Archive for September 2008

“Headlines Today” woman producer Soumya Viswanathan shot dead in Delhi

Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, Haryana News, India News, National News

A 27 years old woman producer of a news channel was shot dead in the wee hours on Monday at a posh area of south-west Delhi while she was on her way back from work. Soumya Viswanathan, who worked as a producer with a news channel “Headlines Today”, was found dead in her car on [...]



Seven killed in flyover collapse in Lucknow

Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

Lucknow: At least 7 people have been killed & more than 20 injured when an under-construction flyover collapsed in Lucknow on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred on the NHAI flyover which is on the Lucknow-Faizabad highway. The flyover, located along the Lucknow-Faizabad Road, has been under construction for over two years.
Chaos prevailed in the [...]



RBI: “ICICI Bank has sufficient liquidity”

Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Business News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

The RBI has on Tuesday assured that ICICI Bank has sufficient liquidity & the bank’s units abroad are “Well Capitalized”. The central bank also stated that ICICI Bank has arranged to give adequate cash to meet ATM withdrawal.
Earlier in the day, ICICI Bank asked its customers not to panic, saying rumours about the financial strength [...]



Riots in Thane over Navratri “pandal” killed 1

Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

Thane: At least one person has been killed & 50 others injured in communal clashes at Rabodi village in Thane District of Maharashtra over setting up of a “pandal” for the Navaratri festival around midnight. There was a dispute over the issue of erecting a “pandal” for the festival. Members of a particular community alleged [...]



Stampede in Jodhpur Temple killed 40

Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

At least 40 people have been killed & 100 other injured in a major stampede in the “Chamunda Devi temple” at the start of “Navaratre” in Jodhpur on Tuesday. The reason for the stampede at the temple in a hillock in the famous Jodhpur Fort is yet to known.
Of the 40 dead, 30 bodies were [...]



7 killed in Malegaon blast, 70 injured

Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

At least 7 people have been killed & more then 70 injured in a bomb blast in the busy Bhikhu Chowk area in Malegaon of Maharashtra on Monday. Eight others, including six policemen, were hurt in stone-pelting after the blast. Night curfew was imposed in the eastern part of the town after the blast and [...]



Saif Ali Khan likely to be arrested for assaulting photo journalists

Sep 29th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Entertainment News, India News, National News, Punjab News

Saif Ali Khan, a Bollywood actor, is likely to be arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting photo journalists during the shoot of a film in Patiala on Sunday night, a private news agency reported. Following a tiff with photo journalists, the Railway Police have registered a case against Saif for allegedly threatening to kill & [...]



17 crude bombs found in Ahmedabad

Sep 29th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

Police has on Monday found seventeen crude bombs near the Kalupur darvaja of Ahmedabad. The bombs found were not sophisticated devices but crude explosives.
Police is investigating the matter.



Suspicious object found near Derabassi

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

A suspicious object was found at Bankerpura near Derabassi in Punjab near Ambala-Delhi national highway. A senior official of Police said, “The object looks like a big fire cracker used during Dussehra festival, though it could not be confirmed immediately. We have called the Army experts to check the object”.
The area where the object was [...]



Well known singer Mahendra Kapoor passes away

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

Mahendra Kapoor, a well known playback singer, has passed away on Saturday evening following a heart attack. He was 74 years old & is survived by wife, three daughters & a son. He was suffering from a kidney ailment & undergoing dialysis. He had recovered from the ailment & was well.
Family sources said that the [...]



Blast at Mehrauli area in Delhi, 4 killed & 20 Injured

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

At least four people have been killed, Including 11 years old boy, & 20 others injured in a bomb blast at flower market in South Delhi’s Mehrauli area on Saturday afternoon. The explosion took place outside an electronics shop, near Andheriya Mod. The market has been closed & the blast site cordoned off. Police said [...]



Yamuna water level recedes in Mathura

Sep 26th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

The water level of river Yamuna, which was flowing 18 cm above danger level in Mathura, has receded gradually. Residents & flood control officials heave a sigh of relief as earlier forecast had said that the river was expected to rise menacingly with devastating results.
Following the warning, the district administration has set up 46 [...]



High alert sounded in Tamil Nadu after terror threat

Sep 25th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

High Alert has been sounded in Tamil Nadu after a specific terror threat to major temples in the state, a private news agency reported. ADGP of Tamil Nadu has said that the information on the security threat came from central intelligence agencies.
The alert was sounded after police received intelligence that the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba was [...]



Don threatens to kill Mahesh Bhatt for opposing Bajrang Dal

Sep 25th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

Mahesh Bhatt, a well known filmmaker, has on Thursday approached top police officials after a man claiming to be gangster Ravi Pujari phoned his Juhu office & threatened to kill the director if he did not stop speaking against the Bajrang Dal. The threat call came a day after Bhatt returned from Mangalore, where he [...]



Security beefed up at Pakistan Airport after terror threat

Sep 25th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

Security has been beefed up at Islamabad’s international airport on Thursday after a telephone threat that warned of a bomb attack. A senior security official said, “We received a call this morning that a bomb attack was expected around midday”.
Security officials were scanning the area around the airport, which was renamed Benazir Bhutto International Airport [...]



High Court to Tamil Nadu: Reconsider Nalini’s plea for early release

Sep 24th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

The Madras High Court has on Wednesday asked the Tamil Nadu government to reconsider the appeal of Nalini Sriharan, who is serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for an early release. Observing that the Advisory Board set up by the government to decide on the issue was not properly constituted, the court [...]



Rahul Gandhi: “Strong laws needed to fight terror”

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

Jalandhar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has on Wednesday said that the country needed a tough anti-terror law but not a “failed” statute like POTA. Rahu Gandhi said, “There should be a strong law to deal with terror. A powerful law, not a failed law. POTA is a failed law. When POTA was in operation, Parliament [...]



Youth shot dead in Noida

Sep 24th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, India News, National News, States News

Noida: Some unidentified men shot dead a youth in Salarpur area of Noida on Wednesday. The victim identified as Babloo alias Bhim, 22 years old, was on his way to home on a bicycle when some miscreants shot at him. He succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.
Police is searching to nab the killers.



24 trains diverted, 10 cancelled due to flood in Yamuna

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

Delhi: At least 24 trains have been diverted & 10 trains cancelled due to flood in Yamuna River. Following an increase in the water level, the old Yamuna bridge was closed for rail & road traffic since 3 a.m.
The water-level of the river increased due to release of 4,00,000 cusecs of water into western Yamuna [...]



6 get death sentence in Khairlanji case

Sep 24th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

Mumbai: The Bhandara Sessions Court has on Wednesday awarded death sentence for six in the Khairlanji Dalit murder case in which four members of a family were killed in 2006. The district & sessions court also awarded life imprisonment for two others convicted in the case on September 15.
Those given death sentence were Sakru Binjewar, [...]