The Delhi police, which had been given a time of two weeks by the Supreme Court to explain its midnight action against supporters of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, has claimed that it was not a lathi-charge. The Delhi Police, which reports directly to the Union Home Ministry under P Chidambaram, will submit its response to […]
A US diplomatic cable written two years ago has revealed how the Left parties, which opposed the Indo-US civil nuclear deal tooth and nail, were the most aggressive when it came to enjoying the fruits of that agreement. The alliance between the Congress party and the Left parties (which were supporting the UPA at that […]
The Enforcement Directorate — in charge of hunting down tax evaders and money launderers — has filed a case against former Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli. The Case has been filed under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. Lalli was put under the lens after the Prime Minister’s office issued an order to the effect in February […]
Government raids have exposed the continuing sale of banned drugs such as Rosiglitazone, Gatifloxacin and Tegaserod in hospitals and stores in Delhi. In a statement, the Office of Drugs Controller General of India said the raids were conducted in 130 hospitals and medical stores — without specifying the names of the Hospitals. Alarmingly, in more […]
The Supreme Court has finished hearing the arguments on Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi’s bail plea in the 2G scam case. It reserved the order for 12:30 pm. Kanimozhi’s main argument in the case has been that she is a woman and the primary care-giver to a 10-year-old child. On Legal grounds, she has argued that since […]
Most of us know HP as a computer company. Still fewer of us know it as an enterprise services company. But now, the world’s largest PC maker seems to be trying out the consumer Internet market as well. In a surprising move, HP has launched a video-watching tool that can be downloaded and installed on […]
BJP general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad has hit back at Congress for questioning the qualification of Nitin Gadkari to occupy the seat of the BJP President. The Congress had questioned Gadkari’s qualification to talk about election and democracy pointing out that he was just a normal worker affiliated to the RSS before being elevated to […]
Taking a leaf from competitors such as Asianet Cable, Bharti Airtel, one of India’s biggest private sector Internet providers, has upgraded all its volume-based broadband customers to 2 Mbps in the big cities and to 1 Mbps in others. Customers, such as those who have been using 256 Kbps connections, need not pay anything to […]
Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has called the ‘bubble gum’ episode “India’s Watergate” and called for a thorough investigation into the matter. “Is it that the Government was spying on its own Finance Minister? Or is it a Corporate House,” she asked in a tweet, echoing the […]
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court (UP High Court) pulled up the state government for not giving it a ‘full’ report on the investigations into the death of the 14 year old girl in Lakhimpur. “When the report was placed in front of the Court, it expressed its displeasure on being served with […]
Kanimozhi’s bail plea application before the Supreme Court has been rejected. She has been asked to re-apply for bail after charges are framed against her in the trail court at Patiala House — the trial court. The move means that Kanimozhi may spend quite a few days more in jail as she awaits charges to […]
Baba Ramdev, the Yogi with crores of followers, especially among the elderly, is in no mood to give up his bid for a rightful place in India’s anti-corruption campaign despite being forcibly thrown out of Delhi once. Acharya Balkrishna, the main aide to the Baba, said the Baba will “join” Anna in his protest in […]
The BJP has jumped into the Brahmaputra controversy, with senior leader Rajnath Singh writing to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning of a ‘devastating’ effect on people living in Assam and the North East if China diverts water from the Brahmaputra. “Brahmaputra is an international river. According to international law, its waters cannot be diverted […]
With the Supreme Court ordering Kanimozhi to re-apply for bail after the framing of charges, all eyes are now on the special Court of OP Saini in Patiala House courts of Delhi. The Supreme Court’s intention to effectively post-pone the bail hearing was visible a week ago, when a different bench heard the bail plea […]
On the second day of his trip to Jammu and Kashmir the Home Minister P Chidambaram’s chopper had to make a force landing at the Srinagar airport this morning. According to the report the Minister was on his way to Pahalagaon when the pilot discovered some technical problem, besides the inclement weather also made the […]
As the tussle over getting admission into Delhi colleges worsens, one of India’s top two industry associations, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has reminded the government about the several education reform bills catching dust in Human Resources Development ministry’s cabinets The industry organization, whose opinions tend to reflect those of […]
The Congress and the Government sought to lob the too-hot-to-handle controversy over the shape of the Lokpal to other political parties, according to the statement issued by Kapil Sibal after the Lokpal meeting today. “80-85% of the points have been agreed.. Where there are disagreements, to formulate a draft where those areas are spelt out […]
A joint, three-year study by the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Toyota Corporation has pointed to the possibility of India suffering from a double whammy of dangerous dust and ozone levels over the next 10 to 20 years unless action is taken now. If things are allowed to go an they are, the […]
The CBI has replied to the recent Supreme Court on its question about where the money allegedly paid to Kanimozhi as a bribe is located and how much is the loss caused by the 2G scam. According to the 80-page affidavit filed by the CBI in the Supreme Court today, the Rs 214 crore bribe […]
The Civil Society said that the core points of disagreements with the Government could not be resolved in today’s meeting of the Lokpal Drafting Committee, but some more areas of divergence have come up today. “The disagreements remain as disagreements,” Arvind Kejriwal, one of the five Civil Society members on the Committee. The new disagreements […]
