Everything you need to know about Thana Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Thana Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) Around 125 passengers were rescued in south Kashmir's Shopian district Wednesday when they were caught in heavy snowfall on the Mughal Road connecting the Kashmir Valley with the Jammu region.
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Thousands of school children will form a human chain here Monday to mark the Second UN Global Road Safety Week, an official said here.
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Angry protestors in Kolkata Thursday burnt effigies of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, while torch rallies were held as a mark of respect to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died after a brutal assault in a Pakistan jail.
Abuja, April 6 (IANS) At least 60 people were killed when a luxury bus, a truck and a fuel-laden tanker collided in Nigeria, officials said.
Cairo, March 10 (IANS) At least four people were killed and eight injured in a car accident in Egypt's Giza governorate Saturday, Xinhua reported.
The Supreme Court has expressed its anguish over the plight of undertrials and violation of their fundamental rights after they are thrown into prisoners that are already bursting at their seams.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed its anguish over the plight of undertrials and violation of their fundamental rights after they are thrown into prisons that are already "bursting at their seams".
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan. 1 (ANI): The famous Mughal Road, an arterial highway connecting Rajouri and Poonch districts with the rest of Jammu and Kashmir, has been closed due to heavy snowfall in the region.
Jaipur, Dec 30 (IANS) A man was Sunday arrested in Rajasthan for strangulating his 23-year-old sister-in-law after a failed rape bid Dec 25, police said. The victim died in a hospital Saturday.
Delhi MLAs from ruling party have demanded 33% women reservation in Delhi Police, setting up of a centralized mechanism to file an FIR. The MLAs have addressed their letter to Union Home Minister and copies of the letter have been endorsed to UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi and Hon?ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
London, November 26 (ANI): Two menus for lavish lunches on the Titanic have sold for a staggering 100,000 pounds at an auction.
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): Miley Cyrus has revealed that she has a crush on Kristen Stewart, and is a huge fan of her style.
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) The road ahead will not be easy for China as it faces difficult times, said a Pakistani daily Friday following the once?in?a?decade power transition in Beijing that saw Xi Jinping becoming the new leader.
Islamabad, Nov. 8 (ANI): Supply of fuel to NATO troops through the Torkham border post resumed after one year when two oil tankers crossed into Afghanistan amid tight security on Wednesday.
London, Oct 9(ANI): David Haigh, chief executive of Dubai-based investment bank GFH Capital and the man spearheading a 50 million takeover of English football club Leeds United, has compared the Yorkshire based club to a young Pamela Anderson.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) With India accounting for over 10 percent of global deaths in road accidents each year, about 1,000 road safety experts from 30 countries are to in the national capital next month to discuss ways to cut down on such fatalities.
London, Oct 2 (ANI): Adele's official theme song for the new Bond flick 'Skyfall' is to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the famous 007 agent on Friday.
New York, Sept 14 (ANI): Despite her cheating scandal with director Rupert Sanders, Kristen Stewart has admitted that she is having good time acting wise and is ready to choose her next movie.
Islamabad, Sept. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Two Americans were among four people killed in a suicide blast that occurred early Monday morning in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, said a senior local official.
Abuja, Sep 1 (IANS) A total of 29 people were killed in a road accident in Nigeria Friday, reported Xinhua.
Kolkata, Aug.15 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday broke with tradition in place since 1948, by shifting the venue of the Independence Day celebrations from the government headquarters at the Writers' Building to Red Road in the heart of the city.
London, July 24 (IANS) A man in Britain, who refused to take his pregnant wife to hospital until she made him lunch, was spared jail, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Washington, July 23 (ANI): More than half of American workers have admitted experiencing road rage while traveling to and from the office, a survey has revealed.
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Grandson Aarav performed the last rites of Rajesh Khanna at the Vile Parle crematorium Thursday with family, friends and fans bidding the superstar a tearful adieu.
Jaipur, July 13 (IANS) An auto driver was arrested Friday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl for almost a month after kidnapping her from bus stand in the city, police said.
London, July 8 (ANI): Getting a 'good eyeful' of an attractive pedestrian is a temptation to which most male motorists have surely succumbed, but taking his eye off the road to steal a glance landed a young gunsmith with a 60-pound fine after his sneaky look was caught on police camera.
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) A constable was killed Wednesday when a truck carrying a unit of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) overturned on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital, police said.
New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Roads make a vital contribution to India's economy and to infrastrutural development overall, and, the state of Rajasthan has not lagged behind in this endeavor, implementing various development projects worth Rs.4549 crore to improve over 30,000-kilometers of roads.
