clearly contradicts the notion that women cannot park a car, has found female drivers are better at finding spaces and also more adept than men at manoeuvring a vehicle into a space -- though they may take longer to park. Women...
08:20 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray's earlier this week warned the autorickshaw drivers to stop their agitation. Some were assaulted and their three wheelers burnt on Wednesday. The attacks were aimed at auto rickshaw drivers on strike, who're protesting the city crackdown on tampered meters. Rickshaw unions are also demanding an increase in fares. One of the protesting rickshaw drivers said, "They should increase the fare." Rickshaw strikes have been inconveniencing...
11:32 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today released a book tracing the formation of Bengali identity through Bengal Renaissance, growth of nationalistic policies and Partition. 'Land of two rivers: a history of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib', authored by former member secretary of Planning Commission Nitish Sengupta, gives a vivid account of the development of Bengal on either side. The book traces the eventful and turbulent history of...
04:38 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Pune: Due to heavy rains in the city over the past few days, Mutha river is flowing at a dangerous level and people living along the river are being evacuated to a safer place. An alert has also been issued to the citizens living along the Mutha and Mula rivers in Pune and police force has been deployed near the rivers to avoid untoward incidents. Officials of the Pune Municipal...
09:24 AM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: A 22-year-old married woman has been allegedly raped by a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable and two auto rickshaw drivers in Ujjain. The accused GRP constable, identified as Krishna Kant, has been arrested. The victim along with her husband Mohan Lal Thakur was traveling from Bandra to Godhra. They overslept and could not get down at Godhra and got down at Ujjain instead. At the Ujjain Railway Station...
03:48 PM, Jun 08, 2011
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07:04 PM, Mar 08, 2011
Ahmednagar: Parched land, desiccated wells - signs of a severe drought but it's craters like these on riverbeds across Maharashtra that are telling the tale of a man-made ecological disaster in the making. The law prohibits sand mining below three feet, but illegal sand excavators dredge as deep as 30 feet and at most places until the riverbed is bereft of sand. The result is rocky and lifeless rivers which...
11:05 AM, Jan 29, 2011
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