New Delhi | 59 minutes ago
Delhi cop's son dies in accident
New Delhi, May 17 - A 25-year-old son of a senior Delhi Police officer died while five others were injured when their speeding car turned turtle in the national capital, police said Thursday.The accident took place around 10.30 p.m. Wednesday in north Delhi's Ashok Vihar area. Vikash Mann, son of Patel Nagar assistant commissioner of police Bhola Ram Mann, and five of his friends were on their way ... read more

New Delhi | 2 hours ago
Two detained for obstructing Dikshit's convoy
New Delhi, May 17 - Two car-borne youth were detained Thursday for not giving way to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's convoy in north Delhi, police said. They were let off after questioning.The incident took place around 11.35 a.m. near Nirankari Maidan in Mukherjee Nagar when Dikshit was heading towards Burari to inaugurate a camp for pilgrims going to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti ... read more

Srinagar | 5 hours ago
Legislator blames doctors for death of Kashmiri kids
Srinagar, May 17 - A sitting MLA Thursday led a protest outside the G.P. Pant Hospital in summer capital Srinagar, blaming the doctors for the death of Kashmiri children at the premier hospital.It is nothing short of a mass murder of our children, Engineer Rashid, an independent legislator from north Kashmir's Langate constituency told reporters outside the hospital.For 1,700 patients, the hospita ... read more

Srinagar | 22 hours ago
Union home secretary in Kashmir, meets Omar
Srinagar, May 16 - Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday discussed the prevailing law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, an official statement said here.Singh arrived here Thursday afternoon on a two-day visit to Kashmir.During his stay in the Kashmir Valley, the union home secretary is likely to discuss the security arrangements for this year's annual A ... read more

Bangalore | 1 day ago
Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bail as CBI raids continue
Bangalore, May 16 - Fearing imminent arrest, former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday applied for anticipatory bail in a special court even as the CBI continued its raids at his residence and premises of his family and a few others in connection with the multi-crore mining scam.The CBI special court has adjourned the hearing on Yeddyurappa's bail plea to Thursday after the agency ... read more

1 day ago
Eight killed in Maharashtra accident
Jalgaon -, May 16 - Eight pilgrims were killed and five others injured Wednesday when a truck rammed into an auto-rickshaw they were travelling in near the temple town of Muktainagar in Jalgaon district, police said here.'The accident took place near Nimkhed, 65 km from the district head-quarters of Jalgaon. A truck rammed into a stationary shuttle auto-rickshaw in which the pilgrims were still se ... read more

Srinagar | 1 day ago
Probe ordered into Kashmiri kids' deaths
Srinagar, May 16 - Admitting that 35 children died in the last fortnight at a premier hospital here, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday said an inquiry had been ordered.Following media reports about the deaths at the G.P. Pant Hospital, Minister for Medical Education R.S. Chib said experts from the Srinagar Medical College would conduct the probe and submit a report in a week.The minister s ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Mobile, projectors to educate kids on health, hygiene in Gujarat
New Delhi, May 15 - Armed with mobile phones and projectors, teachers in 150 anganwadis in Gujarat are all set to impart health and hygiene education to hundreds of kids while improving their teaching skills, activists said Tuesday.NGO Sesame Workshop India and Metlife Foundation have come together for the initiative, and for the first time, would be using technology in the pilot project with an e ... read more

Srinagar | 2 days ago
Army helping youths in Kashmir hone cricket skills
Srinagar, May 15 - The army is helping Kashmiri sportsmen to hone their cricketing talents by organising the inter-district Kashmir Premier League - in the valley.It is the endeavour of the army and the state police to encourage the local youths to hone their sportsman skills, said Major General Sarath, General Officer Commanding - of a counter-insurgency force here.There is tremendous interest am ... read more

Hyderabad | 2 days ago
Andhra seeks safe return of workers from Angola
Hyderabad, May 15 - The Andhra Pradesh government has urged the central government to ensure the safe return of 300 workers from the state currently stranded in Angola.Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, seeking his intervention in protecting the workers, some of whom have been arrested.The Andhra natives were among 1,200 Indian worke ... read more