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Mumbai, Sep 3: Another case of sexual assault by the five accused in the Mumbai photojournalist gangrape case has come to light with a woman alleging that she was raped by some of the culprits in the gang at the defunct Shakti Mills compound here. According to a police official, the woman claimed to be have been criminally assaulted in July this year by some of the men arrested in the

Bangalore, Sep 3: Several initiatives by the government notwithstanding, as many as 3,218 children have remained untraced in Karnataka between 2009-2012, according to official figures. Senior police officers, while pointing out that the official figures of ‘missing cases’ seldom project the reality, say that for every 100 cases that get reported, there are many that go unreported. “The number we

New Delhi, Sep 3: Get set for skyhigh air fares from next month when the peak travel period kicks off with the festive season. Oil companies have hiked aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 7%, taking the prices of jet fuel — which is the single largest component of an airline's operating cost — to an all-time high. Now ATF per kilo-litre costs Rs 75,031 in Delhi; Rs 77,632.4 in Mumbai and is the

New Delhi, Sept 2: Opposing any move to shut petrol pumps during night, JD(U) today hit out at the UPA government, saying its reign is akin to that of medieval Indian ruler Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq, known for his impractical schemes. "It is like Tughlak's rule. We had heard about Tughlaq's style of functioning. Now we are witnessing the same," JD(U) president Sharad Yadav said outside Parliament while

Jodhpur, Sep 2: Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has been remanded in 14-day judicial custody. He will be taken to the Jodhpur Central Jail. The case against Asaram Bapu, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram, is "very strong" and the investigation is moving in the right direction, Jodhpur Police on Monday said. "Our case is very strong and moving in the right

New Delhi, Sep 2: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has said that a BJP led by Narendra Modi would not come to power at the Centre since the Gujarat chief minister was not like former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Lalu Prasad said Vajpayee was liberal and he became PM "at a different time". "Now, the person Atalji disliked is being projected as the party's face," he said in an

New Delhi, Sep 2: Amidst a storm over proposal to shut petrol pumps during night to taper fuel demand, oil minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday said the government had not made any such proposal and the idea had come from public. "It is not our idea. It is an idea which is coming from public and others. No decision has been taken to keep petrol pumps dry during any part of the day," he told

New Delhi, Sep 2: Bolstering the Indian Air Force's capability to swiftly transport combat troops and equipment such as tanks to the front, Defence Minister A K Antony will on Monday formally induct its biggest 70-tonne C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft into service at the Hindon Air Base near Delhi. Mr Antony will formally induct the aircraft procured from the US under a deal expected to be over

New Delhi, Sep 1: Indian-American US Congressman Ami Bera has said that seeing a member of the community as the President of the United States in his life time will be the true legacy he can leave behind. The 48-year-old California-born Democratic lawmaker, the only Indian-American currently serving in Congress who made his first visit to India after being elected to the office, feels more ethnic

Bhopal/Indore, Sep 1: Controversial godman Asaram Bapu was arrested by the Jodhpur police, 20 minutes past midnight. The midnight swoop came hours after the Rajasthan police stopped his sermons late in the evening and whisked him away for interrogation. SP Indore (East) OP Tripathi confirmed to TOI that Asaram, who is accused of sexually abusing a minor in Jodhpur, was taken out of the ashram in a