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Everything you need to know about Bazar Basti Ram: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Ghaziabad trader, six of family murdered, valuables looted

May 22, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Ghaziabad, May 22 (IANS) A businessman and six members of his family, including his three grand-children, were murdered in their house here Wednesday and cash and valuables worth over Rs.1 crore looted, police said.

Virbhadra opens new bridge in Shimla

May 20, 2013 at 7:34 PM

Shimla, May 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Monday inaugurated a bridge near the Auckland tunnel here, which was constructed at a cost of Rs.2.52 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Cyclone slams Bangladesh

May 16, 2013 at 11:50 AM

Dhaka, May 16 (IANS) A cyclone packing a wind speed of 100 km per hour made landfall in Bangladesh Thursday, ravaging the southeastern Patuakhali district.

Cyclone Mahasen: Thousands evacuated in Bangladesh

May 16, 2013 at 12:22 AM

Dhaka, May 16 (IANS) Around 200 cyclone centres have been set up across Bangladesh and thousands of residents in coastal areas evacuated following forecast of cyclone Mahasen hitting the country Thursday at 4 p.m.

UP hit by rising crime against women

May 11, 2013 at 4:06 PM

Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) Crime against women is on the rise in Uttar Pradesh, with 15 rapes reported from the state capital itself in the last one month.

Palika Bazar, now an underground porn hub?

April 24, 2013 at 4:20 PM

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Bollywood's newest star Sunny Leone is a big draw here and so are MMS clips of various sex scandals and porn scenes and the newly available sex toys smuggled from China.

Curfew lifted in Srinagar

December 5, 2012 at 10:20 AM

Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) Life returned to normal in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Wednesday as curfew was lifted from parts of the old city and tension eased following last week's sectarian clashes.

Curfew continues in parts of Srinagar

December 4, 2012 at 2:12 PM

Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Curfew continued for the fourth day Tuesday in parts of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital following sectarian clashes last week.

Curfew continues in parts of Srinagar

December 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM

Srinagar, Dec 3 (IANS) A curfew imposed in parts of this Jammu and Kashmir capital was extended for the second consecutive day Monday in order to prevent sectarian clashes, police said.

Congress, Left denounce BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's Modi for PM remark

December 2, 2012 at 8:19 PM

Basti/Patna, Dec. 2 (ANI): The Congress Party and Left on Sunday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj for projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate after the 2014 general elections.

Night shelters are fully functional for homeless persons in Delhi:CM

December 1, 2012 at 5:31 PM

Delhi Chief Minister. Sheila Dikshit has stated that, in all 150 night shelters are fully functional across Delhi to provide shelter to the homeless persons during winter season. Dikshit while taking stock of the functioning of night shelters, instructed the DUSIB to upgrade night shelters, wherever necessary, to ensure a comfortable stay in the shelters

Voluntary shutdown in Mumbai Monday

November 18, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANS) Trade associations in Mumbai and Maharashtra have called for a voluntary shutdown Monday as a mark of respect for Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, who passed away Saturday afternoon.

Four injured in UP garbage dump blast

November 10, 2012 at 1:12 PM

Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Four people were injured in a blast at a garbage dump in Uttar Pradesh Saturday, police said.

National Culture Fund, HUDCO ink heritage pact

October 18, 2012 at 8:30 PM

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The National Culture Fund and HUDCO Thursday inked an agreement to create a website on heritage and disaster management, upgrade museums, improve amenities at heritage sites and restore old buildings, an official release said.

Court lifts curbs on Super Bazar's notice to staff

October 16, 2012 at 8:04 PM

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday vacated its stay on Super Bazar, a cooperative society which operated the now-defunct shopping stores by the same name, from issuing notice to employees asking them not to report for duty.

Court reserves order on Super Bazar case

October 12, 2012 at 8:04 PM

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Super Bazar, a company running a shopping cooperative by the same name, Friday moved the Delhi High Court against a single judge order staying its notice asking employees not to report for duty.

