NOIDA - A restaurant in a sector 26 club and a cluster of shanties in sector 63 of Noida were burnt down in two accidents of fire late Saturday, officials said Sunday.

Kidnappers develop cold feet, get jailed

GANDHINAGAR - Amateur kidnappers of the sons of a Gujarat legislator and a banker who sought to extract ransom money ended up behind bars after developing cold feet.

Phone booths for prisoners in West Bengal jails

KOLKATA - They may be incarcerated but can now stay in touch with their families via telephone as the West Bengal government has decided to install phone booths in jails.

9-year-old girl’s body found in Mumbai police colony

MUMBAI - The body of a nine-year-old girl was Sunday discovered on the terrace of a building in the police housing colony in northeast Mumbai, police said.

GPS device to track illegal transportation of minerals

RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government plans to install Global Positioning System (GPS) devices in vehicles ferrying minerals to check their illegal transportation in the state, official sources said Sunday.

West Bengal prisoners to get phone facility

KOLKATA - Prisoners in West Bengal can now stay in touch with their families on telephone. But what they talk will be monitored.

Indian don tried to kill another Nepal media owner: Police

KATHMANDU - After blaming jailed Indian ganglord Babloo Srivastav for the daylight gunning down of a Nepali media tycoon in Kathmandu exactly a month ago, Nepal police say the underworld don also plotted the murder of another Nepali media owner but failed.

Four held in Chhattisgarh for human sacrifice

RAIPUR - Four people, including two women, were arrested in a Chhattisgarh village for allegedly killing a six-year-old boy to obtain spiritual powers, a police officer said Sunday.

UN chief visits Chilean city hit by quake

Concepcion (Chile), March 7 (IANS/EFE) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday visited the Chilean city of Concepcion, one of the worst affected by the Feb 27 earthquake.

Maharashtra village honours cop with \’Gen. Dyer Award\’!

MUMBAI - Over 5,000 villagers from around Maharashtra\’s Vasai town Sunday gathered to witness a solemn ceremony — presentation of the \’General Reginald Dyer Award\’ to Thane Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepak Devraj.

Thieves steal stereos from 20 cars in Gurgaon

GURGAON - Thieves struck in the posh Sector 15 of Gurgaon, the capital’s suburban town in Haryana , and stole stereos from 20 cars, police said Sunday.

Drunk railway cop assaults people at Bhilai station

RAIPUR - A Government Railway Police (GRP) constable in an inebriated condition assaulted several people Sunday at the Bhilai Power House railway station in Chhattisgarh, police said. He was taken into custody.

Hunt for car seen near Indian kid’s body

MELBOURNE - The police are looking for a green coloured car that was last seen near the spot where Indian toddler Gurshan Singh Channa’s body was found in this Australian city, a media report said Sunday.

Ashram doles out damages to kin of stampede victims

MANGARH - Spiritual guru Kripaluji Maharaj’s Bhakti Dham Ashram, where 63 people lost their lives and 64 were injured Thursday in one of the worst stampedes, Sunday doled out a lakh rupees each to the families of the dead and Rs.50,000 to each of the injured.

Seven of family killed in Haryana accident

AMBALA - Seven members of a family were killed early Sunday when their car collided with a bus on the Ambala-Hisar road in Haryana, police said.

Suicides due to failed love rise in Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Suicides caused by failed love affairs are rising steadily in Kerala, which leads the country in the total number of suicides.

Indian diamond merchant robbed in Belgium

GANDHINAGAR - Robbers held hostage the family of an Indian diamond merchant in Belgium and freed them only after taking a vast amount of gemstones valued at millions of dollars, reports reaching here said.

‘Godman’ held under tough law for sex trade

NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Sunday invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Shiv Murat Dwivedi, a self-styled godman held for running a prostitution racket in the national capital.

Management student found hanging in Delhi

NEW DELHI - A 23-year-old management student was found hanging in his rented accommodation in southeast Delhi, police said Sunday.

Chhattisgarh to rein in illegal liquor trade

RAIPUR - In the wake of a hooch tragedy that claimed four lives in Chhattisgarh Friday, the state government Sunday asked district officials to curb the illegal liquor business.

Man charged with Indian boy’s death in Australia

MELBOURNE - A 23-year-old man of Indian origin was charged Sunday with the death of Indian boy Gurshan Singh Channa, whose body was found far away from his home in this Australian city, a media report said.

Three dead, 79 ill due to contaminated water in Maharashtra

SOLAPUR - Two men and a woman died after drinking suspected contaminated water and 79 others were hospitalised in the past two days in this Maharashtra town, an official said Sunday.

Girl of 9 years raped, murdered in Mumbai police colony

MUMBAI - A nine-year-old girl was raped and murdered by some unidentified persons and her body was discovered from the terrace of a building in the police colony in northeast Mumbai Sunday, officials said.

Act against Chhattisgarh IAS officer: Lokayukta

RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Lokayukta has recommended action against an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer for irregularities in appointments, official sources said Sunday.

Manipur minister’s bullet hit advocate general: chief minister

IMPHAL - Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh Sunday admitted that a bullet that pierced the chest of state Advocate General N. Koteshor was fired accidentally from a licensed weapon of a minister.

Chandigarh police bust gang of auto thieves

CHANDIGARH - Police in Chandigarh Sunday claimed to have busted a gang of autorickshaw thieves with the arrest of three people and recovery of seven stolen three-wheelers.

Sikh man charged with killing father in Canada

VANCOUVER - A Sikh man who beat his father to death last December in the family home in Calgary city was charged with homicide. Police said Ranjit Rana Singh, 30, faces second-degree murder charges in the death of his father Harinder Singh.

Lawyers ask judge to toss out statement client made after Pa. fire killed WWII camp survivor

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