Sunday, 28 April 2013

Sarabjit Singh's chances slim; family pleads for his life

Sarabjit Singh

Sarabjit Singh's chances slim; family pleads for his life

Pakistani doctors treating a comatose Sarabjit Singh in Lahore Sunday said there has been no improvement in his condition and chances of survival are "slim" even as his distraught family visited him and demanded that he be sent to India for better treatment.
Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire

Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire

A man with a Guinness World Record for travelling the farthest distance on a zip wire attached to a tuft of his hair died while performing the stunt across the Teesta at Sevoke near Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Sunday. Sailendra Nath Roy (48) ...
WB chit fund scam:

WB chit fund scam: 'Sudipta Sen cooperating with investigators'

Kolkata: Sudipta Sen, Saradha group chairman accused of duping lakhs of investors, is cooperating with investigators, his lawyer claimed on Sunday. As per court order he was present when Sen was interrogated, Samir Das, Sen's lawyer said. Sen, along ...
BJP to protest against govt in all state capitals over 2G, coal scam

BJP to protest against govt in all state capitals over 2G, coal scam

New Delhi: The main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch an agitation against the government in all state capitals on May 4 and 5, attacking the UPA regime on various issues such as the 2G scam and the coal scam. "BJP has decided to ...
27-year-old Mumbai engineer missing in Pakistan

27-year-old Mumbai engineer missing in Pakistan

A 27-year-old engineering and management graduate from Mumbai, Hamid Ansari, who went to Afghanistan in November to find a job, has gone missing in Pakistan. His distraught family in Mumbai's upmarket Versova area fear that he may have been ...
Reel hero courts BJD

Reel hero courts BJD

Bhubaneswar, April 27: The reigning heartthrob of the state's film industry, actor Anubhav Mohanty, today joined the BJD and chief minister Naveen Patnaik welcomed him into the party fold. “I feel lucky to join the BJD and will be actively involved in ...
​Labourers riot as bullets fly in Noida

​Labourers riot as bullets fly in Noida

NOIDA: Nearly a thousand labourers went on a rampage in Noida on Saturday after guards at an under-construction site of a leading builder fired on them. Two labourers, including a 15-year old, were injured in the firing. The labourers then torched a dozen ...
Delhi chief minister receives protest letters

Delhi chief minister receives protest letters

MUMBAI: Aam Aadmi Party's Bijli-Pani satyagrah attained some sucess when Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit called up today morning and agreed to receive the protest letters written by 10.5 lakh Delhi-ites against inflated bills. Through the day, a ...