The bravery of a private bank employee here Friday foiled a bank robbery bid, police said. Pooja, a cashier of ICICI bank on the busy Gurudwara road, confronted the robbers and foiled the robbery bid. Two men, in their mid-twenties visited the branch in the afternoon on Friday and came back later in the evening. […]
Stressing upon energy security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India will have to be independent in this area and seek new avenues to replenish existing sources in a bid to serve the growing appetite of the people. The view was echoed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “We need to be independent when it […]
A group of beggars in this Bihar town has opened their own bank, which they run and manage to provide financial security in times of crisis. Dozens of beggars, who have been depending for their survival on alms from hundreds of Hindu devotees at the gate of ‘Maa Manglagauri Mandir’ (temple) in Gaya town for […]
In the six decades he was in electoral politics, the now ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee, presented the Bharat Ratna on Friday, catapulted from one who lost one election after another to a colossus who eventually became India’s only non-Congress prime minister to last a full five years in office. In the short but tumultuous period […]
An Indian restaurant owner in Britain has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a customer after eating curry prepared at the restaurant, a media report said on Thursday. Owner of a number of award-winning food outlets, Mohammed Khalique Zaman, 52, was charged with manslaughter by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), The Independent reported. […]
A 14-year-old boy shot himself dead in Allahabad on Thursday after his father reprimanded him for chatting too often on social networking site Facebook, police said. The incident took place in Parasnagar locality of Naini in Allahabad. The boy, a student of Class 9, was chatting on Facebook on Wednesday night on his mobile phone. […]
Eighteen tax defaulters — 11 of them Gujarat-based — collectively owe over Rs.500 crore to the exchequer, tax officials announced on Thursday. “Defaulters are advised to pay tax arrears immediately,” said a Central Board of Direct Taxes notice. In view of the multiple cases of assessees not being traceable, the CBDT has also provided the […]
Angry cricket fans on Thursday smashed their TV sets at various places in Bihar after India’s 95-run loss against Australia in the semi-finals of the ongoing World Cup. Some of the incidents were reported from Gaya, Purnea, Muzaffarpur, Aurangabad, Patna and Begusarai districts. “Over a dozen television sets were either smashed or broken by angry […]
The body of Lt. Kiran Shekhawat, who was one of the three Indian Navy crew of the Dornier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft which crashed into the Arabian Sea near Goa, was recovered on Thursday, navy officials said. The body was recovered from the fuselage of the crashed aircraft. The commander was rescued from the sea soon […]
Steven Smith’s 105 put Australia in the final of the cricket World Cup as they defeated defending champions India by 95 runs in the second semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Thursday. Four-time champions Australia overwhelmed the Indians with both the bat and ball. A 182-run stand between Smith (105) and Aaron […]