New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea will come up for hearing in a Delhi court on Saturday in the 1984 Delhi Sikh riots case. Kumar has claimed contradictions in the affidavits and statement of key witness and complainant Jagdish Kaur. They were conducted by the GT Nanavati and Ranganath Mishra Commissions. Sajjan Kumar, Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar, Mahender Yadav, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal are facing trial in the...
10:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately review the scheme. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the minister has recommended streamlining the disbursal system of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) under which Rs 200 per month is given...
10:59 PM, May 20, 2012
A person often looks helpless and vulnerable in front of his wife or on the hospital bed and maybe even in the court room. How ...
07:58 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: The killing of people in the Delhi Cantonment area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was the result of a well executed conspiracy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Monday as the agency finished its arguments in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the Delhi Cantonment area case. The CBI said that people belonging only to a certain community were targeted with the pattern and scale of operation...
05:03 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: RSS has praised late Indira Gandhi as the only one who had stood her ground against terror while it took a dig at BJP's Jaswant Singh for accompanying Kashmiri terrorists to secure the release of a planeload of Indian hostages. In its editorial on the current hostage crisis in Odisha, RSS mouthpiece Organiser has said neither the Centre nor the states have a "well-defined policy" on kidnapping and...
09:08 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said records pertaining to the imposition of emergency in India in 1975 have gone missing from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and could not be found after a "thorough search". V Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the PMO, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said "yes" to the question "whether the official record regarding the imposition of emergency in the year 1975...
06:22 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Tuesday justified seeking an eight-time hike in airport charges, saying it would not affect the airlines much and would help the Airports Authority of India (AAI) gain more revenue. "If the proposed hike of 774 per cent by DIAL is approved by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, then the aeronautical charges would increase only by 100-150 per cent for various airlines," DIAL CFO...
05:06 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: He grew up in a family that aligned its destiny with the turbulent politics of post-independence India and fell apart for it. London-based biographer-historian Zareer Masani, who courted controversy with a biography of Indira Gandhi, feels dynasty is deeply rooted in the Indian political tradition. But Masani, the son of free market political guru Minoo Masani and "an Indira Gandhi loyalist" Shakuntala, told IANS he has "not let...
08:20 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Around 10 days before war broke out between India and Pakistan in 1971, the then President of Pakistan Yahya Khan had given an inkling of his intentions to attack this country after taking a few drinks with an American journalist. Yahya had told the journalist on the day of their meeting that he would be "at the front within 10 days" when the American talked about getting back...
12:30 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Jodhpur: A wrist watch, a toe ring, a pendant and a broken chain have been recovered from the Indira Gandhi canal near Jaloda village in Jodhpur, said to be the place where Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi was murdered and burnt to death. The CFSL team reached the spot to examine the contents recovered. The CBI team carrying the investigations said that the items belonged to Bhanwari Devi. Bhanwari Devi had...
12:16 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: A fire broke out on early Thursday morning in the cargo terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airport Officials said that fire has been brought under control. There were no casualties but the cargo handling agency office and the offices of 15 airlines located in the building have been damaged. The blaze erupted at around 1.15 am and 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot,...
03:53 AM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Amid growing tension in ties with Trinamool, Congress on Wednesday defended the protests by its West Bengal unit against a move to rename Indira Bhavan in Kolkata, saying the manner in which it was done by Mamata Banerjee government was not proper. "The manner in which the name of a place associated with a revered personality is changed ... is not proper," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters...
09:28 PM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: In this September 17, 1973 file photo, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, far right, stands with her family in New Delhi. From left, Gandhi's daughter-in-law Sonia carrying grandaughter Priyanka; sons Sanjay and Rajiv; and grandson Rahul. (AP Photo/File) ...
11:56 AM, Dec 24, 2011
Mumbai: Dev Anand, who passed away at 88 in London early Sunday, was perhaps the first Bollywood star who formally tried his luck in politics. He had a short but not sweet stint, but certainly started a trend of celebs entering the corridors of power. Way back in 1977, after the Emergency was imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi, Dev Anand decided to set things right and 'teach the...
06:27 PM, Dec 04, 2011
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