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Four cops suspended for assaulting woman

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 18:31

Four police constables were suspended for allegedly assaulting a woman during an altercation with her family members over a trivial issue.

Free bus rides for Delhi women on Raksha Bandhan

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 16:21

Women in the capital will get free rides in public buses Tuesday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival, the Delhi government said Sunday.

Bihar gets women autorickshaw drivers

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 16:12

In a rare first for Bihar, over a dozen women autorickshaw drivers hit the roads in the state capital Sunday, officials said.

Unauthorised photographing of reactor: One more worker held

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 15:48

Police investigating the case of unauthorised photography of sensitive areas in the Madras Atomic Power Station have arrested one more contract worker and seized from him pictures of a reactor and computer peripherals.

Two women charred to death

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 15:32

An 85-year old woman and her daughter were charred to death and two others, including a fireman, injured in a fire caused by suspected leak of LPG in their house here on Sunday.

Chouhan rules himself out of prime ministerial race

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 15:29

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, projected as a likely contender to Narendra Modi for BJP`s prime ministerial candidate, on Sunday appeared to rule himself out from the race.

CM orders release of water from Bhavanisagar Reservoir

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 14:23

Water from Bhavanisagar Reservoir in Erode district would be released from August 23 for irrigation in Erode, Tiruppur and Karur districts.

Solar panels to brighten homes of rape victims

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 14:21

Solar power has come to the rescue of terrorised womenfolk in Kamduni village on the outskirts of Kolkata who had stopped going out of their houses after dusk after a 20-year-old girl was brutally gangraped and killed.

MP to consider raising retirement age to 62 yrs: Chouhan

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 13:58

Madhya Pradesh government would consider raising the age of retirement of state government employees from the current 60 years to 62, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.

Lady duo of Arunachal scales Bara Shigri glacier in Himachal

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 13:53

Lady Everesters` duo from Arunachal Pradesh, Anshu Jamsenpa and Tine Mena, once again made their state proud by successfully scaling the Bara Shigri Glacier, the second longest glacier in the world, recently.

Boy drowns, four others missing in boat tragedy

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 13:50

An infant boy drowned and four others went missing as a boat capsised in river Ganga in Bihar`s Munger district today, official sources said.

Man injured after being shot at by in-laws, 6 others

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 12:55

A man was seriously injured when six unidentified persons travelling along with his father-in-law and brother-in-law in a car allegedly opened fire at him near Anangpur village here, police said on Sunday.

Chidambaram cautions people against `divisive` forces

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 22:55

Cautioning people against those trying to divide them, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said such divisive forces were trying to poison even the minds of children.

Assam govt advances launch of Food Security program by a month

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 21:58

Assam government on Saturday said it has advanced the launch of the National Food Security Ordinance by a month to October 19 next.

Six-year-old raped by neighbour

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 21:54

A six-year-old girl of Nischinda area of Howrah was allegedly raped by her neighbour who has has been arrested on Saturday, police sources said.