Metro will invade my privacy, says Amitabh Bachchan
MUMBAI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday lamented that the proposed Metro rail segment passing by his home ‘Prateeksha’ in suburban Mumbai would invade his privacy, triggering sharp reactions from political parties. “It is finally happening. The Metro rail being laid over the metropolis called Mumbai, some under the ground, some above over large tracts [...]
Woman delivers baby in car after hospital turns her away
Noida, India: For over two hours, a woman in her ninth month of pregnancy pleaded with a hospital in Noida to admit her. Doctors said they needed Rs. 12,000 or five units of blood before they could help her out, because she was anemic. The 22-year-old woman, accompanied by her mother-in-law, finally left the hospital [...]
‘Orissa government failed Kandhamal victims’
Cuttack: Two years after the anti-Christian riots in Orissa’s Kandhamal district claimed 38 lives and saw nearly 6000 houses torched, top Christian leaders have expressed their utter disappointment with the state government’s non-serious approach to the issues of rehabilitation and compensation. On Monday, Reverend Raphael Cheenath, the Archbishop of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, said the state government, despite [...]
Hotel staffer allegedly assaulted for watching TV
Delhi: The manager of a renowned Chinese restaurant and bar in Delhi allegedly molested a girl from the northeast inside the eatery on Sunday for watching television during duty hours. The victim works as a waitress with the restro-bar situated in the L Block of the circular shopping arcade. Annoyed with her for watching television [...]
Bangalore woman says she hasn’t had water since the age of 14
Bangalore: In what could only be termed as a miracle unless medical science proves otherwise, a 92-year old woman in Bangalore claims to have had no water for the last 78 years. Narasamma told MiD DAY, “I haven’t had water since childhood. Even today, I don’t feel the need for it, and my body has [...]
Madurai teen dies, pesticide poured into her ears
Madurai: A father in Madurai in Tamil Nadu has been arrested after he allegedly hired three people including a male nurse to help kill his daughter. Before she died, pesticide was poured in her ears. The 18-year-old girl was scheduled to be married later this week. Her father was reportedly upset because she had been [...]
Death by ragging? Hostel dean faces murder charges
Ghaziabad: In a major development in the Ghaziabad engineering student’s death case, police have slapped murder and ragging charges against six people including a second year student and the hostel dean. The case has been lodged in Ghaziabad police station. Abhishek Sahai, a 19-year-old first year student of an engineering college near Ghaziabad allegedly committed [...]
Chandigarh: Drunk girls kill 2 in car accident, escape
Chandigarh: In yet another case of reckless driving, two young girls in a Honda Accord car hit a motorbike, killing two of a family in Chandigarh on Tuesday evening. Both five-year-old Harpreet and 21-year-old Sukhwinder Singh died on their way to the hospital. After the accident girls took lift in another car and fled. An [...]
