Hinting that younger son MK Stalin will be his heir, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday perhaps laid to rest speculation on who will win the battle between the two brothers - Stalin and MK Alagiri - to lead the party after him. ...
03:22 PM, Jan 03, 2013
A Hyderabad court on Thursday ordered the police to register an FIR against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi for an alleged hate speech made by him, while the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy assured that "anyone who hurts sentiments will be dealt with as per law." ...
01:41 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Indian Police Service officer SA Ibrahim on Tuesday took over as chief of the Intelligence Bureau, home ministry sources said, becoming the first from the country's main minority community to hold the post. Ibrahim, an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has taken over as from Nehchal Sandhu who retired December 31. He will hold the post for two years. ...
05:44 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Causing embarrassment to the Delhi government, its much-vaunted helpline for women suffered technical glitches soon after launch Monday, however the glitch seemed to be sorted out by evening. Earlier, mobile phone users could not connect to its toll-free number 181. ...
09:31 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh to the family members of Delhi braveheart. Yadav has decided to give the financial assistance to the victim's family from his discretionary quota, an official spokesman said here. ...
08:16 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Delhi government's new helpline number for women in distress was launched on Monday but it seems 181 only works from MTNL landlines and Airtel mobiles. It could not be accessed from an Idea or Vodafone mobile connection. ...
04:18 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Even before the new helpline number for women, 181, could get operational, there is confusion over the launch of it. While Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was slated to inaugurate it on Monday afternoon, the government ad said that the helpline was already in place. ...
11:42 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Favouring a special session of Parliament on the issue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday demanded more stringent laws against rape saying CRPC and IPC provisions were outdated. Expressing shock at the death of the 23-year old Delhi braveheart in Singapore, Banerjee said, "there is need for more stringent laws against those who commit such crimes as the provisions of the IPC and CrPC are very old." ...
05:10 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Chief Economic Advisor Dr Raghuram Rajan has said that forecasting growth around turning points in very difficult and conceded that there is a steady decline in growth, adding that steps need to be taken in that regard urgently. ...
10:20 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Government has decided to withdraw all security cover provided to former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who has been taking part in a number of protests over corruption, Delhi gangrape incident and other issues. The former Army Chief was provided Z 'Plus' security cover till November 30 but in a review meeting, the Ministry of Home Affairs took the decision that he does not require any protection, Army sources said...
06:21 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Under attack from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Wednesday wrote to the Home Ministry rebutting charges that police had interfered when a magistrate was recording the statement of Delhi gangrape survivor. ...
01:43 PM, Dec 26, 2012
The Delhi Chief Minister has written a letter to the Home Minister and questioned the investigations into the case. ...
09:56 PM, Dec 25, 2012
An old war horse, who could not be put down by allegations of corruption or infighting in the Congress, Virbhadra Singh steered the party back to power in Himachal Pradesh with a spirited campaign this time. The seventy-eight-year-old veteran became chief minister of the state for the sixth time, setting a record. ...
01:21 AM, Dec 25, 2012
As protests against the gangrape incident turned violent, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on December 23 called for an all-party meeting and made an appeal to youths not to resort to violence, saying this is not the solution. Swaraj said she had spoken to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the evening on the need for convening the meeting to "resolve the situation." ...
07:25 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Sundar Raman, the IPL chief executive, tweeted the news on Friday though the venue has not been decided. ...
03:17 PM, Dec 22, 2012
As the whole country remains shocked and angry after the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in the heart of national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that the incident has shaken all of us and expressed hope that lessons are being learnt from the shocking incident. ...
08:33 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the Assembly elections, will be sworn in as the Gujarat chief minister for the fourth time on December 26. Modi became chief minister for the first time on October 1, 2001 and subsequently in 2002 and 2007. ...
03:32 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Showing solidarity with the young girl who was gangraped in a moving bus, students including from Jawaharlal Nehru University poured into Safdarjung Hospital, where she is battling for her life, and held a candlelight vigil. The capital witnessed series of protests during the day -- in front of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence, India Gate and other places. ...
10:34 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Egypt's chief public prosecutor, forced to quit this week after opposition protests, retracted his resignation on Thursday, setting the stage for more turmoil as the nation votes in a referendum on its political future. Prosecutor Talaat Ibrahim, appointed by President Mohamed Mursi when he assumed sweeping new powers last month, said he had changed his mind because his resignation on Monday had been offered under duress. ...
09:52 PM, Dec 20, 2012
As protests erupted over the gangrape of a 23-year-old, the Delhi government on Thursday announced a raft of measures including setting up of a round-the-clock control room for women in distress and proposing a stringent law to check crime against them. Briefing about the measures, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the government plans to bring a stringent law to curb sexual assault on women and requested Additional Solicitor General Indira...
09:11 PM, Dec 20, 2012
