Ranchi | 1 hour ago
Cop Lucas Tete belonged to poor Jharkhand tribal family
Ranchi, Sep 3 - Lucas Tete, the policeman whose body was found in Bihar Friday, five days after he was abducted along with three other cops by Maoists, hailed from a poor tribal family in Jharkhand's Simdega district.Tete is the second policeman from Jharkhand who has been killed in captivity. Francis Induwar, a special branch inspector, was abducted by Maoists in September last year from Kuthi di ... read more

London | 7 hours ago
Paula Patton joins 'Mission Impossible 4' team
London, Sep 3 - Hollywood actress Paula Patton has signed up to play the female lead in the new 'Mission: Impossible' sequel.The 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire' actress will play a young operative who works with Ethan Hunt - on his fourth tough assignment, reports contactmusic.com. The movie will not be called 'Mission: Impossible 4' as producer J. J. Abrams and Cruise think of it ... read more

Ranchi | 20 hours ago
Francis Induwar's widow appeals to Maoists
Ranchi, Sep 2 - The widow of Francis Induwar, the special branch inspector who was abducted and beheaded by Maoists last year, has appealed to the Leftwing rebels to free the four policemen taken hostage by them in Bihar.Two of the four abducted policemen belong to Jharkhand - Ehsan Khan, a resident of Mandar block of Ranchi, and Lukas Tete of Simdega district. 'I appeal to the Maoists to release ... read more

Lucknow | 1 day ago
210 SIM cards on fake identity seized, four booked
Lucknow, Sep 2 - As many as 210 SIM cards issued against fake identities were seized and four people were booked Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, along the Indo-Nepal border, police said.A Special Operations Group of the Uttar Pradesh police seized the SIM cards issued by a Airtel franchisee shop in Bahraich, about 120 km from here. The police did not rule out the possibility of use ... read more

Ranchi | 1 day ago
Communal clash during Janmashtami function, eight injured
Ranchi, Sep 2 - Eight people, including two policemen, were injured in a communal clash at a function organised for Janmashtami here, police said Thursday.The clash took place at Hindpiri colony late Wednesday over loudspeakers being used on the occasion of Janmashtami - the birth of the Hindu god Krishna. Some Muslims opposed the loudspeaker being used at Tarabi, the prayer offered during Ramadan ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
I will get married: Sushmita Sen
New Delhi, Sep 1 - While most of her contemporaries are married and settled with kids, Sushmita Sen is still in the news for her relationships and break-ups. But the actress says she definitely has plans to tie the knot one day.'Well, I will get married. It was just that I didn't feel like getting married at 23-24 which is considered to be marriageable age,' said Sushmita, 34. 'And I am tired of a ... read more

Mumbai | 1 day ago
All-women jury at 12th Mumbai film fest
Mumbai, Sep 1 - The 12th Mumbai Film Festival boasts of all-women jury that is headed by Oscar winning Hollywood filmmaker Jane Campion and will include well-known names like Indian actress-director Suhasini Ratnam.Starting Oct 21, the eight-day festival is a Reliance Big Picture initiative. Campion's 'Peel' won the Golden Palm award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and bagged an Oscar for best s ... read more

Kathmandu | 1 day ago
Miss Nepal faces acid test
Kathmandu, Sep 1 - As 18 young women wait for the curtain to go up and the Miss Nepal 2010 pageant to start at the Tribhuvan Army Officers' Club in Kathmandu Wednesday evening, it's a tense time for all concerned - the participants, the organisers and the main sponsor, Dabur Nepal.Nepal's oldest and most popular beauty pageant is under siege. Since 2006, when the Maoist guerrillas signed a peace a ... read more

Ranchi | 2 days ago
Maoists torch vehicles, thrash ex-legislator's relative
Ranchi, Sep 1 - Maoists torched three vehicles and thrashed a relative of a former Rashtriya Janata Dal - legislator in Jharkhand's Latehar district Wednesday, police said.About 20 rebels raided Barihatu village, around 140 km from here, and set three cars on fire by sprinkling patrol on them. They later beat up an uncle of Prakash Ram, a former RJD legislator , a police officer said. ... read more

Ranchi | 2 days ago
Krishna idol stolen from Ranchi temple
Ranchi, Sep 1 - In a theft discovered just a day ahead of Janmashtami, an idol of Lord Krishna was stolen from the Sri Sri Sideshawar Mahadeo temple in the Jharkhand capital, police said Wednesday.The criminals also stole a crown and a gold chain from the temple, police said. 'When we opened the temple door at around 4 a.m. Wednesday we found that the idol of Sri Krishna, the chain and the crown w ... read more