Cairo: Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has suspended a Christian governor after protests broke out in the troubled Qena province over his appointment to the gubernatorial post as he was linked to the ousted Hosni Mubarak's regime. Sharaf has managed to end the protest in Qena, a region of central Egypt with a history of sectarian clashes, which have continued for two weeks by suspending the new governor. The governor...
02:13 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Puducherry: A three-member Enforcement Directorate team was on Wednesday believed to have questioned Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh over his recommendation for issuing passport expeditiously to Hasan Ali Khan, facing money laundering and tax evasion charges. Official sources said the ED team from Chennai spent about an hour with the Lt Governor at the Rajnivas. However, a Rajnivas spokesman said the ED team was with Singh for 20 minutes and...
10:09 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Puducherry: The opposition AIADMK on Sunday demanded that the President recall Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh as he had been facing "several controversies" ever since his appointment to the post in 2009 including the one relating to the procurement of passport to Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan. "The post of Lt Governor is a sacrosanct position in the Constitution. Any slur caused by its incumbent would be totally...
02:18 PM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: Puducherry Governor Lt Governor Iqbal Singh is the latest person to come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hasan Ali case. The ED has asked the Home Ministry for permission to question Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh in connection with the passport issued to Hasan Ali - suspected to be India's biggest tax defaulter. Iqbal Singh is alleged to have helped Hasan Ali get his...
01:03 PM, Apr 16, 2011
Los Angeles: Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently stepped down as the governor of California, has turned into a superhero with an animated series penned by comic legend Stan Lee. The 63-year-old plays a crime-fighting ex-governor in 'The Governator', a combination TV series-comic book being co-developed by 'Spider-Man' co-creator Lee, reported to Entertainment Weekly. "When I ran for governor back in 2003 and I started hearing people talking about 'the...
04:31 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Delhi government sources on Tuesday termed the Shunglu Committee report as malicious. "Shunglu Committee report is malicious towards the government," Delhi government sources told CNN-IBN. Sources said that KPMG was appointed as a consultant for Rs 2.5 crore to make reports and that no tender system was adopted. ...
05:21 PM, Mar 29, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi government sources on Tuesday termed the Shunglu Committee report as malicious. "Shunglu Committee report is malicious towards the government," Delhi government sources told CNN-IBN. Sources said that KPMG was appointed as a consultant for Rs 2.5 crore to make reports and that no tender system was adopted. Under pressure over the severe indictment by the Shunglu Committee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said its finding...
04:21 PM, Mar 29, 2011
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, on Tuesday, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and explained her government's position on the Shunglu Committee report which indicted both her and Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna for irregularities in certain CWG projects. In the meeting that lasted for an hour, Dikshit is believed to have explained the circumstances in which certain decisions were taken by the Delhi Government to ensure timely completion of the...
09:26 PM, Mar 28, 2011
New Delhi: The VK Shunglu Panel in its second report on irregularities in Commonwealth games has severely indicted the Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna for neglect and the developer of the games village EMAAR MGF for its tardy approach. The panel has fixed the overall loss caused to the exchequer to the tune of Rs 220 crore. The real estate developer EMAAR MGF has been accused of selling 333 flats...
07:14 AM, Mar 24, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday admitted that he had committed a "mistake" by alloting land to his sons but appeared defiant about the act being "immoral or illegal". "If land is there you can offer it to anybody. My mistake is I allotted land to my son. If court takes a decision, let them take back the land," Yeddyurappa said. However, Yeddyurappa - who virtually...
11:43 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Bangalore: A quick exchange of greetings and a rather reluctant embrace - Governor H R Bhardwaj and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday shared the dais at a Republic Day function amid the ongoing bitter political battle between them. All eyes were riveted on the two as they greeted each other with a bouquet of flowers and posed for photographs at the Manekshaw Parade Ground. Bhardwaj and Yeddyurappa exchanged...
07:36 PM, Jan 26, 2011
New Delhi: After a successful state sponsored Karnataka bandh against the Governor, the battle for Karnataka will reach the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Monday. Senior BJP leader LK Advani will be leading a delegation to meet President Pratibha Patil seeking Governor HR Bhardwaj's recall. Meanwhile, in Bangalore BS Yeddyurappa won't be moving the High Court against the Governor's sanction for prosecution. But Yeddyurappa's troubles are far from over. Lawyers are likely...
07:57 AM, Jan 24, 2011
New Delhi: After a successful state sponsored Karnataka bandh against the Governor, the battle for Karnataka will reach the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Monday. Senior BJP leader LK Advani will be leading a delegation to meet President Pratibha Patil seeking Governor HR Bhardwaj's recall. Meanwhile, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said, he won't move the High Court against the Governor's sanction for prosecution. But Yeddyurappa's troubles are far from over. Lawyers are...
07:57 AM, Jan 24, 2011
Bangalore: Exactly a day after Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj put Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in the dock, the wounded Chief Minister on Saturday reacted angrily. "On the basis of complaint, in the history of India or Karnataka did anybody resign? Why I should resign? I will not," said Yeddyurappa. Yeddyurappa, who locked himself up in his house since Friday evening, finally came out all guns blazing and dared the Governor...
10:46 PM, Jan 22, 2011
Bangalore: Standing amidst the biggest storm in his political career, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday said he is not going to quit on the sheer basis of some 'false' complaints. Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN, the Karnataka Chief Minister said, "I will not resign. If anyone gives false complain do you expect me to resign? My party leadership has full faith in me. People want me to complete full...
07:56 PM, Jan 22, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Friday sanctioned prosecution of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. The Governor has rejected a Cabinet resolution asking him not to accord prosecution sanction to Chief Minister Yeddyurappa. The Governor gave sanction for prosecution of Yeddyurappa in alleged land scams on a petition by two lawyers. The lawyers will now approach a local court with this sanction. The petitioners will seek a court directive to the...
08:31 PM, Jan 21, 2011
Bangalore: An unprecedented war of words has broken out between Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj and Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. Responding to Yeddyurappa's demand for an "unconditional" apology from him, Bhardwaj said that he had the right to proceed on prosecution against the Chief Minister and Home Minister R Ashok despite a Cabinet decision against it. In a statement released on Friday, Bhardwaj said that he could take independent decisions and...
02:52 PM, Jan 21, 2011
Bangalore: As the friction between his government and Governor HR Bhardwaj intensified, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday demanded an "unconditional" apology from him for making certain remarks against his ministry which he said had insulted the people of the state. Yeddyurappa, who has also convened a Cabinet meeting in Bangalore on Saturday to discuss the fresh developments, said, "For his remarks, he (Bhardwaj) should tender an unconditional apology. He...
01:42 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: The longstanding war of words between the Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Governor H R Bharadwaj has turned ugly. Bharadwaj has threatened Yedyurappa that he might give his consent for his prosecution in the infamous denotification of the land scam. The slanging match between Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj and the scam hit Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa reaches its climax. The Constitutional head and the...
09:25 AM, Jan 20, 2011
