Everything you need to know about Mandal Bo: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Mandal Bo: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
- May 16, 2008: Aarushi Talwar, the daughter of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, found dead with her throat slit in the bedroom of her Noida home.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Who killed Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj? Five years after the 14-year-old was found with her throat slit in her Noida home along with the family's domestic help, there is still no answer to who committed the murders most foul.
Manesar (Haryana), May 7 (IANS) Go for a brain scan from age 55 years onwards, at least once in five years, to check for signs of mental deterioration, a leading Indian scientist says.
Bayyavaram (Andhra Pradesh), April 7 (ANI): At least three persons were killed when a boiler exploded at the Heritage Dairy plant in Bayyavaram in Kasimkota Mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhaptnam district on Sunday.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) There was a three-way tie for the lead at the end of the opening round at the Panasonic Open India golff event as two Australians, Kieran Pratt and Wade Ormsby, and Singaporean Lam Chih Bing shared the honours with rounds of five-under 67 each at the demanding and windy Delhi Golf Club here Thursday.
Agra, March 22 (IANS) Social activists and environmentalists gathered here Friday to deliberate on the ways to save dwindling sources of freshwater on the occasion of World Water Day.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Over a 100 legislators and local leaders of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) from Bihar camped in Delhi and its neighbouring areas for nearly a month to mobilize people for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's rally to press for a special status to the state.
Dinajpur (West Bengal), Mar 14 (ANI): Trade on the India-Bangladesh border remains unaffected in wake of the spurt in violence in Bangladesh.
Agra, March 8 (IANS) Poet Sneh Thakur from Canada said here on International Women's Day that women should not see each others as rivals and should instead be partners for the development of society.
South Dinajpur (West Bengal), Mar. 3 (ANI): Villagers in West Bengal's South Dinajpur District have expressed fears about cross-border violence, after riots struck neighbouring Bangladesh.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Slamming police probe lapses, the Delhi High Court has acquitted three men sentenced to 10 years' jail by the trial court for a minor's rape.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) It took the family of seven-year-old Lipi Mandal, daughter of a rickshaw-puller, three months to detect that her high fever, loss of appetite and stomach ache was due to blood cancer.
Agra Feb 14 (IANS) The annual 10-day Taj Mahotsava will begin from Feb 19, a day late, to enable a busy Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to inaugurate it, an official said Thursday. But the move has angered the tourism industry here.
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Feb 1 (IANS) The birth of two Olive Ridley turtles heralded the start of this year's turtle breeding season in the coastal Konkan region, an official said here Friday.
Gopibalavpur (West Bengal), Jan.31 (ANI): Gopibalavpur town in West Bengal is known for its scenic beauty and has huge tourism potential.
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Teachers of Jamia Milia University and Delhi University have rallied to the support of social scientist Ashis Nandy whose remark linking Dalits, tribals and backward classes to "corruption" was pilloried at the Jaipur Literary Festival.
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) Petroleum Sports Promotion Board's (PSPB) Soumyadeep Roy was the lone seed to fall Friday in the men's singles while Delhi's Manika Batra and PSPB's Madhurika Patkar also made early exits from the women's singles of the 74th National Table Tennis Championships here.
Agra Jan 9 (IANS) An hour-long film, "Yamuna ka Dard" (The Pain of the Yamuna), was released here Wednesday in a bid to highlight the pollution in the river and the likely damage it could cause to the Taj Mahal.
New Delhi, Dec.27 (ANI): Women empowerment and child development are the huge agenda that the government of Rajasthan has been meticulously working upon.
Patna, Dec 13 (IANS) A Bihar court Thursday jailed for three years an Afghan with close links to the Taliban who was arrested in Purnia district in 2010 for trying to illegally sneak into Bangladesh, a government lawyer said.
Patna, Dec 13 (IANS) Police have attached the property of the prime accused in the killing of an Assamese youth in Bihar, a police official said Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The opposition Wednesday dismissed the government's Lok Sabha win on the issue of FDI in multi-brand retail as "victory of the CBI over FDI", targetting the SP and BSP over their respective walkouts.
