Articles by S Raju
Youth who saved four lives battling for survival
WHEN EVERY one was running for life, Javed, saved the lives of four children. The young man is now battling for his life in the Intensive Care Unit of Sushila Jaswant Rai hospital. He suffered 80 per cent percent burn injuries. The chances of his survival are bleak.
Published on Apr 12, 2006 01:11 AM IST
None | S. Raju, Meerut,
They came, they saw, they enquired
A STREAM of VVIPs visited the city since Monday following the consumer fair which claimed over 100 lives. Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited the scene of the fire in Victoria Park here and the hospitals where those injured in the blaze have been admitted. Gandhi, who was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal, enquired about the well being of those injured in the devastating fire. "We have been to the hospitals. We have seen those who were injured, some of them are very badly injured," the Congress President said.
Published on Apr 12, 2006 01:11 AM IST
None | S. Raju, Meerut
Brand India fair in flames in Meerut, over 50 die
OVER 50 people were burnt to death and several others were injured in a huge fire that broke out at a trade fair on Monday. All three enclosures of the "Brand India Exhibition Show' -- in which reputed companies displayed consumer electronics products -- at Victoria Park were completely gutted. It is feared that the death toll could be much higher it was the last day of the fair and there was a big rush of visitors.
Published on Apr 11, 2006 01:42 PM IST
None | S. Raju, Meerut
About hundred burnt alive in Meerut
ABOUT A hundred people were charred to death and over 100 injured in a major fire that broke out at the ?Brand India Exhibition? site in Meerut on Monday. Though the official death toll was put between 31 and 50, eyewitnesses said more than 300 persons had died in the fire. Today was the last day of the four-day show. All the three enclosures at the exhibition were completely gutted. It is suspected that the fire was caused by short circuit.
Published on Apr 11, 2006 01:44 AM IST
None | S. Raju/HTC, Meerut/lucknow
Central Command gears up against land mafia
THE CENTRAL Command, Headquarters, Lucknow, has summoned officials of all the four Cantt Boards on Wednesday to work out a strategy to check the menace of unauthorised construction and encroachment on Defence land.
Published on Mar 25, 2006 12:15 AM IST
None | S. Raju, Meerut
Rs 51 cr for cartoonist's head
This UP minister also promised the assassin gold equivalent to his weight, writes S Raju and Masoodul Hasan.
Published on Feb 18, 2006 01:06 AM IST
None | S. Raju and Masoodul Hasan, Meerut/lucknow
An early end to a life of trying turns
On Monday afternoon, Gudiya passed away after a prolonged illness at Delhi?s military hospital. Life was never going to be the same for the delicate 21-year-old woman with nerves of steel after a leading news channel whisked her to the studio to quiz her ? in a live session ? about a choice she made about her life: the fact that she chose to return to her first husband when he came back home after being released as prisoner of war.
Published on Jan 08, 2006 12:02 AM IST
PTI | Sushmita Bose and S. Raju, New Delhi/meerut
Caught between fathers
In her lifetime, Gudiya had to choose between two ?husbands?. Now, it is her son?s turn. Word is that the boy's biological father and Gudiya's second husband, Taufeeq, wants his son, Mateen, back.
Published on Jan 04, 2006 01:02 AM IST
PTI | S. Raju, Meerut
Is falling in love a crime?
Blinded by rage, Shakir chopped his sister's head for eloping with a man from a different caste, writes S Raju.
Published on Jan 03, 2006 02:42 PM IST
PTI | S Raju, Meerut
An early end to a life of trying turns
On Monday afternoon, Gudiya passed away after a prolonged illness at Delhi?s military hospital. Life was never going to be the same for the delicate 21-year-old woman with nerves of steel after a leading news channel whisked her to the studio to quiz her ? in a live session ? about a choice she made about her life: the fact that she chose to return to her first husband when he came back home after being released as prisoner of war.
Published on Jan 03, 2006 02:05 PM IST
PTI | Sushmita Bose and S. Raju, New Delhi/meerut
Slain by brother for daring to love
FOR SHAKIR, there is no greater crime than daring to love. Which is why, on Sunday he stole into the female surgical ward of the Meerut Medical College and Hospital and chopped the head off his 18-year-old sister Nargis.
Published on Jan 03, 2006 01:14 AM IST
PTI | S. Raju, Meerut
An early end to a life of trying turns
On Monday afternoon, Gudiya passed away after a prolonged illness in Delhi?s Military Hospital. Life was never going to be the same for the delicate 21-year-old woman with nerves of steel after a leading news channel whisked Gudiya to the studio to quiz her ? in a live session ? about a choice she made about her life: the fact that she chose to return to her first husband when he came back home after being released as prisoner of war.
Published on Jan 03, 2006 01:14 AM IST
PTI | Sushmita Bose and S Raju, New Delhi/meerut
Poll-time boom in booze business
As the elections near, the bootlegging business in western Uttar Pradesh revs into a higher gear.
Updated on Apr 03, 2004 02:06 PM IST
PTI | S Raju, Meerut
HIV positive undertrial chained to hospital bed
The cops guarding the undertrial said the step had been taken to ensure he did not ?spread the virus to other people?, reports S. Raju.
Updated on Dec 04, 2003 12:51 AM IST
PTI | S. Raju, Meerut