Bareilly : In a shocking case, a woman police officer was dragged on the road by her subordinates in a vehicle after she objected to extortion by them in the name of traffic checking. Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Kalpana Saxena, who is in hospital with a fractured hand and injuries on her head, said [...]
Bangalore: A man in uniform shouts in Kannada, “fail maadi!” The recipient of the news looks dejected. He knows he accelerated too heavily when he was trying to make his way up a slope. He was hoping nobody had noticed the car rolling back. Sensors beeped his mistakes out loud and clear. Big fat “F”. [...]
London :- Former British premier Tony Blair describes Manmohan Singh as “the wonderful Indian Prime Minister” in his best-selling memoirs titled ‘My Journey’. Blair, who interacted with Singh on several occasions during his tenure as the British prime minister from 1997 to 2007, says that Singh had advised him that Britain could not afford [...]
Patna : An unidentified body of a policeman has been found in the Lakhisarai jungles of Bihar with a note from Naxals that says, “We have killed a hawaldar since our colleagues were not released. If our colleagues are not released we will kill other cops as well. A new deadline set by the Naxals [...]
New Delhi : Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper on Thursday denied issuing any advisory to participating CWG countries about a possible outbreak of dengue here and said he merely sent a report on the basis of what CGF Chief Michael Fennell observed during his visit last month (August) We have not issued any kind [...]
Houston : Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, who’s been detained in the US and was to appear in a Houstan court on Friday for his immigration bail hearing, has been denied bond and ordered voluntary departure within 90 days. Kumar, a Mumbai resident was held at Houston International airport last week for allegedly carrying brass [...]
Patna : Maoists kidnapped four Bihar Police officials during a gunbattle in Lakhisarai district on Sunday and have been demanding the release of their eight comrades in lieu of the abducted men. The four policemen who have been kidnapped are Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Lokus Tete, Mohammad Ehsaan and Abhay Prasad Yadav. Rupesh Kumar Sinha is [...]
Patna :- The new deadline of 10 am Friday set by the Maoists for the release of the three remaining Bihar policemen still being held hostage has expired. Reports say the three policemen still being hostage are safe, but their fate too hangs in the balance with the Maoists new deadline expiring at 10 am [...]
Chennai :- Southern superstar Rajinikanth is set to play a new role on Friday, Father of the Bride. His daughter Soundarya is getting married to a Chennai-based builder. The actor has pulled out all the stops to make the wedding a grand affair. He has personally invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, AIADMK chief [...]
Greater Noida : A 25-year-old student union leader was shot by unidentified assailants in the Patwadi locality of Greater Noida on Thursday, police said. Rohit Yadav, the Ghaziabad district president of Samajwadi Party Student Federation, was allegedly shot at around 12.30 pm, Superintendent of Police (Greater Noida) Atul Saxena said. Yadav was rushed to Yashoda [...]
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