London: With the Navy poised to attain a retaliatory nuclear strike capability, India will soon have a "credible and invulnerable" deterrent nuclear triad in place, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said. Verma said such a nuclear triad was required in view of India's 'no first-use' policy. Setting out his analysis of India's maritime security, Admiral Verma, who is in London on a three-day visit as part of a bilateral Indian...
11:33 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Patna: The Patna High Court on Friday set aside non-bailable warrant against the self-acclaimed godman Nirmal Baba alias Nirmaljit Singh Nirula by a court in Bihar's Araria district in May. Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh passed the order on a criminal writ petition filed by advocate Vidhyachal Singh on behalf of his client Nirmal Baba challenging the arrest warrant issued by the Araria court. Setting aside the NBW, the judge said...
06:21 PM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: Vice Admiral DK Joshi will take over as the next Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Joshi is the senior most serving officer after the current Navy Chief Nirmal Verma, who will retire on August 31. Vice Admiral Joshi is currently heading Western Naval Command. The announcement about his appointment has been made two months in advance as was done in the case of General Bikram Singh, who...
03:39 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Dismissing Law Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that he will take the 4.5 per cent sub-quota issue to the Supreme Court, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said religion based reservation was not legally sustainable and Congress had misled the minorities with the politically-motivated step. Asked about the government decision to file a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court on the issue, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said...
08:06 PM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani is not upset and is not attending the party rally on Friday evening because of some prior engagement, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said. Claiming that Advani is not angry over the BS Yeddyurappa episode, she said that there is no dissent in the party over any issue. "Advani is not angry. He had a prior engagement and therefore is not attending...
02:04 PM, May 25, 2012
Patna: The Patna High Court on Wednesday stayed the operation of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a Araria court against self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba. Justice SP Singh passed the order and fixed June 16 as the next date for hearing. The High Court had on Tuesday reserved its order on Nirmal Baba's plea challenging the legality of the non-bailable warrant of arrest issued by the Araria court. The Araria...
01:03 PM, May 23, 2012
Patna: Self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba on Monday moved the Patna High Court challenging the legality of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a court in Araria in Bihar against him. Vindhyachal Prasad Singh, an advocate, filed the application on behalf of the Baba. The court of Araria Chief Judicial Magistrate Satyendra Razak had issued a warrant of arrest on Saturday on the basis of an FIR filed on April 21...
04:17 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: A local court in Bihar on Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant against spiritual leader Nirmal Baba in connection with a cheating and forgery case. Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Araria district of Bihar issued the arrest warrant against the Delhi-based spiritual leader. The court's order comes in connection with a forgery case filed in Forbesganj court last month. Nirmal Baba has been in the line of fire after...
04:17 PM, May 19, 2012
Lucknow: The Lucknow Police have registered an FIR against him self-styled godman Nirmal Baba. Nirmal Baba has been charged with cheating, fraud and impersonation under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The Police acted following a local court order based on a complaint filed by an 17-year-old. Tanya Thakur complained after watching the baba's TV show Nirmal Darbar in which he offers solutions to people's problems. Sections under which...
01:06 PM, May 12, 2012
Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch, who has been named as one of the two mediators to hold talks with Maoists to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, said in Bhopal on Wednesday that she was optimistic about her mission. "I am by nature a very optimistic person and I am very hopeful that I would be able to work out something with...
04:18 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Five years ago, one 'almost' broke the story of India's next President. Amidst feverish speculation, a source sent an sms: "Congratulations! India is getting its ...
12:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
The controversies related to TV guru Nirmal Baba doesn't seen to end. In another revelation, the spiritual guru has been accused of purchasing a hotel with the donation money collected from his followers. ...
11:50 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Growing cult of Nirmal Baba: Tonight at 10pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose will discuss with a public special panel of experts, if TV babas deluding the public?
01:22 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the controversy over troop movement towards the national capital in January, BJP on Thursday batted for Army Chief VK Singh, saying his loyalty should not be questioned even as it demanded the government remove the trust deficit with the army and improve defence preparedness. "There cannot be any room for speculation on our armed forces. There cannot be any occasion to question the army...
02:41 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has restrained a US-based website from posting any material on its webpages that is defamatory to spiritual guru Nirmal baba. Justice Manmohan Singh in his interim order directed the portal, www.hubpages.com, not to publish any material on its site which is harmful to the reputation of Nirmaljit Singh Narula also known as 'Nirmal baba'. "It appears that the plaintiff (Nirmal baba) has been able...
06:23 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee is all set to present his 7th Budget in Parliament on Friday. ...
09:15 AM, Mar 16, 2012
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said that the entire credit for BJP's good show goes to party President Nitin Gadkari. ...
11:23 AM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday took strong exception to Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's reported remark that the next UP Chief Minister will be from Congress whose "remote will be in Rahulji's hands", saying that the constitutional posts should be spoken of with respect. "Chief Minister's post is a constitutionally provided post...where is the respect for the institution when words like remote-control are used," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said at...
10:39 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday knocked at the Election Commission's door, seeking immediate probe and action against Congress candidate from Kotdwar assembly seat Surender Singh Negi for alleged violation of Representation of People Act. He is contesting against Chief Minister BC Khanduri from the Kotdwar assembly constituency. Submitting a memorandum to Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi in this regard in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said a high-level...
05:39 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: India will have "a brand new" navy with "long legs" at sea, with force levels of 150-odd warships and 500-odd air fleet, navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said on Friday. Ahead of the Navy Day on December 4, Verma told an annual press conference in New Delhi that by 2027, the Indian Navy will be having "over 150 ships and close to 500 aircraft and helicopters". "Today, Indian...
03:58 AM, Dec 03, 2011