Floods return to Basti, civic life thrown out of gear

September 19, 2012 at 7:01 PM

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Sept 19 (ANI): Incessant rains over the past two to three days have resulted in fresh wave of floods here, as river Ghagra, flowing above the danger mark, has submerged important offices and police stations.

Now, man beheads wife, two daughters for 'honour' in Pak

August 7, 2012 at 4:01 PM

Islamabad, Aug. 7 (ANI): In another case of 'honour killing', a father, with the help of his two sons, slaughtered his wife and two daughters in Basti Sardar.

Global aid charity MSF urges Bangladesh Govt. to lift ban to provide healthcare to refugees

August 5, 2012 at 4:57 PM

Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Aug.5 (ANI): International charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has appealed to the Bangladesh Government to withdraw its decision to ban their services in that country's Cox Bazaar district so that it can provide proper healthcare to Bangladeshi and Burmese Muslim Rohingya refugees.

Another officer's suicide stuns colleagues in UP

August 3, 2012 at 1:15 PM

Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) Yet another Uttar Pradesh officer - one known for his integrity - has killed himself because of growing tension at workplace.

Nizamuddin Basti: Centuries-old Delhi urban sprawl lives in secular harmony (Feature)

June 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM

New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) As the summer heat settles on Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti every morning, the 700-year-old urban sprawl in south Delhi comes to life blurring the boundary between the past and present. It is a strange cluster of old Mughal buildings, archaeological relics and new concrete homes that exist in secular harmony in the Indian capital.

UN urges Bangladesh to accept refugees fleeing Myanmar after ethnic clashes

June 16, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Geneva, June 16 (ANI): The United Nations has reportedly called on Bangladesh to accept refugees fleeing Myanmar due to escalating violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the country.

Teacher shot dead in Uttar Pradesh

May 7, 2012 at 3:02 PM

Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) In a sensational daylight killing in Uttar Pradesh, a teacher was shot dead in Basti district Monday when he was going to an education centre to evaluate answer sheets, police said.

Two Pakistanis held for killing women, cutting up bodies

April 24, 2012 at 4:44 PM

Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) Two men have been arrested for killing four women and then slicing their bodies into pieces in Pakistan's Karachi city, police said.

Five killed in Nepal road accident

April 7, 2012 at 7:29 PM

Kathmandu, April 7 (IANS) At least five people died and nearly a dozen were injured in a head-on collision between a jeep and a bus in Nepal Saturday.

Row over door leads to death

April 5, 2012 at 5:28 PM

Bhopal, April 5 (IANS) A man Madhya Pradesh Thursday shot dead a neighbour for opposing the construction of a house whose door opened towards the latter's home, police said Thursday.

Prisoners clash with Mau jail authorities in Uttar Pradesh

March 21, 2012 at 9:26 PM

Mau, Mar 21 (ANI): Irked by the death of an undertrial, the inmates of a prison at Mau in Uttar Pradesh turned violent and clashed with jail authorities on Wednesday.

Prisoners clash with Mau jail authorities in Uttar Pradesh

March 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM

Mau, Mar 21 (ANI): Irked by the death of an undertrial, the inmates of a prison at Mau in Uttar Pradesh turned violent and clashed with jail authorities on Wednesday.

Candidate shuns luxury, campaigns on buffalo in poll bound Uttar Pradesh

January 26, 2012 at 12:10 PM

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Jan.26 (ANI): Stirred by poverty in villages and rising fuel prices, a candidate has decided shun the use of costly vehicles and is seeking votes by riding a buffalo in the Basti Sadar assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls next month.

Congress activists honour Sibal

December 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM

The congress activists of Shakoor Basti assembly constituency on Sunday evening honoured Union Telecom and Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal at Jhang Bhawan.....

Govt. plans to connect 2,50,000 villages to NKN: Sibal

December 18, 2011 at 6:00 PM

The Indian government is planning to connect over 2,50,000 villages under National Knowledge Network (NKN) within next two to three years.....

