The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was on Thursday handed over the probe of the bomb blast outside the Delhi high court which has killed nine people and injured nearly 50 people and a special team of 20 members was formed to investigate the t
Seeking to salvage his maiden visit to Bangladesh from the damage caused by 11th-hour scrapping of a deal on Teesta river water-sharing, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he has asked officials to intensify efforts to find a "vi
On a day when Delhi was rocked by a powerful blast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced concern over forces of extremism and terrorism, saying they "threaten our state systems and impede our progress." Articulating his views on
Taking the trade route to cement bilateral ties, prime minister Manmohan Singh has announced duty-free import of 61 items from Bangladesh that were barred from entering India. A majority of these items, 46 to be precise, are relate to te
Home minister P Chidambaram made a statement in the Lok Sabha on Delhi high court blast. Confirming the toll he said that 9 have been killed and 47 seriously injured due to blast outside Delhi high court. He said that the investiat
Taking the trade route to cement bilateral ties, prime minister Manmohan Singh has announced duty-free import of 61 items from Bangladesh that were barred from entering India. A majority of these items, 46 to be precise, are relate to text
Terror raised its ugly head in New Delhi on Wednesday and this time the killers chose the house of justice as a counterpoint to their bloody campaign. The attack comes at a time when the echo of the last series of blasts in Mumbai has not yet died
National commission for scheduled castes (NCSC) chairman P L Punia has always been finding himself on wrong side of the Mayawati government. There is history behind it. Punia served as a close confidante for the feisty UP chief mi
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, sent to judicial custody for his alleged role in the cash-for-votes scam, is likely to be lodged either in jail number 1 or 3 of Tihar prisons. He reached the jail premises at 6.25 pm and entered through Gate No
Former Tamil Nadu minister and senior DMK leader Veerapandi S Arumugam was rearrested on Tuesday in connection with a land grabbing case soon after he was released from jail on bail. Arumugam, lodged in the Central jail here in connection
Andhra Pradesh minister T Narasimhulu has said that Rs 4,000 crore has been allocated in the state budget this year for the development of education sector. He said the state government took an initative to develop education sector with an
India on Tuesday lost the hosting rights of this year`s Champions Trophy hockey tournament, paying the price for an ongoing administrative row over the governance of the game in the country. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announ
Kiran Bedi on Tuesday became the second Team Anna member after Arvind Kejriwal to ask "exact particulars" of her remarks, which the MPs have found "derogatory", so that she could effectively respond to the breach of privilege n
Cabinet ministers in the union council are facing the embarrassing task of having to inform environment minister Jayanthi Natarjan that her attendance of the cabinet meeting is a breach of protocol. Natarajan`s portfolio is a ministry of state (in
A Delhi court on Tuesday sought CBI`s stand on a plea by all 17 accused in the 2G spectrum case, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi, for making the TRAI report a part of the court`s records. All the accused, incl
The existence of uncle judges is an open secret, but if an order of the central information commission (CIC) is executed, then for the first time the Supreme Court itself may reveal the names of such judges. In an order dated August 11, the CIC di
With parliament proceedings stalled over the issue of appointment of lokayukta in Gujarat, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday held a meeting with BJP parliamentary party chief L K Advani in an effort to end the impasse. Sour
In a dramatic turn of events in the sensational 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh was on Tuesday arrested when he made a surprise appearance in a local court after first claiming that he was too ill to attend the proceedings.
Chief minister Mayawati wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be put in a "mental asylum" because she is upset over leaked US diplomatic cables that painted her as an "egomaniac." The leaked US diplomatic cables rel