London, May 4 (ANI): A UK woman has a new 161-word name after changing it by Deed Poll.
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) A 16-year old Dalit girl succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital here Tuesday, 12 days after she attempted suicide by self-immolation depressed over being raped, police said.
Udaipur, April 14 (IANS) A new-born girl was found dumped on the edge of a sewer line in a deserted area in Rajasthan's Udaipur city early Saturday morning, police said. The infant girl, who appears to have been disowned by her parents, has been adopted by an NGO.
Lhasa, April 8 (IANS) In a bid to ensure an easier access to its monasteries, Tibet will earmark 1.5 billion yuan (about $240 million) on road construction, the authorities said Sunday. The work is expected to be completed by 2020.
Beijing, April 5 (IANS) A young Chinese woman is fighting for her life after falling into scalding water when a section of pavement collapsed on a Beijing street.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Though 60-80 percent of traffic in Indian cities is non-motorised, planners have not kept them in mind while laying out roads, resulting in such road users accounting for more than 60 percent of fatalities in accidents, experts said.
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Robert Pattinson took a flight from Los Angeles to Paris for a romantic meeting with girlfriend Kristen Stewart.
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Robert Pattinson took a flight from Los Angeles to Paris for a romantic meeting with girlfriend Kristen Stewart.
Dumka (Jharkhand) Mar 4 (ANI): Sunita Kumari, a twelve year old Dalit girl from Balthar Mod, Jharkhand, a student of class seven, was forced into marriage not once but twice. Her first tie-up was at the age of seven with a mentally challenged person residing in the nearby Siktia village.
Dumka (Jharkhand) Mar 4 (ANI): Sunita Kumari, a twelve year old Dalit girl from Balthar Mod, Jharkhand, a student of class seven, was forced into marriage not once but twice. Her first tie-up was at the age of seven with a mentally challenged person residing in the nearby Siktia village.
London, Dec 15 (ANI): The residents of Coventry were left stunned when it started raining apples from the sky.
Sydney, Nov 28 (ANI): A new documentary titled 'Scarlet Road', which has been nominated for the Walkley Award, tells the story of a man who loves sex but is confined to the wheelchair with cerebral palsy, due to which he has been the client of a Sydney sex worker for the past seven years.
Mumbai, Nov 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has assailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once again for taking instructions from United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and not acting on his own rational notions.
Karachi, Sep 24 (ANI):The ongoing violence in Karachi has had its impact on various religious minorities too, including the Hindus, most of whom feel deprived of their rights in a city under siege.
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): The people of Arunachal Pradesh are unhappy with the slow pace of development of the Rs.125 billion trans-state highway, despite a repeated declaration by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to complete the project by 2013, a step that would boost infrastructure in the strategic northeastern state bordering China.
London, May 21 (ANI): England cricketer Craig Kieswetter, 23, enraged road safety campaigners after allegedly tweeting that he was speeding on the motorway.
New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): Expressing concern on the rising road accidents in the country and its consequent negative impacts on the economy, public health and the general welfare of the people, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi today said although various road safety improvement programmes were being implemented, the overall situation was far from satisfactory.
London, Mar. 1 (ANI): Everton striker Louis Saha has escaped unharmed after crashing his Ferrari on a country road last night.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 14 (ANI): A survey has revealed the seven sins of commuting that causes high stress levels among Malaysian commuters while on their way to work.
Beijing, Jan 14 (ANI): The widow of Indian-born Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini, who was stabbed to death a year ago, is reportedly facing a dilemma on whether or not to attend her husband's murder trial in Shanghai.
Brisbane, Nov 24 (ANI): A sexual health company's billboard stating "Be a man and... Hold Your Load!" has become the centre of a controversy after a federal MP condemned it as being offensive.
Peshawar, Nov 20 (ANI): Unidentified armed militants launched an attack on a workshop in Peshawar, torching a number of NATO supply tankers parked there.
New York, Aug 14 (ANI): Levi Johnston, who has plans to run for mayor of Alaska, has found an ardent supporter in the form of Jimmy Kimmel.
London, Apr 1 (ANI): A prison monitor, who sent explicit photographs of herself and engaged in "phone sex" with inmates, has been given a suspended jail sentence.
London, March 19 (ANI): A British man has spotted an enormous pair of pliers flying over a West Bromwich residential street - on Google Street View.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): Reports indicate that in order to combat environmental concerns, companies in the US are using smarter techniques to minimize the use of salt to make the roads clearer during winter.
