Drunk men create ruckus at Metro Station
Around ten people, allegedly in an inebriated condition and carrying liquor bottles, created ruckus at a Metro station here and attempted to damage a scanner after they were refused entry by security personnel.
The men, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, were carrying liquor bottles in their hand and entered the Patel Chowk station.
They went [...]
Cricket dreams: From vada paav vendor to ICC academy
The struggle to become an Indian cricketer is a dream shared by millions, which was captured in films like Iqbal. But now, Gurudas Shenoy, the son of a vada paav vendor from the suburb of Dombivali near Mumbai has been picked to train at the ICC’s Global Cricket Academy in Dubai.
Nicknamed Dombivali Fast, the [...]
9-year-old raped, killed and dumped at police quarters in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The body of a nine-year-old girl who was raped before being murdered was found on the terrace of building no 109 at the police quarters in Kurla (E) on Sunday morning. Six persons from the locality have been detained for questioning.
“The autopsy report confirms that the girl was raped before she was killed,” [...]
Fire in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar, 1 killed, 6 injured
One person has reportedly been killed and six have been injured in a fire that has broken out early this morning in Sadar Bazar in Old Delhi.
Around 300 hutments have been gutted in the fire.
More details are awaited.
Delhi: Civic negligence kills four children
Four children drowned after falling into a pit believed to be dug by Delhi Jal Board. The incident occurred in Timarpur area of New Delhi.
A water pipeline was being laid in the area and some pits were left uncovered after the work was over. However, water from nearby leaking pipe accumulated into the pit.
The [...]
At least 63 dead in stampede at UP ashram
One ladoo, a steel plate, twenty rupees and a handkerchief – this is what drew close to 15,000 people to an ashram in Pratapgarh on Thursday morning, 60 kilometres from Allahabad. They waited for hours, lining up, waiting for the ashram’s gate to open.
As the crowd built, it began pressing upon the gate which [...]
Mumbai student blamed ragging in suicide note
A Mumbai-based student committed suicide in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Wednesday by jumping in front of train while coming back to his home in Kurukshetra.
According to the police, Satyendra, 28, who was pursuing a one-year advanced diploma course at Mumbai’s Advanced Training Institute, was depressed and frustrated as his seniors were constantly harassing and [...]
At least 63 dead in stampede at UP ashram
At least 63 people were killed and 15 others injured in a stampede on Thursday in a local ashram where nearly 10,000 people had converged for a ritual.
The stampede took place after the gate of Kripalu Maharaj’s ashram, 60 kms from Allahabad, collapsed during distribution of food on the occasion of “Shradh” of his [...]
