Age dilemma resolved amicably: Gen Singh's counsel

Age dilemma resolved amicably: Gen Singh's counsel

Puneet Bali, the counsel for General VK Singh in the age row, said on Friday that the matter had been resolved very gracefully. "It is a victory for everybody. This matter has been resolved very gracefully." He said that it was very hurting to see "certain sections" reporting that the General perhaps wanted to cling on to the post. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Cold wave hits North India, Mumbai

Cold wave hits North India, Mumbai

The mercury plunged to 4 degrees in Delhi making it the coldest day in February in 30 years. ...
07:53 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Newsmaker of the day: N Srinivasan

Newsmaker of the day: N Srinivasan

BCCI president N Srinivasan is hopeful of resolving all issues with Sahara India through dialogue, after the latter backed out of sponsorship of Team India and the Pune Warriors on Saturday. ...
10:27 PM, Feb 06, 2012

Pune bus driver to be produced before court today

Pune bus driver to be produced before court today New Delhi: Santosh Mane, the bus driver whose road rage claimed 9 lives in Pune in January this year, will be produced before a Sessions court on Monday. The Officials will also be submitting Manes medical record. A local court had earlier directed the police to send Mane to the mental hospital for observation. Mane has been kept under observation at the Regional Mental Hospital in Yerwada on the recommendation...
07:07 AM, Feb 06, 2012

Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome

Pune: Suresh Kalmadi given a hero's welcome Mumbai: Suresh Kalmadi, facing corruption charges, will not campaign for the upcoming Pune civic polls. He has been suspended from the Congress party. But Kalmadi got a hero's welcome in Pune on Saturday evening. Party workers defied the leadership and celebrated his homecoming. The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls. Congressmen and women lined up at his Pune home...
09:12 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Kalmadi won't campaign for the Pune Municipal polls: Cong

Kalmadi won't campaign for the Pune Municipal polls: Cong

Ajit Pawar is making the issue his election plank in the hopes of replacing Suresh Kalmadi. ...
11:59 AM, Feb 05, 2012
Army Chief's counsel on SC observations in age row case

Army Chief's counsel on SC observations in age row case

Army Chief General VK Singh's counsel Puneet Bali said that the court's observation was neither an advantage nor a disadvantage for them. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 03, 2012

Pune land scam: CBI to open lockers of ex-armymen

Pune land scam: CBI to open lockers of ex-armymen New Delhi: The CBI will on Thursday open lockers of two retired officers, Lt General Thamburaj and former Defence Estate Officer SR Nayyar, in the Pune land scam case. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI is examining documents seized from their homes. They are also pouring over documents seized from Kalpataru builders, the firm the army officers allegedly favoured. An official army statement said that there will be zero...
08:47 AM, Feb 02, 2012

Clash between army officers, cops; probe ordered

Clash between army officers, cops; probe ordered Pune: A clash broke out between army officers from the College of Military Engineering and traffic policemen in Pune on Tuesday night. According to the police, constables were roughed up and civilians and media personnel were also assaulted. The army also ordered an inquiry into the incident. The clashes broke out reportedly after traffic policemen apprehended two College of Military Engineering officers for a traffic violation. Following this, nearly 30...
07:59 PM, Feb 01, 2012

Pune: CBI files case against 2 retd Army officials

Pune: CBI files case against 2 retd Army officials Pune: The CBI has filed a case against two retired Army officials including a Lt Gen and a private builder for alleged cheating and criminal misconduct in settling a dispute involving defence land in Pune. The CBI case comes after a complaint by the Defence Ministry. According to the CBI, retired Lt Gen Thamburaj, and retired Defence Estate Officer SR Nayyar showed undue favors to Pune-based Kalpataru builders. The company...
10:46 AM, Feb 01, 2012

Pune: Army jawans clash with traffic policemen

Pune: Army jawans clash with traffic policemen Pune: A major clash took place between some Army personnel and traffic policemen in Pune on Tuesday night. Two jawans on a motorcycle allegedly beat up traffic policemen after they were stopped from going into a no-entry zone. Witnesses say the argument turned violent when the constables tried to issue the jawans a challan. Some civilians who tried to break up the fight were also beaten up. Journalists who captured...
08:12 AM, Feb 01, 2012

Army jawans allegedly assault policemen in Pune

Army jawans allegedly assault policemen in Pune Pune: Tension prevailed in a central area of the city on Tuesday evening as a group of army jawans clashed with police following an altercation over traffic violation. According to the police, the trouble started when a jawan attached to the College of Military Engineering (CME), riding a motorbike, was stopped by a traffic constable at Sambhaji Bridge for running into no-entry. The jawan then returned with his friends and...
11:05 PM, Jan 31, 2012

Land scam: CBI files case against retied armyman

Land scam: CBI files case against retied armyman Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against two retired army officials, including a Lt Gen and a private builder, for alleged cheating and criminal misconduct in settling a land dispute matter out of court. "A case has been registered against retired Lt Gen Nobel Thamburaj, the then General Officer in Command, Pune Circle, S R Nayyar, retired Defence Estate Officer, Pune Circle and Kalpataru builders...
07:27 PM, Jan 31, 2012

Symbiosis postpones seminar on J&K after protests

Symbiosis postpones seminar on J&K after protests Pune: Pune's Symbiosis University has postponed a seminar on Jammu and Kashmir after the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing ABVP and some NGOs raised objections. While the ABVP was opposed to the screening of a Kashmiri filmmaker Sanjay Kak's documentary 'Jashna-e-Azadi' calling it separatist, the NGOs took up the issue as they felt the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits was not being adequately represented. Reacting to the controversy, filmmaker...
11:45 AM, Jan 31, 2012

Pune bus horror: victims' kin blame cops

Pune bus horror: victims' kin blame cops Pune: Even as a hail of bullets failed to deflate tyres of the state transport (ST) bus hijacked by Santosh Mane and stop his murderous road rage that killed eight and injured over 30, an uncomfortable question has raised its head, whether the police's 'lack of shooting practice resulted in a firing fiasco' on January 25. According to weapon experts, hitting a moving target needs precision and it could be...
12:57 PM, Jan 30, 2012