
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, sent to judicial custody for his alleged role in the cash-for-votes scam, was lodged in jail number 3 of Tihar Prisons. He reached the jail premises at 6:25 pm and entered through Gate Number 4, sources said. He is the sixth MP to be lodged inside Tihar Prisons after Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, former telecom minister A Raja, sacked CWG OC chairman Suresh...

07:34 PM, Sep 06, 2011

Patna: Former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, facing a life term in CPI-M MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case, broke his fast by drinking lemon water offered by Beur Jail Superintendent O P Gupta, official sources said. Pappu Yadav had launched an indefinite fast on Tuesday to support social activist Anna Hazare's demand for bringing a comprehensive Lokpal Bill to weed out corruption. Yadav who continued his fast in the...

01:24 PM, Apr 09, 2011
Gurgaon: Following a Supreme Court order, former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from a hospital in Haryana's Gurgaon district, officials said on Monday. Yadav was sentenced to life for the murder of CPM leader Ajit Sarkar 12 years back. He was arrested after a bench of justices Markandey Katju and AK Patnaik expressed surprise on August 6...

04:31 PM, Aug 16, 2010

Shanti Priya is mother of Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav. ...

11:58 AM, Apr 26, 2009

Mohammed Shahabuddin's wife Heena is contesting elections. ...

11:11 PM, Apr 07, 2009

His wife joined the Congress to contest from Supaul constituency. ...

06:33 PM, Apr 05, 2009

Yadav was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a CPI-M legislator. ...

12:40 AM, Apr 03, 2009

Yadav feels winning will not be an issue. ...

11:48 AM, Mar 28, 2009

Sanjay Dutt can contest polls if Supreme Court stays his conviction. ...

01:45 PM, Mar 07, 2009

He was sentenced to life imprisonment in this case over a decade ago. ...

10:01 PM, Feb 18, 2009

Jailed MP Pappu Yadav shelled out Rs 4 crore from his parliamentarian fund. ...

10:43 AM, Nov 20, 2008

Released MPs who were supposed to return to Tihar fail to do so. ...

05:33 PM, Jul 22, 2008

London: The fifth day of the first Test between India and England was sold out as fans queued up in large numbers outside the majestic Lord's Cricket Ground. Lord's official Twitter feed estimated 20,000 people were waiting in line two hours before the start of the last day's play of the 2,000th Test. The queue snaked down side streets in the St John's Wood area of London, the Guardian reported....

01:59 AM, Feb 15, 2008

London: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's verdict to field first on winning the toss in the first Test against England at Lord's has earned flak from some quarters. The sudden decision took the experts by surprise and few have doubts whether it's a right decision, given the venue and conditions. In a similar incident, Mohammed Azharuddin chose to field at the same venue in 1990 and the opposition captain Graham...

12:25 PM, Feb 14, 2008

Nairobi: Cricket Kenya on Thursday withdrew it's one-year contracts to five first-team players but hoped they would still continue to play for the country. The five, who include opening batsman Alex Obanda and pacemen Nehemiah Odhiambo and Elijah Otieno were in a list of 13 players set to begin new and improved contracts on July 1. But Cricket Kenya chief Tom Sears said only seven players had signed the contracts ...

09:13 AM, Feb 14, 2008