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Apr 1, 2013 No room for treatment at KEM Hospital: "Salmaan Ahmed and his wife lost their 8-month-old child last year. The infant had a hole in his heart and was taken to Mumbai's KEM hospital, which is the only state run hospital in Mumbai with the expertise to conduct open heart surgeries. "Doctors just kept on giving new dates. We had admitted my child for 16 days and doctors kept on telling us that they will do the operation tomorrow or in two days," Salmaan said."
Apr 1, 2013  Suryanelli gangrape case: Court sends notice to Kurien: "A Kerala district court on Wednesday sent a notice to Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien and five others in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case, after the survivor filed a fresh petition demanding Kurien be made an accused. A similar attempt by the survivor early in 2013 was shot down by another district court."
Apr 1, 2013 Richest civic body lets infants die: "These children have paid the price for being poor. These infants died waiting for a heart surgery at this hospital in Mumbai. Reason, criminal red tape in acquiring the equipment required to perform the open heart surgery. King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, the only state run hospital in Mumbai with the expertise to conduct open heart surgeries on children has been waiting for three critical heart lung machines for the last four years."
Mar 31, 2013 Boxer Vijender took heroin 12 times, Punjab Police say: "Punjab Police today said Vijender Singh had consumed heroin 12 times after procuring it from alleged drug smugglers including NRI Anoop Singh Kahlon."
Mar 31, 2013 1971 war crimes: In Kolkata, Islamists rally for genocide: "Sayeedi’s Razakar militia, witnesses told Bangladesh’s ongoing 1971 war-crimes tribunal, kidnapped Gourango Saha’s sisters, Mohomaya, Anno and Komol, and handed them over to Pakistan army troops who raped them over three days. They burned down the Hindu-owned homes in the village of Umedpur, looting homes—and shooting dead"
Mar 31, 2013 Beni involved in smuggling opium: Mulayam's brother: "SP leader Shivpal Yadav accusing the Union minister of "smuggling opium" and using "charas"."
Mar 30, 2013 बच्चों से अप्राकृतिक यौनाचार: निदेशक, वार्डन गिरफ्तार: "छत्तीसगढ़ के दुर्ग जिले में पुलिस नें एक बाल गृह के निदेशक और वार्डन को 6 बच्चों के साथ अप्राकृतिक यौनाचार के आरोप में गिरफ्तार कर लिया है. इस बाल गृह में कुल मिलाकर 47 बच्चे रहते थे जिनमें 17 लड़कियां भी शामिल हैं."
Mar 30, 2013 Pardon cry smacks of law for privileged: "His offence is grave because he used his privileged position to arrange a safe venue for a cache of arms and explosives that had been received from Pakistan by the underworld to organise the serial blasts in March 1993 that killed 257 innocent people and seriously injured another 713. What Sanjay did was not merely brandish an AK-56 assault rifle and a 9mm revolver before a mirror and pretend he was Rambo. He directly facilitated a massacre of monumental proportions, an offence that was no less serious than the massacre by Pakistan-trained terrorists on November 26, 2008."
Mar 30, 2013 Maharashtra MLAs who beat up policeman to go scot-free?: "The MLAs accused of beating up a policeman inside the Maharashtra Assembly are likely to go scot-free despite footage available from 28 CCTV cameras. Crime branch sources claim the footage is unclear. There was a mobile video of an injured Sachin Suryavanshi, 28 CCTV cameras inside the Vidhan Bhavan and yet no conclusive proof against the MLAs who allegedly beat him up in the legislative assembly."
Mar 30, 2013 Dowry case: Ex-Odisha law minister Mohanty, wife arrested: "Former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife have been arrested from Kolkata in connection with a dowry case. The ex-minister and his wife are accused by his daughter-in-law of dowry and harassment."
Mar 30, 2013 They demanded a Scorpio, Rs 25 lakhs: Ex-Odisha Minister's daughter-in-law: "Former Odisha Minister Raghunath Mohanty's daughter-in-law said that her husband's family subjected her to dowry torture, demanded a Scorpio car and Rs 25 lakhs in cash."
Mar 30, 2013 Gang rape hits India image, 25% fall in foreign tourists: "since the Delhi gang rape, resulting in foreign tourist arrivals falling 25% and an even bigger drop, 35%, in women tourists."
