Himachal legislator booked for murder, on the run
byShimla: Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting today to elect Himachal Pradesh’s next chief minister, one of the party’s newly elected legislators has…
Crime
PM ‘deeply disturbed,’ but rapes happened everyday in the capital
byNew Delhi: Calling the Delhi gang-rape a very “disturbing incident”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday directed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to ensure such cases do…
Nobody safe in Delhi, says anguished court
byNew Delhi: “Nobody is safe here,” the Delhi High Court remarked today as it took suo moto notice of a woman’s gang-rape in a bus…
Resolve grievances of Tibetans, Britain tells China
byDharamsala: After the US, Canada and the European Union (EU), it’s now Britain which has urged China to address policy issues that are pushing Tibetans…
More police on the roads, fast track courts to try rapists – demand women protesters
byNew Delhi: About 150 women stated a noisy protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters here demanding more police presence on roads and fast-track courts to…
Panama abandons plan to pull up sunken cocaine loaded submarine
byPanama City: A cocaine-laden semi-submersible vessel that sank early this month in Panama’s Caribbean waters will not be refloated due to the cost and possible…
Kashmir gunfight – 5 Lashkar militants killed
bySrinagar: Five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrillas were killed yesterday in a gunfight with security forces near Sopore town in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, police said….
‘Maoist problem biggest security threat for CRPF’
byAgartala: The Maoist problem is the biggest security threat for the CRPF currently, para-military force’s chief Pranay Sahay said here Tuesday. “It (Maoist terrorism) is…
139 journalists killed on the job in 2012
byGeneva: A total of 139 journalists from 29 countries lost their lives while doing their job in 2012, a 30-percent increase over 2011, the Press…
Court rap secures prosecution sanction of tainted Himachal government employees
byShimla: Beating a hasty retreat before the courts, the state government cleared all names for prosecution sanction that were pending before it barring four,…