Wednesday, 24 April 2013

China denies incursion in Ladakh; Salman Khurshid to visit China on May 9

China denies incursion in Ladakh; Salman Khurshid to visit China on May 9

China denies incursion in Ladakh; Salman Khurshid to visit China on May 9

A platoon of Chinese troops moved into Indian territory on April 15 in Ladakh while two Chinese helicopters provided cover, violating Indian airspace. Salman Khurshid. Amid growing tensions between India and China over Line of Actual Control (LAC) in ...
Mumbai: Man gets life term for raping, murdering minor niece

Mumbai: Man gets life term for raping, murdering minor niece

Mumbai: Observing that there was enough evidence to nail the guilty, the Bombay High Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a Pune resident for raping and killing his minor niece eight years ago. A Pune sessions court had awarded life ...
SIT claims Zakia

SIT claims Zakia's protest petition 'fiction'

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) Wednesday termed Zakia Jafri's protest petition a "fiction" before a Metropolitan court in its response to her plea that has challenged the cleanchit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 others ...
Lok Sabha adjourned after condoling death of TMC member

Lok Sabha adjourned after condoling death of TMC member

Lok Sabha adjourned after condoling death of TMC member New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned today without transacting any business as a mark of respect for Trinamool Congress member Ambika Banerjee who died early this morning. Banerjee, who ...
Congress manifesto has a slew of promises

Congress manifesto has a slew of promises

The Congress party on Wednesday released its manifesto for the assembly elections with a surfeit of promises. Congress leaders AK Antony, Madhusudan Mistry, Ambika Soni and others at SM Krishna's residence. The Congress party on Wednesday ...
Will Karnataka polls bring Deve Gowda

Will Karnataka polls bring Deve Gowda's back on national stage?

When he was Prime Minister of India, HD Deve Gowda was accused of behaving like the Prime Minister of Karnataka, given his penchant of breathing down the neck of his successor in the chief minister's chair, the late JH Patel. Sixteen years after he was ...
Chit fund scam stretches to Assam, CM hints at CBI probe

Chit fund scam stretches to Assam, CM hints at CBI probe

Guwahati: The Saradha chit fund scam also stretches to Assam. Saradha promoter Sudipta Sen's explosive letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) brings Assam Health and Education Minister and a former DGP under scrutiny. Assam Chief Minister ...
Former Lok Sabha MP Adikesavulu Naidu no more

Former Lok Sabha MP Adikesavulu Naidu no more

Hyderabad, Apr 25: Former MP from Andhra Pradesh D K Adikesavulu Naidu, who served as Chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), passed away last night in Bengaluru. Adikesavulu (72) underwent a bypass surgery in a corporate hospital ...
High Court upholds PILs against VIDC

High Court upholds PILs against VIDC

The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court (HC) rejected Wednesday objections by Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) to two PILs against irregularities in projects in the region. Local organisation Jan Manch led by lawyer Anil Killor has filed ...