Sugar mill workers beat up farmers in UP

December 10, 2011 at 2:59 PM

Basti, Dec 10 (ANI): Workers of a sugar mill in Basti allegedly roughed up sugarcane farmers, who had queued up to get their produce weighed prior to selling it to the mill on Saturday.

Imphal shopkeepers protest police damage of wrongly parked vehicles

July 17, 2011 at 5:07 PM

Imphal (Manipur), July 17 (ANI): Shopkeepers protested against police damaging wrongly parked vehicles in Imphal on Sunday.

Mumbai Police launches nation-wide hunt for 13/7 attackers

July 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Mumbai, July 17 (ANI): Police have zeroed in on a suspect at the site of the Opera House bombing after scanning CCTV images. Investigators said the movements of one particular man, who locals at the diamond-trading hub did not recognize, appear suspicious and have prepared a sketch of him.

Anti-trafficking organization training trafficked girls, women

April 29, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Forbesganj (Bihar), Apr 29(ANI): Apne Aap Women Worldwide India Trust, an anti-trafficking organization, has said it along with a network of small self-help groups and organizations has started training women and children affected by trafficking.

Germany grants ?150,000 for conservation of Chausath Khambha in Nizamuddin

April 13, 2011 at 5:17 PM

New Delhi, Apr. 13 (ANI): To support the conservation and restoration of a 16th century Mughal-era tomb in New Delhi, Germany has signed an agreement with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) today.

Families of Indians stranded in Libya fear for their safety

March 25, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Mar.25 (ANI): As air strikes increase in strife-torn Libya, the families of Indian nationals stranded in the country fear for their safety.

'Dastangoi' promoting harmony in New Delhi

December 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM

New Delhi, Dec.12 (ANI): Dastangoi, which means to tell a Dastan or story being recited in the Urdu language, is witnessing the participation of scores of persons belonging to various religious outfits and setting an example of communal harmony and brotherhood.

Cyclonic storm 'Jal' moves slightly, alert sounded in Andhra, Tamil Nadu

November 6, 2010 at 1:31 PM

Vishakhapatnam, Nov 6 (ANI): An alert has been sounded in various parts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu as the cyclonic storm 'Jal' over southeast Bay and its adjoining southwest area moved slightly northwestwards over the same area on Saturday.

All major rivers flowing above danger-level in Manipur

October 9, 2010 at 7:42 PM

Imphal, Oct. 9 (ANI): Incessant rains for last three days in Manipur have led to all major rivers here flowing above the danger level mark and affected life at different places.

Two Myanmar nationals arrested in Agartala

August 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM

Agartala, Aug. 1 (ANI): Police arrested two Myanmar nationals from aotel here on Sunday.

Kashmiri youths stage protest in Srinagar

July 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM

Srinagar, July 28 (ANI): A number of Kashmiri youths staged a protest in Natipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city on Wednesday to protest recent deaths in the valley.

Tribal organizations protest against anti-Naxal operation in Orissa

April 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM

Bhubaneshwar, Apr 10 (ANI): Tribal organizations under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Krantikari Adivasi Mahasabha (ABKAM) and the Basti Surkshya Mancha have staged a protest rally in Bhubaneswar, demanding cessation of the on-going anti Naxal operation.

Polluted Ami River poses health hazards for Gorakhpur residents

March 31, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Gorakhpur, Mar 31 (ANI): Residents of Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district are suffering from severe health hazards due to the use of polluted water from the Ami River that flows through the area.

Flood situation continues to be grim in Uttar Pradesh

October 13, 2009 at 12:57 PM

Basti (UP), Oct 13 (ANI): Flood situation remained grim in Uttar Pradesh, as a couple of major rivers continued to swell inundating the regions through which they flow.

