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December 30, 2009 11:26 AM

Tribal woman rape case; Dausa MP seeking justice arrested?

Dausa MP Kirori Lal Meena, who was on a dharna in Jaipur seeking justice for a tribal woman allegedly raped by an IPS officer about 13 years ago, was arrested along with 13 others in the wee hours on Wednesday.<br/> <br/>They were arrested under section 151 of CrPC (arrest to pre...

December 30, 2009 9:30 AM

Cold wave conditions continue in North India

Cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of north India even as mercury rose marginally in Punjab and Haryana. In Delhi, the mercury hovered around six degree Celsius. Met office said, icy winds blowing over north India and snowfall in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh hav...

December 30, 2009 9:13 AM

Two Killed in BARC laboratory fire

A fire broke out in a chemical lab at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Trombay near Mumbai on Tuesday leaving two persons dead but there is no threat of any radioactive leak. The process of identification of the victims is on and it is suspected that they could be students. Sources at the...

December 29, 2009 9:34 PM

Gadkari stresses on need for wider consultations on electoral reforms

Bharatiya Janata Party President Mr. Nitin Gadkari has stressed the need for wider consultations on the electoral reforms and called for threadbare discussion in an all-party meeting on a variety of topics including right to recall, negative voting, compulsory voting and use of the Electronic Voting...

December 29, 2009 9:07 PM

Mumbai police put in alert mode ahead of New Year

Mumbai police has been carrying out surprise checks in city hotels following intelligence inputs that some terror suspects from neighbouring countries may have infiltrated to carry out terror activities. Police sources said that documents of Afghanistan and Pakistan nationals pertaining to their sta...

December 29, 2009 8:14 PM

Two killed in BARC fire

A fire broke out in a chemical lab at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in suburban Trombay near Mumbai on Tuesday leaving two persons dead but there was no threat of any radioactive leak. The process of identification of the victims is on and it is suspected that they could be students. Sour...

December 29, 2009 8:13 PM

Centre recommends lifting of President's Rule in Jharkhand

Centre on Tuesday recommended lifting of President's Rule in Jharkhand to pave the way for formation of a new government in the state on Wednesday.The decision was taken by the Union Cabinet which met this evening in New Delhi chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. <br/>AIR corresp...

December 29, 2009 2:05 PM

Kerala Police arrests a key accused in a twin blast case

In Kerala, police in Kochi have arrested Yusuf, a key accused in the Kozhikode twin blasts case. Police sources said he was picked up near Ambalamedu in Kochi. Yusuf, a native of Parappanangadi, was a close associate of Thadiyantavide Nasir, a Lashkar-e-Toiba activist, who was arrested recently in B...

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