Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Aruna Roy wants to work from outside NAC

Aruna Roy wants to work from outside NAC

Aruna Roy wants to work from outside NAC

National Advisory Council (NAC) member and influential activist Aruna Roy will not longer be a member of the NAC. She has asked that her tenure, which comes to an end at the end of May not be renewed. NAC chairman Sonia Gandhi has accepted Roy's ...
Sole convict in Suryanelli rape case retracts charge against PJ Kurien

Sole convict in Suryanelli rape case retracts charge against PJ Kurien

In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-old Suryanelli sex scandal, the lone convict in the case, Dharmarajan on Wednesday retracted his allegation that Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in the case.
Mahendra Karma had only six guards with him when Maoists attacked

Mahendra Karma had only six guards with him when Maoists attacked

NEW DELHI: Mahendra Karma, former Chhattisgarh home minister, slain by Maoists along with 26 others, had Z-plus security with 16 armed guards but was accompanied by only six guards when he was attacked. Sources said when the Maoists attacked the ...
Maoists terrorists, should learn from Arvind Kejriwal, fight polls: Jairam Ramesh

Maoists terrorists, should learn from Arvind Kejriwal, fight polls: Jairam Ramesh

Two days after describing the Chhattisgarh attack as "holocaust", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said Naxalites were "terrorists" since they spread terror. He said security in Naxal areas needs to be stepped up for development work.
Delhi women scared of going to police stations: Sheila Dikshit

Delhi women scared of going to police stations: Sheila Dikshit

The chief minister added that the people in the city have forgotten courtesies and have become insensitive. Sheila Dikshit. Women in the national capital are scared of going to police stations to register their complaints, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on ...
Left red-faced by Ram Jethmalani, BJP expels him

Left red-faced by Ram Jethmalani, BJP expels him

NEW DELHI: Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani and BJP have parted ways again with the party expelling the Rajya Sabha MP for six years for not being able to provide any satisfactory explanation for his diatribe against senior leaders including former BJP ...
Five goons burst into courtroom, gundown alleged

Five goons burst into courtroom, gundown alleged 'murder'

Hoshiyar Singh was shot dead by five assailants inside the court premises while he was being taken to the court for hearing in connection with a murder in Tappal in November last year. An undertrial in a murder case was on Wednesday shot dead by ...
India, Japan to accelerate talks on N deal

India, Japan to accelerate talks on N deal

Japan on Wednesday pledged to jointly work with India to make it a full member of international export control regimes like NSG and “accelerate” negotiations for early conclusion of a civil nuclear cooperation agreement. A joint statement issued at the end of ...
IAF

IAF's Nagpur unit to help anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh

The anti-Naxal operations in Maoist hotbed of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh are set to get a boost with IAF deciding to provide helicopter support from Nagpur where a new unit is being set up. NEW DELHI: The anti-Naxal operations in Maoist hotbed of Jagdalpur ...