
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday hinted that there may be a shake-up at the topmost levels in the Delhi Police in the wake of recent incidents, including protesters entering his house and their conduct against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Talking to reporters in Rashtrapati Bhawan, Shinde said he is closely looking at the recent developments and some action may be in the offing. Asked...

03:58 PM, Apr 20, 2013

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday assured that proper action would be take in the Delhi rape case of the five-year-old girl. "An inquiry has been ordered. Proper steps will be taken after the inquiry report will be handed over to us," said Shinde. He said that he was informed of the details of the rape case on Friday and that the the accused had been...

02:57 PM, Apr 20, 2013

Bangalore: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday categorically stated that Karnataka elections will be held on time as it has been scheduled amidst speculations on postponement of the Karnataka elections after a terror attack in Bangalore. "Karnataka Assembly election will be on time...These type of incidents have happened in the past before elections and elections have also taken place," Shinde said. Bangalore was hit by terror attack on Wednesday...

04:40 PM, Apr 18, 2013

New Delhi: Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt's withdrawal from the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship due to their respective injuries might have taken the sheen out of the tournament but the event provides an opportunity for other Indian grapplers to make a mark for themselves when they take on the best from the continent. Considering the rising profile of the sport after the medal-winning efforts of both Sushil and Yogeshwar in...

04:56 PM, Apr 17, 2013

New Delhi: The Janata Dal United has now openly challenged its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party following the wrangling over the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. JDU General Secretary Shivanand Tiwari in a strongly worded comment said that his party was not bending before the BJP for support. Tiwari said that that the BJP has always known the party's views on the PM candidate and it...

12:24 PM, Apr 17, 2013

New Delhi: The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal United has escalated as Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "JD(U)'s statement in Delhi's national executive against our leaders was completely unwanted," Modi said. "We will discuss our future course of action on April 18 in our national executive meet," Modi added. Nitish Kumar on Sunday did...

03:26 PM, Apr 16, 2013

New Delhi: Indian fans would be deprived of watching their Olympic medal winning grapplers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt in action at the upcoming Senior Asian Wrestling Championship as the two have not yet recovered from their respective injuries. Amit Dhankar (66kg) and Bajrang (60kg), who were named as reserves, will replace Suhil and Yogeshwar for the championship, starting from April 18, here. "Both Sushil and Yogeshwar are nursing their...

03:55 PM, Apr 15, 2013

New Delhi: Most Chief Ministers on Monday chose to miss a high-level conference, convened to thrash out challenging issues on public order and policing, with only seven state leaders attending it. The conference of Chief Ministers, convened by the Home Ministry, saw attendance of only Chief Ministers of Odisha (Naveen Patnaik), Assam (Tarun Gogoi), Uttarakhand (Vijay Bahuguna), Tripura (Manik Sarkar), Arunachal Pradesh (Nabam Tuki), Meghalaya (Mukul Sangma) and Nagaland (Neiphiu...

03:00 PM, Apr 15, 2013

Shillong: North East football giant, Shillong Lajong FC earned three points at home after beating Mumbai FC 2-0 in their 24th encounter in the I-League played under flood lights at the J N Stadium here Sunday. The home side took to the ground in confident style and dominated the match right from the first whistle. Blackburn forward who played on loan for Lajong, Edinho Junior, gave the visitors a headache...

01:30 AM, Apr 15, 2013

Patna: In another first in the country, tax collection in Bihar in the 2012-13 fiscal jumped to 29 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Saturday. "The achievement becomes all the more impressive considering that the world was witnessing an economic slowdown," Modi, also the Finance minister, told a review meeting of the commercial tax department in Patna. Other states registered a growth rate of 16-17 per...

12:30 AM, Apr 14, 2013

Patna: Educational programmes in Bihar have resulted in pushing literacy growth rate in the state to 16.82 per cent, much ahead of national average of 9.28 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Saturday. Social indices like decline in death rate, universalisation of immunisation scheme and rise in per capita income in Bihar reflects that the state was achieving inclusive growth, he said addressing a function here....

11:19 AM, Apr 13, 2013

New Delhi: Days after launching visa-on-arrival facility for senior Pakistani citizens, India has started the process of providing the 'group tourist visa' on a reciprocal basis. The 'group tourist' visa was to be launched from March 15 but it was put on hold after tension along the border following the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers. Besides, Pakistan has so far failed to send a list of authorised tour operators...

12:27 AM, Apr 11, 2013

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday night arrested 142 protesters who barged into the residence of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to stage a protest demanding reservation for Jat community and a case of rioting has been slapped against them. A senior police official said a case has been registered under sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (hurt) and 451...

11:04 PM, Apr 10, 2013

New Delhi: Recuperating from their shoulder and knee injuries, star Indian grapplers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt remain doubtful starters for the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship to be held here from April 18 to 22. "I am recovering well from my injury. My knee is showing signs of improvement. I will undergo a fitness test a day or two before the Championship and based on it, the coach and the...

07:30 PM, Apr 08, 2013

Already flooded with requests for central security cover from more VIPs, the Union Home Ministry is facing a surge in similar pleas from VIPs in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab after the state governments withdrew security. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said trimming of security cover given to VIPs by the state governments had led to the sudden rush of people approaching his ministry for security cover after they apprehended threat...

11:44 AM, Mar 31, 2013

While a controversy rages around whether Liaqat Shah is a militant who wanted to surrender or a terrorist who wanted to target Delhi during Holi, the government is all set to form new sops to legalise surrender via Nepal route, according to sources. ...

06:05 PM, Mar 26, 2013

Welcoming Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's decision to hand over alleged Hizbul terrorist Liaqat Shah's case to National Investigation Agency (NIA), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that time-bound inquiry will help in clearing all the doubts. ...

07:03 PM, Mar 25, 2013

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday handed over Hizbul terrorist Liaqat Shah's case to National Investigation Agency (NIA), relenting to Jammu and Kashmir government's pressure, which had demanded the case be transferred to NIA for a "time bound speedy probe". NIA will now probe the circumstances under which, Liaqat was arrested. ...

02:00 PM, Mar 25, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday spoke to Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and demanded that the case of arrest of an alleged Hizbul Mujahdeen terrorist by Delhi Police be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a "time-bound speedy probe". The Chief Minister took up the matter with Shinde over phone as the latter was away in Maharashtra with President Pranab Mukherjee. ...

07:51 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt will spearhead India's challenge at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship to be held from April 18 to 22. ...

08:53 PM, Mar 21, 2013