The police have registered an FIR against senior Congress leader Kripashankar Singh under anti-corruption law in connection with a disproportionate assets case, nearly a week after the Bombay High Court had directed it to prosecute him for "c
The CBI has arrested three persons, including a woman-architect and the alleged contract killer, in connection with the murder of Madhya Pradesh`s RTI activist Shehla Masood here and claimed to have cracked the case. Architect Zahida Parve
Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia may blush that he was clocking expenses of Rs 2.02 lakh a day on his official foreign trips last year when his organisation filed an affidavit in the supreme court setting the poverty line
RTI activists in Maharashtra have written to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan asking him to investigate the builders’ body Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) and state government officials in connection with the February 17 murde
A day after the centre put on hold the launching of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday raised another issue by opposing the proposed amendment to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Act, 1957.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday left for the United States for a medical check-up required after a secret surgery she underwent in August. The party sources said there is nothing to worry as she campaigned in the Assembly electi
Actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada on Tuesday accused her former party colleague and SP leader Azam Khan of sending goons to attack her. "I considered Khan saab as my `bada bhai (elder brother) and used to tie rakhi on him but few y
The four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Government on the safety aspects of Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Tuesday submitted its report to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa amid indication that it has given a clean chit to the controversial
Opposition RJD and Congress members on Tuesday created ruckus in Bihar Legislative Council over PCI chairman Markandey Katju`s remarks against Bihar government for allegedly undermining the freedom of press and brought an adjournment motion seekin
Claiming Tuesday`s "Left-sponsored bandh" has `failed` in West Bengal for the first time in 35 years, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said `destructive` bandhs were not the future and it ended. She said the "total failure&quo
The assets of sitting MLAs in Uttar Pradesh have increased by 320 percent in five years time. The average percentage growth in the assets of 47 re-contesting MLAs in the seventh phase of UP assembly elections show this. The seventh phase h
Dynastic inheritance is ingrained in Indian political system but a good number of youth in India is opposed to this trend, says a new survey. “Youths across social categories are united ag
India will soon enter the elite club of nations having the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capability with the Agni-5 getting ready for its first test launch next month. "The first test fire of Agni-5 is scheduled to take p
Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the owner of Italian Merchant Vessel Enrica Lexie and the families of the two fishermen allegedly killed by the marines whether they were willing for an out of court settlement for determining the compensation.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is looking into alleged irregularities by some flying schools operational across the country for violating norms and causing a loss of about Rs 190 crore to the exchequer. Sources said these flying sc
India would have been able to avoid corporate frauds and scams in high places had it put in place regulatory mechanisms and certain policies, along with the introduction of liberalisation regime in 1991, Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily
The nationwide strike by trade unions evoked a mixed response in West Bengal where over 100 pro-strike supporters were arrested in different districts for obstructing rail and road traffic. Shops, markets and business establishments were mostly cl
FIRs have been registered against former Bihar BJP president Gopal Narayan Singh and 37 others charging them with involvement in illegal mining operations and attacking a police force in Basa protected forest in Rohtas district. Superinten
Polling picked up in the sixth phase of UP assembly elections covering 68 seats with about 24 percent of the over 2.17 crore voters exercising their franchise in the first four hours. Maximum 28.87 percent polling was recorded in Hathras d
In a bid to enhance revenue earnings, Air India Board approved a proposal to slash business class seats and increase economy seats on its Airbus fleet. The number of business class seats will be cut down in 34 Airbus aircraft, including A320s and