Auckland, Feb 4(ANI): Relatives of slain India-origin taxi driver Hiren Mohini have said that his death was an "unimaginable and unfathomable event" and described his killer as "barbaric".
London, Jan 23 (ANI): A British woman, who broke an Asbo for having sex too loudly, has escaped being sentenced to prison after she admitted to breaching the order within days of it being imposed.
Rajouri (Jammu-Kashmir), Dec.26 (ANI): Security personnel arrested two aides of banned militant organisations, Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba, in the Rajouri district on Saturday.
London, November 03 (ANI): British singer Will Young has revealed that he apologized to Sir Paul McCartney earlier this year, for doing a bad rendition of the Beatles' hit track 'The Long And Winding Road.'
Lahore, Oct.15 (ANI): Less than week after terrorists stormed the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, armed gunmen raided the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building in Lahore on Thursday morning.
London, September 27 (ANI): British security agency MI5 is urging women to apply for 25,000 pounds per year mobile surveillance officer roles.
Lahore, Aug.10 (ANI): Residents of Mingora, one of the main cities of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, have long been used to seeing bullet-riddled bodies dumped on the streets.
Agartala, July 28 (ANI): A heavy downpour triggered flash floods in low-lying areas of Tripura on Tuesday, leaving thousands of people marooned.
Washington, July 12 (ANI): Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a 2,000-year-old cream, left almost intact in the cosmetic case of an aristocratic Etruscan woman.
Peshawar, July 7 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has claimed that it has killed 14 militants during an operation in Swat on Monday, while four soldiers got wounded.
Melbourne, Jun 25 (ANI): A woman, who was in a very inebriated state, could not recall punching, spitting and kneeing her daughter's school principal in the groin.
London, June 24 (ANI): Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar is set to be named the world's smallest man, after being just two feet tall.
A Special Sessions Court housed in Arthur Road jail framed charges against the sole survivor accused of the Mumbai mayhem, Ajmal Amir Kasab, and two of his Indian accomplices.
In hearing to Kasab's juvenile appeal, a Mumbai special court on Tuesday ruled out the Pakistani terrorist's claim that he was below the age of 17 when he was arrested after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive after the 26/11 attack on Mumbai, is over 20, according to a medical report submitted here Tuesday before the Special Court hearing the terror attacks trial. The defence counsel however said the report had a margin of error.
London, April 19 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney used his appearance at California's Coachella music festival on April 17 to pay tribute to his late wife Linda - who died of breast cancer in 1998 on the same day.
Peshawar, Apr.12 (ANI): At least ten NATO supply trucks were destroyed on Sunday when some unidentified militants fired rockets at the NATO supply terminal located on the Ring Road here.
Gangtok, April 5 (IANS) Acharya Tshering Lama, the lone Congress legislator in Sikkim who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections, has lost Rs.5.6 lakh as burglers hit his room in the MLAs' hostel here, the police said Sunday.
Peshawar, Apr. 4 (ANI): The videotaped footage showing a teenaged girl being whipped by the Taliban wasn't the only barbaric instance of this sort by the radicals in the recent past.
Seremban, Feb. 18 (ANI): A school dropout has been charged with the killing of Malaysian Indian Congress Rahang branch chief and his 21-year-old son, while seven others were acquitted by a Malaysian court.
Nairobi, Jan 19 (DPA) At least 29 people were killed and 24 others seriously injured Monday when a truck collided head on with a bus in Kenya, the police said.
London, Jan 15 (ANI): English actress Kate Winslet has revealed that when 'Revolutionary Road' was being filmed, she would ask her director husband Sam Mendes about her performance even over dinner.
London, Oct 11 (ANI): With 130,000 deaths last year, India tops in the number of people killed in road accidents, surpassing China?s 90,000. And, most of these deaths occurred due to bad road designs and lack of proper traffic management systems to separate different streams of traffic, says a report in The Guardian.
Washington, October 6 (ANI): Ace swimmer Michael Phelps received a warm welcome from thousands of people lining the streets of Towson, Maryland, Saturday afternoon to welcome their local Olympic heroes home.
Washington, September 17 (ANI): Keira Knightley has revealed that she loves reading gloomy narratives of the Holocaust and mass murderers.
Washington, Aug 5 (ANI): The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' has been voted the 'Best Final Album' in a new online poll.
London, July 4 (ANI): 'MacBecks' is one play that David Beckham and wife Victoria might want to keep away from, especially as it happens to be a satirical comedy musical on their life.
