Archive for October 2008

Raj Thackeray: “MNS won’t stop Chhath Puja”

Oct 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

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 Bihar “with vested interest” are targeting him, when Biharis were attacked in Mumbai & Maharashtra.
Raj made it clear [...]



Gautam Gambhir banned for One Test Match

Oct 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cricket News, India News, National News

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 fee on Shane Watson, he went on to ban in-form Gautam Gambhir for one test match, who has [...]



18 Serial Blasts rock Guwahati and Assam, 66 killed

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

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 Bazaar, Dispur Road & Pan Bazaar area in Guwahati & Barpeta, Kokrajhar & Bongaigaon districts.
One blast went [...]



Viswanathan Anand draws 11th game, wins world chess title

Oct 30th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News, Other Sports, Sports News, States News

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 won the FIDE World Championships in New Delhi & Teheran, Viswanathan Anand has dominated the world of chess, winning [...]



2,000 arrested in West Bengal for noise pollution

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

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 state in past two days.
State Pollution Control Board (PCB) officials said this year they had received at least [...]



Two pilots killed as Chartered plane crashes near Ludhiana

Oct 29th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

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 from Chandigarh at 10.50 a.m. on a trial flight after repairs. It crashed within minutes at Dugiana village near [...]



UP Migrant lynched on Mumbai local train, Mayawati demands probe

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

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 a local train from Khopoli to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) station.
According to Dharmadev Rai’s friends, the Marathi speaking [...]



Earthquake struck Pakistan, 100 killed

Oct 29th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, World News

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 a.m. Around 500 houses had been destroyed in this quake.
The deaths occurred in the hilly town of Ziarat [...]



Bal Thackeray: “Rahul Raj was a Bihari mafia”

Oct 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

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 to Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray has described Rahul as a “Bihari Mafia” & praised the police for [...]



Sensex crashes below 8,000

Oct 27th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Business News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

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 indices moving in the negative zone. The key index last saw this level on November 1, 2005.
Similarly, the wide-based [...]



Gunman killed in shoot-out in BEST bus in Mumbai

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

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 strong message to the MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his ongoing attack against the North Indian community living [...]



Heavy rain disrupts life in Chennai

Oct 25th, 2008 | Category: Cities News, India News, National News, States News, Weather News

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 just the usually vulnerable areas, but even roads & plots usually safe from flooding. As roads went under [...]



2 die due to Dengue in Patiala

Oct 23rd, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

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 confirmed cases. Patiala has 17 confirmed & 25 suspected, while Amritsar & Bathinda have eight confirmed. Jalandhar has [...]



Vaiko arrested in Chennai

Oct 23rd, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

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 banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
The Police action followed Mr Vaiko’s fiery speech at a public meeting [...]



Artist Paritosh Sen passes away

Oct 23rd, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

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. Sen is survived by his wife.
He studied art in the southern city of Chennai (Madras) & later [...]



“Chandrayaan-I” launched successfully

Oct 22nd, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, India News, National News, Technology News

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 1,380 kg Chandrayaan-1, carrying 11 payloads, was released into a Tansfer Orbit at a perigee (nearest point to earth) [...]



India ready to launch moon probe

Oct 21st, 2008 | Category: India News, National News, Technology News

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 of its chemical characteristics & its three dimensional topography.
The goals of the mission will not only be confined [...]



Violence rocks Kalyan, Thackeray to spend night in police lock-up

Oct 21st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

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 rampage & torched a large number of shops outside Kalyan court. They also resorted to stone pelting when [...]



Blast in Imphal, 14 killed

Oct 21st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

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 killed on the spot, three people succumbed to injuries in hospital.
The blast took place close to a Manipur [...]



Raj Thackeray sent to judicial custody till Nov 4

Oct 21st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, Mumbai News, National News

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 against Raj Thackeray banning him from addressing a press or public gathering, or carrying out any procession for [...]