Mar 30, 2013 AI to shell out Rs. 30,000 for poor service: "The complaint alleged that the flight took off late, the entertainment sytem and the air hostess bell was not functioning, the seats were uncomfortable and the top light in disorder."
Mar 29, 2013 Infant deaths: Blamegame begins after expose: "48 hours back, TIMES NOW got you the shocking story of apathy and red tape in the world's richest civic body - the BMC. We told you how deep rooted corruption claimed the lives of over 150 infants since 2009. Even today, hundreds of children are awaiting critical cardiac care, but an exposed BMC has chosen to pass the buck."
Mar 29, 2013 Maha Home Min protecting MLAs?: "Crime Branch's probe into the assault on a police officer inside the Maharashtra Assembly premises by MLAs has hit a roadblock after the Government said the CCTV footage of the incident was inconclusive and those involved in the attack have not been clearly identified."
Mar 29, 2013 After expose, authorities forced to act: "Infants from 15 days to 2 years have been dying just because of red tapism in King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital, Mumbai."
Mar 29, 2013 Justice Katju writes to the President seeking pardon for Dutt and Zaibunisa: "Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju has kept his word and written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt and 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Zaibunisa Kazi. Even as Dutt said in a statement that he would not apply for mercy, Katju had earlier promised that, 'I will appeal for Dutt and Zaibunisa's pardon. It's true that it was a grave offence and the court has given the right judgement. Sanjay has done some foolish things as a young man, but he is a changed man now and I will appeal for his pardon.'"
Mar 29, 2013 Are government-run hostels used to sexually abuse girls?: "An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls are being sexually abused in government-run homes and schools in Chhattisgarh."
Mar 29, 2013 Sanjay Dutt's appeal: Should emotions influence the law?: "Amidst the clamour to seek a pardom for him, actor Sanjay Dutt broke his silence on Thursday. An emotional Dutt broke down while speaking to the media and said he will surrender in the case and not seek a pardon."
Mar 29, 2013 Punjab: No lessons learnt as grains left to rot due to poor storage: "Punjab has yet again reaped a bumper crop, but the big question is where will it be stored? Starting April 1, 150 lakh tonnes of wheat are set to arrive in Punjab's procurement centres, but only 60 lakh tonnes can be stored safely. Worse, only 15 crore of the 50 crore gunny bags that are needed for storage are available."
Mar 29, 2013 Chattisgarh tribal prostitution: Centre to send fact-finding team, says KC Deo: "tribal women were forced into prostitution at a government run hostel in Chattisgarh by the hostel warden. After 7 years of suffering the horror, two girls finally mustered up the courage to speak out. Union Tribal Affairs Minister KC Deo has commented on the issue, saying that the Centre will send a fact-finding team to Chattisgarh to probe the matter."
Mar 26, 2013 Who'll fight for Zaibunnisa Kazi?: "At a time when there is a well-oiled mercy campaign for Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt who has been convicted in the 1993 blasts for hoarding illegal weapons, there is yet another accused who is convicted of the same crime. Zaibusnissa Kazi has suffered for 20 years too, spending 8 months in jail; but when the verdict came out, the only person who perhaps was batting for her was her daughter. There is an entire brigade of politicians and actors who are appealing for mercy for Sanjay Dutt on humanitarian grounds, but there is not a single word of support for this 70-year-old woman who perhaps is paying the price of not being a celebrity."
Mar 26, 2013 Open gun culture: India's new norm?: "The capital is yet again under the cloud of crime with two incidents of day light shooting, putting questions on the law and order situation in the city. But in a country where almost 40 million people have access to arms, is open gun culture becoming a new norm in India?"
Mar 26, 2013 UP: Nanhe Yadav's family alleges threat from Raja Bhaiya: "Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raja Bhaiya has now been accused of threatening the family of murdered village pradhan Nanhe Yadav. The Pratapgarh Pradhan and his brother were killed along with Deputy SP Zia ul Haque on March 2."
Mar 26, 2013 Assault case: MLAs get bail, cop suspended: "A Maharashtra police officer, assaulted by legislators in the state assembly premises, was today suspended even as two MLAs allegedly involved in the incident walked out of jail on bail."
