Athens: Greece's conservatives and socialists edged towards a deal on a new government on Tuesday that would seek concessions from the country's lenders on its punishing austerity programme, and the euro zone signalled it was ready to negotiate. Both the conservative New Democracy party, which narrowly won elections on Sunday, and PASOK Socialists expressed hope that a government backing Greece's bailout agreement with the EU and IMF - albeit with...
03:24 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh anti-Corruption bureau has arrested suspended Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Justice Pattabhi Raman Rao in the cash-for-bail case. Rao allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 6 crore to grant bail to former BJP minister Gali Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case. The arrest comes three days after Rao's residence was raided in connection with the case. This is the third arrest in the case....
09:30 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Bangalore: The CBI on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that there was a prima facie case against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case which required their custodial interrogation. Opposing the anticipatory bail application moved by Yeddyurappa and others, CBI counsel Ashok Bhan submitted a prima facie case had been made out with instances such as agreement between state-owned Mysore Minerals Limited and...
01:31 AM, Jun 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court on Monday is set to hear the bail petitions filed by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family members. They were questioned by the CBI regarding their alleged involvement in the granting of mining licenses to private companies, land grabbing and illegal denotifications. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday questioned former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's two sons and son-in-law in...
07:39 AM, Jun 18, 2012
The main contenders, the right-wing New Democracy and left-wing Syriza party, are at odds over whether to stick with the tough EU bailout deal. ...
10:16 PM, Jun 17, 2012
A win for the Left-wing Syriza LED party would mean Greece's exit from the EU and bloodbath in the markets worldwide. ...
12:49 PM, Jun 17, 2012
Hyderabad: In the latest development in connection with the cash-for-bail case, the anti-corruption bureau on Saturday arrested T Ravi Chandra, the son of the suspended CBI judge Pattabhi Raman Rao, and another retired judge, Chalapthi Rao. The arrests came just hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out raids at the residence of the suspended judge in connection with the cash-for-bail case. Rao reportedly took Rs...
05:43 PM, Jun 16, 2012
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out raids at the residence of suspended Judge Justice Pattabhi Raman Rao in connection with the cash-for-bail scam. Rao reportedly took Rs 6 crore from former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy to grant him bail in the illegal mining scam involving the Obulapuram Mining Company. The judge was suspended after the CBI produced evidence of him taking the bribe from...
01:43 PM, Jun 16, 2012
Ramanagar: Just hours after being granted bail by a court, controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda was re-arrested on Thursday and remanded to one-day preventive custody on charges of disturbing the peace. Nithyananda, who was arrested on Wednesday after he appeared before a court to surrender in an assault case, was slapped with a fresh case of disturbing the peace in Ramanagara and surrounding areas of Nithyananda Ashram at Bidadi near Ramanagar....
08:49 PM, Jun 14, 2012
If a new MoU is not signed by June 30, there is a possibility of players going on strike as a last resort. ...
10:38 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Brussels/Madrid: Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros to shore up its teetering banks and Madrid said it would specify precisely how much it needs once independent audits report in just over a week. After a 2 1/2-hour conference call of the 17 finance ministers, which several sources described as heated, the Eurogroup and Madrid said the amount of the bailout would...
09:19 AM, Jun 10, 2012
New Delhi: Former telecom minister key 2G scam accused A Raja heads for Tamil Nadu on Friday. It will be his first visit home in over 15 months. Raja was arrested on the February 1, 2011 and released on bail on May 15, 2012. In Chennai, DMK MP's followers are arranging a massive celebration at the airport. His first stop is expected to be at DMK chief Karunanidhi's house. He...
06:30 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Mumbai: Days after the special CBI court granted bail to seven accused in the Adarsh Society scam, two more accused have filed their bail applications. Former city civic chief Jairaj Phatak and former state chief information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari approached the sessions court on Monday, saying the CBI has not filed the charge sheet even 60 days after their arrest. If Phatak and Tiwari are also granted bail, then all...
02:13 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The trial in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case has been adjourned till June 8. The case was adjourned due to the death of a member of Ghaziabad Bar Association. Aarushi's parents, Nupur and Rajesh, have been charged with murder and destruction of evidence. Apart from this Rajesh Talwar has been charged with misleading the probe. Nupur Talwar's bail plea was rejected by the Allahabad High Court last week,...
11:31 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Kochi/Kollam: After 105 days in custody, the two Italian marines, arrested for allegedly gunning down two Indian fishermen off Kerala waters, were on Saturday released on bail as a court in Kollam posted their trial to June 18. Latore Massimilliano and Salvatore Girone walked out of the Borstal prison around 9.30 pm after they fulfilled the stringent bail conditions of the Kerala High Court, prison authorities said. Though the Jail...
12:28 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: A special court on Tuesday is expected to pronounce its order on the bail applications of 7 accused in the Adarsh housing scam. They are former defence officials, AR Kumar, MM Wanchu, RC Thakur and TK Kaul, former senior IAS officers PV Deshmukh and Pradeep Vyas and former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani. All the accused have sought bail on the ground that CBI had not filed a chargesheet...
06:50 AM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday dismissed the plea of YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy for an interim anticipatory bail in the disproportionate assets case against him. The CBI had summoned Jagan to appear before it on May 25 in connection with the case. Earlier, the YSR Congress president had told CNN-IBN that he feared he might be arrested before the crucial by-elections in Andhra...
05:57 PM, May 24, 2012
There's a difference between horror and gore. Different types of films can be gory, including horror ones. However, horror films need not be gory. Indeed, films of the past relied more on scaring viewers by what lies hidden in the dark, rather than gore. The equation today has changed with most horror films trying to accentuate the fear element by excessive gore without often realising they end up doing just...
01:18 PM, May 20, 2012
Luke Pomersbach, facing charges of molestation, has been instructed to surrender his passport and not leave the country. ...
04:40 PM, May 19, 2012
Athens: Attempts to form a government in Greece collapsed on Tuesday, jolting financial markets at the prospect that leftists opposed to the terms of an EU bailout could sweep to victory in a June election and tip the euro zone deeper into crisis. The turmoil in Athens sent shock waves around other troubled members of the 17-nation European single currency area. The euro slipped below $1.28, world stocks slid and...
08:50 AM, May 16, 2012
