Archive for October, 2008
Raj Thackeray: “MNS won’t stop Chhath Puja” »
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray said in a press conference that MNS won’t stop Chhath (Chhat) Puja. he further said in his conference that nobody raised the issue when Biharis were killed in Assam. But some politicians from...
Gautam Gambhir banned for One Test Match »
Gautam Gambhir has been banned for One Test Match. Match referee Chris Broad (England) favored Kangaroos while hearing the on-field spat between Gautam Gambhir & Shane Watson. Chris Broad imposed a fine of 10% of his match...
18 Serial Blasts rock Guwahati and Assam, 66 killed »
At least 66 people have been killed & more than 200 injured in 18 serial blasts in Assam on Thursday, Timesnow reported. The blasts took place at crowded market areas. Blasts have been reported at Ganeshguri, Fancy...
Viswanathan Anand draws 11th game, wins world chess title »
India’s Viswanathan Anand drew the 11th game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final with white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik to take an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead & retain his world title. In the eight years since he...
2,000 arrested in West Bengal for noise pollution »
Around 2,000 people have been arrested for bursting sound crackers on the occasion of Kali puja and Diwali in West Bengal. The police had seized altogether 325 kg of sound crackers after conducting several raids across the...
Two pilots killed as Chartered plane crashes near Ludhiana »
Two pilots have been killed when a six-seater Chartered plane of the Punjab government crashed while landing at the Sahnewal airport near Ludhiana. A senior Police official said that the King Air C-90 aircraft had taken off...
UP Migrant lynched on Mumbai local train, Mayawati demands probe »
Dharmadev, a 25 years old migrant laborer from Faizabad, Uttar Prdesh, was beaten to death by a group of around 10 Marathi people in a local train in Mumbai. Dharmadev was travelling with three other laborers in...
Earthquake struck Pakistan, 100 killed »
Around 100 people have been killed in an Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude that rocked western Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday. The earthquake struck around 45 miles from the city of Quetta at around 4...
Bal Thackeray: “Rahul Raj was a Bihari mafia” »
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, has justified the encounter of Rahul Raj, who was killed on Monday morning by Mumbai Police after being suspected of trying to take passengers of a BEST bus hostage. In his editorial...
Sensex crashes below 8,000 »
Sensex on Monday cracked a new low in three years when it crashed below 8,000 points to 7,985.43, as funds remained aggressive sellers. The Sensex plunged by 723.12 points at 1245 hrs, with almost all the sectorial...
Gunman killed in shoot-out in BEST bus in Mumbai »
A young man identified as Rahul Raj was killed on Monday by police in a state transport bus after he was suspected of trying to take the passengers hostage in suburban Kurla. Rahul wanted to give a...
Heavy rain disrupts life in Chennai »
Heavy Rain disrupts life in Cheenai on Thursday. Traffic on the arterial Anna Salai in the city was thrown into chaos on Friday due to the pouring rain. Rain lashed the city from 3 p.m., inundating not...
2 die due to Dengue in Patiala »
Two people have been died from complications of Dengue Fever in Patiala this week. The number of Dengue patients is the highest in Ludhiana, where 690 confirmed & 213 suspected were reported, followed by Mohali with 112...
Vaiko arrested in Chennai »
Chennai: V. Gopalsamy alias as Vaiko has been arrested at his Anna Nagar residence in Chennai on Thursday evening by the Tamil Nadu “Q” branch police on the charge of fomenting secessionist violence in support of the...
Artist Paritosh Sen passes away »
Paritosh Sen, one of India’s best-known artist, passed away in Kolkata following illness. He was 90 years old. The artist was admitted to hospital with respiratory problems last month & had been on a life support system....
“Chandrayaan-I” launched successfully »
Chandrayaan-1 has been launched successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on Wednesday. Chandrayaan-1 was put into Transfer Orbit around the earth by the Polar Launch Vehicle PSLV-C11 about 19 minutes after it blasted off. The...
India ready to launch moon probe »
The Chandrayaan mission is scheduled to launched on Wednesday from a launch pad in Andhra Pradesh. The spacecraft will orbit the moon, survey the surface of the moon with high resolution equipment to produce a complete map...
Violence rocks Kalyan, Thackeray to spend night in police lock-up »
Violence has been erupted in Kalyan in Mumbai, where Raj Thackeray is slated to spend a night in police custody before his case is taken up in a Kalyan court tomorrow. Angry MNS protesters went on a...
Blast in Imphal, 14 killed »
Imphal: Around 14 people have been killed & 16 others injured in a bomb blast in this Manipur capital on Tuesday evening. The bomb kept on a moped went off around 8 p.m. While 11 people were...
Raj Thackeray sent to judicial custody till Nov 4 »
The Bandra court has on Tuesday denied bail to Raj Thackeray & remanded him to judicial custody till November 4. Raj Thackeray was arrested in Ratnagiri today. Earlier, Mumbai police issued a gag order under section 144...