Mar 26, 2013 BU ex-syndicate member sentenced for accepting bribe: "M Jayalakshmi Devi was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 75,000 under Section 13(1)(d) (criminal misconduct by a public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. She was also slapped another one-and-a-half-year term and a fine of Rs 60,000 under Section 7 (illegal gratification) of the Act. The sentences will run concurrently."
Mar 25, 2013 Centre likely to grant Bihar 'backward' status soon: "Besides Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and parts of Rajasthan will qualify to be treated as "backward" under the soon-to-be unveiled criteria."
Mar 25, 2013 Mumbai cop thrashed by MLAs suspended: "Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi used inappropriate language against Kshitij Thakur, an MLA from the Bahujan Vikas Party,"
Mar 24, 2013 How the RBI has damaged its own credibility in Cobra’s sting: "The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), whose job it is to police the banking system, has gone to the other extreme and pronounced the banks “not guilty” even before it gets to know the results of its own probe into the matter."
Mar 24, 2013 Government set to cancel Aakash tablet project: "The government is all set to cancel the Aakash tablet - India's low cost version of an iPad - that is suffering from delays in manufacturing, a faulty processor and low memory. The new Human Resource and Development Minister Pallam Raju made the decision of cancelling the tablets, which has been a dream project of IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal."
Mar 24, 2013 'क्यों लगाई मैंने होटल की बालकनी से छलांग': "उनका अनुभव बेहद ख़ौफनाक है लेकिन भारत में ये कोई अनोखी बात नहीं है."
Mar 24, 2013 Tourist who jumped off balcony of hotel fearing rape recalls her horror: "The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued updated travel advice for women travellers to India after this incident, calling on them to "exercise caution when travelling in India even if they are travelling in a group""
Mar 23, 2013 Mulayam holds Congress responsible for corruption: "Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the growing corruption in the country, while pulling up his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for failing to make his Cabinet ministers work."
Mar 23, 2013 Sanjay Dutt is not a terrorist, should be pardoned: Justice Katju: "Chairman of the Press Council of India Justice Markandey Katju has made a strong pitch for pardon of actor Sanjay Dutt after Supeme Court's judgement on Thursday in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Amidst growing clamour for Dutt's pardon, Justice Katju said he wants the actor be granted pardon on humanitarian grounds."
Mar 23, 2013 Cobrapost rubbishes RBI deputy governor's clean chit to private banks: " clean chit to private banks on allegations of money laundering was premature and preposterous "aimed at sweeping under carpet the alleged involvement of the banking majors in money laundering.""
Mar 22, 2013 UP cop insults rape victim: "The insensitivity of the Uttar Pradesh Police today came to the fore, as a senior police officer was caught on camera humiliating a 35-year-old Dalit woman, who had approached him for lodging a rape case, saying "who would rape an elderly woman who is a mother of four"."
Mar 22, 2013 Is CBI a tool in the hands of the ruling party?: "The CBI on Thursday carried out raids at DMK leader MK Stalin's residence in Chennai. However, the agency called off the investigations after the government came under opposition attack over the timing of the raids."
Mar 22, 2013 Bihar policemen claim awards based on false Naxal encounter claims: "The Bihar Police recommended the names of two of its personnel for the President's gallantry medals allegedly for an encounter they did not take part in, a CNN-IBN and Open magazine expose has revealed. The Rohtas Naxal encounter took place in January 2012 and the CRPF has claimed that its officers partook in the operations and that the Bihar police officers reached the site three hours later. They filed a false FIR and reported shooting eight rounds of cartridges during the shootout in which three Naxals were killed."
Mar 22, 2013 Katju And The DYKWIAs: India's Stigmata: "The problem here is not Markandey Katju or his appeal or his opinions; this would just be one person's actions, however disgusting or morally bankrupt it might seem. What is troubling is that Katju is actually quite powerful, and, furthermore, his views and attitude constitute a faithful weathervane of the values of India's political and social elite, otherwise known as the Do-You-Know-Who-I-Am or DYKWIA subspecies of homo indicus."
