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Delhi: Harassed woman kills self outside Metro station

 |  Monday, April 29, 2013, 12:57 [IST]
New Delhi, April 29: A 28 year old woman committed suicide outside Dwarka Metro Station by drinking toilet cleaning detergent. According to details available, the victim was harassed for dowry from her in-laws. The police have arrested the woman's husband ...

Injuries to Nirbhaya caused due to rods: Docs

 |  Saturday, April 27, 2013, 21:39 [IST]
New Delhi, April 27: With reference to the December 16 gangrape of Nirbhaya, doctors told the court on Saturday that the victim was injured with weapons (rods). "Looking at the nature of the injuries suffered by the victim in her ...

Hyderabad: Naidu completes longest padyatra

 |  Saturday, April 27, 2013, 19:32 [IST]
Visakhapatnam, April 27: After 7 months Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu has concluded his 'padyatra' (walkathon) on Saturday. A public meeting was held on the completion of the padyatra. The padyatra was done to 'strengthen the ...

Nirbhaya died in India, not Singapore: Accused counsel

 |  Friday, April 26, 2013, 22:58 [IST]
New Delhi, April 26: The counsel of the accused in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case has alleged that Nirbhaya died due to medical negligence. The counsel further alleged that the victim who had already died in India was shifted to ...

No drop in foreign tourists: Tourism Minister

 |  Friday, April 26, 2013, 19:04 [IST]
New Delhi, April 26: A survey conducted last month which showed that there was a 25 % drop in foreign tourists due to safety concerns was refuted by Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi. In a written reply in the Lok ...

Wrongly identified suspect in Boston blast dead

 |  Thursday, April 25, 2013, 23:18 [IST]
Boston, April 25: Sunil Tripathi, the missing Indian student who was wrongly associated with the blasts in Boston was found dead. The Brown University student's body was identified on Thursday morning through a forensic dental exam. However, the cause of ...

Security beefed up in Chennai after B'lore blasts

 |  Thursday, April 25, 2013, 21:11 [IST]
Chennai, Apr 25: Chennai police is exercising caution after the recent blast in Bangalore. Security has been tightened and additional police officers, patrol vehicles and enhanced night patrolling are some of the measures being taken. Important public places which includes, ...

Visa on arrival extended to Blore, Goa, Hyderabad

 |  Thursday, April 25, 2013, 18:19 [IST]
New Delhi, April 25: After the Central Government approved the scheme following which tourists from foreign countries will receive Visa on Arrival (VoA) at two international airports of Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala now the facility has been extended to Goa, ...

Navy officer's wife moves Kerala High Court

 |  Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 20:20 [IST]
Kochi, April 24: The estranged wife of a Naval officer who has accused her husband and other officers of wife swapping has now moved the Kerala High Court impleading herself in the anticipatory bail plea moved by him. Lt Ravi ...

5 year old rape case: Father nails cop who offered bribe

 |  Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 19:01 [IST]
New Delhi, April 24: The policeman who bribed the family of the 5 year old rape victim was identified by the victim's father. According to the complaint by the victims father, the policeman dissuaded the family from filing an FIR ...