Opposition on Thursday targeted P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha over the Aircel-Maxis deal, dubbing it as a "big scam" allegedly involving his son but the Home Minister dismissed the charges as "wild and reckless".
After 20 years of stay in India, 82-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khalil Chishti, facing life imprisonment in a murder case, was on Thursday permitted by the Supreme Court to visit Pakistan for a temporary stay, subject to certain con
Member of the Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam Justice K T Thomas on Thursday said it was unfortunate that some quarters had sought to politicise and whip up emotions on the panel`s report, instead of looking at it r
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to direct the Centre to recommend a presidential reference against NHRC Chairman and former CJI K G Balakrishnan for his alleged misconduct during his tenure as a judge in the apex court. The ap
In a surprise move, retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh on Thursday withdrew his petition from the Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged misconduct of Army Chief Gen V K Singh. Appearing before a bench of justices P Sathasi
Tainted IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre Pradeep Shukla has been arrested by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) for his alleged role in the national rural health mission (NRHM) scam. Shukla was arrested from Lucknow airport on Thursda
The condition of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife and four others, who suffered injuries when a helicopter carrying them crash-landed at the airport here, is stable, doctors attending on them said on Thursday. "Th
Over 20 Air India flights were cancelled on Thursday from Delhi and Mumbai as the agitation by the protesting pilots entered the third day. Despite the Delhi High Court declaring their stir as illegal, the pilots remained defiant an
The supreme court on Wednesday gave bail to former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested last year on February 2 for his alleged role in the 2G case, and also upheld the bail granted to former telecom minister A Raja`s ex-private secretary
In the past couple of years, the union government has been accusing the apex court of stepping into the executive’s domain and making policy decisions on its behalf. This act of the court is described as “judicial overreach”.
Accusing the central government of diverting and denying them the SC & ST funds, thousands of protesters belonging to scheduled castes and tribes marched towards parliament and later staged a sit-in at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday suffered injuries in a helicopter accident at the Birsa Munda Airport here. "The chief minister suffered injuries when the helicopter met with an accident while landing," R
Consider this: Cuba, unlike India, is not a rising economic superpower. MNCs are not falling over each other to invest in Uruguay, the way they are in India. Sri Lanka has not seen runaway economic growth that India has witnessed in the last two d
Asking partymen to draw lessons from the previous polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that leaders must shed factional behaviour and fight as one disciplined team as the party braces to face a series of state elections in the
A vociferous opposition on Wednesday forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha on the issue of non-availability of gunny bags to farmers for storage and transportation of their record farm produce. As soon as the House met, BJP members we
A special CBI court, hearing the infamous Nithari serial killings case, today recorded the statement of SP CBI A G L Kaul in connection with the murder of Badi Payal 22. The special CBI court has set May 14 as the next date for hearing.
The SIT closure report, which gave a clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in post-Godhra riots, has found faulted the supreme court-appointed amicus curiae`s finding that he can be charged with certain offences related to the riots.
Three international flights of Air India were cancelled from Delhi and Mumbai as the agitation by a section of pilots entered the second day on Wednesday. "Two flights from Delhi to Singapore (AI-380) and to New York (AI-101), while o
A Parliamentary panel on Tuesday asked the Department of Pharmaceuticals to finalise a new phama policy without delay and evolve a mechanism to regulate prices of new imported patented drugs. The Committee on Health and Family Welfa
A radically improved version of MNREGA expanding the schedule of work under the rural job scheme to enhance productivity in 30 areas including watershed related works, agriculture, livestock, fisheries and sanitation has come into force from Tuesd
