Hyderabad, Dec 31 (Inditop.com) Andhra Pradesh’s senior bureaucrat S.V. Prasad Thursday took over as the new Chief Secretary. Prasad, who was Chief Commissioner of Land Administration prior to his elevation to the top post, succeeded P. Ramakanth Reddy, who retired from service. An Indian Administrative...

Kolkata, Dec 31 (Inditop.com) A convict died in the Alipore Central Correctional Home here Thursday, officials said. The middle-aged Bablu Sheikh, serving a five-year term for trafficking in women, died following a heart attack, a correctional home official said. According to the official, Sheikh,...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (Inditop.com) Six men involved in over 20 cases relating to murder and robbing of city-based businessmen were arrested here, police said Thursday. The six men identified as Shah Nawaz, Shahwaj Khan, Shahbaj Alam, Shah Ahmad Ali, Mohammad Akram and Salim — all residents of Bijnaur...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (Inditop.com) Delhi Metro will extend in the first week of January its service to Laxmi Nagar in east Delhi up to Anand Vihar, close to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. The 6.17 km-line will have five stations at Laxmi Nagar, Nirman Vihar, Preet Vihar, Karkardooma and Anand Vihar. The last...

Jakarta, Dec 31 (DPA) The US embassy in Jakarta Thursday warned of a possible attack on New Year’s Eve on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. The embassy said in a circular posted on its website that the information was received from Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika. “There is an indication...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (Inditop.com) Leading infrastructure major, Larsen & Toubro Thursday said it has bagged orders worth $116.2 million (Rs.581 crore) from an infrastructure company and another from a Bangalore utility firm. In a regulatory filing, the company said the orders from the two firms namely...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (Inditop.com) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar could be in for trouble with Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna Thursday giving the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the go-ahead to prosecute him in murder and communal rioting cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage. “Lt Governor...