Mohamed Bin Hammam, the former FIFA presidential candidate embroiled in corruption allegations, has resigned from all his positions in football and has been banned from the game for life, FIFA said on Monday. "In view of the fact that under the new FIFA Code of Ethics, the FIFA Ethics Committee remains competent to render a decision even if a person resigns," a FIFA statement said. "The Adjudicatory Chamber decided to...
10:24 PM, Dec 17, 2012
New Delhi: Taking on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi while addressing a rally in Kalol said that the state government is misleading the people of Gujarat in the name of development. Sonia, who kick-started her campaign for the second phase of polling, referred to Modi's remark on Sir Creek and said that it should not be handed over to Pakistan. Sonia said that the UPA government...
12:14 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Defending his flip flop on Arvind Kejriwal, activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he had to change his views on his former aide as times changed and felt that there will be "more trouble" if he explains the reason. "It is because of the times. I will tell the reason for this change when the time comes...If I say the reason, it will create more trouble," Hazare told...
02:40 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Mumbai: After Anna Hazare said he would not vote for the newly-launched Aam Aadmi Party, its leader Arvind Kejriwal was on Monday at a loss to explain what had made the anti-corruption crusader change his mind. "Earlier, he had supported our party. But I don't know what happened in two days. He did not remain with us. If we have erred, we are ready to rectify our mistakes," Kejriwal said....
11:11 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Gurgaon: Activist Anna Hazare was on Friday admitted to a hospital after he complained of acidity but he is "doing perfectly fine", doctors attending on him said. Hazare, who was in the national capital, complained of acidity and weakness on Friday morning and was taken to Medanta Medicity in Gurgaon. "He is doing perfectly fine. No problem at all. He complained of acidity," a doctor attending on him said. He...
02:26 AM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: Blaming Arvind Kejriwal's fascination for power for split in anti-graft movement, Anna Hazare on Thursday said he will not vote for the Aam Aadmi Party charging that it is going the same way as others by taking the path of 'money through power' and vice versa. Asked whether his former aide has become "greedy" for power, the 75-year-old activist said, "It was right". "I thought I will (vote...
01:20 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday expressed dismay over political parties giving tickets to people with criminal records due to which, he said, India has become a land of scams and slums. "The country has become a land of scams and slums and it is ironical that just for vote bank, political parties are giving tickets to those who have criminal cases against them," said Sri...
11:28 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New York: India's corruption woes, the Wisconsin gurudwara shooting and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar's 100 centuries are among the top stories of 2012, according to a list compiled by Time magazine which chronicles the "highs and lows, the good and the bad" of the past year. As the year draws to a close, Time condensed the "Top 10 Everything of 2012" in 55 wide-ranging lists on topics such arts and...
09:34 PM, Dec 04, 2012
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07:08 PM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: Ranjit Sinha officially took charge as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director on Monday for two year. The 59-year-old's appointment was clouded in controversy with the Opposition crying foul. Sinha, who was the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director, has served as the CBI's joint director in its anti-corruption unit. He also headed the Railway Protection Force and served at senior positions in the CBI in Patna and...
06:32 AM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: A government employee, who had been arrested by CBI on the charge of taking bribe, allegedly committed suicide here. Dharamveer Sharma was found hanging in his daughter's residence in Dwarka. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Sharma was earlier arrested by CBI for allegedly taking bribe and he was released from jail on October 24. He has accused CBI of charging...
08:04 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said he will campaign only for candidates put up by Arvind Kejriwal and ruled out the possibility of supporting people from other parties. "I will campaign only for Kejriwal's candidates," Hazare told reporters here. "There may be good people in other parties but who has the control?" Criticising other political parties for indulging in politics in the name of caste and communities, the...
04:36 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Jagatsinghpur: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Friday opposed entry of foreign companies in the country, including steel major POSCO, saying such investors were exploiting the country's natural resources for their own gain in the name of setting up industries. "A brake should be put on entry of all foreign companies including POSCO in the country as they come and exploit our resources and loot farmers' land for their gain," the...
07:29 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Anna Hazare on Thursday said his goal and that of Arvind Kejriwal was the same while announcing support for the Aam Admi Party, but made it clear, he would campaign for AAP candidates only after scrutinising them. "Raste do hai, lekin manzil ek. Arvind and I have adopted different paths, but our goal is one," Hazare said in Bhubaneswar. The Gandhian, however, made it clear that he would campaign...
07:40 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Social activist Anna Hazare will visit Odisha for three days, beginning Thursday, and attend several programmes in the state, an India Against Corruption (IAC) member said in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. "He (Anna Hazare) would be given a grand welcome here," IAC's national core committee member Akshay Kumar said. He said Hazare would be escorted from the airport to the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar by a motorcycle procession. Hazare is scheduled...
01:25 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will be visiting Odisha on Thursday for the first time. "The three-day visit is significant as Anna Hazare is coming to Odisha for the first time. It will strengthen the anti-corruption movement in the state," said Akshyay Kumar, member of the National Coordination Committee of India Against Corruption (IAC). Soon after his arrival here in afternoon, Anna Hazare would be taken in a massive motor-cycle...
08:37 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: In yet another defence of Robert Vadra, The Prime Minister's Office has told Allahabad High Court that charges of irregularities in land deals against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law are false, vexatious and based on hearsay. "Petition is driven by a desire for publicity and seems to be actuated by political considerations rather than public interest. It was unnecessarily dragged into the case through this petition in Allahabad High Court,"...
07:49 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and vowed to send "corrupt" ministers to jail within six months of his party being voted to power. Addressing an impressive gathering at Parliament Street in New Delhi, Kejriwal also asserted that Jan Lokpal will be passed in Parliament within 15 days of the AAP coming to power. "There is no end to the list of corrupt ministers...
03:21 AM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: After senior leader Ram Jethmalani, the BJP may next suspend Shatrughan Sinha, say sources. Sinha has firmly backed Jethmalani in his criticism of the BJP party president Nitin Gadkari and also supported his demands for the embattled chief's resignation. Sources say that some BJP leaders may seek action against the MP at the parliamentary party meet later in the day. Sinha, along with Yashwant Sinha and Jethmalani, has...
03:53 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: According to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will have to first win the Assembly elections for it to be taken seriously by the grand old party of India. Digvijaya, when asked whether the AAP would have any effect on the Congress, lampooned the anti-corruption activist and said, "Let Mr Arvind Kejriwal get elected as an MLA or an MP or as a municipal...
01:13 PM, Nov 25, 2012
