Ahmedabad: Supreme Court-appointed SIT, probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, on Wednesday claimed suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was not a "witness" in the complaint against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but a "manipulator". "Sanjiv Bhatt was never a witness to any meeting held by Chief Minister, but he is fabricating everything...(he) is manipulating and has conspired to play media card in building pressure groups to influence not only amicus curae...
11:22 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on Wednesday batted for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as prime minister calling him the most well known backward caste leader nationally. "India's next Prime Minister should be from the backward classes. Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi has never talked about his background to seek votes. But we are aware that he doesn't come from a privileged background. He overcame poverty to...
11:17 PM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that BJP-led NDA should declare its Prime Ministerial candidate only after consulting all the allies. "We will not tolerate a candidate thrust upon us without discussions. We have not supported or opposed anybody," Uddhav said, speaking at a party meeting here this evening. Uddhav also said that no leader, at the Centre or in the state, had "vision for the country"....
10:54 PM, May 01, 2013
Bareilly: Varun Gandhi praised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh and said he has as much potential as former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to unite the country. "His (Vajpayee's) thoughts were so great that every child in the country remembers his rule. I can say with full confidence that if there is any individual in the country who has that ability to bring together people of different religions...
06:48 PM, May 01, 2013
Bhubaneswar: A scam as big as the chit fund fraud in West Bengal has been exposed, but this time it is in Odisha. A CNN-IBN exclusive shows how fraudulent investment companies are duping investors in the state. Investors have been swindled off nearly Rs 20,000 crore by 40 finance companies in Odisha. Seashore Group, one of the companies being probed by Odisha police, has duped over 80,000 investors and collected...
06:38 PM, May 01, 2013
Munich: Ivan Dodig of Croatia ousted second-seeded countryman Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the BMW Open on Wednesday. Dodig reached his third quarter-finals of the year at the expense of Cilic, who reached the final in 2010 and 2012. Dodig also defeated the Russian two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko in the first round. Also, Viktor Troicki of Serbia defeated Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4....
06:05 PM, May 01, 2013
The Karnataka Assembly polls are just four days away. As the state votes to elect a new government, national political parties will look to it as a dress rehearsal for the general elections. The regional parties will also expect to fare well so as to grab a significant share in the power-sharing arrangement in the state in case of a hung Assembly. Dr Sandeep Shastri, social scientist and analyst joined...
05:06 PM, May 01, 2013
Veteran director Kodi Ramakrishna is shooting for a devotional film titled 'Avatharam'. Yugandhar Reddy is producing this film under the banner of Arundathi art films. Actors like Bhanu Priya, Radhika and Rishi are playing the key roles in this film. Kodi Ramakrishna said in an interview, "This film will cater to mas audience. We have given priority to graphics in this film, Radhika liked the movie so much and is...
12:53 PM, May 01, 2013
Washington: A panel in the United States has asked the government to continue its visa ban on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The same report has deemed Pakistan the world's worst violator of religious freedom. The report demanded that Pakistan be designated a country of particular concern. The report has also cited Afghanistan as being very poor for dissenting Sunni Muslims, Shias, Sikhs, Hindus and Christians. It also says that...
12:37 PM, May 01, 2013
Washington: A panel in the United States has asked the government to continue its visa ban on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The panel said there was significant evidence linking Modi to the violence in Gujarat in 2002. The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its annual report has placed India in the Tier 2 Countries on religious freedom along with that of seven other countries Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,...
06:28 AM, May 01, 2013
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Minister and BJP leader Fakirbhai Vaghela passed away after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday in Gandhinagar, party sources said. He was 60. Fakirbhai, a prominent Dalit leader, is survived by his wife Kusum and two sons. The former Social Justice and Empowerment Minister complained of severe chest pain and breathlessness on Tuesday afternoon. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital at Gandhinagar but passed away while...
01:06 AM, May 01, 2013
Bhubaneswar: A day after the state government giving the go-ahead, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Crime branch of Odisha Police on Tuesday registered a criminal case against the Saradha Group which allegedly duped gullible investors in Balasore and Puri districts. A team of the EOW on Tuesday rushed to Balasore and recorded statements of certain depositors at the district police headquarters in the Northen Odisha town. "We have registered...
10:55 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Ahmedabad: A special CBI court here on Tuesday reserved its order on a revision application seeking the issuance of arrest warrant against IPS officer PP Pande, who is an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others. Special CBI Judge Gita Gopi concluded the hearing and said that she would pronounce the order on May 2. CBI DySP and investigating officer of the encounter...
02:44 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Bolangir: Protests by villagers displaced by the Lower Suktel power project turned violent at Bolangir on Monday. As many as 40 people were injured when the protestors clashed with police. 16 people were arrested. Villagers affected by the project staged a road blockade for over 2 hours, demanding higher compensation. ...
09:15 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that he will not compromise with his basic principles, such as secularism, to stay in power and will instead prefer to quit. "I have never compromised with basic principles, whether I stay in power or not," he said, while addressing a meeting of minority cell workers of his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Rajgir in Nalanda district. Nitish Kumar said that the...
05:53 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Bhubaneswar: With investors hitting the streets across Odisha demanding return of their deposits with Saradha Group, the state government on Monday asked the police crime branch to take up the matter with their West Bengal counterparts. The government also instructed the police to take help of RBI and SEBI to nail the ponzy scheme outfits. "The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the crime branch of police will take up the...
02:19 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Patna: Stating that Bihar has treasure trove of all religions, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said there is tremendous scope to develop religious tourism in the state and exhorted industrialists to invest in the sector, particularly in hotel and transport sectors. "Bihar has many religious and historic tradition which people from across the world wish to see," Kumar said addressing a convention of industrialists at Rajgir. He mentioned Buddhist...
01:46 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Munich: Ivan Dodig of Croatia upset two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the BMW Open on Monday. Dmitry Tursunov of Russia defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-3, 6-4 at the clay-court event, Daniel Brands beat Tobias Kamke 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in an all-German match, and Marinko Matosevic of Australia beat German wild card Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 6-4. ...
10:25 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat government and the state police are not cooperating with the investigation in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, said Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) sources on Monday. The sources have also said former Joint Commissioner of Police PP Pande is involved in the conspiracy of the case. The government is shielding Pande, whose whereabouts are yet not known, sources added. The probe agency is now set to request...
03:10 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Singapore: Gold ticked up on Monday, holding near its highest level in more than a week, as a rebound in prices from a 2-year trough failed to curb investor appetite for the precious metal. Spot gold had risen $1.15 an ounce to $1,463.65 by 0025 GMT, having posted its biggest weekly gain in three months last week. Gold plunged to around $1,321 on April 16, its lowest in more than...
09:21 AM, Apr 29, 2013
