Mom sells infant for Rs 5,000
A woman, who gave birth at the government run-SAT hospital here, sold her newborn baby to a couple for Rs 5,000.
Apex court notice to Maha on SIT
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Maharashtra government seeking its explanation why it was not relieving the state cadre IPS officer K.
BJP opposed to N-bill amendment
The main Opposition BJP on Thursday opposed an amendment in the final report of the nuclear liability bill submitted by the Parliamentary Standing Committee.
Illyasi may face murder charge
Rukam Singh, mother of deceased Anju Illyasi, on Thursday moved the Karkardooma court seeking to frame the additional charge of murder against Anju’s husband Suhaib Illyasi, anchor and producer of TV serial India’s Most Wanted, for her daughter’s death in 2000.
New ‘terminator’ to fight dengue
Is it a truck, is it a train? No, it is a mosquito terminator. The imaginatively named fogging machine is the latest in the MCD’s efforts to counter the threat of spread of dengue that is looming large even as 44 days remain for the Commonwealth Games-2010. Municipal Commissioner K.S. Mehra and divisional railway manager (Delhi),
Mexico is hopeful of ‘breakthrough’
Mexico is working overtime to save the upcoming UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun from collapse. Patricia Espinosa, minister of foreign affairs of Mexico and the chairperson of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in her recent visit to India has been working hard to
Rs 10K cr to upgrade Sukhois
The government is considering a proposal to upgrade its current Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft fleet at a cost of over Rs 10,000 crore. This follows another proposal, reported earlier, for acquisition of 42 more Sukhoi aircraft at a cost of over Rs 20,000 crore.
3 soldiers killed in UN Congo mission
Three Indian soldiers were killed in Congo on Wednesday when a company operating base where they were stationed — as part of the United Nations peace-keeping mission — was attacked by rebels belonging to the “Mayi Mayi” group.
Drunk woman racing in car mows down 2
An allegedly drunk young woman who fled after the Honda Accord she was driving knocked down and killed a six-year-old boy and his older cousin Tuesday night has been arrested.
Naxal offer seen as ‘division ploy’
Top CPI(Maoist) leader Kishenji’s offer for peace talks is being viewed as a ploy to create “divisions” within the government at a time when UPA ally, railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, is sending peace signals to the Maoists. Government sources said that the Maoist peace offer, made during the ongoing Parliament session, is a deliberate attempt to create “confusion” in the government and give the impression that there are divisions on the issue.