Giving a breather to dentist Rajesh Talwar, the supreme court on Monday directed that he will remain on bail and not be arrested till February 4 when he will appear before a Ghaziabad court to face trial along with his wife, Nupur, in the twin mur
The election commission’s order to have all statues of UP chief minister Mayawati and that of her party symbol, the elephant, covered ahead of the polls in the state may have brought cheers to the opposition parties. After all, they
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is seriously ill for the past two years, and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who did not canvas in the Bihar polls due to objections from ally JD(U), figure in the BJP`s list of election campai
Using the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas platform to attack the centre, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today suggested that states ruled by opposition parties do not have its "blessings" and said whatever his state has achieved on the dev
The supreme court on Monday granted interim bail to former union minister Sukh Ram, who surrendered before a trial court on Saturday to serve his three year sentence in the 1993 telecom scam case. Former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh and Hyderabad
The Central Information Commission has directed the President`s secretariat to disclose details of correspondence among various ministries and Delhi Police related to black money. The order came following an appeal by an RTI applicant who
Accusing the centre of being insensitive to the separate Telangana demand, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday said the statehood agitation would be intensified after `Sankranti` festival this month. "It is unfortunate that th
The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice to CBI seeking its response by March 13 on the plea of Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech Ltd and an accused in 2G case, for quashing of charges framed against him by the trial court. "Issue not
CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Sunday alleged that prime minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram are `diverting` people`s attention from real issues by claiming that India is on the path of development on par with the U
So, where is the tolerance in the new people and parliament relationship? The sadak (streets) – Sansad (parliament) equation is changing fast. American Senate wants more jobs. American politicians want to wish away their dirty unemployment a
Amid "confusion" on how to take the movement forward, Team Anna`s core committee met in Ghaziabad on Monday sans ailing Anna Hazare to decide on their future strategy. This is the first meeting of the Team after Hazare called off
With no seat adjustment with Congress yet for next month`s municipal polls in the city, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday asked the senior coalition partner to speed up the seat-sharing talks. "In the last BMC polls also, there were se
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the country was passing through difficult times and the economic growth in the current fiscal would be 7 per cent, down from 8.5 per cent a year ago. "Our country is going through di
A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee`s attack, Congress on Sunday reached out to its ally saying there was need for "better communication" with Trinamool Congress and the two could re-build trust by ironing out "di
Political parties on Sunday took exception to Election Commission`s order to cover statues of chief minister Mayawati and elephants - BSP`s poll symbol - in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, saying it will give rise to several complications. "
On Saturday morning I was struck by chief election commissioner SY Quraishi’s decision to get Mayawati’s statues covered. [Read the EC order here] I welcomed this o
As many as 200 cases related to petty offences by Tihar inmates were disposed off last year by special courts organised inside the jail complex. Started a decade ago, 5,200 Tihar inmates have benefited from these courts till date. There ar
The CBI on Friday formally took over investigation into the 2004 fake encounter death of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, following directions from the Gujarat high court. A team of CBI officials headed by IG V V Laxminar
Union minister Kapil Sibal on Friday ridiculed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati for "remaining ignorant" of corruption by her ministers for full five years and coming to know about it only at election time. "It is surpr
Days after its much publicised agitation in Mumbai and Delhi fizzled out, Team Anna appears to be confused on how to take forward the fight for a strong Lokpal saying the movement is at "crossroads" and a wrong decision at this stage can
