Maintaining that they are not campaigning for any party in the Hisar election, Arvind Kejriwal has said Team Anna should not be held responsible if their movement in any way benefits the opposition and dismissed as "absurd" talk of Hazar
Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday began his 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra from here to take on the UPA government on the corruption issue and press for return of black money stashed away abroad. "I am formally launching my Jan
Expect the government to tremble, the way our worthy news channels have challenged its authority. Expect India’s wealthiest newspaper group, owning two news channels, to espouse the latter’s case, without a modicum of a
Former union minister Mohan Dharia was on Monday selected for the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for his yeoman`s service in promoting and preserving spirit of national integration. This was announced today by Motilal Vo
Delhi government and MCD on Monday assured the Delhi high court that specially-trained teachers would be appointed for differently-abled children in all primary schools saying they are already being recruited. The city government counsel t
A court in national capital on Monday issued summons to Ketan Desai, former president of Medical Council of India (MCI), and five others after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by CBI against them in a graft case. Special CBI judge
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh on Monday asked a private company to properly compensate farmers before setting up its 1,320 MW power plant in Gobindpura. Singh asked Indiabulls to compensate the farmers in acco
Alleging scam in Noida plot allotment to the tune of Rs 8,000 crore, BJP on Monday lodged a complaint with Uttar Pradesh lokayukta justice N K Mehrotra demanding an inquiry into it. "A party delegation met lokayukta justice N K Mehrot
Employees of newspapers and news agencies on Monday decided to organise nation-wide protest dharnas on October 14 against the Centre`s "failure" to notify the recommendation of wageboard for journalists and non-journalists. The d
Delhi Police was on Monday directed by a local court to file a report on a complaint of a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case that rajya sabha MP Amar Singh and others had threatened and kidnapped him ahead of his depositio
The Gujarat high court on Monday appeared to be divided on the appointment of Lokayukta by the governor with one judge upholding it and another indicating she does not not agree with him. Dismissing the state government`s petition challeng
An Indian bluecollar worker in France, allegedly an illegal immmigrant, became the unlikely hero of the French people after he was killed on September 29 for intervening in a mugging attempt in the Paris Metro. Rajinder Singh, who went by the nick
Senior leader L K Advani on Monday kept alive the suspense over his intentions of becoming BJP`s prime ministerial candidate in the next elections, saying a decision will be taken by the party when the time comes. "Who will become the
Our union law minister Salman Khurshid made some breathtaking observations that reflect how this government is fixated on growth at any cost. First, his take. Speaking to the Indian Express on Sunday, he said: “What will affe
The Supreme Court on Monday put a stay on the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in 26/11 Mumbai attack case, saying that it would like to hear his plea challenging capital punishment at length as "due process of law&qu
A day after Digvijay Singh described Anna Hazare as "a mask of all anti-Congress parties", Team Anna on Monday hit back at him for levelling "wild and baseless allegations" and asserted that their movement had "nothing to
Ahead of his rath yatra, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Monday hit out at the UPA for "lack" of leadership, which, he said, was the main reason for the "people`s anger" against the government. Advani said he would high
Team Anna member Santosh Hegde on Monday disapproved Hazare`s anti-Congress stance in the Hisar bypolls, saying campaigning against a political party is not correct. Speaking to PTI here, the former supreme court judge said every political