Australia announces aid to assist Delhi slum children

September 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM

New Delhi, Sep.1 (ANI): Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Ms. Julia Gillard today visited the ASHA Community Health and Development Society and presented a cheque of INR 300,000 (AUD 7,500).

Four killed in blast in Pakistan's northwest

June 1, 2009 at 1:17 PM

Islamabad, June 1 (IANS) Four people were killed in a blast Monday in Kohat town in Pakistan's restive northwest where the military is currently engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation, a media report said.

Bangladesh urges Myanmar to help repatriate Rohingya refugees

May 17, 2009 at 12:47 AM

Dhaka, May 16 (DPA) Bangladesh Saturday requested help from Myanmar in repatriating thousands of refugees who have been languishing in Bangladeshi camps for years, officials here said.

West Bengal hooch toll rises to 20

May 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM

Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With nine more people succumbing overnight, the toll in the hooch tragedy in West Bengal's East Midnapore district rose to 20 Wednesday, police said.

Manmohan reaches out but communists continue to sulk (Roundup)

May 3, 2009 at 7:22 PM

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday held out an olive branch to the Left parties and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi drew up the broad contours for an alliance with them, but the communists spurned the overtures, reiterating that they would not work with the Congress again.

Vendor women protest grenade attack at Mayang Imphal Bazar

April 13, 2009 at 7:29 PM

Imphal, April 13 (ANI): The unabated violent incidents by various militant groups in Manipur are creating uncertainty in people's lives.

Neighbour arrested for rape, victim blames her parents too

April 3, 2009 at 3:26 PM

Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) An 18-year-old girl in West Bengal has accused her neighbour of raping her for nearly two years and sought judicial help to stay away from her parents, alleging they have taken money from him to keep quiet, police said Friday.

Bangladesh local bodies' poll begins

January 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM

Dhaka, Jan 22 (IANS) Polling for Bangladesh's upazila parishad (sub-district councils) began Thursday. The polls are being held after a gap of 19 years.

Mayawati shelves birthday bash, but has gifts galore for poor

January 14, 2009 at 4:13 PM

Lucknow, Jan 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has decided to 'stay away' from a lavish birthday bash as she turns 53 Thursday, but she will shower gifts on the downtrodden by announcing welfare schemes for them on the occasion.

Mamata takes out anti-hooch rally in Kolkata

January 11, 2009 at 9:09 PM

Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday took out a rally in Kolkata to protest the sale of poisonous country-made liquor that claimed several lives here last week.

Quaint melody - young musicians play for street children (Feature)

January 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Adheer Ghosh, 20, is very busy like many other Delhi University students who are juggling daylong extra-curricular activities in addition to academics. But there is a distinction in this young guitarist's weekly schedule - a two-hour session when he conducts music workshops for street kids at Shastri Nagar in north Delhi.

Kolkata hooch tragedy death toll rises to 27

January 6, 2009 at 7:46 PM

Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) The number of people who died in Kolkata after consuming poisonous country-made liquor has risen to 27, the police said Tuesday.

Irate mobs rampage cheap liquor outlets in Kolkata

January 6, 2009 at 2:51 PM

Khidderpore (West Bengal), Jan 6 (ANI): Irate mobs rampaged cheap liquor outlets in Kolkata after at least 23 people died drinking spurious liquor.

Another Uttar Pradesh engineer threatened over money

December 30, 2008 at 3:59 PM

Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) A government engineer in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that he was attacked by a contractor and his associates in Basti district and that they demanded money from him, police said Tuesday, less than a week after another government engineer was killed over the same issue in the state.

Relatives mourn death of Mumbai terrorist victims in Basti, Uttar Pradesh

December 1, 2008 at 10:27 AM

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Dec.1 (ANI): Families of the victims killed in the Mumbai terror attack are mourning the loss of their loved ones.

Relatives mourn death of their loved ones in Mumbai terror attack

November 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM

Basti (U.P.), Nov 30 (ANI): With 60 hours of terror coming to an end after a tough battle between the National Security Guards (NSG) commandos and the terrorists, bereavement of those 195 innocents killed in the attacks has overwhelmed the country.

