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
New Delhi: 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. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Delhi Chief Minister assured that she was doing whatever was there...
08:33 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Ahmedabad: 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. Modi drove to Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on Friday morning and submitted his resignation and that of his council of ministers to Governor Kamla...
03:32 PM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: 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. At Safdarjung Hospital, young girls in small groups also came...
10:34 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Cairo: 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. Ibrahim had quit...
09:52 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: 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...
09:11 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Ahmedabad: Pitchforked into the prime ministerial race after his electoral hat-trick and amidst cheers of "PM, PM, PM " from his supporters, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday apologised to the people of Gujarat if he had committed any mistake. "If there has been a mistake somewhere, If I have erred somewhere, I seek apology from you, the six crore Gujaratis," Modi said in a victory speech in Hindi, aimed...
08:52 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: Amid the widespread outrage over the gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus, a local court has pulled up the Delhi Police for seeking withdrawal "in public interest" a case of rape, lodged against a man by his landlady. Lambasting the prosecution for its plea to withdraw the case, Additional Sessions Judge Savita Rao ordered Delhi Chief Secretary to ascertain as to who recommended the...
07:16 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: The police on Wednesday used water cannons to disperse the crowd protesting outside Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's house against the gangrape of a 23-year-old student's gangrape. The protestors continued to agitate and said any action by the police will not deter them from protesting. One of the protesters called it 'irresponsible' on the part of the police and the Delhi government to have used water cannons. Many...
01:30 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking closer military ties with Sri Lanka, Army chief Gen Bikram Singh will be on a four days visit to the island nation beginning Wednesday. The visit from December 19-22 assumes special significance in light of ongoing defence cooperation between the two countries in consonance with the growing relationship with Sri Lanka, an Army release said in New Delhi on Tuesday. The last visit by an Indian Army...
04:28 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Chennai: Taking on the Jayalalithaa government, Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday led a state-wide protest on the power crisis and questioned its claims about the state being 'peaceful'. "It is unfortunate that she (Jayalalithaa) has claimed the law and order situation is good," the 88-year-old Karunanidhi said, addressing partymen who shouted slogans against the government. Listing various incidents of crime during the 19-month old All India...
03:06 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Among the Patels, Narendra Modi has an even higher rating at 43 per cent while Keshubhai is far behind with 34. ...
09:15 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Chandigarh: Accusing the Congress of politicising the issue of law and order for vested interests, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said Punjab is a much safer place than other states. "Punjab is a much safer place than other parts of the country," he told reporters here in an apparent reference to Congress' allegations that the law and order had deteriorated in the state. "The law and order...
06:45 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Belgaum: Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will Wednesday decide on action to be taken against 14 of its assembly members for defying a diktat to stay away from the formal launch of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's new party. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, state Bharatiya Janata Party chief KS Eshwarappa, former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda and other leaders will meet in Belgaum, about 500 km from Bangalore, to take...
05:02 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday attributed her schooling in Christian institutions for her progress in life. In her address at a Christmas function attended by senior Christian leaders from the state among others, she recalled her schooling at Bishop Cotton in Bangalore and Holy Angels and Church Park Convents in Chennai and said that had shaped her. "The education and virtues taught there are the reasons...
10:48 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who had resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the irrigation scam, was re-inducted into the state Cabinet as he took oath on Friday morning. The BJP and the Shiv Sena have boycotted the swearing-in ceremony. Governor K Sankaranarayanan administered oath of office to Pawar in the presence of the Maharashtra Chief Minister. The decision to re-induct Pawar in the...
09:40 AM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP-led Goa government, under pressure to act against those responsible for Goa's mega mining scandal, has said in a letter to a Supreme Court-appointed panel that it would be filing first information reports (FIRs) against former chief ministers Pratapsingh Rane and Digambar Kamat for their alleged complicity in the mining scandal. Drafted by Chief Secretary B. Vijayan, the 68-page letter says decisions taken by Rane and Kamat...
12:24 PM, Dec 04, 2012
