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Sacked CWG organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was today quizzed for nearly six hours by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into alleged forex violations in the run up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza. During the questioning, the Pune MP was asked about other...
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The Congress today virtually distanced from party leader Digvijay Singh's remarks in support of actor Sanjay Dutt, sentenced under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blast case, saying the party does not comment on such matters. There is the rule of law. Nobody is big or small in the eyes of...
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The Centre today ordered a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the circumstances leading to the arrest of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Liyaqat Shah amid conflicting versions by Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir police. I have asked NIA to probe the case, Union Home Minister...
20:45
Former premier Nawaz Sharif kicked off the PML-N's election campaign in northwest Pakistan today, pledging to carry out economic explosions on the lines of the nuclear tests of 1998 if his party is voted to power.We conducted the atomic blasts in Pakistan and this time, we have to carry out...
20:11
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived in South Africa on a four-day visit to attend the BRICS Summit, whichcould launch a development bank for the five-nation grouping and discuss ways to reform governance in international financial...
20:00
The revenue growth rate of India Inc is expected to slow down to 6-7 per cent in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal from 17.5 per cent a year ago due to a sharp decline in demand, Crisil Research said today. We believe India Inc's revenue...
19:59
The CBI has arrested Additional Commissioner of Income Tax C S Bharti in Ahmedabad in an alleged graft case.
19:58
Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and Lok Sabha MP from Rampur Jaya Prada have sought an appointment with Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Tuesday, apparently to seek pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt. Dutt, who has already undergone...
19:57
The Securities Appellate Tribunal will hold its final hearing on Tuesday on Sahara group chief Subrata Roy's plea against Sebi's attachment order of his bank accounts and other assets, along with those of two group firms and their top executives. Roy has approached...
19:55
Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the reconciliation process in Afghanistan during a meeting in Jordan, a military spokesman said today. Kayani, who is on a two-day bilateral visit to...
19:54
Close on the heels of a rhino being killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Parkon Saturday, the carcass of a rhino calf was found in the park today. This has taken the death toll of rhinos in the World Heritage Site to 14 since January this...
19:27
Congress and SP legislators were locked in a verbal duel in front of UPA chairperson and local MP Sonia Gandhi at a meeting in RaeBareli today, prompting her to step in to soothe frayed tempers. At a meeting of the district vigilance...
19:26
A batch of 95 Tamil women soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army held their passing out parade at the security force's headquarters in the former LTTE stronghold of Kilinochchi in the north. This was the first time the army saw such a large group of Tamil...
19:25
Seven final year engineering students were among eight persons killed and 30 others injured when their bus fell into a gorge at Thekkinkanam in the district today. The driver was among those killed. The students, who belonged to the final year batch of the...
19:22
Sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was today questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into alleged foreign exchange violations in the run-up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza. The agency has filed a...
19:21
Prince Harry, who is trying to shed his image as Britain's 'fun-loving royal', is planning an official visit to the United States in May, though he won't tour sin city Las Vegas this time. The 28-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth II has not...
19:18
A Delhi court today turned down the plea of jailed former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala, who is facing trial in a disproportionate assets case, to undergo pacemaker implantation at a private hospital, instead of a government facility. While...
19:17
India's Current Account Deficit for 2012-13 is likely to be around 5 per cent of the GDP, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan said today. I think we need to wait for a little more data to come in, but I think it could be around 5 per cent of GDP...
18:55
Tacitly confirming reports of signing of an agreement with Pakistan to build a huge 1000 MW nuclear power plant, China today defended the deal, saying it conformed to safeguards of the IAEA and rejected allegations that it has violated NSG...
18:35
The Kerala high court today turned down the plea of veteran Marxist leader V S Achuthanandan -- for an early hearing of his plea for CBI probe in the Ice Cream Parlour sabotage case -- and posted it after May 23. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula...
18:34
British Prime Minister David Cameron today unveiled further plans to tighten rules for foreigners in the country, even as the department in charge of tackling immigration came under severe criticism for its inability to clear backlogs of over 300,000 unresolved immigration...
18:07
Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor will conduct a quiz show for promoting tourism in his home state Kerala. The online video quiz show hosted by Tharoor, MP from Thiruvananthapuram, for Kerala Tourism will kick-off early May and go on for two months, a release...
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Just in: Sachin Suryavanshi, the policeman who was thrashed by MLAs, has been suspended for using foul language against MLA Kshitij Thakur. Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil announced Suryavanshi's suspension in the Assembly.Both MLAs Ram Kadam and Kshitij Thakur were granted bail on...
