New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A CRPF officer was shot at and critically injured by two people, including his brother-in-law, near his house here while he was on a morning walk, police said Friday. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Inspector Vikas Tomar, 34, who is posted in Delhi, was shot at by two motorcycle-borne people […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) At least eight people were injured and over a 1,000 hutments reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in a slum cluster in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area Friday morning, an official said. Two more incidents of fire were reported in the city but there were no casualties. The […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India should contribute to broader efforts against malaria as it is a leading producer and exporter of anti-malarial medicines, health experts have said. India, which has one of the largest burdens of malaria in the world, should also initiate national corporate engagement initiatives against the disease as a strong member […]
Warangal (Andhra Pradesh), April 25 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday promised to develop Warangal as the second information technology hub of Telangana after Hyderabad. “Telangana’s second IT city will be Warangal,” he told an election meeting at Madikonda in Warangal district. To counter the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which has promised to waive […]
Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) Calling upon the people to vote out the “most corrupt government in the country’s history”, BJP leader Narendra Modi Friday said people were determined to punish the Congress party and the UPA government for bringing the country to the brink of disaster. Addressing election rallies in Pathankot, Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana cities […]
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS/EFE) Seven members of a family were Friday killed when two armed men shot at the vehicle in which they were travelling in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The incident took place on the highway between Swabi and Peshawar city, when they were going to see off at Peshawar airport a […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Former telecom minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi were Friday charge sheeted together with 17 others by the Enforcement Directorate over money laundering in the 2G spectrum allocation case, a day after the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu. The Enforcement Directorate filed the charge sheet before the Central […]
The Gandhi family is in this battle with its back to the wall. A burst of energy at this late stage shows a sense of purpose, and deep anxiety. They are fighting for their sheer survival. There is a tragedy in the making – both personal as well as national, on an epic scale. The […]
Warangal (Andhra Pradesh), April 25 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi again targeted TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao for betraying the Congress and said his only aim is to become the chief minister of Telangana. Addressing an election meeting at Madikonda in Warangal district Friday, he said the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader had gone […]
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Repolling at nine polling stations in Odisha recorded an average of 79 percent turnout Friday, the state’s Joint Chief Electoral Officer Jyoti Prakash Dash said. The repoll was ordered by the Election Commission at six polling stations in Cuttack district, two in Keonjhar district and one in Kendrapara district after voting […]