Jakarta | 7 days ago
No survivors in Sukhoi crash, Russia opens criminal case
Jakarta, May 10 - Rescuers who Thursday spotted on a mountain slope in Indonesia the wreckage of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 that went missing a day earlier with around 50 people on board said there was no sign of any survivor, even as Russia opened a criminal case into the accident.Though some bodies were found, the exact number was not disclosed, Xinhua reported.The bodies would be taken out Friday an ... read more

Jakarta | 7 days ago
No survivors found in Sukhoi crash
Jakarta, May 10 - Rescuers who Thursday morning spotted on a mountain slope in Indonesia the wreckage of a Sukhoi super-jet 100 that went missing a day earlier with around 50 people on board said there was no sign of any survivor, an official said.Though some bodies were found, the exact number was not disclosed, Xinhua reported.The bodies would be taken out Friday and a search launched for the bl ... read more

Jakarta | 7 days ago
Missing aircraft found in Indonesia
Jakarta, May 10 - Rescuers have spotted the wreckage of the Sukhoi super-jet 100, which had gone missing with over 50 people on board, on the slope of a mountain in west Java Thursday morning, an official said.The plane has been seen by rescuers from air on the slope of Mount Salak, but we still have not arrived at the spot yet, Gagah Prakoso, spokesperson of the National Search and Rescue Agency, ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Speeding Mercedes kills constable, injures another in Delhi
New Delhi, April 10 - A police constable was killed and another injured here early Tuesday when a Mercedes car driven at high speed hit the motorcycle they were riding during a night patrol, police said.Gurdeep Singh, a resident of Greater Kailash-I who was driving the car, hit the constables from the left side around 12.45 a.m. Tuesday near B-1 block of Paschim Vihar in west Delhi.Both the consta ... read more

Kolkata | 2 months ago
CPI-M alleges disrespect to slain ex-legislator
Kolkata, Feb 23 - Amid allegations that slain former Communist Party of India-Marxist - legislator Pradeep Tah was not given due honour in the West Bengal assembly, thousands of Left Front workers Thursday took part in his last journey that stretched from Kolkata to Burdwan district.Tah, who represented Burdwan North, was hacked and stoned to death along with another CPI-M leader Kamal Gayen at De ... read more

Kolkata | 2 months ago
Biman Bose re-elected CPI-M's Bengal state secretary
Kolkata, Feb 19 - The Communist Party of India-Marxist - Sunday re-elected Biman Bose as the secretary of its West Bengal unit at its 23rd state conference, while several controversial leaders were dropped from the newly-elected state committee.A party politburo member, Bose has been elected as the state secretary for the second time.Former MPs like Laxman Seth, Anil Basu and Amitabh Nandi failed ... read more

New Delhi | 3 months ago
Culinary delights of walled city with five-star comfort
New Delhi, Feb 10 - The walled city of Delhi, founded in 1639 as Shahjahanabad, was a hotbed of culinary treasures. And the Dilli 6 food festival, currently on at Hotel Crowne Plaza, is an annual event promising all of that with the comforts and hygiene of a star hotel.Be it the fried fare of Paranthe Wali Gali, Jahangiri mutton korma of Karim's or Prem's matar-chhola kulcha, the two-week festival ... read more

Ghaziabad | 3 months ago
Youth murdered by ex-lover's father
Ghaziabad, Jan 25 - In a suspected case of honour killing, a 25-year-old ice-cube trader was shot dead in broad daylight by half a dozen assailants in Ghaziabad Wednesday, police said.Vikas Sharma, a resident of Shahdara in Delhi, was shot thrice around 12 noon while he was sitting at a tea vendor's shop in Shalimar Garden. Vikas was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. Accordi ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Need regulator to monitor placement agencies: Court
New Delhi, Jan 9 - Acquitting a rape accused, a Delhi court has recommended a regulatory mechanism to check placement agencies which allegedly exploit migrant domestic helps and subject them to sexual abuse.'I may observe that there are increasing incidents of gross misuse and abuse of the laws relating to rape and sexual abuse and exploitation of uneducated, ignorant and uninformed domestic worke ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Don't worry, passport office at ITO by mid-January
New Delhi, Dec 23 - With the shutdown of the Regional Passport Office - in south Delhi creating anxiety among residents here, the RPO Friday assured that a new centre at Herald House in ITO will become operational mid-January.The RPO clarified that it was in the process of implementing the Passport Seva Project - for the citizens residing within its jurisdiction viz. Delhi and neighbouring distric ... read more