Archive for June 2008

UP MLA Pandit held for abducting reporter

Jun 29th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, Haryana News, India News, National News

Shribhagwan Verma alias Guddu Pandit, BSP MLA, has been arrested on Sunday for allegedly “abducting” a woman television reporter three days back. Pandit has been charged under various Sections of Indian Penal Code by the Uttar Pradesh government. He was summoned by Chief Minister Mayawati at her residence in Delhi after the reporter lodged a [...]



Haryana govt restricts Ram Rahim’s movement

Jun 29th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, Haryana News, India News, National News

The Haryana government has imposed an informal ban on the movement of Dera Sachcha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim outside the Dera Sacha Sauda campus in Sirsa. This comes a day after the Maharashtra government talked about its plan to ban the Dera chief’s entry into the state for about one year.
A senior Haryana home [...]



CBI: Rajkumar confesses to involvement in Aarushi’s murder

Jun 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, Haryana News, India News, National News

Ghaziabad special court has on Saturday sent Rajkumar to CBI custody for fourteen days. During the court hearing on Saturday, the CBI has said that Durrani’s servant, Rajkumar had confessed to his involvement in Aarushi & Hemraj’s murder. For the first time the CBI told the court as to what happened to Aarushi’s mobile. Rajkumar [...]



Police arrested three Pak-Trained Terrorists

Jun 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

The Punjab Police has claimed to arrest three Pakistan-trained terrorists on Saturday with 34.5 kg of RDX explosive from Kaunke village in Jagraon. The Inspector General said that Amrik Singh, Daljit Singh & Sarvjit Singh alias Sokhu, all of them hailing from Moga, were working at the instance of one Surjit Singh Mahal of Jalandhar [...]



Gunmen kill six police officers in northern Mexico

Jun 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

The attorney general’s office has on Saturday said that the gunmen killed six police officers in an ambush in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa. The six officers had stopped at a red light in a police vehicle in Culiacan when they were shot by unidentified men in a white truck.
It was the third such [...]



Earthquake struck Chennai & Andaman, No casualties reported

Jun 27th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

Two earthquakes of magnitude 6.7 & 6.1 struck India’s Andaman & Nicobar Islands & some parts of Chennai on Friday. The epicentre of the earthquake was 115 kilometres southwest from capital Port Blair & 45 km below the sea. There are no reports of any damage & casualties. The earthquake occurred at 17:10 p.m.
Areas [...]



R R Patil: Maharashtra govt may ban Ram Rahim for a year

Jun 27th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil has on Friday announced that the Maharashtra government is considering to ban Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim from entering the state for one year. The decision may be fuelled by Sikhs apprehension that Baba Ram Rahim will try to disrupt an event at Nanded to mark [...]



Aarushi murder case: Rajkumar arrested

Jun 27th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, Haryana News, India News, National News

CBI has on Friday arrested Rajkumar, Anita Durrani’s servant, in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. Joint Director of CBI Arun Kumar has said that Rajkumar was subjected to lie-detector test, psychological assessment, brain mapping & narco-analysis tests at Forensic Sciences Laboratory, Gandhinagar in Gujarat from June 23 to June 26.
Arun Kumr said that Rajkumar’s arrest was [...]



Amarnath yatra from Jammu suspended again

Jun 27th, 2008 | Category: Cities News, India News, Jammu and Kashmir News, National News

Amarnath Yatra has been called off from Jammu in view of the continued strike in Kashmir valley over transfer of forest land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. The devotees were not allowed to proceed from Bhagwati Nagar base camp to the Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the Kashmir Himalayas.
The step has been taken [...]



Mumbai Serial killer Ravindra Kantrolle acquitted

Jun 27th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

Ravindra Kantrolle, serial killer, has been acquitted on Friday in one of the three murder cases he was facing. Sewri sessions court acquitted Kantrolle due to lack of evidence & observed that prosecution failed to prove the case against him.
He was arrested on January 14, 2007 after the a series of seemingly motiveless murders that [...]



