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Tighten Security in UP after Dalit installed plaque in temple

Apr 1st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

Security at Roshantekari village has been beefed up after a Dalit allegedly installed a plaque in a temple. An official of police said that fearing a communal clash security has been increased in the region.
The temple was renovated & the plaque was installed by a Dalit, which was objected to by people belonging to the higher castes.
Senior police officials are present in the area & the situation is under control.



No Power cuts in Punjab from 1 April

Apr 1st, 2008 | Category: Cities News, India News, National News, Punjab News

The Punjab government has announced that there will be no power cuts from April 1 in Punjab. The Punjab government has purchased power from Himachal Pradesh.
Many parts in Punjab were left without power as power cut across the Punjab. There was daily power cuts in Punjab. chandigarh even then Patiala was also hit by the power cuts. There is a lack of coal in Punjab so there is a less prodection of electricity but now Punjab government has purchased the ….



Police arrested seven SIMI activist in Indore

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

SIMI’s seven activists have been arrested on Monday. The activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India have been arrested on charges of providing assistance to their former chief Safdar Nagori & 12 other top leaders nabbed last week in a major crackdown against the outfit.
An official of Police said that five activists were arrested in the wee hours on Monday from Unhel town near Ujjain. The official said that the arrested are Jabil Parvez, brother of Aamil Parvez ….



Clash between police & BKU in Muzaffarnagar, UP killed 6

Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

Clash between police & activists of Bhartiya Kisan Union in sassoli village in Muzaffarnagar district on Monday inujured six people. Six people, including two policemen, were injured in a clash after the police tried to arrest a BKU leader at Sisoli.
An official of Police said that the two people sustained bullet injuries when police opened fire to disperse a violent crowd of BKU cadres who indulged in stone pelting to protest the arrest of their leader Mahender Singh Tiket.
Four others, ….



Govt: No foreigner will be allowed to buy land in Goa

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

The government of Goa has decided that no foreigner will be allowed to buy land in the state for personal purposes. The government also said that the foreigners can buy land for business purposes, but only after following specific & stringent conditions.
A retired forest officer from United Kingdom said, “I think we should work in Goa as the UK works with foreigners. Just consider Asians & Goans in UK for the time being. Once they are entitled to live in ….



Pune university B.Com paper leaked, 6 arrested

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

The question paper of the first year paper of the University of Pune’s commerce course has been leaked after copies of it were sold. It will be held April 10.
An official of University said, “The police caught some men selling the paper last night (Friday) and we compared it, and found it to be same. That’s when we knew that the paper has been leaked”.
The official said, “Since the paper was scheduled for Saturday morning we couldn’t change the ….



Police: ACP Rajbir Singh murdered by Bharadwaj

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

Gurgaon Police has said that the encounter specialist Rajbir Singh was murdered by property dealer Vijay Bharadwaj. Vijay Bharadwaj borrowed Rajbir money which he could not pay.
Rajbir Singh, ACP of Delhi Police special Operations Squad was shot dead by propery dealer Vijay Bharadwaj on the city outskirts. The “encounter specialist” was murdered in Gurgaon.
The Gurgaon Police also claimed that the encounter specialist was killed with a service revolver which was belonged to an Additional Superintendent of Haryana Police.
A senior official ….



13 years old boy Nishant Kumar kidnapped from Patna

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

A 13 years old boy has been kidnapped on Friday from outside his house in Patna. Nishant Kumar, a Class 7 student of DAV school was kidnapped from Birla Colony in Phulwarisharief on the outskirts of the state capital.
13 years old boy’s father Surendra Kumar, a contractor, lodged a case of kidnapping against three people after the boy went missing.
A senior official of Police said that the Surendra had a dispute with the people named in his complaint. The official ….



Youth from Ranchi arrested for sending threatening SMSes

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

A youth has been arrested by Ranchi Police for allegedly threatening assembly speaker Aalamgir Aalam, ministers & legislators through SMS, Police said on Friday.
The police arrested Ranjan Kumar Mishra Friday from Dhruva locality of Ranchi & claimed he had confessed to sending SMSes to legislators & ministers. The police also claimed to have seized five mobile phones & eight SIM cards from ranjan Kumar Mishra.
A senior official of Police said, “The youth was using a Delhi based mobile number ….



Father shot daughter then killed himself

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

A man on saturday shot at her daughter by a pistol then killed himself. Father Karandeep Singh who shot at her daughter Poonam in Chandigarh was a businessman.
He was a residence of Chandigarh. He was running a shop “Chicken kasauli”.
Father has died at the spot while daughter Poonam is in I.C.U. in PGI.
However, private news channel IBN7 reported that the daughter Poonam also died in PGI. According to the IBN7 the girl was rushed to the hospital where ….



