The Indian Premier League (IPL) case against Lalit Modi is still open with the Chennai police. A cheating case slapped on him in 2010 is pending, said a source in the police department not wishing to be quoted. The case has been wi
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the residence and the office of social activist Teesta Setalvad in Mumbai who is accused of allegedly embezzling a donation of USD 2.9 lakh meant for the 2002 Gujarat riot victims without taki
The IPL teams Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings have been suspended from the Twenty20 tournament for a period of two years as the supreme court appointed RM Lodha panel announced its recommendations after the probe, on Tuesday in New Delhi.
With an aim to recognise and acknowledge women who are making a difference in their communities across the country, the ministry of women and child development in collaboration with Facebook has launched the ‘100 Women Initiative’.
Twenty nine people were dead and several injured after a stampede on the inaugural day of the Godavari Pushkaralu festival in Andhra Pradesh`s Rajahmundry district on Tuesday. Devotees blamed administration failure for the stampede while police so
Ashis Nandy is arguably India’s most formidable public intellectual of his generation – and often the most controversial too, for his maverick and unusual insights. Originally trained as clinical psycholog
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur for “indiscipline” days after the cop accused Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav of “threatening” him. An official statement said Thakur,
Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Monday launched the GPS-aided geo augmented navigation (GAGAN) system, which would make airline operations effective on a much lesser cost. Developed by Indian Space Research Organisat
Seats they occupy are the seats of gods” and “it has a great sanctity about it”, remarked Mahavir Tyagi, constituent assembly member, on June 7, 1949, while referring to the judges and the higher judiciary. His ob
Special public prosecutor Rohini Salian dropped a bombshell when she said in a media interview in June that the national investigation agency (NIA) had asked her to “go soft” in the Malegaon blasts case of 2008 &nd
CBI`s 40-member team to begin Vyapam scam probe today The CBI on Sunday constituted a special team of 40 officers to probe the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh. The team comprising officers from different branches of t
Silence is a weapon whose efficacy can only be realised in the battleground of ethics and morality. It proves highly ineffective or even counterproductive when used as a substitute for chicanery. Nobody knows it better than prime minister Narendra
Harvinder Singh, 42, a businessman, attended a mohalla sabha (number 4) organised in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar assembly constituency in April, with lot of apprehension. This was the first time when people in the area had been invited by the D
Have you ever tried to estimate the number of people you share your birthday with? And how many people around the world are younger/older than you. Well, here is an interesting thing to do on World Population Day (July 11). Check out the i
In 1996, two retired director generals of police (DGPs) – Prakash Singh and NK Singh – along with consumer activist HD Shourie, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the supreme court (SC) to bring about a change in the policing
Governance is 5 percent policy and 95 percent implementation,” former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian writes in his book, The Road to Good Governance. He would know, for he has been among the most experienced administrators.
At least 23 killed in Bangladesh stampede At least 23 people (all women and children) were killed in a stampede at Bangaldesh’s Mymensingh district on Friday morning. The incident happened about 120 km north of capita
It was a cold and chilly morning in Ufa, Russia. And, India and Pakistan took a baby step in thawing the bilateral relations. Prime minister Narendra Modi while raising the issue of terror, agreed to attend SAARC summit to be held next year in Pak
Nearly 2,500 Amarnath pilgrims were stranded as Jammu-Kashmir national highway got blocked by landslides at Gangroo near Ramsu on Friday morning. “The road has got closed near Ramsu due to landslides triggered by incessant rai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif in the Russian city of Ufa on Friday morning. Modi was warmly received by Sharif before their much-anticipated meeting. The two leaders shook hands and posed for photographer
