Crime & Justice

Jessica Lall murder case: HC to decide fate of hostile witnesses

More than two years after reserving its verdict, the Delhi High Court will tomorrow decide whether to prosecute 19 witnesses including Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi on the charge of perjury for turnin......read more

Politics

Aam Aadmi Party flays appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as new CAG

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today criticised the appointment of Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and accused the government of weakening the watchdog ins......read more

Sohrabuddin Case

Sohrabuddin Sheikh case: CBI should interrogate Vasundhara Raje, says Meena

Independent MP and former BJP leader Kirori Meena today demanded that former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje should be interrogated by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Dara fake encounter cases. ......read more

Appointments

Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma to replace Vinod Rai as new CAG

Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was today named as the new Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG). The 1976 Bihar cadre officer will succeed Vinod Rai, who superannuates tomorrow after five......read more

Indo-Afghan Ties

Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds talks with PM Manmohan Singh

Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight discussing the situation in the region in the backdrop of Afghanistan's keenness to enhance defence cooperation with......read more

UPA not a liability, says Sharad Pawar's NCP

On the eve of the 9th anniversary of the UPA, Sharad Pawar's NCP today lamented that Congress failed to reciprocate its support and friendship, but insisted that the UPA was "not a liability". "We ha......read more

Arunima Sinha becomes first Indian amputee to scale Mt Everest

Arunima Sinha, a former national level volleyball player who had lost her right leg after being thrown off a moving train by some hoodlums, created history today by becoming the first Indian amputee t......read more

Crimes Against Women

Teenaged girl objects to eve-teasing, set ablaze in Uttar Pradesh

A teenaged girl was allegedly set ablaze by three youths after she objected to eve-teasing in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, police said here today. The incident took place last night at Mohammad......read more

Crime & Justice

Pappu Yadav comes out of jail in Ajit Sarkar murder case

Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav today came out of the jail here after being acquitted by the Patna High Court in CPI(M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case for lack of evidence. Yadav, who was lodg......read more

Court hears defamation suit against Lalu Prasad Yadav

A criminal defamation suit filed by a ruling JD(U) legislator Sanjay Singh against RJD President Lalu Prasad was heard by a local court which posted the matter for Monday next after recording the comp......read more

PM files affidavit correcting age to 80 in RS poll papers

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations today. The Prime Minister submit......read more

Online RTI facility now extended to MHA, Agriculture Ministry

In a step towards enhancing transparency, the Centre has extended facility of e-filing of RTI applications to ministries of Home Affairs and Agriculture. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoP......read more

Rajiv Gandhi remembered on death anniversary

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was today remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial here. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Mi......read more

Jaya renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu

Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redra......read more