Mar 22, 2013 The Dynast In Denial: " Despite Rahul Gandhi’s repeated protestations to the contrary, he is only perpetuating the system he claims to detest. If he truly abhors dynastic politics, here’s what he needs to do"
Mar 22, 2013 UP govt showers sops on MLAs; hikes pension, allowances: " the annual railway travel coupon amount was raised to Rs 2.50 lakh from Rs 2 lakh."
Mar 20, 2013 Q. 3901 CORRUPTION IN INDIAN EMBASSIES ABROAD: "only High Commission of India, London had received two specific complaints with regard to the delivery of consular services."
Mar 20, 2013 Tourist escapes rape bid: "A British woman (in her early 20s) jumped off her first floor room balcony in Agra in a desperate bid to escape a molester. The hotel's manager reportedly attempted to sexually assault the tourist. The woman suffered fractures and was rushed to a hospital. Police have registered a case in the matter."
Mar 20, 2013 Maharashtra MLAs beat up cop: "Proceedings of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (March 19) were stalled following the shocking incident where a group of MLAs beat up a policeman for "misbehaving" with fellow legislator Kshitij Thakur."
Mar 20, 2013 Maharashtra: 4 MLAs beat up policeman inside Assembly, probe on: "The Maharashtra Assembly witnessed some unruly scenes on Tuesday as four MLAs ganged up to beat up a policeman. The scuffle happened after one of the MLAs moved a 'breach of privilege' motion against the policeman, saying that he had prevented him from speeding on the road on Monday."
Mar 20, 2013 IIPM’s claim on The Hindu: A clarification: " it was illegal and unethical for IIPM to include a line in an advertisement it recently placed in certain newspapers that “IIPM has been called the B-School with a ‘Human Face’ by The Hindu,” implying an endorsement of its credentials by this newspaper."
Mar 20, 2013 BBC: Tourist balcony jump: Hotel manager and guard in court: "The Foreign Office recently updated its advice for women visiting India, saying they should use caution and avoid travelling alone on public transport, or in taxis or auto-rickshaws, especially at night."
Mar 18, 2013 BBC: Six held over India rape of Swiss woman: "In 2003, a 28-year-old Swiss diplomat was forced into her car by two men in the capital, Delhi, and raped by one of them. The rapist was never caught."
Mar 18, 2013 Mulayam vs Beni: Massive war of words: "accusing the Samajwadi chief Mulayam of being a friend of terrorists."
Mar 18, 2013 Mumbai: Students chained, made to clean school toilets: " In a horrific incident in Mumbai, three 6-year-old students were chained and paraded around school as punishment for creating ruckus in class. They were also made to clean toilets. The police have now registered a case under the Juvenile Justice Act."
Mar 18, 2013 Beni Prasad says Mulayam has links with terrorists: "Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday accused Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Lok Sabha of having links with terrorists."
Mar 17, 2013 निर्भया के बाद दिल्ली बदली महिलाओं के लिए?: " पुलिस के पास जाने का सारा नुकसान मुझे ही हुआ." पीड़ित महिला"
Mar 17, 2013 Close to Didi, an officer who causes IAS, IPS veterans heartburn: "Sanyal had been an upper division clerk in the Union government. He had caught the eye of A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury, former railway minister, who was looking for an Bengali officer in the ministry. It was then that Sanyal's rise through the ranks began."
Mar 17, 2013 BBC: Swiss woman 'gang-raped' in central India: "The Swiss government has called for a swift investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a Swiss tourist in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh."
Mar 17, 2013 Swiss tourist gang-raped while camping in India: Police: "One woman is raped every 20 minutes in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. But police estimate only four out of 10 rapes are reported, largely due to victims’ fear of being shamed by their families and communities."
Mar 16, 2013 Punjab policeman's barbaric act of violence: "This 40 year old factory worker brutally assaulted. His face shoved over a burning tandoor. Shockingly the man responsible for this state is none other than a policeman who treated him in this inhuman manner after he refused to pay the cop Rs 900. Victim said, "I was returning from the factory after receiving my salary. A policeman along with 2 others snatched the money from me and shoved me in the tandoor.""
Mar 16, 2013 Bitti Mohanty allegedly given VIP treatment in Alwar: "Questions are being raised about the way rape convict Bitti Mohanty was being treated in Alwar where he had been taken earlier. He reportedly spent the night in an air-conditioned room in a guest house instead of the prison. This VIP treatment was reportedly given to him at the expense of the Alwar Police."
