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A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a case against internet giant Yahoo for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its site and penalised the petitioner for dragging it in the litigation along with other social networking sites. Administ
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who had gone abroad for a "routine check up" on Februrary 27 following a surgery six months back, returned here on Monday. Gandhi returned a day before the counting of votes in the elections to five s
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Sabah Farooki, an accused in the killing of RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal. She is believed to be a friend of Zaheda Pervez, a Bhopal-based interior designer who has been named the main
Asserting that the probe in the fishermen killing case was progressing well, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday told the assembly that no leniency would be shown to accused Italian marines as government`s priority was to ensure justice
Two Maoists were killed and a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was injured in an encounter in naxal-hit Chatra district in the early hours on Monday, a senior police official said. Around 50 Maoists attacked Central Coal
Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said the party`s top leadership will decide on the issue of post-polls tie-ups in Uttar Pradesh. When asked about Beni Prasad Verma`s comment, in which he has favoured BSP as a better option for coalitio
The BJP was not contemplating any action against its MLA Dhruv Narayan Singh who was quizzed by the CBI in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood, party`s Madhya Pradesh unit president Prabhat Jha said. "Dhruv has be
The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed a plea of Switzerland-based firm Swiss Timing, an accused in a Commonwealth Games-related graft case, seeking a stay on possible coercive action against it by a lower court. "The petition is di
Counting of votes in the Assembly elections in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, considered "mini general elections", will be taken up on Tuesday. The counting will begin at 8 am and first re
The central bureau of investigation is likely to file a chargesheet against Kamlesh Singh, the tainted former cabinet minister of Jharkhand, in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. The investigating agency found Rs 6 crore which Kamlesh Singh fail
In the wake of reports that several NGOs are under the scanner of the government, Home Secretary R K Singh on Friday said fundings of around 12-13 Indian voluntary organisations are being probed but made it clear that no such foreign entity was be
Small and marginal farmers have raised the demand for special allocation for organic farming and ecological fertilisation in the forthcoming budget, which finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will present on March 16. According to them, chemical fert
Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who lost his battle with the Defence Ministry on the age row, feels the Supreme Court has "not not effectively" closed the issue but ruled out his resignation. "It would be dishonest to say that tha
Why the government does not launch a sustained media campaign to let the people take notice of its flagship and other socio-economic programmes? Information and Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni at the receiving end of the Congress Party repeatedl
In a bid to rescue itself from slipping into a deeper fiscal deficit, the government on Thursday announced that cash-rich public sector units (PSUs) can now buy back shares in the stock market. It also means that the boards of cash-rich PSUs would
Maharashtra government will make available a chartered accountant (CA) to help police, which on Friday conducted raids on the premises of former city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, accused of amassing disproportionate assets, Home Minister R R
Government on Friday gave its analysis of the Supreme Court`s 2G judgements saying it "travelled beyond" the established limits of judicial review and entered the exclusive domain of the executive when it held that the policy of first-co
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday shied away from taking action against its tainted President Suresh Kalmadi despite the threat from the world body to act on its own, saying there was no need for any action against its President as he
Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair on Friday took a dim view of the Law Ministry`s directive to the Department of Space to give a chance to him and three other banned scientists to explain their stand on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, sayi