FIR lodged against Akali councillor for slapping cop

Jun 27th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

A criminal case has been registered against a SAD councillor for allegedly slapped a head constable in full public view in Patiala. According to the FIR registered at Tripuri police station, Akali councillor from ward number 50 Balbir Singh Kharoud allegedly slapped head constable
Jagdish Singh, who objected to his parking the car in the [...]



Mumbai Police will interrogate Baba Ram Rahim

Jun 26th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

The Mumbai Police left for Sirsa on Thursday to quest Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder of a 50 years old Sikh, Balkaar Singh. Based on the statements, police will ascertain if the firing was unprovoked or in self-defence.
Balkar Singh was killed by security guard of Dera chief’s Ram Rahim [...]



Sikh Religions leaders to stage Dharna at Raj Bhawans

Jun 26th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

Sikh religious group leaders will stage “Dharnas” outside the Raj Bhawans of Punjab & Haryana from next month to demand the arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the Mulund firing in which a 50 years old Sikh was killed by his bodyguard.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the [...]



Maharashtra Board SSC results declared

Jun 26th, 2008 | Category: Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News, States News

Maharashtra Board SSC results have been declared on Thursday. Gaurav Kulkarni of Satara’s New English School, Kolhapur division, stood first by securing 97.84 per cent in the SSC examinations held in Maharashtra.
The overall pass percentage this year stood at 86.33 per cent. The overall pass percentage of candidates in Pune division is 87.89 per cent [...]



Aarushi murder case: Rajesh Talwar’s bail petition hearing today

Jun 26th, 2008 | Category: Delhi News, Haryana News, India News, National News

The Ghaziabad sessions court will hear Dr Rajesh Talwar’s bail plea application today. Rajesh Talwar is an accused in the murder of her 14 years old daughter Aarushi.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has not reached any breakthrough in this case so far. However, it said that they would argue for continuing the detention of [...]



Sikhs demanding arrest of Ram Rahim

Jun 25th, 2008 | Category: India News, National News, Punjab News

Sikh protesters are demanding arrest of Dera Sachcha Sauda’s chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Ram Rahim’s bodyguard had killed a 50 years old, Sikh, Balkaar Singh, on last Friday in Mulund of Mumbai. Sikhs protesters have on Wednesday block trains as Police failed to arrest Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The “Rail [...]



Police failed to arrest Dera’s Chief, Sikh protesters block trains

Jun 25th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

Sikhs protesters have on Wednesday block trains as Police failed to arrest Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The “Rail Roko” call given by Damdami Taksal & certain radical Sikh organisations asked the protesters to remain peaceful.
The Sikh protesters squatted on the track at several places, including Amritsar, Sirhind, Malout, Abohar, Sangrur & [...]



Damdami Taksal call “Rail Roko” today, High Alert sounded

Jun 25th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

High Alert has been sounded in Punjab following “Rail Roko” called by Damdami Taksal & certain Sikh organisations in protest against the killing of a youth by a bodyguard of Dera Sacha Sauda chief in Mumbai. However, radical Sikh organisations, including the Khalra Mission Committee, have urged Sikhs to maintain peace during the bandh. Dal [...]



No clean chit to Gurmeet Ram Rahim in Mulund firing case yet

Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

Police has on Tuesday said that there is no immediate possibility of giving clean chit to the Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Ram Rahim in the murder of Sikh who was gunned down by his private security guard on last Friday.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said, “Our investigations are still on & [...]



Harkat-ul-Mujahideen militant arrested in New Delhi

Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, Haryana News, India News, National News

A Harkat-ul-Muajahideen militant, who managed to give police a slip in 2001, has been arrested in New Delhi. On a tip off, the special cell of Delhi Police arrested Habib-ur-Rehman alias Babu from Sarai Kale Khan area of New Delhi last night.
Rehman had managed to dodge a police net in 2001 when he tried to [...]