Agra, Dec 2 (IANS) There's no doubt that no one thinks of Agra without also thinking of the Taj Mahal. But Agra has much more to offer than Mughal monuments, say local artistes, businessmen and culture-activists, and that is its entrepreneurial excellence.
B+hubaneswar, Nov 29 (IANS) A Class 10 student in Odisha allegedly killed himself by consuming poison because his parents couldn't pay the Rs.250 fine imposed by the school for attendance shortage and he was subsequently refused permission to sit for a test, police said Thursday.
Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Giving an insight into how and why hospital?borne infections spread, scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology here have said bacteria play hide and seek with the human body's defence cells by surrounding themselves with sugar molecules to fool cells.
Siliguri (West Bengal), Nov. 13 (ANI): In an attempt to increase the output of quality pineapples in West Bengal's Siliguri District, a group of farmers will be visiting Brazil in December to garner education on the fruits cultivation.
Patna, Oct.24 (ANI): Former Deputy Chief Whip in the Bihar Assembly and senior JD(U) leader Murlidhar Mandal passed away in Khagaria on Wednesday.
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Prakash Jha, who is known for making films on socially-relevant subjects, says it is a challenge for him to tackle issues and yet keep his films entertaining enough.
Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) The nationwide strike called by opposition parties Thursday evoked a mixed response in Uttar Pradesh. While many shops and business establishments opened post lunch, normal life and rail traffic were affected in many parts of the state.
Ghaziabad, Sep 13 (IANS) In the Aarushi murder case, the CBI failed to present a maid as witness in a special court here Thursday and claimed that the slain teenager's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, may have won her over.
Lucknow, Sep 12 (IANS) Will Nirmal Khatri, the little-known newly appointed Uttar Pradesh state Congress president, be able to turn the fortunes of India's grand old party and bring it back to reckoning in the country's most politically consequential state when his more famous predecessors have failed for the last almost quarter of a century?
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 10 (IANS) Nepal registered its fifth consecutive victory in the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cricket League (WCL) Division 4 tournament, defeating Denmark by 25 runs at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur.
Ghaziabad, Sep 5 (IANS) CBI witness Kripa Shankar Tripathi, who performed the last rites of Aarushi, told a special court here that the teenager's father Rajesh Talwar advanced his post-cremation visit to Haridwar on the advice of his relatives.
Ghaziabad, Sep 4 (IANS) CBI witness and slain teenager Aarushi Talwar's part-time maid
Ghaziabad, Sep 3 (IANS) CBI witness and part-time maid Bharti Mandal told a special court here Monday that she found the main gate of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's flat locked from the outside on the day her killing was detected.
Bidhannagar (West Bengal), Sept 2 (ANI): A pineapple festival to provide a common platform to farmers and to facilitate open marketing commenced here recently.
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman, suffering from stomach cancer, committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, police said Saturday.
Keonjhar (Odisha), Aug 17 (ANI): Two tuskers were killed after a speeding goods train rammed into a herd of elephants here recently.
Patna, Aug 17(IANS) A 14-year-old Dalit boy was beaten to death in Bihar's Samastipur district by an orchard owner who saw him collecting dry wood from his orchard without permission, police officials said.
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A West Bengal court Monday rejected the bail plea of a man, who was arrested after he had publicly questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government policies towards farmers.
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Nazir Khan's lone strike enabled Das Football Academy snatch a 1-0 win against Mukhund FC in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League played at the St Xavier's ground at Parel Thursday.
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Powered by Edilbert Martis' four goals, United Brothers outplayed Tanishka FC 8-0 in a third division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League here Wednesday.
South-East District police has busted a racket of fake placement agencies run by the accused persons with different and fake names, addresses and styles.
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Over 3,500 college students from all over Mumbai took a pledge here Monday to work for peace and a nuclear-free world to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in atomic bomb attacks.
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Rising Stars recorded a 1-0 win against Phoenix Sports Club in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League played at the St. Xavier's ground Wednesday.
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Noel Kujar with a double strike played a key role in leading Gokul Bal Mitra Mandal to a facile 3-0 win against V-Care SC in a third division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League Saturday.
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Alfresco put up a strong fight to overcome a determined Maitree Youngsters 2-1 in a third division match of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) League played at the St. Xavier's ground here Tuesday.
