Wednesday 22 February 2012
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Some 60 cars were towed on the day one of the towing campaign started by the district police on Tuesday. ACP Swapan Sharma informed, “This campaign was under our consideration for almost a month now. For the campaign we have divided the city into zones and requested the Commissioner, Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, to ensure...
Recover Rs 2.85 lakh of Rs 3 lakh paid to kidnappers by girl’s father Arjun The district police have been able to nab the four kidnappers who were wanted in kidnapping of six-year-old Nisha. Nisha was kidnapped on February 18 and the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from Arjun, Nisha’s...
New Delhi: The deaths of two Indian fishermen who were shot dead by Italian marines off the coast of Kochi last week is testing the relationship between Italy and India. Here are 10 developments in the case: 1) India’s junior minister for Foreign Affairs, Preneet Kaur, met Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan De Mistura...
New Delhi: The Italian ship involved in the shooting of two Indian fishermen cannot leave India till it provides a bank guarantee of 25 lakhs with a Kerala court. The family of one of the two fishermen shot dead by Italian marines off the coast of Kochi has asked for one crore as compensation...
New Delhi: I flew Kingfisher. Not once, but twice in the last two days. I shall be lining up for a bravery award at the President’s door, but that is another story. This one needs to be told first. In my defence, I plead that my tickets were booked before Kingfisher started penalising paying...
New Delhi: India has told Norway officials that two Indian children who have been put in foster care there against their parents’ wishes are “neither orphans nor Stateless persons, and enjoy the protection of the Indian State.” The strong stand follows attempts by Norwegian officials to keep the children there after their visas expire...
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. After her meeting, Ms Banerjee said the proposed NCTC will disturb the federal structure. ” What we have observed is that name of NCTC they can arrest anybody. This will disturb the federal structure, and that is why all...
SEHORE (MADHYA PRADESH): Associate editor of Outlook magazine Ravindra Shah was killed in a road accident here on Monday evening, police said. Shah was on his way to Bhopal from Indore, when the vehicle, in which he was travelling, overturned near Jatakheda village about 10 km from here around 4 pm, they said. ...
In a bid to woo minority community voters, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in the Muslim-dominated Chamanganj area tomorrow. The area has three Vidhan Sabha seats and is yet to be visited by any major political leader. The Muslims vote is the decisive factor in Aryanagar, Sisamau and Cantt seats....
Stavanger, Norway: Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya met their children after three months on Friday. For about two hours it was family time as usual. They held the toddlers, fed them and played with them. Then, it was time to go. For the Bhattacharyas are allowed to meet their children only once in three months....
Bangalore: Jayalalithaa’s estranged friend Sasikala today reportedly gave a clean chit to the Tamil Nadu chief minister in the disproportionate assets case in a Bangalore court. Ms Sasikala, who was expelled from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) recently, told the court today that she solely operated the bank account that is...
Kolkata: A day after she took on the Centre and lodged her protest against Home Minister P Chidambaram’s pet project on a new counter terror body, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today did not attend a function in her state that was inaugurated by the union minister. Ms Banerjee’s name was initially there...
Panaji: More than a dozen school children are feared drowned after their school bus, reportedly carrying 15 students, fell into the Kalvi river in Aldona village of Goa. Four bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered so far. The incident took place this morning when the driver lost control over the vehicle...
In fresh trouble for the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to it for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots. The notice comes a week after the court indicted the state government for non-restoration of religious places...
New Delhi: Ambulance sirens screamed, firefighters rescued pretend victims and children dove under school desks for cover during a citywide disaster drill on Wednesday in the congested, quake-vulnerable Delhi. It was the biggest-ever earthquake drill for the city where poorly constructed buildings, loosely hanging electrical wires and narrow alleys that encourage traffic would mean...