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Depressed over brother’s death, cop shoots self

A 30-year-old Delhi police constable allegedly shot himself dead with his service pistol at his residence in northeast Delhi’s Gokalpuri area on Monday morning. The police said the victim was in depression after the untimely death of his younger brother who died in a road accident.

Industrial output turns negative, falls by 5.1%

India’s industrial output has contracted for the first time in over two years — shrinking by 5.1 per cent in October — due to high interest rates and falling investor sentiment.

Sheila discharged from hospital

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit was on Monday discharged from a private hospital where she was admitted for a week following high fever and viral infection.
A close aide of Ms Dikshit said she had “completely recovered” from the illness and was feeling much better.

5 top corporates face 2G charges

The CBI on Monday filed the second supplementary chargesheet over the 2G spectrum scam in a Delhi court, naming three companies — Loop Telecom Pvt Ltd, Loop Mobile India Ltd and Essar Teleholdings Ltd — as accused in the case.

Engineering Student kills self, probe on

A 20-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence in northwest Delhi’s Bhajanpura area on Sunday evening.

Candlelight march by didi

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee holds a candlelight march from Birla Planetarium to Gandhi Statue in Kolkata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee holds a candlelight march from Birla Planetarium to Gandhi Statue in Kolkata on Monday as she pays tribute to those who lost their lives in the recent fire a

Team Anna methods draw criticism at meet

Eminent sociologists pulled up Team Anna and took a dig at the anti-corruption movement being led by social activist Anna Hazare. Sociologists from all over the country have gathered for a three-day All India Sociological Conference at

CBI will write to DoPT on Lokpal

Miffed with the certain recommendations in the parliamentary standing committee’s report on the Lokpal Bill, the CBI has decided to write to the department of personnel and training (DoPT) to register its disappointment.

2 Pak infiltrators arrested, planned to set up ISI ring

Two Pakistani nationals, including a woman, were arrested from the New Delhi Railway Station by the special cell of Delhi police on December 5 for entering India illegally at the bidding of Pakistan’s spy agency with the motive of setting up a spy ring.

UPA keen to speed up major bills

Even though crucial time might have been lost in Parliament’s ongoing Winter Session due to Opposition-sponsored disruptions, the UPA government is working overtime to make maximum use of the remaining days by bringing in

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