Both Sri Lanka and South Africa had easy outings in their openers against Zimbabwe. ...
01:48 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Hyderabad: Leaders of almost all the opposition parties reached the Assembly, on the first day of its monsoon session, here on Monday making symbolic protest against the central and sate governments policies and neglect of peoples welfare. Leader of the opposition and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu led a march from the Ambedkar statue near the Tank Bund holding lanterns to highlight the power crisis. He accused the Congress government...
01:00 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: A 27-year-old woman was found dead in an NCP MLA's hostel room at Aamdar Niwas - the official MLA quarters in Mumbai. The MLA in question is Babanrao Shinde. The victim has been identified as the niece of Shinde's Personal Assistant. She was in the city looking for a job. The police have registered a case of unnatural death and are suspecting suicide. "A case of unnatural death has...
08:48 AM, Sep 18, 2012
South Africa won the Test series 2-0 in England while the ODI and T20 series were drawn. ...
08:35 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Bangalore: Fourteen MLAs, who went on a state-sponsored tour of 18 countries at a time when their state, Karnataka, was reeling under severe drought-like conditions, have returned. They maintain that their trip, that cost the government approximately Rs 4 crore, was in the interests of the state. The MLAs reportedly continued their tour despite repeated requests from Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to return. ...
04:47 PM, Sep 15, 2012
South Africa hammered the hosts in the opener at Chester-le-Street while the second T20 at Old Trafford was washed out. ...
06:58 PM, Sep 11, 2012
England were 29 for 2 off 4.1 overs, chasing 78 in a nine-over match, when a fresh downpour forced the players from the field for the final time. ...
11:05 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Bhopal: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said the Madhya Pradesh government's decision to reinstate two expelled Congress MLAs in a short span shows that it lacks "conviction". The Legislative Assembly on July 18 disqualified Rakesh Singh and MLA Kalpana Parulekar for their "unruly behaviour" on floor of House. Their membership was, however, restored on July 27 through a resolution moved by the state parliamentary affairs minister Narottam Mishra....
08:14 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Bangalore: Here is more evidence that most of our legislators are looking out for themselves. Early this year, a special board of the Karnataka Legislature approved a rule change to allow members to make a second foreign trip in the same term, documents with Express show. Without the change, the South American junket currently under way and others that are planned would not have been possible. The board included Assembly...
01:39 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Saeed Ajmal took 72 wickets in Test matches during the qualifying period from August 4, 2011 to August 6, 2012. ...
03:30 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has asked a dozen legislators who were holidaying abroad to return home immediately. This comes as the two-week holiday to South America and Dubai drew criticism from civil society as the state is reeling under a severe drought. Shettar has sharply criticised the ministers as well and said that no minister of his will be allowed on any such foreign trip in the future....
10:23 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress on Tuesday sought a clarification from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the reported "Dalit Killer" remark of a minister against a former minister and a senior BJD MLA. The issue was raised during the zero hour by Congress Chief Whip Prasad Harichandan who wanted a clarification from the Chief Minister, who is also the president of BJD. Health and Family Welfare minister Damodar Rout in an interview...
05:45 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Bangalore: It's the local variation of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Or politicians enjoying themselves while people suffer. At a time when Karnataka has been hit by its worst drought in 40 years, affecting the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people across its rural hinterland, several legislators from the three main parties, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), are on a...
04:54 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) party workers on Monday protested outside the state Assembly demanding rehabilitation of those displaced during the construction of the Bokaro Steel Plant. One of the party workers died after the police lathicharged them as they tried to break through a barricade set up outside the Assembly. Meanwhile, earlier in the day, a JVM (Prajatantric) MLA tore off his shirt in the Assembly to press...
03:31 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Fresh trouble is brewing inside the UDF over the upcoming Emerging Kerala investment meet with a group of UDF MLAs championing the cause of Greens and openly demanding that the state government must ensure that all land transactions for Emerging Kerala projects are transparent and according to norms. In a blog post, greenthoughtskerala. blogspot. in, which was started to discuss Green politics, the MLAs demanded that all new projects...
03:13 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Jharkhand assembly was adjourned twice today after an opposition MLA ripped off his shirt inside the house to press for demands. ...
02:23 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Ranchi: Jharkhand assembly was adjourned twice today after an opposition MLA ripped off his shirt inside the house to press for demands. As soon as the house convened at 11 am, opposition members trooped into the well of the house raising a din over a plethora of demands. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) MLA Samresh Singh ripped his shirt, prompting Speaker CP Singh to first adjourn the house for an hour....
01:07 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Chasing 221 to win against South Africa, England rode on Ian Bell's 88 to get over the line in 46.4 overs. The hosts lead the 5-game series 2-1. ...
03:38 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Bangalore: If there was any doubt that the South American study tour by Karnataka legislators would be a junket, it was erased on Wednesday when they boarded a Jetlite flight to Mumbai. Nine of them were accompanied by their wives; one even took his daughter along. It also emerged that the trip will cost you more: 13 legislators are making the trip, and not 12 as reported earlier. The cost...
12:29 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Mumbai: Arun Gawli, convicted in the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar has been awarded a life sentence by a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court. The gangster turned politician and 11 others were convicted for the murder Jamsandekar last week. Ten others were also awarded life imprisonment in the case while accused Sunil Ghate was convicted only under Arms Act and has been sent to...
12:02 PM, Aug 31, 2012
