Anonymous sources
Daily News & Analysis
Adviser to Afghan president murdered: Official - Daily News & Analysis
Place: Kabul | Agency: PTI A senior adviser to Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been murdered at his home near the parliament in Kabul, a senior government official said today. Jan Mohammad Khan, former governor of southern Uruzgan province and a key ...
Vidya Balan suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder - Daily News & Analysis
In fact, Vidya is also very organised and likes things to be kept in their places,” says a source close to the actress. The source adds, “Forget artifacts, Vidya is particular even about newspapers. She wants them to be in their place all perfectly ...
Mumbai blasts: Vehicle theory falls flat - Daily News & Analysis
Also, police sources said that the modus operandi has been similar to that followed in Pune's German Bakery blast. ATS sources said the owner of the Activa scooter found at Zaveri Bazaar has been identified as a shopkeeper, whom the ATS questioned on ...
Vidya Balan's razor-sharp memory - Daily News & Analysis
A source close to Vidya warns that the actor has a very sharp memory and often ends up surprising the opposite person when she starts talking about the last time they met. “Vidya is a keen observer and somehow, once she meets a person and spends some ...
Abhay Deol barely getting any time for lady love Preeti Desai - Daily News & Analysis
A source close to the couple informs that of late, Deol has been travelling extensively and that doesn't leave him with much time for his girlfriend. First, he was away for a long period shooting for his first Hollywood film Singularity and he was so ...
Truant rain forces re-sowing on farmers - Daily News & Analysis
With prolonged cultivation till the end of September, the yield goes down by 30%,” said a top Mantralaya officer on the condition of anonymity. He added that the return of the monsoon this week has saved the soyabean crop, which is the second-largest ...
Did a UFO send one-ninth of America's nuclear arsenal offline for an hour? - Daily News & Analysis
According to him, three missile maintenance technicians had agreed to speak to him on the condition of anonymity, revealing the military has kept UFO sightings that occurred during the power outage under wraps. The witnesses, he said, ...
India's dope monster raises its ugly head again - Daily News & Analysis
A top official of AFI refused to be named but was categorical that a two-year ban was imminent on these athletes considering the banned substance in question was anabolic steroids. Several agencies are making all out efforts to save the athletes from ...
Phase III of FM radio rollout gets go-ahead - Daily News & Analysis
Besides, there are a few unresolved issues and I don't think there would be many takers for this multiple licensing offer from the government,” a senior official at a FM radio company said on the condition of anonymity. The government's target of ...
Raveena Tandon is no more an item - Daily News & Analysis
... it is now learnt that Raveena will insist on complete transparency regarding her role. “No more guest appearances. She has learnt a lesson of sorts and she's trying not to make the same mistakes again,” says a source close to the actress.
Chhota Rajan planned J Dey killing before UK trip, say police - Daily News & Analysis
“With this, it is clear that Rajan had planned the killing before the first week of April,” a police officer said on the condition of anonymity. It was only in the second week of April that Dey planned his UK and Europe trip, got his visa done and ...
Pakistani singer Ali Zafar gearing up for a cause - Daily News & Analysis
A source close to the star says that Zafar is more than just happy with the support he received as a newbie looking to gain a foothold in the industry and now he wants to do his bit. “Ali was contemplating quite a few options but finally decided on ...
33 schools across rural Ahmedabad to get class IX - Daily News & Analysis
According to an official of state education department, speaking off the record, this decision to introduce higher education might fall under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). "On the basis of this decision, we have already placed our ...
Fatalities being reported one after the other in Pune - Daily News & Analysis
Her sister Anjali is in standard XII, while the youngest of the sisters, Vishakha, studies in the same school in standard X. Aniket's school principal, who declined to give her name said, “We had declared a half-day, as we were going to distribute the ...
Mumbai students can now join junior college closer home - Daily News & Analysis
Even such forms will be accepted as completed forms,” said an official from the education department on the condition of anonymity. In the past few weeks, the department has received several complaints from anxious parents regarding non-availability of ...
At fast-food chains, profit goes on a diet - Daily News & Analysis
They want to maintain end prices to consumers as much as they can,” he said on the condition of anonymity. Over the past few years, food inflation has trended up steadily. According to analysts, this is partly due to rising global food prices and ...
Truckers say freight will rise 8-16% on diesel hike - Daily News & Analysis
This person, who declined to be identified, dismissed talk of more vehicles lying idle because of the slowdown and fuel price spike and said there was enough pricing power with the fleet owners to pass on the diesel hike impact to consumers. ...
Home ministry asks ED and IT to check terror funding - Daily News & Analysis
This was decided at a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary GK Pillai where he asked both the departments to immediately inform the Home Ministry when such cases are traced and take immediate action, official sources said. The meeting was attended by ...
Agriculture power demand up as rains keep away in Gujarat - Daily News & Analysis
The delay in arrival of monsoon has resulted in sharp rise in power demand from agricultural sector in the state, a senior government official said. The average demand from the agriculture sector is ...
Police, government agencies to interrogate Somalian sailors in Gujarat - Daily News & Analysis
... DNA The interrogation of the 17 foreign sailors, who were apprehended off the sea coast in Una taluka of Junagadh on Sunday, will be undertaken jointly by the police and other government agencies on Tuesday, a senior government official said. ...
J Dey murder: Now, cops pin hopes on corporate CCTV feeds - Daily News & Analysis
... to get a clear image of the assailants — and call details of all public call office (PCO) booths located within 1.5km of the spot where Dey was killed, a senior police official, who is part of the investigation team, said on condition of anonymity ...
39 Indians still being held hostage by Somali pirates - Daily News & Analysis
Somali piracy is a global challenge and menace, which requires a well-coordinated response by the international community, government sources said, adding there have been 165 incidents, including 45 hijackings by the pirates, who still hold over 550 ...
Mystery disease kills 22 children in Bihar - Daily News & Analysis
Place: Muzaffarpur | Agency: PTI At least 22 children below the age of six years have died and 35 others hospitalised due to a mystery disease during the past one week in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, official sources said. While four children died at ...
Unidentified caller claims Indian Mujahideen killed J Dey - Daily News & Analysis
The caller refused to be identified. He said that Dey was killed by IM and the shooters were sourced from Srinagar, Hyderabad and Bihar. He further said that Rs4 lakh were paid to the shooters for carrying out the task. He identified one of the shooter ...
BMC staff loosen purse strings to spruce up office - Daily News & Analysis
Office corners also looked dirty due to the gutkha and paan stains,” he said, The officer, requested anonymity, said that they were giving permissions to other developers and residents to repair and construct new posh houses. ...