HC orders 3-phase rural polls in Bengal

Kanchan Chakraborty Kolkata, May 10 The Calcutta High Court on Friday ruled that the panchayat elections would be held in three phases and that the state government would fulfil the requirements of......read more

Railway Bribery Case

Slow rise, fast fall for P K Bansal

Unlike the taint associated with run-of-the-mill politicians, Pawan Kumar Bansal had a certain image of “Mr Clean” and was known for being meticulous in work. But when his nephew was arrested last wee......read more

Railway Bribery Case

BJP calls for CBI probe into firms owned by Pawan Bansal's kin

Stepping up the heat on Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal following his nephew's arrest in a graft case, BJP today called for a CBI probe into three firms floated by his relatives which had allege......read more

Education

Boy scores 96% in Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education despite kidney failure

Displaying tremendous grit, a 17-year-old boy suffering from failure of both kidneys, scored 96 per cent marks in science in Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, prompting the state government to o......read more

Automobiles

Mahindra Scorpio, Tata Safari set to crash Maruti Gypsy party in Indian Army

The Indian Army has decided to phase-out Maruti Gypsy from its inventory with Mahindra Scorpio and Tata Safari in the race to replace the vehicle under a project expected to cost the force more than R......read more

Railway Bribery Case

Hawala route for bribe payment in Railway scam: CBI

The hawala route was used for payment of bribe money in the Railway graft scandal, a preliminary probe by CBI showed, as the agency asked senior Railway officials to join its investigations. As the sc......read more

Coalgate probe: CBI Director meets Narayanasamy

Amid a controversy over the probe into Coal block allocation, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha today discussed various matters related to the functioning of the central investigating agency with Minister of ......read more

Karnataka Assembly Polls

More than 200 crorepati MLAs in new Karnataka Assembly

The average asset per MLA in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections is Rs 23.54 crore, a nearly 135 per cent increase compared to the previous 2008 poll, when it was Rs 10.02 crore, according to an NGO......read more

Political Fallout

Cornered Congress fires Ashwani Kumar, Pawan Kumar Bansal

Ending speculation on their fate, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned on Friday evening. They were given marching orders three hours after Congress president So......read more

Ishrat Jahan Encounter Case

Ishrat Jahan encounter case: Cops protecting accused, says Gujarat HC

Gujarat High Court today pulled Chief Minister Narendra Modi's state government saying some of its high-ranking police officers were "protecting, shielding and siding with" the policemen accused in th......read more

Nine Gujarat cops booked in custodial death case

Nine policemen have been booked in connection with a case of an alleged custodial death of a thief here, police said today. "We have registered a criminal case against nine policemen, including a pol......read more

Court rejects UP govt's plea to withdraw case against two

The UP government's plea to withdraw case against two alleged HuJI operatives in connection with seizure of explosives here after the 2007 Gorakhpur blasts was today rejected by a local court. Specia......read more

China has agreed to consider improving Brahmaputra water mechanism: Khurshid

China has responded positively to India's concerns over Beijing's plan to build three new dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet by agreeing to consider improving the present mechanism on sharing of dat......read more

Brash & bold Siddaramaiah realises life-time ambition

Rustic in appearance at times, outspoken Siddaramaiah is not known to mince words and hide his ambitions. And whenever some ruling BJP members tried to taunt him over his ambition, Siddaramaiah, Leade......read more