A nine-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 49-year-old neighbour in his house here, police said Sunday. The accused has been arrested. "The victim was lured by Harish, 49, a small garment shopkeeper to his home in Burari area in north Delhi Saturday afternoon. He sexually assaulted the girl and dropped her near her house," said a police officer The girl told her mother about the assault ...
Maha Bodhi Society condemns Bodh Gaya bombings
Condemning the bombings at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, an official of the Maha Bodhi Society of India Sunday said such "shameless" attacks go against the basic tenets of Buddhism that espouses peace. "Buddhism is for peace. We condemn the bombings. It goes against our faith and our belief in non-violence," Anand Kumar Barua, member of the city-based Society's governing body, told IANS. Established in ...
Asian Athletics India finish on a high
India finished the 20th Asian Athletics Championship on a high after winning a gold, two silver and four bronze medals on the final day of the competition at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here Sunday. The women's 400m relay team, which was assembled at the last minute by having 800m specialist Tintu Luka run at No.2 position, won the gold medal to thunderous applause from the packed ...
Kolkata Pride Walk protests violence against all genders
Several hundred members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community decked up in psychedelic accessories, proudly walked and danced their way through in the oldest pride walk in south Asia - Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk - Sunday to protest violence against women and sexual minorities. In its 12th year, the Kolkata Pride Walk witnessed participation of Indians (from Odisha, Delhi, ...
Terror strikes Bodh Gaya two monks injured NIA begins probe
Nine near-coordinated explosions shook the serenity of the world-renowned Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar's Bodh Gaya early Sunday, injuring two monks but not causing much damage. The government termed it a terror attack as an NIA team began its probe. President Pranab Mukherjee described the serial blasts as a "senseless act of violence" while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said "such attacks ...
Had warned of terror threat to Mahabodhi temple Delhi cops
A Delhi Police team will visit Bihar's Bodh Gaya town, rocked by serial blasts Sunday, and give investigators information gathered from four Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists who earlier planned an attack on the Mahabodhi temple, an official said, adding that they had warned of a threat to the revered shrine. One of the four arrested terror suspects involved in last year's Pune blasts had said ...
Navigation satellite orbit raised ISRO starts testing cryogenic engine
The Indian space agency Saturday evening successfully put its first navigation satellite - the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A (IRNSS-1A) - in the geosynchronous orbit at 27 degrees to the equator, said officials Sunday. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials also said tests are being carried on its cryogenic engine that was mated with its heavier rocket, the ...
States asked to step up security
The central government has asked the states to heighten security at important places in view of the serial blasts at Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, home ministry officials said Sunday. They said that an advisory had been issued to states as a "normal security precaution". "The states have been asked to step up security at important places," an official said. Officials said the Bihar ...
Property dealer held for raping wife in Gurgaon
A property dealer was arrested here on a rape complaint filed by a woman with whom he had been living after their "marriage" at a temple, police said Sunday. Sanjay Kumar, 33, a native of Haryana's Bhiwani district, was arrested from his house in Islampur on Sohna Road Saturday night after the 28-year-old woman lodged a rape complaint against him, a police official said. The woman from Narnaul ...
Probe Neyveli purchase issue DMK labour union urges Tamil Nadu
The DMK-backed Labour Progressive Front (LPF) Sunday urged the Tamil Nadu government to get all issues clarified on buying a five percent stake in Neyveli Lignite Corp (NLC) while reiterating its demand that the central government should scrap the divestment. In a statement issued here, the LPF, citing the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) regulations, said: "Even if a state ...
Tell us what came of NIA examination of Headley says BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday demanded that the government divulge what was found when the National Investigation Agency (NIA) examined Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley in the United States. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi also noted that the National Human Rights Commission had not termed the shootout that killed Ishrat Jahan and three men in 2004 a staged one. Lekhi ...
Dalai Lamas security reviewed after Bodh Gaya blasts
The security of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been reviewed after the blasts in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town early Sunday morning. The Dalai Lama's private office here said his security had been stepped up. "We have issued an advisory to His Holiness' personal security officials," Ngodup Dorjee, Central Tibetan Administration's (CTA) department of security secretary, told IANS. "The ...
Chidambaram leaves for four-day US tour Monday
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will leave here Monday for a four-day visit to the United States during which he will meet US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and business leaders towards seeking investments in India. "The finance minister is likely to discuss the issue of investment by US companies in India, especially in infra sector, various policy measures taken by the government to boost ...
IAF chief leaves on South Korea visit
Indian Air Force chief N.A.K. Browne Sunday left on a four-day official visit to South Korea to discuss defence cooperation between the two countries and expansion of ties. Air Chief Marshal Browne is leading a composite delegation, comprising officers from the three services, an official release said. During the visit, the IAF chief is scheduled to call on South Korean Defence Minister Kim ...
Abducted Delhi boy rescued from Haryana
An 11-year-old son of a businessman kidnapped from here allegedly by two property dealers for Rs.1.5 crore ransom was rescued from Haryana's Rewari district Sunday morning, Delhi Police said. One of the accused has been arrested. Harmeet, a Class 6 student, was rescued Sunday morning from inside a car parked near Rewari Railway Station in Haryana, police said. According to Deputy Commissioner ...
Floods scaring away tourists from Himachal
The negative propaganda over the recent floods in Himachal Pradesh has affected the tourism industry and over 50 percent bookings have been cancelled, Shimla Municipal Corporation Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar said Sunday. In a letter to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Panwar said: "I was appalled to know that the recent flash floods (in Kinnaur) suddenly cancelled more than 50 percent of the ...
BJP RJD slam Nitish over terrorist strike in Bodh Gaya
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday said the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar had ignored intelligence reports of possible terrorist strikes in the state. The allegations came after a series of bomb blasts at the Mahabodhi Temple early Sunday morning in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, left two monks injured and spread panic. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, however, ...
Haryana to judge teachers by students performance
Teachers in Haryana's government schools would now be evaluated by the performance of their students and even by their own attendance, a minister said Sunday. Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said that responsibility of teachers would be fixed for the results of students and their own (teachers') attendance. "To ensure the attendance of teachers in the government schools, boards would be ...
DU admissions nearly done as fourth cut-off list comes out
Delhi University released the fourth cut-off list for asdmission to its four-year undergraduate programme Sunday, even though admission for a majority of the courses in the colleges closed. Like the earlier cut-off list, the dip in the percentages required in the Class 12 examinations for admission to different bachelor courses did not decrease very significantly -- the average cut-off mark is ...
Suspected IM member held in Kolkata
Police are probing links of a man arrested here with explosives to the banned terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen, suspected to be involved in Sunday's Bodh Gaya bomb blasts, officials said. "Anwar Hussain Mullick, 42, was arrested from a bus stop in the heart of the city late Saturday evening with explosives and fake Indian currency notes," a senior official of the Special Task Force said here ...
Bengal poll panel will have to hide after elections Trinamool
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed to take "revenge democratically" against the "whims and fancies" of the state poll panel, a leader of her Trinamool Congress Sunday said it will have to "hide behind a veil" after the panchayat elections. "After the polls, the (State Election) Commission will have to wear bangles and hide behind a veil," Trinamool leader and state ...
Chalo Dilli director wishes good luck to Chalo China
Filmmaker Shashant Shah, who directed "Chalo Dilli", is happy that the makers are making its sequel, titled "Chalo China", and wishes the team good luck. Shashanka Ghosh, who directed movies like "Waise Bhi Hota Hai 2" and "Quick Gun Murugan", will helm the part two. "I am happy that they are taking ahead the film. It will be a franchise now. I am not directing the film, but I wish good luck ...
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