Sikhs against auction of Guru’s armour

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

Sikhs are against the Sotheby’s plans to auction off historic body armour on April 9, which may have belonged to the tenth Sikh Guru. However, members of the Sikh community want the auction to be stopped, as they believe it belongs to Guru Gobind Singh ji, the tenth.
A sikh of sikh community said, “Anything related to Guru Gobind Singh ji should be kept in the Sikh museum. SGPC & the government of India should get objects related to him back ….



Suspected Maoists set ablaze a youth in Nuasahi village

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

A youth from Orrisa has been burnt alive on Friday by suspected Maoists, Police said on Saturday. Suspected Maoists set ablaze a youth after tying him to a tree with an iron chain in Orissa’s Angul district.
The incident occurred in Nuasahi village, located in the middle of a forest, some 200 km from Bhubaneswar on Friday late night. A senior official of Police said, “We suspect it may be the handiwork of Maoists. The police is investigating the matter”.
He said ….



Multi-storeyed building collapsed in Seelampur in Delhi

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

A multi-storey underconstruction building has been collapsed on Brahampuri road in Seelampur in north east Delhi on Saturday. Building was collapsed at 7:15 am (IST), in which 7 killed & several others injured.
At least 20 people were critically injured when the building in New Usmanpur locality collapsed.
The injured were shifted to GTB hospital. Six of the injured succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
Several people are still trapped under the debris of the building & resuce operations is going ….



Two jawans injured after gunbattle in Bihar

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

Two jawans were injured on Friday after a gunbattle with banned CPI(Maoist) guerrillas at Saraunja village in Bihar’s Begusarai district. Police has arrested 18 Naxalites, including six women on Saturday. An official of Police said, “A constable of Bihar Military Police (BMP) 7th battalion Harendra Kumar Rai & Ganesh Rai of Special Auxiliary Police, a force comprising ex-servicemen raised to tackle Naxalite violence, were injured in the gunfight”.
Police said that they have arrested 18 Naxalites, including six women, Sita Devi, ….



BJP won all three seats of Rajya Sabha in Madhya Pradesh

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

BJP has won all the three seats of Rajya Sabha in Madhya Pradesh. The BJP on Saturday won seats in the biennial elections for the Rajya Sabha in Madhya Pradesh. BJP candidates Prabhat Jha, Raghunandan Sharma & Maya Singh won the polls by bagging 58 votes each.
An official said, “Noted lawyer & independent candidate, Vivek Tankha managed to get just 51 votes”. The official said that though the BJP was sure of cornering two seats on its own, for the ….



Attack on North-Indians in Mumbai again

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

Motorcycle-borne assailants attacked on North Indians on Friday late night. They attacked on Taxi Drivers in Varley & Lower Prail. They also damaged 5 taxis The accused were on bikes. Police has arrested 4 person in this case.
A North Indian taxi driver said, “There were 4-5 people. There was a motorcycle & I realised that there was another vehicle in Mumbai. The police haven’t done anything as yet”.
Though the police have arrested four people, it is not yet clear ….



Akash, kidnapped 8 years old boy rescued in Bihar

Mar 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, Delhi News, India News, National News, States News

Akash alias Appu who was kidnapped from Delhi has been rescued on Thursday. Eight years old Akash, who was kidnapped for ransom last week from Delhi, was rescued by the police from Bihar’s Farbisganj in Araria district district on Thursday.
A senior official of Police said Akash, who was kidnapped from Delhi’s Okhla locality March 21, was rescued, about 350 km from the state capital here. Akash was kidnapped on his way to school.
Akash was rescued in a police raid following ….



Saul Itzahayek, canadian prisoner released from Bihar jail

Mar 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

A canadian prisoner who was in Indian jail has been released on Thursday. Saul Itzahayek, a 42 years old Canadian businessman, was released from Motihari prison after an appellate court reduced his jail sentence to the duration he had already stayed in judicial custody in connection with a case relating to his entering India on an expired visa.
Itzahayek, a Montreal businessman, was arrested in May last year at Raxual town in East Champaran district on Indo-Nepal border on charge of ….



Police constable killed in Varanasi

Mar 28th, 2008 | Category: Breaking News, Cities News, India News, National News, States News

A police constable has been killed on Thursday evening in Varanasi. The police constable was shot dead while on duty at Saket Nagar under Lanka police station area in Varanasi.
A senior official of Police said that Arun Mishra, a police constable posted near Sankat Mochan temple was shot dead by some unknown assailants at Saket nagar in the vicinity of the temple at around 20:30 pm.
Police cordoned off the area & were searching for the assailants. The body of the ….



Dera Sacha Sauda followers clash with Sikhs

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

A clash between Sikhs & Dera Sacha Sauda followers took place on late Tuesday night on the issue of “naam charcha” at Rori village situated near Haryana-Punjab border. Four persons, including a Dera follower, were injured in the clash. Also, members of Sikh organisations torched a Dera follower’s car & house.
It started when Sikh organisations came to know about the “naam charcha” being held at Dera follower Dharampal’s place & Gurdwara Granthi Naib Singh told villagers to reach there. ….