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Harkishan Singh Surjeeth slips into coma (17 May 04:08) |
| Dr Purushottam Lal, who is monitoring his condition at the Metro Hospital in Noida, says the veteran Marxist leader's condition remains critical. |
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Six militants killed in encounter in Srinagar (17 May 03:28) |
| Six militants, hiding in a house, opened indiscriminate fire on a search party and in the ensuing encounter they were killed. |
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Polls open for Kuwait election (17 May 02:15) |
| Kuwaitis start casting votes on Saturday to elect a new parliament in this oil-rich Gulf state which has been rocked by political turmoil. |
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IPL to donate Rs.60 mn for Jaipur blast victims (17 May 11:01) |
| The eight franchisee owners and sponsors of the Indian Premier League (IPL) decide to donate Rs.60 million for the victims of the Jaipur serial bombings. |
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Cricket: West Indies squad to face Australia (17 May 10:14) |
| West Indies names their squad to face Australia in the first Test which takes place at Sabina Park in Jamaica from May 22-26. |
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20 men lose vision after fall in hazardous pit (17 May 06:22) |
| Up to 20 daily-wage workers are feared to have lost their vision partly or fully when a truck transporting them to a construction site fell into a roadside pit filled with a hazardous chemic... |
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14-yr-old girl stabbed in Noida home (17 May 05:20) |
| Aarushi Talwar, the 14-year-old daughter of a dentist couple, a student of Delhi Public School, was brutally stabbed to death early Friday in her Noida Sector 25 residence, reports Kapil Dat... |
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AIIMS registrar to resume office (17 May 03:31) |
| The Delhi High Court allowed the Registrar of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to resume office for settling “personal” disputes, reports Naziya Alvi. |
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Elderly citizens found dead in their homes in Delhi (17 May 03:27) |
| Two elderly men were found dead at their homes, a day after another senior citizen was stabbed to death in a robbery bid. |
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Security forces redeployed in J&K (17 May 01:44) |
| Anticipating the possibility of more attempts by terrorists to cross the border, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are carrying out "strategic repositioning" to foil such bids. |
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Maharashtra Govt transfers 29 IAS officers (17 May 01:05) |
| Maharashtra government transfers 29 IAS officers, including Additional Chief Secretary Higher and Techincal Education Joyce Sankaran and Principal Secretary School Education, Sharvaree Gokha... |
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Shiv Sena renews it threat against Pakistani players (16 May 09:06) |
| Hours before a crucial IPL match between hosts Mumbai and Kolkata IPL teams, the Shiv Sena has renewed its threat to stop Pakistani cricketers from playing in India. |
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Shop owner downs shutter, 13 die in fire (16 May 06:57) |
| The blaze, suspected to have originated from welding work on the second floor of a shopping mall at Sodepur killed seven and injured 23. |
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Seven killed, 23 injured in mall fire in Kolkata (16 May 06:57) |
| The blaze, suspected to have originated from welding work on the second floor of a shopping mall at Sodepur killed seven and injured 23. |
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Abducted youth found murdered in Srinagar (16 May 06:10) |
| Suspected militants brutally killed a youth by slitting his throat after abducting him in Pulwama district. |
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Bomb scare at Gujarat High Court (16 May 05:53) |
| The Gujarat High Court received an anonymous call of a bomb being placed at its premises creating chaos. |
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12 underground cadre killed in Nagaland clashes (16 May 04:54) |
| Two rival NSCN factions on the outskirts of Dimapur village entered into a clash leaving 12 people dead. |
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Karunanidhi hospitalised following neck pain (16 May 04:31) |
| After facing an acute neck pain,Tamil Nadu CM is reported out of danger and is being discharged after a day long observation. |
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TN CM hospitalised (16 May 04:31) |
| TN Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was admitted to a city hospital after he complained of severe neck and back pain. |
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Teenager found murdered Noida (16 May 03:55) |
| A 15-year-old girl, was found murdered in her house and the domestic help hired eight months ago is suspected to be behind the crime. |
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Five persons arrested for murder in J&K (16 May 03:44) |
| Five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a youth in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, reports police. |
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Man charred as godown catches fire in Capital (16 May 01:18) |
| The blaze was reported from the godown located in Sudarshan Park at around 4:40 am. |
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Lagos pipeline blast site burns through the night (16 May 01:11) |
| The shell of the burnt-out excavator continued to belch out flames and acrid black smoke over the site where around 100 people lost there lives in an explosion. |
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3 snatchings within 24 hrs in G Noida (16 May 04:24) |
| Three robberY and snatching incidents were reported in Greater Noida areas since Wednesday evening. |
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Tihar installs CCTVs to monitor prisoners (16 May 04:21) |
| Electronic eyes would now keep a round-the-clock watch on blade- slashers and miscreant prisoners inside Asia’s biggest jail, Tihar, and help prison authorities keep a better check on unto... |
