
Bhopal: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has issued notices to five telecom companies in the state for not following due procedure while issuing SIM cards. The notice comes after some SIM cards were allegedly procured by five members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Indian Mujahideen (IM) on fake identities. The members of the terror outfits were arrested in June 2011 from Bhopal and Jabalpur. ...

12:09 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Indore: The judicial remand of all the five accused in RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder case has been extended to June 11 by the Special CBI court. After filing of chargesheet on May 25, all the five accused - Zahida Pervez, Saba Farooqui, Saquib Ali (Danger), Irfan and Tabish were produced before the Special CBI Judge Dr Shubra Singh on Saturday. The court extended their judicial remand till June 11...

02:20 PM, May 27, 2012

New Delhi: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a charge sheet in RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder case. The investigative agency charged the prime accused in the case Zahida Pervez under section 120(B) for conspiracy of murder. MLA Dhruv Narayan Singh has not been charged yet. CBI had arrested Zahida after scrutinising call details generated from the tower located in the Koh-e-Fiza area where Shehla was shot...

01:47 PM, May 25, 2012

New Delhi: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a charge sheet in RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder case in a special court on Friday. The prime accused in the case Zahida Pervez, Saba Farooqui, Shaqib Ali (danger) Irfan and Tabish are likely to be produced before Special CBI judge Shubra Singh. CBI had arrested Zahida, Shaquib and Saba after scrutinising call details generated from the tower...

10:04 AM, May 25, 2012

Guwahati: To travel across all 28 states of India and neighbouring Bhutan in a Tata Nano car covering around 25,000 kms is no easy task. Yet, this is being attempted by 62-year-old Kochi-based car enthusiast Thomas Chacko, who has so far covered 5,400 km in the small car and reached Guwahati on Saturday. Starting his journey from Mumbai on May 3, Chacko has so far travelled through Indore, Bhopal, Khajuraho,...

07:40 PM, May 20, 2012

Indore: Indore witnessed a sharp rise in the number of crorepatis (those with annual income of Rs 1 crore or more) in the just concluded fiscal -- from 260 to 423, amounting to a 63 per cent growth. These millionaires were not from the political class, because most ministers file returns in the state capital Bhopal, said Chief Income Tax Commissioner, Indore Division, Surendra Mishra. Many of these persons were...

10:25 PM, Apr 27, 2012

Bhopal: Suresh Nandmehar is a cobbler by profession and a journalist by passion. The class 10 dropout from Bhopal is the writer, printer and publisher of the magazine 'Baal Ki Khaall'. The idea came to him in 1999 when he and fellow cobblers were evicted from lane next to Bhopal Municipal Corporation. They all sat on a dharna for 27 days, but nothing happened. Suresh Nandmehar says, "When no one...

10:30 AM, Apr 20, 2012

Bhopal: In a more embarrassment for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, a report has exposed how a key minister in the Shivraj Singh Chauhan government is involved in a 15 crore benami land deal in Bhopal. CNN-IBN has accessed a confidential Income Tax report which says that there is evidence that MP Health Minister Narottam Mishra took bribe for awarding contracts in 2008. Income tax probed contracts given to Nagarjuna...

06:24 PM, Apr 06, 2012

New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday said that the weapon used in the murder of RTI Activist Shehla Masood has been recovered at the instance of Saqib Ali who is accused of hiring contract killers to murder her. A CBI spokesperson said in New Delhi that the weapon, a country-made bullet, was recovered at the instance of Ali alias 'danger' and has been since sent for forensic examination. Ali -...

02:31 PM, Mar 25, 2012

New Delhi: The third accused in the Shehla Masood murder case Tabish has been remanded to CBI custody till the March 26. The Uttar Pradesh STF picked up Tabish, who is also a close aide of alleged contract killer Irfan, on Monday. Tabish, who is supposed to be a crucial link in the case, was arrested from his Bekanganj residence based on the inputs given by Irfan during questioning, STF...

03:32 PM, Mar 20, 2012

Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh STF on Monday picked up a close aide of alleged contract killer Irfan, who was arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Bhopal-based RTI activist Shehla Masood. Tabish, who is supposed to be a crucial link in the case, was arrested from his Bekanganj residence based on the inputs given by Irfan during questioning, STF circle officer Triveni Singh said, adding that he...

03:57 PM, Mar 19, 2012

Indore: Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday held a sit-in outside the residence of Congress MP Sajjan Singh Verma, who had served a privilege notice against key Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal. The agitators led by the core committee member Mayank Gandhi raised slogans against Verma while justifying Kejriwal's utterances. Verma has sent the notice to Kejriwal for his alleged controversial statement against MPs during a rally in...

08:10 PM, Mar 18, 2012

New Delhi: A Mumbai-based marketing company has bought a bungalow that belonged to notorious drug lord Iqbal Mirchi in Bhopal. The 8000-square foot bungalow cost Rs 7.5 crore. In an earlier auction nobody bought the prime property but now it has gone to Surewin marketing company. ...

07:41 PM, Mar 17, 2012

New Delhi: BJP MLA from Bhopal Dhruv Narayan Singh on Wednesday appeared before the CBI for the lie-detection test in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood, even as the two prime accused architect Zahida Parvez and her friend Saba Farooqui refused to give their consent for it. Singh arrived at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory with the CBI for his polygraph test at around 11 AM, agency...

01:47 PM, Mar 14, 2012

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would be "very sad" if India boycotted the London Olympics following the row over sponsorship of the event by Dow Chemicals, linked to the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984. "It would be a very sad day," he told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on CNN-IBN when asked about a possible boycott by India of the London Olympics. Here is the full...

06:06 PM, Mar 11, 2012