Mar 16, 2013 Swiss national allegedly gangraped in MP: "A Swiss female tourist on a cycling trip with her husband was gangraped by seven to eight people at a forest area in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh"
Mar 16, 2013 India has been dwarfed under 'weak' PM: Arun Jaitley: ""Even a small nation in the Indian ocean Maldives defies India. Pakistani soldiers behead our Army jawan and Parliament of that country condemns hanging of Afzal Guru..."
Mar 16, 2013 BBC: Swiss woman 'gang-raped' in central India: "they were attacked by seven or eight men. The assailants overpowered the husband before gang-raping his wife."
Mar 15, 2013 MP: 7 unidentified men gangrape Swiss woman: "A Swiss woman was allegedly gangraped by seven men in the Datia district in Madhya Pradesh. The woman was cycling along with her husband from Orchha in MP to Agra in Uttar Pradesh."
Mar 15, 2013 Rs 70,000 cr spent on Maha irrigation project, but no results: "After spending almost Rs 70,000 crore, the government's irrigation plan for Maharashtra seems to reaped no results. CNN-IBN's Smitha Nair travelled to the Nimna Dhudhna irrigation project site set up in 1979, which is still incomplete despite a 50 time cost jump."
Mar 15, 2013 SEBI moves SC seeking Sahara chief Subrata Roy's detention: "The Securities and Exchange Board of India has moved the Supreme Court, asking for the detention of Sahara Group Chairman Subrata Roy for not following the court's orders. Two companies of the Sahara Group were ordered to refund Rs 24,000 crore to subscribers."
Mar 15, 2013 Is it easy to launder black money through private banks?: "A Cobrapost expose on Thursday revealed how employees at some private banks were brazenly carrying out money laundering operations."
Mar 15, 2013 Money laundering by banks: ICICI suspends 18 employees: "Following the money laundering allegations against it along with a few other private banks, ICICI Bank on Friday suspended 18 of its employees. Earlier, Kotak Mahindra Bank issued a clarification saying none of its employees were involved in money laundering. 'We wish to clarify that no such transactions by the alleged person have been routed via Kotak Mahindra Bank,' said Kotak Mahindra Group spokesperson reacting to a CNN-IBN story."
Mar 15, 2013 SEBI moves SC seeking detention of Sahara chief Subrata Roy: "Market regulator SEBI on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking detention of Sahara group promoter Subrata Roy Sahara and barring him from leaving the country after two companies of the group failed to comply with court's order to refund Rs 24,000 crore to its investors."
Mar 15, 2013 SEBI asks for Subrata Roy's detention: Is the Sahara Group a case of corporate fraud?: "Market regulator SEBI on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking detention of Sahara group promoter Subrata Roy Sahara and barring him from leaving the country after two companies of the group failed to comply with court's order to refund Rs 24,000 crore to its investors."
Mar 15, 2013 'If India Can Be Kicked Around In This Manner Internationally...'
Mar 15, 2013 Ten Indian politicians with poor educational background: "Here we give you a random list of 10 Indian leaders who have either pursued education till matriculation or were school drop outs or never went to school."
Mar 15, 2013 Govt cornered on foreign policy: "It has been barely 3 months into 2013 and in this span we as a country have been mocked, tricked, duped and snubbed all at one go."
Mar 15, 2013 CM sanctions prosecution of IAS couple Arvind and Tinoo Joshi: "Income Tax officials had raided the official residence of the Joshi couple at Bhopal in 2010 and recovered over Rs 3.5 crore cash and documents related to huge properties and other valuables disproportionate to their known sources of income."
Mar 15, 2013 Goonda Raj in Delhi: Woman jumps from moving car to escape rape bid: "Two youths, including a teenager, allegedly abducted a young woman and tried to rape her in a car"
Mar 14, 2013 Money laundering by banks: Finance Minister should resign, says Kejriwal: "A sting operation by Cobrapost revealed how employees at some private banks were involved in money laundering operations."
Mar 14, 2013 Sushma Swaraj asks Lok Sabha, are we here only to pay tributes to martyrs?