Agra, July 15 (IANS) Several NGOs and social activists have launched an online campaign against traffic chaos in the Taj city.
Dehradun, July 11 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna won the Sitarganj Assembly seat by a record margin of 39,954 votes on Wednesday over his nearest BJP rival Prakash Pant.
Rudrapur, July 11 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who won the Sitarganj Assembly seat, on Wednesday thanked the people of the constituency for giving him a big victory.
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Enraged by a 15-year-old girl's repeated marriage refusals, a jilted teenager stabbed her to death in West Bengal's Bankura district Saturday.
Patna, July 6 (IANS) In a bid to check increasing crime, the Bihar government has sought cancellation of bail to 101 criminals, including politicians and gangsters convicted for murder, kidnapping, extortion and loot, police said Friday.
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), July 2 (IANS) Turtle conservation, mainly of the endangered Olive Ridley species, in Maharashtra's coastal regions has moved to a new level - of empowering village communities to take the cause ahead, along with youth, students and ordinary volunteers.
Dehradun, June 19 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday announced the candidature of its senior leader Prakash Pant against Uttarakahand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna in the Sitarganj assembly by-election.
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The central government Tuesday filed before the Supreme Court a set of documents supporting its plea seeking a stay on the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 percent reservation for minorities in central government educational institutions and jobs within 27 the percent OBC reservation.
Patna, June 5 (IANS) A groom committed suicide in Bihar's Bhagalpur district after his neighbours taunted him about his bride's dark complexion, police said Tuesday.
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) They faced poverty and physical disability but that could not deter these bravehearts from scoring well in this year's Madhyamik examinations of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
Sunderban (West Bengal), May 12 (ANI): World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in collaboration with the Centre for Appropriate Technology Incorporated (CAT) and Projects Australia is setting up a solar power station in the Rajat Jubilee village in Sunderban area of West Bengal.
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) Saying he was falsely accused of being a Maoist and his family was starving while he was in jail, an undertrial in West Bengal has sought death from a court.
Rayagada, (Odisha), May 2(ANI): Measles has hit several villages in the Rayagada tribal belt of Odisha state and seven children fell victims today.
Ghaziabad/New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Her bail rejected by a CBI court, dentist Nupur Talwar, accused in the murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the rejection.
Nagpur, April 22 (IANS) In a gory tragedy, a forest guard was killed by a family of tigers when he had gone to replenish their watering holes in the deep forests of Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, around 45 km from here, officials said.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, leading an Indian parliamentary delegation, Thursday left for New Zealand on an official trip during which she will call on acting Prime Minister Bill English.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): The Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Thursday presided over the computerized draw for the selection of the yatris (pilgrims) for the Kailash Manasarovar yatra this year.
Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Business across the state was crippled Friday as jewellers in Uttar Pradesh observed a shutdown in protest of the central government's decision to hike excise, custom duty on gold jewellery and tax deduction on transaction of over Rs.2 lakhs.
Gaya (Bihar), Mar.28 (ANI): Relatives of Maoists leaders in Bihar are finding it difficult to lead normal lives, as they are frequently questioned by the state police on the whereabouts of Maoist leaders.
Agra, March 25 (IANS) Agra citizens Sunday demanded firm and drastic action against encroachers who were blocking traffic movement and threatening the survival of historical buildings.
Today when we have imbibed Allopath and other treatment ways for our all ailments, Ayurveda has once again on the way of achieving its ancient glory.
Ghaziabad, Feb.4 (ANI): A Ghaziabad court on Saturday deferred its hearing of the Aarushi murder case till February 29.
Ghaziabad, Feb.4 (ANI): A Ghaziabad court on Saturday deferred its hearing of the Aarushi murder case till February 29.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): The regional Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) parties come together for campaigning ahead of the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): The regional Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) parties come together for campaigning ahead of the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow, Jan 29 (ANI): Defending the decision to provide minority (Muslim) reservation, Law Minister, Salman Khurshid on Sunday said that the Central Government had powers to grant quota to backwards castes of minority communities within the Hindu backward caste quota.
Kolkata, Oct 27 (ANI): Atleast 12 infant have died in the last 48 hours at a state-run hospital in Kolkata.
