Govt gets its blueprint for revamp of intelligence

Tuesday 2 June '09

Creation of national database, centres to tone up intelligence sharing and gathering, a counter-intelligence centre are among many recommendations that will shortly get a look-in by Cabinet Committee on Security.

Moily reverses Bhardwaj: will push impeachment of Calcutta HC judge

Saturday 30 May '09

Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said that he would expedite impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court.

Prabhakaran death ends Rajiv trial, probe panel awaits burial

Thursday 21 May '09

Killing of LTTE founder Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman is set to bring the curtains down on Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

PMO ready with Inbox for next government

Monday 11 May '09

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is putting the final touches on what it calls the action plan for whoever takes charge of the next government.

On Babri, it was BJP which made CBI crawl

Tuesday 5 May '09

Confidential files reveal how handling of Advani's discharge in the case related to his alleged inflammatory speeches during Babri Masjid demolition was as partisan as CBI’s conduct in other politically sensitive probes

Another coalition helps Maya: of CBI and the AG

Monday 4 May '09

You don’t have to wait until the results come in on May 16 to get a sense of the political clout Mayawati enjoys with whoever takes charge at the Centre.

On Mulayam, CBI takes cue from Cong-SP ties

Friday 1 May '09

Does Mulayam Singh Yadav have assets disproportionate to his income? That’s the question at the heart of the case against him and the answer, going by CBI and Government’s internal documents.

Summer rush: Waiting lists lengthen for trains, flights

Friday 1 May '09

If you are planning to go on vacation this summer, make sure you rush to the booking counter and get your train or flight tickets well in advance.

Union Law Minister’s gem: I signed file...foreigners are not like us, they want logical conclusion

Wednesday 29 April '09

Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj admitted today that he had, indeed, signed off on the removal of the Red Corner Notice against Bofors...

Case against Sajjan: A textbook story of ineptitude

Monday 27 April '09

Sultanpuri case was the only 1984 riot case against Sajjan Kumar being probed by CBI before it registered five more cases against him following Nanavati Commission report in 2005.

5 yrs to admit appeal, 4 yrs and not 1 chargesheet

Monday 27 April '09

If the CBI’s clean chit to Jagdish Tytler trashed the opinion of its own officers who recommended prosecution — as reported in The Sunday Express today....

CBI chief gave Tytler a clean chit, his officers had said prosecute him

Sunday 26 April '09

Journalist Jarnail Singh’s shoe carries a lot more weight than the words of the Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation or of its Deputy Inspector General.

ED identifies 786 properties in Satyam scam

Saturday 18 April '09

In what is unfolding as one of the biggest cases under the newly-amended Prevention of Money Laundering Act...

Liquor baron wants to shut down disco: Don’t think we did a good thing for society

Monday 6 April '09

Days after taking over a major chunk of retail and wholesale liquor sales in Uttar Pradesh, liquor baron Gurdeep Singh....

Court slams Govt for ‘selling out’ to Suresh Nanda’s firm

Friday 3 April '09

The Delhi High Court today sought to end the monopoly of C1 India, a company floated and promoted by arms dealer Suresh Nanda...

Hijack, then bailout: BCCI OKs $10m for overseas IPL

Tuesday 24 March '09

BCCI hastily sanctioned an 'imprest' corpus of $10 million (Rs 50 crore) for IPL’s overseas outing and prepared to raise it to thrice that amount.

Anjolie paints a tribute to Black Cat heroes of 26/11

Sunday 15 March '09

The Mumbai attack is over 100 days old but the five-day-long, high-voltage commando action is fast becoming a favoured theme for script writers, authors and even artists....

Losing the explosives’ trail

Friday 6 March '09

The Government has finally admitted that a high level of leakage and pilferage of explosives—including ammonium nitrate...

Tech upgrade, more staff: revamp roadmap soon

Wednesday 25 February '09

Requests for purchase of sensitive equipment by the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing have taken six to seven years....

NSA: India to reply after chargesheet

Tuesday 24 February '09

The 'dialogue' between India and Pakistan on the 26/11 Mumbai attack probe is likely to progress further only after filing of the chargesheet in the case.....

PM’s new routine: Treadmill, TV and meeting key aides

Sunday 22 February '09

A 50-minute brisk walk on the treadmill, a 30-minute physiotherapy session, listening to the Gurbani and plugging into some TV news...

Satyam fund transfers tracked to foreign accounts

Tuesday 10 February '09

Scrutinising banking transactions involving Satyam Computers Services Limited (SCSL) and the 327 shell companies set up by its founder Ramalinga Raju....

Day after Raju quit, front firms sought return of loans

Monday 9 February '09

As it scrutinizes 40 trunkloads of documents in the Satyam scandal, Andhra CID has come across evidence of fund transfers.

Satyam’s sprawling land bank barren and rocky

Sunday 8 February '09

The largest chunk of land purchased by the “front” companies floated by Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju...

For 7 yrs, accounts ‘managed,’ papers hidden: Satyam top brass tell cops

Saturday 7 February '09

The interrogation of six prime suspects in the Satyam scam — currently lodged in Hyderabad’s Chanchalguda Jail — including that of its founder Ramalinga Raju...