Ghaziabad | 9 days ago
Moral policing in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, May 14 - In a bizarre incident of moral policing here, a girl was nabbed from a park here for drinking alcohol and was thrashed in a police station by a male officer, sources said Tuesday.She was pulled by her hair, repeatedly slapped by a male police officer Monday and booked to cover up police excesses when the incident came to light, they said. The incident took place at 10 p.m. Mond ... read more

Ghaziabad | 9 days ago
Curbs on Talwars' movements relaxed
Ghaziabad, May 14 - Murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's dentist parents, accused in the killing, were Tuesday allowed by a court here to leave the national capital region for filing a plea in the Allahabad High Court to summon some witnesses.Rajesh and Nupur Talwar needed the permission from Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge S. Lal before leaving the national capital region - as the Sup ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Setback for Talwars, SC declines plea on witnesses
New Delhi, May 13 - The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking to summon 14 witnesses, including former CBI official Arun Kumar, in the trial for murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.The apex court's vacation bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra while declining to hear the plea by the dentist couple, who are both ... read more

Lucknow | 11 days ago
UP's oldest prisoner dies at 107 years
Lucknow, May 13 - Ram Kali, 107, Uttar Pradesh's oldest prisoner, died late Sunday at the Bulandshahr jail, 403 km from here, police said.Prison officials said the aged inmate was rushed to Meerut Medical College for treatment after she complained of breathlessness. She passed away there, of complications related to advanced age.Originally a resident of Khanpur village of the Mansoori area in Ghaz ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
Teen shot dead by relative in Delhi
New Delhi, May 10 - An 18-year-old girl, awaiting her Class 12 results, was shot dead Friday morning by a distant relative who barged into her home in south Delhi's Munirka locality and pumped a bullet into her chest, police said. The accused was arrested from Ghaziabad late Friday.Pinki alias Sakhi was killed around 10.45 a.m. when the accused Subhash, believed to be a distant relative in his ear ... read more

London | 13 days ago
Britain withdraws some embassy staff from Libya
London, May 10 - Britain has withdrawn some staff from its embassy in Libya in response to the ongoing political uncertainty in the country, the Foreign Office said Friday.The British Embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small number of staff, mainly those who work in support of government ministries which have been affected by recent developments, the BBC quoted a statement as saying.However, it ... read more

New Delhi | 15 days ago
Mob torches bus after biker crushed in Delhi
New Delhi, May 8 - A more than a hundred-strong mob set a bus on fire and vandalised another one after a motorcyclist was mowed down by a chartered bus here Wednesday morning, police said.Police managed to placate the angry crowd two hours after the incident.Pushpendra, 23, was crushed to death by a chartered bus near Jawahar Nagar Toll Plaza at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border at Karawal Nagar.The bus ... read more

Ghaziabad | 15 days ago
CBI court rejects Talwars' plea for adjournment
Ghaziabad, May 8 - A CBI court here Wednesday rejected the Talwars' application for adjournment of recording the statement of accused dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the Aarushi-Hemraj double-murder case.Special Judge S. Lal stated that after completion of the testimonies of the prosecution evidences, trial should be initiated on a day-to-day basis. Justice Lal rejected the Talwars' appl ... read more

New Delhi | 15 days ago
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor to get $3.24 billion
New Delhi, May 8 - The government has approved Rs.17,500 crore - for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor - project, which is estimated to cost around $100 billion overall, Minister of state for Commerce and Industry D. Purandeswari said Wednesday.The minister said the government has approved the financial assistance at an average of Rs.2,500 crore per city, subject to a ceiling of Rs.3,000 crore ... read more

Lucknow | 15 days ago
Akhilesh seeks Delhi Metro extension to Noida, Ghaziabad
Lucknow, May 8 - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday wrote to the central urban development minister to expedite the extension of the Delhi Metro Rail service in the state's National Capital Region -.In a letter to Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, the chief minister requested prompt approvals for extending the rail service from Delhi's Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad, from Kali ... read more