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The Times Of India - Cities (27 unread)
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IIM-Bangalore executives to learn from sports
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:09pm EST
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IIM-Ranchi wanted to map MS Dhoni’s brain, and he became a case study in IFIM. Sports and management have never been disconnected. Now, it’s IIM-B which is coming up with a sports-based education programme. -
Ex-zila parishad member nabbed for supplying opium
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:02pm EST
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Police have nabbed two drug peddlers who were carrying opium in a car with a red beacon and flying an INLD flag near Jatola village in Sonipat district on Monday evening.
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Transgender in a fix over spiritual path
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:55pm EST
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A progressive move by the Evangelical Church of India to enlist a transgender pastor has prompted other churches to open their doors to her. The Church of South India is among the first to extend an invitation to Bharathi to preach to its congregation.
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Woman poses as ex-PM's kin to cheat
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:49pm EST
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A woman who pretended to be former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's granddaughter and cheated a man was arrested in Assam on Saturday.
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Man sets wife afire after spat
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:40pm EST
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Infuriated over a minor argument, a man lost his temper and set his 28-year-old wife on fire in Mauli Jagran village on Monday morning.
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Teacher booked on molestation charges in Indore
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:58pm EST
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Madhav Nagar police have booked a coaching institute teacher on charges of attempting to outrage the modesty of a girl student.
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Cops tear off dalit boy’s ear in MP
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:53pm EST
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A poor dalit boy’s ears were pulled with such force by a couple of policemen that a big, bloody chunk came out, which surgeons could not stitch back.
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Tourist from Portugal loses handbag at church
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:45pm EST
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Adilia Martins Afonso came from Portugal to India for a holiday but little did she know that shutting her eyes for prayers at a church in the capital will give miscreants enough time to decamp with not only her valuables but also glasses.
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Cabbies get crash course in etiquette
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:35pm EST
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Cab drivers at IGI Airport will soon be a better behaved lot. The airport management is conducting special workshops for drivers of both radio cabs and regular taxis by giving them lessons in safety, security, personal grooming and politeness.
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Cameras go missing from bags, two in AI crosshairs
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:34pm EST
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Air India has lodged an FIR against two employees for stealing from checked-in baggage on at least two occasions. The accused have been identified as Dalbir Singh and Naresh Kumar, both employees of AISATS.
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Man tries to kill self, wife; drowns in bid
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:26pm EST
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A man who tried to commit suicide along with his wife ended up killing himself at Mannanthala here on Monday. The dead has been identified as A K Rajesh (34).
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Woman pleads for mercy killing of son
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:14pm EST
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The Chittoor district court on Monday admitted a petition filed by a 61-year-old woman for euthanasia (mercy killing) of her 36-year-old son C Janardhan, who has been lying in a vegetative state for the last 15 years.
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Gurgaon fails to emulate Panchkula's success story
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:39pm EST
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Despite being the IT hub of the state, Gurgaon has failed to make it big, especially when it comes to infrastructure and good governance.
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Over 2L tourists from Pune visited J&K in 2011
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:08pm EST
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In the last one year, Pune accounted for almost 40% of six lakh tourists from the state visiting Jammu & Kashmir.
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70% cancer cases diagnosed late: Experts
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:02pm EST
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Over 70% of cancer cases in India are diagnosed late, leading to poor survival and high mortality rates, say experts.
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Debt-stricken auto driver dies, suicide suspected
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:45pm EST
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Succumbing to the pressure of repaying a debt of Rs five lakh, Sharad Aher, a 32 -year-old rickshaw driver, is suspected to have committed suicide near Gorewadi in Nashik Road.
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Spurious liquor worth 6 lakh seized in Nashik
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:39pm EST
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In a special drive, the excise department seized spurious liquor worth over Rs 6 lakh that were been ferried in vehicles from Daman, Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh.
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Bride dumps husband, flees with lover
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:48pm EST
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A newly-wed journalist was in for a rude shock when his bride dumped him and ran off with her 'husband' - a neighbour from Panipat - just nine days after the marriage.What's worse, the bride, Reena, did not leave alone.
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‘Baba’ steals 3.5L jewellery, held in Mumbai
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:40pm EST
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The Manpada police arrested a fake baba who had promised a cure for blindness but instead escaped with gold ornaments worth Rs 3.5 lakh from a businessman’s house in Dombivli.
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Human trafficking a thriving business in Rajasthan
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:38pm EST
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The gang members marry the girls, rape them and then after some time sell them off to a buyer at a higher price.
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Mumbai: Stabber wanted to be a film star
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:28pm EST
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The 20-year-old domestic help who attempted to kill his employers in Goregaon on Sunday had come to the city to make it big in the movies.
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Biker arrested for roughing up BEST driver
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:14pm EST
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The Vikhroli police on Sunday arrested a motorcyclist for assaulting a BEST bus driver.
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Government engineer commits suicide
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:07am EST
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An assistant engineer of water resources department (WRD), Thakur Sahi (39), committed suicide at his Kusumpur residence under Rupuspur police station in Patna.
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Being in love is not an offence: Bombay HC
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:35am EST
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The Bombay high court observed that "being in love is not an offence," while hearing a petition filed by a 23-year-old youth seeking to quash rape case registered against him for sexually assaulting the minor victim under the pretext of marriage.
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Irritated by wailing, father kills baby girl
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:11am EST
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Enraged by the continuous bawling of his infant daughter, a man allegedly flung the two-month-old baby down a drain resulting in her death in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.
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Train block, traffic chaos mars Sunday in Mumbai
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:41am EST
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Train block, traffic chaos mars Sunday in Mumbai
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:41am EST
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