6 months ago
Priest, wife arrested with four human skulls
Lucknow, July 24 - A priest and his wife have been arrested after four human skulls were found in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, the police said Friday. The skulls were recovered from the roof of the Kabir temple in the Vijaynagar locality in Kanpur, about 80 km from Lucknow. According to police, the priest, Shyamlal, and his wife, Rajkumari, have confessed that they used human ... read more

11 months ago
Stars cast a spell on Andhra election scene
Hyderabad, March 20 - Star power is exploding on the Andhra Pradesh election scene, with popular actors attracting fans and curious voters alike in thousands as they campaign for the simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls. They have all been roped in by various political parties to lure cinema-crazy Telugus. One of these is heartthrob Junior NTR - the young and popular star and grandson of l ... read more

11 months ago
'No chance', Rahul Gandhi brushes away PM possibility query
Ahmedabad, Feb 23 - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi brushed off suggestions of his becoming prime minister after the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls with a 'no chance', and said he couldn't hypothesize about the 2014 polls, which are 'so distant in the future'. The young Congress MP, who was on a two-day visit to north Gujarat, interacted with people in Sabarkantha district late Sunday night ... read more

1 year ago
Maoists blast railway station in Andhra Pradesh
Bhubaneswar, March 26 - Maoist insurgents have blasted a railway station on the border of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, the police said Wednesday. No casualties have been reported. A group of six to seven leftist guerrillas Tuesday night 'came to Gumuda railway station in the district of Vijaynagaram in Andhra Pradesh and triggered the land mine blast at the control panel cabin,' Andhra Pradesh pol ... read more

1 year ago
DNA test restores child to 'real' mother
Hyderabad, March 7 - A two-and-half-month-old baby boy being claimed by two women as their child was restored to his 'real' mother Friday after a DNA test. The baby was given to Santoshi and her husband. The laboratory established that the baby boy is their son and not that of Padmavati, the other woman. The intriguing case was reported from Vijaynagaram district in north coastal Andhra, about 6 ... read more

2 years ago
Uneasy calm north Gujarat after police firing kills two
Ahmedabad, Feb 14 - An uneasy calm prevailed in Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat Thursday, a day after two tribal protestors were shot dead in police firing. There were no reports of any violence in what is known as Polo Forest area in Vijaynagar sub-district, about 200 km from here. Divisional Forest Officer M.J. Parmar told IANS the area did not witness any fresh incidents. Asked if this ... read more

2 years ago
Three Gujarat tribals killed in police firing
Ahmedabad, Feb 13 - Three tribals were killed in police firing Wednesday as an agitation in north Gujarat over forestland rights turned violent. Two people were killed on the spot while the third succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital, officials said. The incident occurred at the office of the forest ranger in the Vijaynagar block of Sabarkantha district, about 150 km north of here ... read more

Hyderabad | 2 years ago
Operation launched to tame rogue elephants in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Oct 23 - The forest department in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday launched an operation to chase away rogue elephants that enter the state from Orissa with the help of five trained elephants.Wild elephants have created havoc in the Srikakulam and Vijaynagaram districts of the state, bordering Orissa. Since last week, nine people have been killed in clashes with them.Forest officials have named t ... read more

Hyderabad | 2 years ago
Elephants on rampage in Andhra, three killed
Hyderabad, Aug 22 - Three people were trampled to death in an Andhra Pradesh village when elephants went on the rampage.A horde of elephants late Tuesday strayed into Vadabai village in Vijaynagaram district, bordering Orissa and about 700 km from here, and went berserk. There was panic as they killed the three tribals and caused widespread damage to the crops in the area, officials said. Forest o ... read more

Kolkata | 3 years ago
Jindal to set up mega steel plant in West Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 11 - Marking a new era in West Bengal's industrialisation after days of clashes over land acquisition, the Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steels Ltd Thursday signed an agreement with the state government to set up a 10-million-tonne steel plant with a cumulative investment of Rs.350 billion -.JSW Steel managing director Sajjan Jindal signed the memorandum of understanding - in the prese ... read more