Serial actress Sangeetha Mohan arrested for Drunken Driving
Kerala: Sangeetha Mohan, a serial actress has been arrested for drunken driving by Police Patrol Team while she was driving her WagonR. The police patrolling team stopped the Wagonr car she was driving from Pazhavangadi Kerala near the Big Bazaar. The actress first refused to open the door but when the police team led by medical college circle inspector Suresh Kumar, who was on night duty, tried to break the glass, she opened it.
The police recovered some liquor bottles, glasses ….
“Headlines Today” woman producer Soumya Viswanathan shot dead in Delhi
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 Nelson Mandela Road in Vasant Kunj locality at around 3:30 a.m.
Her car was found rammed into the divider of the road & she was seated ….
Seven killed in flyover collapse in Lucknow
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 Chinhat area of Lucknow where the flyover is located as hundreds of angry residents gathered & staged a demonstration. At least 4-5 cars & some ….
RBI: “ICICI Bank has sufficient liquidity”
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 of the bank are baseless & malicious. The bank’s shares surged 4.5 per cent to Rs 515 levels in today’s afternoon trade.
Riots in Thane over Navratri “pandal” killed 1
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 that the “pandal” encroached over their area.
Police fired 10 rounds in the air to control the mob, which indulged in arson, after baton charge ….
Stampede in Jodhpur Temple killed 40
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 brought to Mahatma Gandhi Hospital & the remaining 10 to Mathura Das Hospital in Jodhpur. The devotees in huge number, especially women, had gathered ….
7 killed in Malegaon blast, 70 injured
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 stone-pelting. The injured were rushed to the nearby Noor Hospital & Faran Hospital.
The location where the blast took place also happens to be outside the ….
Saif Ali Khan likely to be arrested for assaulting photo journalists
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 & assault after the journalists lodged a complaint against him & his security guards on the charge of manhandling them.
Two Photo Journalists, one belonging to ….
17 crude bombs found in Ahmedabad
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
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 found has been cordoned off.
Well known singer Mahendra Kapoor passes away
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 end came suddenly at 19:30 p.m. & he died in his sleep. The funeral will take ….
Blast at Mehrauli area in Delhi, 4 killed & 20 Injured
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 that the blast occurred at around 2:15 pm. The injured have been admitted to AIIMS; 12 of ….
Read More: Blast at Mehrauli area in Delhi, 4 killed & 20 InjuredYamuna water level recedes in Mathura
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 flood control posts & requisitioned over six dozen boats while putting the same number of boats on stand by. Though the flood water has entered ….
High alert sounded in Tamil Nadu after terror threat
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 planning strikes in the state. He said that specific terror threat was to the Madurai Meenakshi temple in Tamil Nadu.
A high level meeting was held ….
Don threatens to kill Mahesh Bhatt for opposing Bajrang Dal
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 had gone to extend his support to Christians who were being targeted by the Bajrang Dal.
After Wednesday’s incident, the police have increased security for Bhatt. ….
High Court to Tamil Nadu: Reconsider Nalini’s plea for early release
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 called for a re-look into the entire issue.
Nalini, a life convict, had appealed in May this year for ….
Rahul Gandhi: “Strong laws needed to fight terror”
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 was attacked. We almost lost our MPs, Home Minister & the Prime Minister”.
He ….
Youth shot dead in Noida
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
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 from Tajewala barrage. The river is flowing above the danger mark.
6 get death sentence in Khairlanji case
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, Shatrughan Dhande, Vishwanath Dhande, Ramu Dhande, Jagdish Mandlekar & Prabhakar Mandlekar while Gopal Binjewar & Shishpal Dhande were awarded life sentence.