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Himachal Pradesh gets crime tracking system for effective policing

Shimla, Feb 12 (ANI): For effective and advanced policing system, a Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) was launched in Himachal Pradesh. The pilot project would not only help in data sharing with other states and countries, it would offer people-friendly services also like registering a complaint. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh launched the project in capital Shimla city. Around rupees 19 crore has been spent on this project and rupees 2200 is being incurred for it in the national level. Registering First Information Reports (FIRs) and getting a status report online will be new service available to the citizens.

Feb 12, 2015

Chapel Hill shooting victims Deah Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21 and sister-in-law Razan Abu-Salha,19.

Chapel Hill Shooting: Victims' Father Says it was Hate Crime, Not Parking Dispute

Abu-Salha said his daughter, who lived next door to Hicks, told her family a week ago that she had "a hateful neighbour."

Feb 12, 2015

China tiger farms put big cats in the jaws of extinction

A fearsome tiger snarls as a doomed chicken flapped helplessly in its mouth -- but campaigners say such "entertainment" in China is putting big cats further in the jaws of extinction. Duration: 01:02

Feb 12, 2015

CBS reporter Bob Simon killed in car crash

Veteran CBS news correspondent Bob Simon was killed in a car crash in New York City Wednesday night. CBS news quoted police as saying Simon was a passenger in a car that hit another vehicle. He and

Feb 12, 2015

Blast in Imphal injures four

Imphal, Feb 12 (ANI): Four people sustained injuries in a grenade explosion in Imphal city Manipur. All the four wounded persons were rushed to a local government hospital. Condition of one of the injured persons, identified as Laishram Pilot (24), was said to be serious. After the explosion, paramilitary and state police team investigated the area. Gun totting security personnel manned streets and examined the blast site. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the blast.

Feb 12, 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets US Treasury Secy Jacob Lew

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met US treasury secretary Jacob J Lew on Thursday. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan was also present at the meeting. Lew is in India to attend the fifth U.S.-India Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue in New Delhi. He recently met Indian business leaders in financial hub Mumbai at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and US-India Business Council Roundtable ahead of the dialogue in Delhi that will focus on capital market reforms and economic policies between the two countries. Lew's trip to India marks the first Cabinet-level visit after the successful visit of US President Barack Obama to India last month.

Feb 12, 2015

Inauguration of Modi temple cancelled after PM expresses displeasure

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): The inauguration ceremony of the temple made to worship Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajkot's Kothadia village has been cancelled after his disapproving tweet on the same. According to reports, the initiator has decided to remove the idol and photograph from the site and build a "Bharat Mata" temple in its place. Modi earlier in the day had tweeted, "Have seen the news about a temple being built in my name. I was appalled. This is shocking and against India's great traditions. Building such Temples is not what our culture teaches us. Personally, it made me very sad. Would urge those doing it not to do it." He urged his supporters to instead devote their time and resources towards fulfilling the dream of a clean India.

Feb 12, 2015

At least three injured after a bridge collapses in Delhi's Pitampura

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): Atleast three people were injured after a bridge collapsed in Delhi's Pitampura area on Thursday. According to reports, two cars were trapped under the debris. The injured were rushed to the nearby hospital. Reportedly, the incident took place at Madhuban Chauk at 10 am when a pillar of an under construction bridge collapsed and fell on the cars, an Alto and an Ikon. Police is investigating the matter.

Feb 12, 2015

Bihar Governor asks Manjhi to prove majority on Feb 20; politicos react

New Delhi/ Patna, Feb 12 (ANI): Politicos on Thursday gave mixed reactions as Bihar governor Keshari Nath Tripathi late Wednesday asked chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly on February 20. The decision came on a day the Patna high court put on hold Nitish Kumar's election as the JD(U) legislative party leader.

Feb 12, 2015