Relatives mourn death of their loved ones in Mumbai terror attack

November 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM

Basti (U.P.), Nov 30 (ANI): With 60 hours of terror coming to an end after a tough battle between the National Security Guards (NSG) commandos and the terrorists, bereavement of those 195 innocents killed in the attacks has overwhelmed the country.

Relatives mourn death of their loved ones in Mumbai terror attack

November 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM

Basti (U.P.), Nov 30 (ANI): With 60 hours of terror coming to an end after a tough battle between the National Security Guards (NSG) commandos and the terrorists, bereavement of those 195 innocents killed in the attacks has overwhelmed the country.

Five killed as shell bursts in Meerut scrap heap

November 8, 2008 at 5:18 PM

Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) At least five people were killed and seven injured in a blast in a scrap heap in Meerut, western Uttar Pradesh, Saturday afternoon. The police suspected a live shell that ragpickers had picked up from Meerut Cantonment had burst.

All religion prayer for Assam blasts victims in Kolkata

October 31, 2008 at 7:12 PM

Kolkata, Oct 31 (ANI): An all religion prayer session was held in Kolkata today for the victims of serial blasts that ripped through Guwahati and three other towns on Thursday in which 70 people were killed and over 300 injured.

Four killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident

October 11, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Lucknow, Oct 11 (IANS) Four people were killed and 15 critically injured when a tractor-driven trolley in which they were travelling overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, the police said.

Sonia Gandhi to give away free plots to underprivileged in Haryana

October 6, 2008 at 8:09 PM

Chandigarh, Sep 28 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will give away free residential plots to Scheduled Caste and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families under the ambitious 'Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Basti Yojana' (rural township scheme) in Haryana's industrial city of Panipat on Oct 2.

Bangladeshi insurgents' role not ruled out in Agartala blasts

October 6, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Agartala, Oct 3 (ANI): Tripura Director-General of Police Pranay Sahay has said that the involvement of Bangladeshi insurgents could not be ruled out in the Agartala serial blasts.

Prime Minister condemns Tripura blasts

October 6, 2008 at 7:59 PM

New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today condemned last evening's serial blasts in Tripura, in which the death toll has risen to four.

Bangladeshi insurgents' role not ruled out in Agartala blasts

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Agartala, Oct 3 (ANI): Tripura Director-General of Police Pranay Sahay has said that the involvement of Bangladeshi insurgents could not be ruled out in the Agartala serial blasts.

Prime Minister condemns Tripura blasts

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today condemned last evening's serial blasts in Tripura, in which the death toll has risen to four.

Sonia Gandhi to give away free plots to underprivileged in Haryana

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Chandigarh, Sep 28 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will give away free residential plots to Scheduled Caste and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families under the ambitious 'Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Basti Yojana' (rural township scheme) in Haryana's industrial city of Panipat on Oct 2.

Flood situation remains grim in UP

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Sept 26 (ANI): The release of more water from barrages in Nepal coupled with continuous downpour has compounded the already grim flood-situation in Basti in Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh.

When jumbos helped rangers bring back rhinos on the run

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Lataguri (Dooars) West Bengal, Sep.25 (ANI): Two tamed elephants proved a major help for the forest rangers of the Gorumara National Park in the foothills of Himalaya recently to steer back a rhinoceros and its calf to the sanctuary after the latter strayed into the villages along the Indo-Bhutan Border in the Dooars region of Jalpaiguri District.

Pak prisoner may be freed after 22 years of imprisonment in India

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Islamabad, Sep 1 (ANI): Sohail Shehzad, who has been languishing in a Jaipur jail for the last 22 years, is likely to be released by September 30.

Normalcy returns to Jammu after agreement on Amarnath land row

January 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Jammu, Sep 1 (ANI): With the opening of market places and the movement of traffic on roads on Monday, normalcy has returned to the Jammu region.