Friday, 22 March 2013

LIVE: Italian marines arrive back in India

LIVE: Italian marines arrive back in India

LIVE: Italian marines arrive back in India

New Delhi: Hours after Italy reversed its earlier decision, the two marines arrived in Delhi on Friday to face trial for killing two Indian fishermen. The marines - Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone - were on anti-pirate duty aboard cargo ship Enrica Lexie ...
Arvind Kejriwal to sit on indefinite fast from Saturday

Arvind Kejriwal to sit on indefinite fast from Saturday

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal will sit on an indefinite hunger strike from Saturday against increased power and water bills in the national capital. "The time has come to motivate people against illegal rise in taxes by the Delhi ...
BJP a sinking ship in Karnataka politics: BS Yeddyurappa

BJP a sinking ship in Karnataka politics: BS Yeddyurappa

MYSORE: KJP chief B S Yeddyurappaon Friday describing BJP as "sinking ship" in state politics said the ensuing assembly elections will show the BJP's standing in Karnataka politics. Addressing a series of workers and public meetings in the district ...
Police say New Delhi terror plot averted

Police say New Delhi terror plot averted

NEW DELHI: Police said Friday that they foiled a terror attack by a group that was planning to target New Delhi during celebrations of Holi festival next week. The arrest this week of a suspected agent from Hizb-ul Mujahedeen, led authorities to a hotel in ...
Bihar policemen claim awards based on false Naxal encounter claims

Bihar policemen claim awards based on false Naxal encounter claims

New Delhi: The Bihar Police recommended the names of two of its personnel for the President's gallantry medals allegedly for an encounter they did not take part in, a CNN-IBN and Open magazine expose has revealed. The Rohtas Naxal encounter took ...
UP govt showers sops on MLAs; hikes pension

UP govt showers sops on MLAs; hikes pension

A slew of sops, including an increase in pensions and allowances for legislators, were announced on Friday by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in the Assembly on the last day of the Budget Session. Not only the sitting MLAs but former MLAs too ...
Who will rape a mother of four, asks UP ASP to rape victim

Who will rape a mother of four, asks UP ASP to rape victim

The insensitivity of the Uttar Pradesh Police today came to the fore, as a senior police officer was caught on camera humiliating a 35-year-old Dalit woman, who had approached him for lodging a rape case, saying "who would rape an elderly woman who is a ...
Death for killer who had sex with girl

Death for killer who had sex with girl's corpse

A court in Odisha on Friday sentenced to death a man who murdered a minor girl and then indulged in sex with her corpse in the state's Jharsuguda district. District and sessions judge Shyam Sunder Mishra pronounced the capital punishment to 22-year-old ...
Key reforms stalled as Parliament adjourned again

Key reforms stalled as Parliament adjourned again

New Delhi: Even on the last day of the first half of the budget session, political protests continued to halt operations in both houses of Parliament. The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after uproar from pro-Telengana leaders, demanding the formation of a ...