Srini’s brother is IOA chief
India opened up the gates for its return to the Olympic fold after a 14-month absence, with the suspended Indian Olympic Association holding polls in New Delhi Sunday. World squash chief N....
View ArticleTelangana bill likely to be in RS tomorrow
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill is likely to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha only Tues-day as it was sent by Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh to President Pranab Mukhrjee on Sunday evening. Home...
View ArticleKejriwal: Will quit if Lokpal is not passed
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hardened his stand on the Jan Lokpal Bill, threatening to resign if it did not get passed. He made it clear he was willing to “sacrifice” his post, saying...
View Article‘Italy, EU will react to India’s charge’
Italy on Monday warned it would “react” to India’s “unacceptable” move to invoke a severe anti-piracy law against two of its Marines facing trial there since 2012 over the killings of two Indian...
View ArticleEatery owner booked over SIMI funds
The Enforcement Directorate has booked a 22-year-old resident of Jamui district of Bihar, who ran a roadside eatery in Transport Nagar area in Raipur, under the stringent provisions of the Prevention...
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Actress in sassy shoot for Modi
Creating a sensation by posing semi-nude for a photo shoot, actress Meghana Patel has claimed that she is campaigning for BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi. After Salman Khan and Mallika Sherawat, now...
View Article2 Manipuri brothers are assaulted in Delhi, 2 held
In yet another assault on Northeasterners, two Manipuri brothers were allegedly beaten with iron rods on Sunday by unidentified assailants in the Ambedkar Nagar area of southeast Delhi. Two juveniles...
View ArticleNido died of face, head injuries
Doctors at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have concluded that 18-year-old Nido Tania died of injuries to his face and head caused by a blunt object. Doctors had been waiting for...
View ArticleValidity of a law is tested by judiciary, says Pranab
In an apparent reference to the controversy over the AAP’s proposed Jan Lokpal Bill, President Pranab Mukherjee said Monday the validity of a law, whether of the Centre or a state, was tested by the...
View ArticleT-bill can’t be in RS first if it’s a money bill
President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent has cleared the decks for the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Bill to be introduced in Parliament. Even as there was speculation that the bill was going to be...
View ArticleTotal loss of credibility for CSK, IPL’s future at stake
The seventh season of the Indian Premier League is in jeopardy, so too is the future of two of its franchises — Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals (subject to a probe) — after stunning but not...
View ArticleWill Swaraj Bill lead to Delhi kangaroo courts?
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s proposed “mohalla sabhas”, part of the Delhi Nagar Swaraj Bill 2014 that comes up before the Delhi Cabinet Tuesday, is on the lines of the Marxists’ dreaded local committees...
View ArticleSrini trouble: Son-in-law indicted for IPL betting
Forty-eight hours after he emerged as the uncrowned king of world cricket, BCCI president Narayanswamy Srini-vasan found himself mired in conflict of interest allegations as fingers were once again...
View ArticleLaw of land will prevail, says MEA
India on Tuesday said that the law of the land will prevail where the Italian marines case is concerned. The two marines are facing trial for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen in February 2012...
View Article‘India’s decision not acceptable’
Indian authorities is unacceptable,” Prime Minister Enrico Letta said in a message on his Twitter handle. Both the leaders reacted after Indian authorities said the National Investigation Agency, which...
View ArticleCBI to issue alerts at European airports
The CBI, probing the `3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, is all set to issue “lookout alerts” at European airports against two alleged middlemen namely Christian Michel and Carlo Gerosa....
View ArticlePenguin dumps Doniger’s Hindus, sets off huge row
With allegations of “inaccuracies and biases” in US Indologist Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History, Penguin India decided to withdraw its copies from the Indian market. It is learnt this...
View ArticleTN cop points to big player’s role
Police officer G. Sampath Kumar, who stumbled upon the IPL betting scam when he was a superintendent of police in the Q branch of the Tamil Nadu police, revealed the name of a key player of the current...
View ArticleIndia back in Olympic fold after 14 months
India returned to the Olympic fold after a 14-month absence with the International Olympic Committee’s executive board lifting the ban in Sochi on Tuesday. The move to reinstate the Indian Olympic...
View ArticleCBI to probe Nido’s death
The Centre on Tuesday ordered a CBI inquiry into the death of Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania, who succumbed to his injuries after being allegedly beaten by a group of people in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar...
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