Raipur | 20 hours ago
Maoist strike cripples Chhattisgarh, 8 cops injured
Raipur, May 16 - A shutdown called by Maoists crippled life in parts of Chhattisgarh Wednesday, with the rebels attacking and injuring eight policemen, resorting to firing, torching vehicles and putting up road blocks. They also killed a trader.Most of the disturbances were reported from Bastar and Rajnandgaon districts, which form the Maoist strongholds and border Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maha ... read more

22 hours ago
Suspected Maoists torch gram panchayat in Maharashtra
Gondia -, May 16 - A gram panchayat building was burnt down by suspected Maoists in the remote village of Toyagondi in Gondia district in eastern Maharashtra, police said here Wednesday.'The gram panchayat building was burnt down and a cabin of BSNL - tower was destroyed late Tuesday night,' an official from Salekasa police station, under whose jurisdiction Toyagondi falls, told IANS.While sources ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Harmful for country to give up n-power option: PM
New Delhi, May 16 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday asserted that it would be harmful for the country to give up the option of nuclear power as an additional source of energy and said the government was committed to foolproof security of nuclear power plants.I think the policy that we have now is that we must do everything in our power to ensure foolproof safety of the nuclear plants. That ... read more

Lucknow | 1 day ago
UP farmers seek Big B's help to write off debts
Lucknow, May 16 - Days after Amitabh Bachchan wrote off the debts of 90 farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, those in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand area have written to the Bollywood star in the hope that he would do the same for them.In a letter to Bachchan, the Bundelkhand Kisan Sangharsh Samiti - has reminded the star he comes from Uttar Pradesh and that debt ridden farmers of Bundelkhand we ... read more

Chennai | 2 days ago
Badami on a winning spree in junior snooker
Chennai, May 14 - Kabil Badami of Maharashtra chalked up three wins in Group A league in the SVS All-India invitational junior snooker tournament here Monday to virtually book his berth in the next phase.Badami overcame local challenger K. Rakesh 3-0 and then scalped two Bangaloreans, G. Girish - and National girls' champion Varsha Sanjeev - in Group A.Meanwhile, in Group B, Karnataka's Nikhil Pis ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
10,000 solar water systems in Maoist-affected areas: Ramesh
New Delhi, May 14 - The government will install 10,000 solar-based water systems to supply drinking water to the rural communities in 78 Maoist-affected districts in the country, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Monday.We have just prepared a proposal for 10,000 solar based water systems for the supply of drinking water in the rural communities, Ramesh informed reporters on the s ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
Take strict action against foodgrain hoarders: Parliament panel
New Delhi, May 13 - A parliamentary panel has slammed the low number of convictions of foodgrain hoarders in the past three years and said it shows the non-serious approach of states towards curbing black-marketing of essential items.According to the parliamentary standing committee on consumer affairs, food and public distribution, the number of people convicted as compared to the number of peop ... read more

4 days ago
Amitabh Bachchan pays farmers' debt
Wardha -, May 12 - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan came to the rescue of 90 farmers in Maharashtra's Wardha district as they were Saturday given cheques to repay their debt.Cheques would be delivered at the homes of 24 other needy farmers.The farmers were selected from over 20 villages of the district by members of the Rotary Club of Gandhi City Wardha and Rotary Club of Mumbai. The cheques total aroun ... read more

Thane | 5 days ago
Keep off personal laws: Muslim leaders
Thane, May 11 - Muslim leaders Friday came down heavily on governments and courts for what they termed as interference in the Muslim personal law, a spokesperson said.Thousands gathered at Bhiwandi, around 45 km from Mumbai, for a convention on Muslim personal law.In his keynote address, Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan of the Muslim Personal Law Board said a recent Supreme Court observation seeking to m ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
MCOCA against Abu Salem dropped
New Delhi, May 11 - In a major breather for underworld don Abu Salem, the Delhi High Court Friday dropped charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act - in a 2002 extortion case.Justice V.K. Shali, allowing a batch of petitions filed by the Delhi Police and Abu Salem that sought dropping of MCOCA charges against the latter, asked that these be withdrawn. Salem, extradited ... read more