New Delhi, Sep 3(ANI): Suspected Maoists killed a villager, Sunil Mandal, in Bihar's Banka district after he refused to join them.
Sarayi (Andhra Pradesh), May 11 (ANI): Hundreds of tribals went on a rampage in protest of proposed mining of China clay in Sarayi village in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday and beat up politicians representing the area.
Dharamsala, Apr 12 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, registered for the Unique Identification Card in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala city on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): In an endeavor to make the 'Kailash Mansarovar Yatra' less arduous and more safe for the 'Yatris', the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), which organizes the Yatra every year, has brought a change in the route through Narayan Ashram.
Chatra (Jharkhand), Mar 1 (ANI): Three policemen were killed as the Maoists ambushed a police party late on Monday night in Jharkhand's Chatra District.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Jan.7 (ANI): A special court in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, will deliver its verdict on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) December 29 closure report on the Aarushi murder case today.
New Delhi, Jan 2 (ANI): Dismissing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) allegations in the closure report in their daughter Aarushi's murder case, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar said they have been "absolutely concocted".
New Delhi, Jan 2 (ANI): The three domestic helps, who were earlier chargesheeted in the murder of Aarushi Talwar but later found innocent, are planning to sue the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for implicating them in the case.
Banka (Bihar), Dec.5 (ANI): Bihar Police arrested four Maoists including a woman and seized arms and ammunition from Banka District on Sunday.
Salarzai, Oct 24 (ANI): Terrorists blew up two schools with explosives in Bajaur Agency today, a news channel reported.
New Delhi, Sep.21 (ANI): A team of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday demolished 20 illegal structures around the Bijay Mandal, a centrally protected monument in Begampur, Malviya Nagar in the national capital.
Bhagalpur, Sep 2 (ANI): A Bihar court has sentenced ten persons to rigorous imprisonment for seven years for attacking a police party during the Bhagalpur riots of 1989.
Warangal, Aug.29 (ANI): A Maoist couple and another rebel surrendered here on Saturday.
New Delhi, Aug.12 (ANI): Minister of Law and Justice Dr.M.Veerappa Moily said on Thursday that the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) through its State Legal Services Authorities, District Legal Services Authorities, Taluk Legal Services Committee is in the process of setting up legal aid clinics throughout the country.
Hyderabad, July 20 (ANI): A helicopter of the Indian Navy made an emergency landing on the fields of Kotapadu Mandal village of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court has given the Government of Tamil Nadu a major boost by ordering that 69 per cent quota for jobs and admissions should continue for a year.
Kandhamal, Mar 10 (ANI): Orissa Police achieved a major success in counter Maoists operation as three hard core Naxalites put their arms down before senior state Government officials.
Dhaka, Mar. 6 (ANI): An arrested Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist has revealed that he arranged the safe passage to militants involved in the 1999 Indian Airlines plane hijacking through Bangladesh to India.
Jammu, Jan.20 (ANI): Gujjars and Bakerwals took out a cultural march with their cattle here on Wednesday to press their demand for implementation of the Mandal Commission report and to stop the Jammu and Kashmir Government from giving Schedule Tribe status (ST) to Pahari-speaking people.
Ranchi, Nov 25 (ANI): Polling for the first phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began amidst tight security on Wednesday morning.
Jalpaiguri, Sep 5 (ANI): Visit the Dhupjhora Elephant Camp of Gorumara National Park in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, and one might come face to face with an elephant getting its nails done! The forest department organises a camp for cleaning and decorating the jumbos each year.
New Delhi, Aug 30 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to worry about the developments in his party.
Patna, Aug 30 (ANI): A railway employee was killed and 10 others were injured when an armed gang looted cash and valuables from passengers of Jhajha-Patna local train in Bihar's Jamui district on early Sunday.
Mumbai, Aug.23 (ANI): As people in different parts of the country are celebrating Ganesha Chaturthi or the birthday of Lord Ganesha on Sunday, several religious community groups in Mumbai are taking pride in worshipping Ganesha idols in makeshift temples.
Anantapur, Aug 17 (ANI): Six persons were killed and ten others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district late on Sunday night.
Medak, July 31 (ANI): A trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district on Friday, killing two instructors.
