Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture minister Ghulam Hassan Mir today made an objectionable gesture towards journalists after he was asked to respond to allegations of fleecing of tourists at the resorts falling in his assembly constituency. &quo
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today said he was against the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections as they can be manipulated. "Since there is a lot of scope for manipulating EVMs, I am opposed to their use i
The CBI today opposed dentist couple, Nupur and Rajesh Talwar`s plea in the Supreme Court for transferring from Ghaziabad to Delhi the trial in the case of murder of their daughter Aarushi and a domestic help against them. Additional Solic
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha was today issued notice by the Supreme Court on a CBI appeal challenging the Madras High Court verdict, which had quashed a case, registered against her for allegedly receiving an illegal remittance of US $3
The Mumbai Crime Branch today chargesheeted journalist Jigna Vora under stringent provisions of MCOCA and various other penal offences for her alleged role in the sensational murder of senior crime reporter J Dey. Vora has been char
Some commentators think this government suffers from policy paralysis. Nothing can be farther from truth. The UPA government is working pretty efficiently. It’s a different matter that its initiatives are in the patently wrong directions whe
It has been raining money for the Uttar Pradesh MLAs after they got elected five years ago. This striking information came out in a report jointly released by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Uttar Pradesh Election Watch (UPEW)
Deposits in banks located outside the country may attract wealth tax, as part of government`s drive to unearth black money, the Finance Ministry has said. The proposal is part of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) bill which is being scrutinised by a Par
A combative Congress today asserted that it will move the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR lodged against Rahul Gandhi for alleged violation of poll code, saying the action was taken at the behest of Chief Minister Mayawati. "Be
Ruling BJD MLA Subarna Nayak was arrested for allegedly slapping and misbehaving with a woman homeguard here Nayak was arrested following an FIR filed against him by Babita Lenka that he had slapped and misbehaved with her over parking a v
Voicing her concerns again over the Centre`s proposal to set up a National Counter Terrorism Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has demanded that "the objectionable memorandum" be withdrawn immediately and the Centre start co
Nitish Kumar government has offered the Mauritius government a proposal to set up a medical college hospital at Mairwa in Siwan district, according to state Health minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey. Choubey said that he had handed over a form
One person has been detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Delhi High Court bombing last year. The person identified as Mohammed Ayub had figured during the interrogation of Wasim Akram, a medical student who is
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday challenged a court order directing it to grant at least two weeks ordinary leave to P Ravichandran, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, at the Madras high court bench here. Ravichand
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said Congress has levelled allegations against him in the mining scam for "political gains". "The truth will be cleared soon...Congress can defame anyone for politic
Education ministers of states will meet here on Wednesday to decide on the centre`s move to hold a single entrance test for admissions to under graduate science and engineering programmes across the country. HRD minister Kapil Sibal
At least 30 flights of Kingfisher Airlines were cancelled this morning as the top brass of the cash-strapped carrier was set to appear before aviation regulator DGCA to explain reasons for large-scale disruptions in schedules. While 13 fli
Defending its decision to give tickets to family members of the leaders for the assembly election, Congress today maintained that people of Goa would decide the issue. Speaking to reporters here, All India Congress Committee general
Social activist Anna Hazare will receive an award for his contribution to rural development, at a function in Delhi on February 23. The award, instituted by a Delhi-based organisation, carries a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh and citation, Hazar
Rahul Gandhi`s road show in Kanpur today landed in a controversy with the district administration claiming that it had violated the election code by stretching beyond the allocated time and area. "The district administration had alloc
