Army Chief General VK Singh on Tuesday sent his complaint to the CBI regarding Rs 14 crore alleged bribery offer made to him by a retired officer to clear the supply of a tranche of 600 vehicles. CBI sources said the complaint has been rec
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team has found no evidence against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 57 others in the complaint filed against them by Zakia Jafri in the 2002 Gujarat riots, a Magisterial court said on Tuesday.
Economic affairs secretary R Gopalan, a 1976 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been given an extension of three months beyond his date of superannuation on April 30 as he is required pending parliament`s approval of the Finance Bill.
Delhi election watch has analysed affidavits of 1,485 candidates out of 2,400 contesting for the forthcoming MCD elections. It shows that out of 1,485 contesting candidates, 9% i.e 139 candidates have declared criminal cases against them.
Former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh on Tuesday deposed before a Delhi court, supporting his complaint for intiating criminal defamation against Army Chief General V K Singh and four others. Recording his statements before Metropolitan Magistrate
Noting that inadequate and sub- optimal pricing of power and water are promoting misuse of groundwater, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday stressed on the need to move towards participatory mechanisms of pricing of water by the primary stake
Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda`s wife Subhashree Das was on Tuesday set free after being acquitted by a fast track court here due to lack of evidence in a shootout case in Odisha`s Raigada district. Gunupur Additional District judge B Prat
Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Tuesday appealed to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to release Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is languishing in a Pakistani jail. In a letter addressed to Zardari th
Voicing unhappiness over the proposed prisoner swap with Maoists to secure release of two hostages from their captivity, Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Tuesday said all aspects should be considered while making any move in th
DMK President M Karunanidhi on Tuesday slammed Sri Lanka for raking up the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project issue, saying India "will do what is required." The Kudankulam project was not something new and had been started many ye
Farmers affected by land acquisition for various housing projects in the Uttar Pradesh capital would be provided with cheap accommodations as part of the compensation package. A decision in this regard was taken by the Lucknow Development
Voicing deep concern over mentally unsound Pakistani nationals languishing in Indian jails even after completion of their sentences, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government why they should not be repatriated, saying such detention "
Dismissing as "rumours" reports about shortage of certain tank ammunition, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said there will always be "shortcomings" but the country was in a much stronger position as compared to the past.
In the 70s and 80s Indira Gandhi would trace the genesis of every domestic problem to the “foreign hand”. Nothing was the result of the doing or non-doing of the domestic “hand”. If the president of India sneezed, the US or
In more trouble for Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, a land allotment in Latur district during his tenure as Maharashtra Chief Minister has come under the scanner of the Bombay High Court. The issue is a part of the PIL which had also cha
VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Tuesday said the welcome of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari before the extradition of Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz Sayeed was a "matter of shame" and the Centre it seemed was taking it up only as a
A large section of Kingfisher Airlines employees, including pilots and engineers, received their salaries on Monday after a delay of nearly four months, airline sources said on Monday. "In fact, we paid the salaries of all employees o
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on Monday expressed satisfaction and closed the issue of two Army units` movement mid January towards the capital, after Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma assured it that it was a "routine&qu
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Monday nailed down Defence Minister AK Antony for buying Tatra trucks from abroad at exorbitant price, sabotaging the preparedness of the Defence Ministry`s own vehicle factory at Jabalpur to supply them at less than h
In a painful rerun of the Baby Falak saga, a three-month-old baby girl is battling for life at a hospital here on Monday after being allegedly battered by her father who is also accused of biting the infant. Omar Farooq, a car painter, has