Mar 14, 2013 Supreme Court seeks 'enlightenment' on VIPs: "Taking strong exception to rampant misuse of red-beacon lights, sirens, hooters and security cover, the bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi verbally told additional solicitor general (ASG) Siddhartha Luthra and senior counsel Harish Salve to address the court on the issue of what is meant by the word VIP on April 3. Salve is assisting the court as amicus curaie in the matter related to misuse of VIP security."
Mar 14, 2013 HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank involved in money laundering: Report: "A sting operation conducted by online magazine Cobrapost across various branches of private financial institutions has revealed how bank employees are accepting black money from customers to convert them into white money. Cobrapost claims that the nationwide operation shows how private banking and insurance affiliates launder money as part of standard procedures."
Mar 13, 2013 Foreign conmen deceive India: "It is yet another case of deceit and betrayal and once again India is at the receiving end. The Italian Marines made a mockery of the Indian system quite similar to the way a few other foreigners managed to stay away from the long arm of Indian law in the past few decades. Here is a report."
Mar 13, 2013 Chinese hackers merrily go through thousands of secret files of DRDO missile systems in Guangdong: report: "Even the e-tickets of DRDO scientists who had travelled to Delhi in February were found on the server."
Mar 13, 2013 Why Was Ram Singh Killed In Tihar jail?: "Yes, Indian prisons are violent and brutal, and the police callous and vicious. Yes, there should be an enquiry to assign responsibility. But I’m pretty certain I know who killed Ram Singh – some other prisoners. And I think that they did it on orders from the police."
Mar 13, 2013 Lokayukta arrests Bangalore Rural DC: "Aiyappa was being investigated for granting land illegally in Hesaraghatta hobli to one Narasimhaiah, who later sold it to the relatives of Yelahanka MLA S R Vishwanath."
Mar 13, 2013 Removing Akhilesh wallpaper crashes laptops: ""The machines come with a one-year warranty. In case of glitches one can contact md@uplclko.in or uplclko@gmail.com.""
Mar 12, 2013 Corruption India's biggest problem: Dalai Lama: ""Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi sacrificed their lives for country's independence but today politicians are misusing their powers. Common people are facing corruption in there daily life," the Tibetan leader said."
Mar 12, 2013 Did India let Italian marines get away with murder?: "India and Italy are set for a diplomatic stand-off after the Italian government refused to send back the two marines charged with the murder of Indian fishermen in Kerala. The Ministry of External Affairs is still processing the statement from Italy."
Mar 12, 2013 Maharashtra: Taps run dry in Jalna, govt water tankers nowhere in sight: "Armed with jerry cans, pots and pipes, they come on bicycles, autos, and motorcycles. For hundreds of families in Jalna's Yashwantnagar, a leak in the Shahgad-Jalna pipeline is their only source of water. The taps in Jalna ran dry weeks ago, and as desperation set in, locals took matters into their own hands. They broke the pipe."
Mar 12, 2013 WB: Railway police constable beats passenger to death: "A Government Railway Police (GRP) constable reportedly beat a passenger to death at Behrampore Court station in Murshidabad on Tuesday."
Mar 12, 2013 20 Years since Mumbai blasts: Has India given up on Dawood?: "March 12 is the 20th anniversary of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, a frightening event that shocked the nation and is also known a Black Friday. On the 20th anniversary of the dastardly attack in which 257 people were killed and 713 others injured as 12 blasts rocked Mumbai, security agencies are yet to apprehend the conspirators of the March 12, 1993, serial bomb blasts including Dawood Ibrahim."
Mar 12, 2013 Beaten to death at railway waiting room: "A 45-year-old man was died after GRP personnels beat him up in Beharampore rail station in Murshidabad. Dilip Ghosh was at the waiting room of the station with his wife Rama Ghosh after they reached Beharampore from Bongaon in North 24 Parganas. The GRP personnels on duty at night asked for their identity and when Dilip argue, he was thrashed. Dilip was senseless for about 45 minutes before taking to hospital, but was declared dead on arrival."
Mar 12, 2013 Italy snubs India's highest Court: "India on Tuesday (March 12) demanded the return of two Italian marines to face trial for homicide in the country, rejecting the stand of the Italian government which has gone back on its assurances."
