New Delhi: The CBI is digging deeper to uncover the link between Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and the bribery scandal involving his nephew Vijay Singla. CBI sources on Tuesday said that Bansal's private secretary Rahul Bhandari will be interrogated by the agency. The sources said that Singla and Bhandari have emerged as crucial links in the railway racket. The sources added that all business links of Bhandari and Singla...
06:13 PM, May 07, 2013
Ghaziabad: Dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar on Tuesday sought stay on recording of statement in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case till the proceedings are over in the Supreme Court. The special CBI court hearing the double murder case was scheduled to record statements of the teenager's parents on Tuesday. Talwars moved a Special leave petition (SLP) in the apex court saying that the CBI hasn't called 14 other witnesses...
01:08 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The wife of 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday for a stay on the execution of his death sentence. The Supreme Court says that she will have to approach the same bench that delivered the verdict. The Supreme Court had earlier this month rejected the mercy petition of Bhullar, who had sought commutation of his death penalty to life sentence on...
12:44 PM, May 07, 2013
Wellington: A New Zealand man has pleaded guilty to assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder during an altercation outside a bar in the South Island city of Christchurch last month, reports said Tuesday. The 20-year-old, whose name was suppressed, was convicted after pleading guilty to one charge of assault and will reappear in the Christchurch District Court on June 5, the Christchurch Press reported. It said a second man, 37, the convicted...
10:46 AM, May 07, 2013
Ghaziabad: The special CBI court hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case will record statements of the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Tuesday. However, both Rajesh and Nupur are likely to move an application seeking more time to record the statement. Special CBI judge Shyam Lal rejected the defence counsel's plea, which demanded that 13 other witnesses including ADG (law and order) and the then CBI Joint Director Arun...
09:13 AM, May 07, 2013
Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao on Monday said the Reserve Bank will consider all options available, including reducing the cash reserve ratio (CRR), to manage liquidity in the system. "The assumption that OMOs will be the preferred tool is wrong. Don't go with that assumption. We will use all options available to us depending on the liquidity situation... it could be OMOs, it could be CRR (cut) or it...
02:27 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was on the backfoot on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its second affidavit on the coal scam probe in the Supreme Court, stating that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, Attorney General GE Vahanvati and officials from the PMO and the Coal Ministry had seen the report and suggested changes to it. The revelations came as huge embarrassment to the...
09:19 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: A court here has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary in a fresh case registered against him by the Delhi Police for telecasting a show allegedly on the basis of forged documents against Jindal Group in connection with Coalgate. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash brushed aside Chaudhary's contention that the fresh FIR has been filed against him due to "a grudge as he...
08:59 PM, May 06, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the PM, the Railway Minister and the Law Minister must resign in the wake of the latest scams. ...
07:04 PM, May 06, 2013
Bangalore: A case has been registered in a local court against Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly "denigrating" a Hindu god and "hurting" the religious sentiments of the Hindus. The 6th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Choori Khan registered a case under section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) along with 34 of the Indian Penal Code...
06:41 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The troubles are mounting for the UPA as the Opposition turns up the heat on two of its ministers, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, demanding that they be sacked over the coal blocks allocation scam probe case and the Railway Board bribery case respectively. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj threatened that Parliament will be allowed to function until the two...
04:40 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: As the Opposition stepped up pressure on Pawan Kumar Bansal seeking his resignation over the railway board bribery controversy, the Samajwadi Party (SP) also joined it in the demand saying the Railway Minister "cannot be protected for long". "When non-Congress officials are caught, they are quickly investigated. But Congress ministers accused of corruption are protected. This is a serious matter and Pawan Bansal cannot be protected for long....
03:34 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has put its weight behind its ministers under fire and has decided that both Union Railway Minister Pawan Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar are not going to resign just as yet. Sources say the allies are also backing the Congress on both these issues, but the Samajwadi Party is demanding the resignation of Bansal. "When non-Congress officials are caught, they are quickly investigated. But Congress...
12:18 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file its response on Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea before the Supreme Court on Monday. The YSR Congress chief, who has spent nearly one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case, had moved the SC challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's January 24 order refusing to grant him bail in the case. The SC had on April 29...
08:19 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: With the trial in the Delhi gangrape case "almost 90 per cent complete", the court verdict is expected to come by the end of May, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. In an interview with a news channel Neeraj Kumar said: "The trial of December 16 (2012) case is almost 90 per cent complete and judgment is expected by the end of May." On December 16, 2012, a...
10:46 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Activists of BJP's student wing on Sunday protested outside Railway Minister PK Bansal's residences in Delhi and Chandigarh and demanded his resignation in the wake of the arrest of his nephew for allegedly taking bribe to get a plum posting for an official. Heavy police deployment had been made at both the places. Police used lathicharge to disperse protesting ABVP activists outside his house in Chandigarh and rounded...
09:16 PM, May 05, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a 20-year-old youth arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after both of them told the court that they were in a relationship and would like to get married. The accused was arrested on February 21, 2013 by the Nalasopara police after receiving a complaint from the girl's mother that her daughter was missing. The girl, a Class 10 student, had...
12:22 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The government-appointed panel looking into Walmart's lobbying with American lawmakers for its entry into the Indian market is likely to meet on Monday and deliberate on information provided by the retail giant. The one-man committee, headed by former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal, during its meeting in April had sought fresh details from Walmart. Sources said the probe panel is expected to meet...
10:47 AM, May 05, 2013
Barcelona: Cristiano Ronaldo headed in two goals to help Real Madrid beat Valladolid 4-3 in the Spanish league on Saturday, but the entertaining win was overshadowed by growing dissatisfaction with coach Jose Mourinho for criticizing the club. Madrid's ninth straight home win in league play denied Barcelona the chance to clinch the league title this weekend. Madrid reduced Barcelona's lead to eight points, meaning the Catalan side can't seal the...
08:40 AM, May 05, 2013
