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5 women, pimp held for running sex racket

Five alleged women sex workers, infamous woman pimp Sonu Punjaban and four touts have been arrested by the south Delhi police. The police has recovered two cars from the accused.

Missing teacher is found dead

The body of a west-Delhi based MCD school teacher, who had gone missing along with another teacher, has been recovered from Rohtak area in Haryana under mysterious circumstances. The deceased, who has been identified as Vijay Solanki, was found dead with severe head injuries in Rohtak. Meanwhile, the other teacher, Arvind Azad, is still missing. The two teachers had gone missing on Thursday, said the police.

Factory owner rapes minor for 18 months

A 13-year-old girl, who was working in a factory, was allegedly being raped for the past one-and-a-half years. The incident came to light when the girl’s health worsened a couple of days ago and doctors told her mother that she was pregnant. It also came to light that she was earlier made to abort a foetus by the perpetrator, who was none

Delhiites will never forget this night

As Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Kulasekara for a six, frenzied celebrations erupted in the national capital. Delirious scenes were witnessed across Delhi, as the cricket crazy crowd poured out onto the streets, to celebrate India’s historic World Cup victory. Waving tri colours, screaming “India,

Canvas to canvass, Mamata’s on a roll

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The Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has always been a chief minister and an intellectual. He was also known for his recitation of Tagore and other Bengali poets and passion for world cinema. Eyeing his chair, the Trinamul Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee is not far behind. She has always been a self-styled poetess and now she wants to woo Bengal with her paintings.

Shunglu: Kalmadi set up ‘sham’ Games OC

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the Shunglu panel’s sixth and final report on alleged irregularities in the conduct of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, made public on Friday, was being analysed by various ministries and that he was “yet to get the analyses”.

Tit-for-tat by Pak? Indian goes missing, later returns

An Indian high commission official in Islamabad went missing after being picked up by Pakistani intelligence agencies Thursday evening, hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani returned home from a dinner meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Mohali. The official is learnt to have been since returned to the high commission just as mysteriously as he had disappeared. The incident highlights the continuing systemic distrust between the two countries.

Dhoni says much more to come from team

Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot in the nets at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his side hadn’t played to their full potential in the World Cup as yet, but added that they could turn up the heat in the final against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Sachyameva Jayate

Indian captain M.S. Dhoni and Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara pose with the World Cup 2011 trophy in Mumbai

Two teams. Two champions. Sachin and Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan. In the end, after sinew has been stretched and the will tested, one will prevail.
The moment of truth is here.

Garbage collection now just a call away

Beginning this year, one could get garbage cleaned up from designated collection sites of the MCD by putting up a message on its page at the social networking site, Facebook. Now, post that message by just making a call from your mobile phone. No need to access the Internet.

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