Mar 12, 2013 Watch: Police thrash man for driving through no-entry zone: "In a case of police brutality, policemen in Bokaro, Jharkhand, beat up a man on Monday after he allegedly drove his bike through a no-entry zone."
Mar 12, 2013 दिल्ली सरकार ने आठ दिनों में कराया 8 लाख का नाश्ता: "2012 में शीला सरकार ने तालकटोरा स्टेडियम में भागीदारी वर्कशाप का आयोजन किया था. इसमें करीब 300 लोगों ने हिस्सा लिया. आठ दिन तक चली इस वर्कशाप में नाश्ते में सिर्फ चाय और पकौड़े पर आठ लाख रुपये खर्च कर दिए गए. जहां शीला सरकार ने गरीबों के लिए आठ दिन का खाना 32 रुपये में खिलाने का दावा किया, वही सिर्फ चाय और पकौड़े पर ही एक आदमी पर करीब 2666 रुपये खर्च कर दिए."
Mar 11, 2013 Missing criminals: Mumbai may have 2,500 'Biti Mohantys': "Former Odisha DGP's son Biti Mohanty is not the only criminal in the country to have spent time outside jail with a changed identity. Closer home, in Mumbai, there could be approximately 2,500 'Biti Mohantys'-accused who have either jumped bail, parole or fled prison."
Mar 11, 2013 SC raps Punjab, Bihar over police brutality: ""Are we using colour glasses? The inquiry should have been over in 24 hours. Millions saw it (on TV). Was the lady a terrorist that she was beaten on a highway? What can ever justify beating a helpless woman with a stick? Does it not shock you? If the government was sincere, all necessary steps should have been taken the next day," shot back the court."
Mar 11, 2013 House for Pratibha Patil expands from 2,906 sq ft to 6,000 sq ft: "The total size of the plot is 56,239 sq ft and the CPWD tender said it estimated the cost of the entire renovation at Rs 1.03 crore. Officials refused to disclose the value of the final contract. CPWD also issued a separate tender for horticultural at an estimated cost of Rs 6.66 lakh."
Mar 11, 2013 Appointment of ex-CBI director as Nagaland governor reveals nexus with govt: MM Joshi: "Senior BJP leader MM Joshi has hit out at the Congress for appointing former CBI director Ashwini Kumar as Nagaland governor. He said that this was an unhealthy nexus."
Mar 11, 2013 SC takes up Punjab police brutality case, calls woman a braveheart: "Coming down heavily on the Punjab police for beating up a woman who had complained of sexual harassment, the Supreme Court said that the woman was a 'braveheart' and that the policemen had behaved like animals. The apex court also issued notice to the union home secretary, chief secretaries, home secretaries and directors general of police (DGPs) of all states and administrators and police commissioners of union territories, asking them about steps taken by them in pursuance of its directions to effect reforms in the functioning of the police in the country."
Mar 11, 2013 Delhi: Group of men abduct, gangrape woman in a moving car: " In another horrific incident, a group of men allegedly abducted and gangraped a woman in a moving car in New Delhi, just almost three months after the brutal December 16 gangrape that shook the country and exposed the flimsy safety facilities for women in the national capital. The woman has alleged that she was driven around the city on Sunday night, crossing many busy traffic lights along the route."
Mar 11, 2013 Illegal bride bazaar still thriving in Old City: "Activists say that the so-called husbands, hailing not just from West Asia but from African nations like Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia, buy brides for a paltry sum, use them as sex slaves for a fortnight or a month in hotels and lodges and then fly back solo to their countries."
Mar 10, 2013 MP MLA in assembly claims he was offered 50 new vehicles as bribe: "In exchange, Bhadoriya was asked to ignore the inferior quality work on highways which the company was constructing in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation."
Mar 10, 2013 Politicians queue up for 'Z-plus' security: "Some of them have been specific in asking for para-military commandos of their choice,"
Mar 10, 2013 'Women's security has more to do with mindsets than economic divide': "The debate on rising crimes against women has often been described as a rural-urban divide, with the affluent, urban India portrayed as the cause of moral decadence. But a study shows how rape culture has little to do with economic prosperity or the lack of it but more to do with mindsets."

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