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Former Air India employee murdered (16 May 04:01) |
| A 70-year-old retired Air India employee is found murdered at his flat in Janakpuri, west Delhi , says the police. |
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Woman dies after fall from 7th floor (16 May 03:55) |
| A 33-year-old woman dies after falling from the seventh floor of the OPD ward at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. |
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Six of a family commit suicide in Hardoi, UP (15 May 11:36) |
| Penury drove six members of a family including four children to suicide in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. |
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Woman jumps to death at AIIMS (15 May 10:36) |
| A young woman, undergoing psychiatric treatment, allegedly jumps to death from a building of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. |
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Bomb scare at the Sai Baba temple in Lodhi Road in New Delhi (15 May 09:53) |
| Bomb scare at the Sai Baba temple in Lodhi Road in New Delhi |
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Bomb threat on Delhi-bound Mangala Express (15 May 09:35) |
| Hundreds of passengers travelling by a New Delhi-bound passenger train have to alight at a station on the outskirts of Mumbai after a bomb threat. |
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Seven killed in Baghdad's Shiite bastion: medics (15 May 06:56) |
| Overnight clashes between US forces and Shiite militia in Baghdad's Sadr City killed at least seven people. |
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India shock Pakistan 2-1 in Azlan Shah Cup (15 May 06:50) |
| India have moved up to the third position in the points tally after their third consecutive victory in the tournament. |
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Hockey: India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the Azlan Shah Cup (15 May 06:50) |
| Hockey: India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the Azlan Shah Cup |
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Centre to provide quota to OBCs (15 May 06:39) |
| Government asserts that it will do everything to provide reservation for OBC students in institutions of higher learning, including IITs and IIMs. |
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Dust storm leaves 60 dead in UP (15 May 05:29) |
| At least 60 people are feared killed in 13 districts of UP after strong winds lashed the state. |
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Suicide bomber in burqa kills 15 people in Afghanistan (15 May 04:15) |
| A suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed 15 people and wounded 22 others in a crowded market in southwestern Afghanistan. |
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Suicide bombing kills 12 in Afghanistan: government (15 May 03:40) |
| Seven civilians and five policemen were killed in a suicide bombing near a police patrol in southwestern Afghanistan's Farah province. |
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Sonia visit blast sites and a hospital to meet victims (15 May 03:32) |
| Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited the sites of Tuesday's serial blasts in Jaipur and went to a hospital to meet the victims. |
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Malaysia deploys special police force at int'l airport (15 May 02:41) |
| A special team of Malaysian police began work on Thursday at the country's international airport after a spate of crimes. |
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Quake-hit China to let in Japanese rescue team (15 May 12:48) |
| China said it will allow emergency rescue teams from Japan to aid earthquake relief efforts, the first country from which it has accepted such help. |
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Oil continues lower in Asian trade (15 May 12:32) |
| Prices slumped after the US Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday that American crude oil reserves rose by 200,000 barrels in the week ending May 9. |
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BJP for law akin to POTA (15 May 06:29) |
| Condemning the Jaipur blasts, the BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley asks the UPA government to enact a POTA type law to put in place a strong legal regime to deal with terrorism. |
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Ground floor shops in DDA flats permitted in Delhi (15 May 05:34) |
| Succumbing to pressure from the traders’ lobby, the union urban development ministry has decided to regularise all existing commercial establishments on the ground floor of DDA flats, repo... |
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Railway police arrests 32 persons in Indore (15 May 04:40) |
| The railway police takes thirty two persons into custody as part of the enhanced security measures taken in view of the serial blasts at Jaipur that claimed over 60 lives. |
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Woman hires goons to throw acid on driver (15 May 03:58) |
| The police arrests a woman alleged to have hired two men to throw acid on her driver. |
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Suicide bombing kills 18 near Baghdad (15 May 03:48) |
| According to security officials, at least 18 people are killed and 35 wounded when a man detonated explosives in front the mourners just west of the Baghdad. |
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Two killed in road accidents (15 May 02:37) |
| An executive of a private company was killed when the staff bus she was travelling in met with an accident on the Noida-Dadri road near the Daewoo factory, reports Kapil Datta. |
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Another storm headed towards Myanmar: IMD (14 May 11:47) |
| As Myanmar grapples with crises in the aftermath of deadly cyclone Nargis, the India Meteorological Department issues a advisory on the impending extreme weather condition. |
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Four killed during poll violence in eastern India (14 May 10:46) |
| At least four people are killed after rival parties contesting local elections in the east Indian countryside threw crude bombs, fired guns and set fire to a village. |
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