The Madras high court on Tuesday stayed for eight weeks the execution of three Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts. The three -- Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan-- lodged in Vellore Jail, were scheduled to be hanged on September 9.
Justice Santosh Hegde on Tuesday disapproved the move to bring breach of privilege motion against Kiran Bedi and actor Om Puri for their controversial remarks about parliamentarians at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi saying such a motion should be used
Senior leader L K Advani on Tuesday led party MPs from Gujarat protesting outside Parliament House against the appointment of Lokayukta in the state by the Governor without consulting the Narendra Modi government and demanded her removal for "
Delhi Police is understood to have concluded that the controversial CD purportedly having lawyer Shanti Bhushan`s conversations with political leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh are genuine and not fake as alleged. Sources said
The parliamentary standing committee on the Lokpal bill will meet here on September 7 to decide its procedure to fast-track the comprehensive exercise for formulating a strong legislation and kick off its work by hearing CBI director A P Singh and
Bombay High Court on Monday transferred to CBI the probe into the fake bail bond scam at suburban Kurla railway station, involving several railway protection force (RPF) personnel, after the agency informed the court that it was already investigat
LJP leader Ramvilas Paswan on Monday said the parliamentary standing committee, of which he is a member, that is looking into the Lokpal Bill will finalise a strong draft that will work for the eradication of corruption. "We will disc
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) would be organising a rally in Delhi on September 8 to press various demands, said its general secretary, M Raghavaih, in Vijayawada on Monday. Talking to reporters, he said that railways was
Claiming that Tamils will be happy if the three Rajiv killers are spared the gallows, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday "fervently" asked for a cancellation of their death sentence. In a statement in Chennai, the party patriarch
The finance ministry has issued strict guidelines about Indians holding foreign bank accounts and monitoring their transactions. In an internal order the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has cleared a proposal on `Sensitization of Investigatio
The finance ministry has issued strict guidelines about Indians holding foreign bank accounts and monitoring their transactions. In an internal order the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has cleared a proposal on `Sensitization of Investigatio
Gandhian crusader Anna Hazare`s fast for 12 days, televised across the nation round-the-clock, certainly harmed the UPA government immensely as it ended up looking as if it were protecting corruption, but it also threw up an unintended gain for th
Andhra Pradesh Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana has said that the Congress government in the state will continue the pension scheme as long as it is in power. He inaugurated Rs 8.26 crore Indira Sagar lift-link canal rehabilitation s
A mention about an impending petition seeking review of the President`s order rejecting the clemency pleas of three Rajiv Gandhi assassins was made in the Madras High Court on Monday. Senior counsel V Chandrasekaran made the mention on the
Concern was voiced in the Lok Sabha on Monday over the plight of farmers, with Opposition members demanding a stimulus package for agriculture and a special session of Parliament to discuss the problems in the countryside. Raising the issu
A BJP member from Gujarat on Monday alleged in the Lok Sabha that the Centre was interfering in the affairs of the state in the context of action taken against some IPS officers and asked it to refrain from it to preserve the sanctity of federalis
CPI(M) polit bureau member Brinda Karat has charged that central government is a "captive" in the hands of the corporate sector, and said people must fight against the government`s new economic policies which she said were mainly respons
Government on Monday said it may further increase duties on iron ore to discourage its export in order to keep it for meeting domestic demands. "We have increased export duty from five per cent to 20 per cent. We may increase it furth
The National Human Rights Commission has sought from the Ghaziabad Police details of nine alleged fake encounters that took place in the district over the last few years. The details of all the nine encounters were being prepared and would
Anna Hazare, who was admitted in a hospital in Gurgaon after he ended his 12-day fast for a strong Lokpal Bill, is stable and moving towards normalcy, doctors said on Monday. "Nobody knows when he will be discharged. His condition is