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A former senior CBI official was today sentenced to one-year imprisonment by a Delhi court for demanding and accepting bribe for not invoking TADA against the Jain brothers in the controversial 1991 Jain hawala case. Former CBI DIG O P Sharma, 75, who was supervising the hawala case, was...
17:51
Opposition Congress today alleged that liquor has become cheaper than water in parched Gujarat as Chief Minister Narendra Modi is busy chasing his dream to become prime minister and ignoring the plight of common people. Water is not easily available in drought-hit areas in the state but...
17:35
Demanding that the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) should be banned throughout Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena said today that incidents which took place in the recent past have demoralised the police. Raising the issue in the State Legislative Council during a debate on law and...
17:17
An inquiry will be held into works under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna in Sonia Gandhi's constituency, it was decided at a meeting attended the Congress chief and officials. At the district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting, it has been decided to conduct an inquiry...
16:41
Joining the bandwagon of politicians and filmstars seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case by the Supreme Court, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said he had already suffered a lot for the blunder. I have received many requests from civil...
16:31
Suspected MNS activists today attacked the office of diversified conglomerate Indiabulls in Camp area of the city, second such incident since party chief Raj Thackeray yesterday accused the company of usurping water meant for farmers for its power plant in the parched district. A group of...
16:29
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court judges should be revisited to include the Executive in the process as reports of corruption, nepotism, favouritism and other ills have been gaining ground in the judiciary. In his latest blog posting,...
16:26
Hong Kong's top court today rejected a bid to give hundreds of thousands of foreign maids the right to live in the city permanently, angering activists who said the ruling amounted to discrimination. In turning down the attempt to give maids the same residency rights as other foreigners, the...
16:13
A Court of Inquiry into a scuffle that broke out between officers and jawans in Ladakh following alleged molestation involving an orderly on Monday announced disciplinary action against commanding officer and three other officers. The inquiry, made public on Monday, also recommended...
16:10
Snippets from Delhi Vijay Singh on Monday resigned as member of Union Public Service Commission two months ahead of his demitting Office. Even though the reason for his resignation is not known, there has been speculations about discomforts in the UPSC on the alleged...
15:58
A South Korean national was allegedly molested while boarding a bus in the Kolkata's Thakurpukur area on Monday.The accused was arrested after the victim lodged a compliant at the Burrabazar police station, Deputy Commissioner of police (central) D P Singh said. The accused was arrested...
15:30
Just In: Army inquiry recommends disciplinary action against 168 personnel including the unit's commander in officer-jawan face off incident in Ladakh last year.In Nyoma in Ladakh last year, officers and jawans had come to blows after alleged misbehaviour of a young officer with a soldier during...
15:22
Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday confirmed that corruption had taken place in the controversial helicopter deal with Italian company AgustaWestland. He added that a new defence procurement policy would soon be ready. Yes, corruption has taken place in the helicopter deal and bribes have...
14:41
Millions of small investors will get lower returns on the popular post office scheme, Public Provident Fund (PPF), with the government cutting the interest rate on PPF to 8.7 per cent from 8.8 per cent with effect from 1 April, 2013.The finance ministry today said that along with PPF rates, it...
14:14
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday handed over Hizbul terrorist Liaqat Shah's case to National Investigation Agency (NIA), relenting to Jammu and Kashmir government's pressure, which had demanded the case be transferred to NIA for a time bound speedy probe. NIA will now probe the...
14:13
The Mumbai Police has filed a chargesheet in the 2012 Juhu rave party case. The police have charged cricketer Rahul Sharma with drug use at the rave party. South African all-rounder Wayne Parnell has been named absconding accused in the case.The cricketers were present at the May 20, 2012...
13:23
A day after damaging property belonging to Indiabulls' office in Mumbai, alleged Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers on Monday attacked the company's office in Amravati district of Maharashtra. The attacks came in the wake of the MNS chief Raj Thackeray's criticism of the Maharashtra...
13:19
M Karunanidhi-led DMK on Monday indicated that there will be no change in its stand on the UPA government and the southern party will not extend any support to the Congress-led ruling coalition at the Centre. The development was confirmed by DMK leader Tiruchi Shiva who said, The party will...
