Maharashtra home minister R R Patil on Wednesday said there should be a timeframe to award punishment in terror cases and sought to know for how long the government should take care of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, facing death penalty in the 2
Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday came to the defence of Ramdev over his comments that MPs were devils in the form of humans, saying whatever the Yoga Guru had said "is not wrong". Ramdev stoked a controversy by launching
Setting the tone for the upcoming chief ministers` meeting on NCTC, home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday discounted the fears of states that it would encroach upon their rights as he underlined that fighting terror was a shared responsibility
High-profile IAS officer of UP cadre Pradeep Shukla is likely to be arrested shortly by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) in connection with the cases related to national rural health mission (NRHM) scam. Highly-placed source
Holding that legal history is replete with instances of matricide, a special CBI court today denied bail to dentist Nupur Talwar in the sensational 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. As she prepared
Government on Wednesday promised in the Rajya Sabha that action will be taken on allegations regarding the controversial Tatra trucks deal, on which a CBI inquiry has been ordered, after a debate in Parliament. He made it clear that Tatra
Vice-president M Hamid Ansari has yet not moved into the Rashtrapati Bhawan but on Thursday, he will give away the 59th National Film Awards, which is traditionally given by the president. The function is being organised by the information and bro
Dentist Nupur Talwar was on Wednesday denied bail in the sensational 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj by a special CBI court which felt she may create hindrance in trial and flee from justice if granted relief.
Rahul Gandhi`s recent visit to Maharashtra was flayed in Rajya Sabha by BJP and Shiv Sena, which described it as "political tourism" that yielded nothing as the state was witnessing a spate of suicide by farmers. Raising the issu
Recent regulatory developments, which have led to huge uncertainty, could have significant implications for the future of telecom sector and impact India`s global competitiveness, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said on Wednesday. &quo
Amid allegations that foreign bodies were thrust into her private parts, the supreme court on Wednesday directed AIIMS to medically examine alleged Naxal sympathiser Soni Sori to treat her and ascertain the charges. A bench of justices Alt
The Telangana issue rocked the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with Speaker Meira Kumar adjourning the House till noon as TRS and TDP members aggressively raised slogans asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make a statement. As soon as the Speak
An MP can now sponsor construction of railway halt stations from one’s annual budget of Rs 5 crore and get one’s name etched on a steel or metal plaque. The privilege to MPs came from the statistics and programme impleme
The CBI on Wednesday registered a fresh case of alleged irregularities in laying down of synthetic tracks in five stadia for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and carried out searches at 20 locations. CBI sources said searches were going on at 2
Stunned by the NDA allies` attack for behaving like a big brother in taking unilateral stand on the presidential election, the BJP on Tuesday clarified as a damage control that "whatever we do, we will do it along with the Opposition."
Piqued by Delhi lieutenant governor Tejinder Khanna’s refusal to act against a public servant found guilty of collecting funds from the poor and destitute by abusing his office, Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin has decided to take on h
Ruchir Sharma’s book “Breakout Nations” may not be the only scholarly work which explodes the myth of India’s growth rate. A 60- page interim report of the national transport development policy committee headed by an eminen
What the secretary of ministry for road transport and highways proposes, the acting chairman of the national highway authority of India disposes. More surprisingly, it is one man, AK Upadhyay, who holds both the posts. As a secretary, he had order
Congress on Tuesday distanced itself from a private member`s bill tabled by party MP Meenakshi Natarajan saying it contained her personal views and not those of Rahul Gandhi with whom she is considered close. "The bill was base
Refusing to give any relief to Congress leader N D Tiwari, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed him to give his blood sample for DNA test on a paternity suit against him, saying "enough is enough". "Enough is enough, you we
