A man was arrested Monday over the killings of a Madhya Pradesh-based BJP leader and three of his family members in Jhansi Sunday, officials said. The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police, which is probing the killings, detained 12 people and arrested a suspect named Tej Pal Singh. Uttar Pradesh Police have now launched […]
marA case has been lodged against poet-turned-leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Kumar Vishwas here, officials said Monday. The case against Vishwas was filed by Ram Prasad Mishra, general secretary of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Sewa Samiti, for allegedly making “hurtful” remarks against Karbala martyrs and some Hindu deities. Police official Satish Gautam told […]
What’s the confidence level of your boss? Is he a nerd or too much of a narcissist? You can soon get ‘reliable’ answers to these questions thanks to a new computer application developed by researchers at Binghamton University, New York. The computerised content-analysis tool can “reliably and validly” measure narcissistic and psychopathic traits in leaders […]
The Delhi Service Tax Commissionerate has arrested the chief financial officer (CFO) of an aviation company for evasion of service tax amounting to more than Rs.1 crore, the government said Monday. “The company provides helicopter chartering services,” the finance ministry said in a statement without naming the company. The official was arrested Saturday. The concerned […]
Delhi Metro Monday promised to remove an offending advertisement mounted on billboards showing a nude woman covered only by duct tape. A Metro official told one of the journalists who had complained about the advertisement that they were ready to act against it. “The advertisement will be removed from the Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate and […]
Taxi operators in Himachal Pradesh went on a three-day strike Monday in protest the proposed hike in commercial taxes by the state government. Tourists in most of the towns were facing a lot of inconvenience following the strike, Monday morning reports from these places said. The supply of milk, curd and bread was severely affected […]
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday that he was ready to protest for 10 days, and asked people and “honest policemen” to join his demonstration demanding action against five Delhi Police officers. “I have come prepared for 10 days to protest. If there is any chaos during the Republic Day, then the central government will […]
The autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Minister Shashi Tharoor who died Friday, has been submitted to a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), a doctor who conducted the post-mortem said Monday. “The report has been given to SDM Alok Sharma. It will reveal all the facts,” Sudhir Kumar Gupta, head of the department of forensic medicine […]
A 26-year-old Indian been jailed for three months for molesting a maid in the lift of an apartment building here. The Dubai Criminal Court was told that the juice bar worker, identified by his initials, MR, followed the maid into the lift and molested her while on his way to make a delivery at the […]
scThe Supreme Court Monday told the government that its attempts to find a solution to the issue of the Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen, suspecting them of being pirates, should be genuine. “If you are trying to find a solution, we have no objection. But it should be a bonafide attempt to […]