12:43
CNN-IBN reports: After the DMK pullout, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has signalled at pulling the plug soon on the United Progressive Alliance government. SP sources said Mulayam has made up his mind that he wants an early election in 2013.The former chief minister of Uttar...
12:21
Just In: Bollywood actor Salman Khan fails to appear before Sessions Court in 2002 hit-and-run case.The case came up for the first time before the Sessions Court after a Magistrate transferred the matter to that Court by charging the actor with a more serious charge of 'culpable homicide not...
12:02
A mother of four, Kal Kyi, set fire to herself on Sunday afternoon in Aba, a Tibetan area of Sichuan Province in China, becoming the 110th Tibetan to self-immolate in protest over Chinese rule since 2009, according to a report on an India-based Tibetan Web site, Phayul.com.Her death comes more...
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First she was gangraped and almost beaten to death. Now this 16-year-old girl is facing numerous forms of harassment. After her family decided to shift her to another town, at least one school denied her admission in the new location. The family is also under pressure to withdraw...
11:57
Former judge of the Rajasthan High Court Justice Sajjan Singh Kothari was today sworn in as Lokayukta.Governor Margaret Alva administered him oath of office in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Chief Justice Amitava Roy, members of council of ministers, BJP State President...
11:15
A British woman who jumped from a hotel balcony in India fearing sexual assault said on Sunday she shouted for help for more than an hour before she fled.The 31-year-old from London said she had barricaded the door of her hotel room in Agra with furniture to stop two men from entering.I held my...
10:22
The Mumbai police have arrested two Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers in Indiabulls office attack case, a report said on Monday. On Sunday evening, around 15 unidentified persons pelted stones on the office of Indiabulls Finance Centre in Central Mumbai. According to a news channel,...
10:21
Bollywood actor Salman Khan is all set to appear in person before a Sessions Court in Mumbai in the 2002 hit-and-run case today. However, a news channel has quoted Salman's lawyer as saying that the actor would not appear in court as he did not receive the summons.The case would come up for...
09:57
In an apparent indication of widening split in the DMK over its decision to withdraw support to the UPA government at the centre over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, party chief M Karunanidhi's son and former Union Minister MK Alagiri skipped a crucial meet of the party on Monday. According to...
09:23
Car manufacturer Ford has been accused of undermining attempts to tackle violence against women in India with an advert showing three gagged and bound ladies in the back of a car.The ad also appears to show a grinning Silvio Berlusconi, notorious for his bunga bunga sex parties, in the driver's...
09:17
India is jam-packed with holy sites and pilgrimage destinations. But few places are as closely associated with the deity Krishna as is Vrindavan, on the banks of the Yamuna, a few hours' drive south-east of Delhi.Here, in this temple-crammed town, the name of Krishna is on everyone's lips along...
09:15
Saudi Arabia's top religious cleric has criticised the microblogging website Twitter, calling it a council for jokesters and a place for unjust, incorrect messages.Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheikh made the remarks during a speech to other Saudi clerics on Friday.The mufti's remarks came on...
09:14
A shocking series of brutal attacks has led to a national debate on sexual violence. The recent cases have led to worldwide outrage, and demonstrations led by women have filled the streets of major cities. But what do India's young men think? The Observer gathered a group in the western...
09:06
Media websites were abuzz with rumours of Syrian President Bashar Assad's death on Sunday, after he had supposedly been shot the previous day. But RT later heard from a source close to the government that the news is completely untrue.The president was reportedly shot dead by his Iranian...
09:02
In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people...
08:41
The Congress is witnessing a full-fledged war in Madhya Pradesh, where polls are scheduled later this year.Union minister of state for power Jyotiraditya Scindia is increasingly getting restless over his inability to lead the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). Scindia told party workers...
08:39
One of the Maoists freed in exchange for the 2011 release of Odisha collector R Vineel Krishna has been held in Andhra Pradesh after a day's dramatic chase that saw him first jump off a police van and play a lunatic.Sriramula Srinivas alias Sudarshan, 55, is also a key accused in the 2003...
08:36
Chandigarh girl Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Femina Miss India 2013 contest in a glittering grand finale of the 50th edition of the beauty pageant on Sunday night.Sobhita Dhulipala became the first runner up while Zoya Afroz was adjudged the second runner up for the prestigious beauty...
08:33
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left New Delhi on Monday morning on a four-day visit to Durban in South Africa to attend a five-nation Summit on March 26 and 27 that could launch a BRICS development bank and discuss ways to reform governance in international financial institutions.Accompanied by a...
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