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Court dismissed bail plea of Zee editors, remanded to 2-day PC

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) : A Delhi court today dismissed the bail plea of two senior journalists of Zee News channel and remanded them to two-day police custody on a complaint by Congress MP Naveen Jindal's group that they tried to extort Rs.100 crore for not broadcasting news reports on coal sca

Syed Asif Ibrahim to head IB, Alok Joshi named RAW chief

New Delhi - 25 Nov 2012: The Prime Minister headed Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the names of Syed Asif Ibrahim and Alok Joshi as heads of the Intelligence Bureau and the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) respectively. Yashovardhan Azad, who was considered for the p

Kejriwal announces name of his party, calls it Aam Admi Party

New Delhi - 24 Nov 2012 (PTI): Arvind Kejriwal's party was on Saturday named Aam Admi Party at a meeting of its founder members here during which the Constitution for the organization was also adopted. The meeting of around 300 founder members was held at Constitution Club during which Kejriw

Ajmal Kasab hanged

MUMBAI, November 21, 2012 : Ajmal Kasab, the lone Pakistani gunman caught alive after the Mumbai terror attack, was hanged to death at the Yerawada central prison in Pune in a top-secret operation this morning, less than a week before the fourth anniversary of the carnage. 25-year-old Kasab was h

Azhar's future in limbo as BCCI fails to reach a consensus

Mumbai -The BCCI working committee today failed to reach a consensus on whether to bring Mohammed Azharuddin back under the parent body's fold after the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted life ban on former Indian captain by the cricket board. "The decision on Azharuddin's future in BCCI has been d

100-foot statue of Swami Vivekananda coming up in Udupi

UDUPI: Swami Vivekananda, already standing tall in the annals of Indian history, is about to stand taller – at about 100 feet to be precise. Coming up at Bailur village near Udupi, the statue will be the tallest monolith in India. The monument will be erected adjacent to the Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama

Cong To Field Azhar To Take On Asad?

Hyderabad, November 17:Going by the latest report from New Delhi, the Congress high command is planning to rope in its high profile MP and former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin to take on Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad in the next Lok Sabha elections

Hindu extremist leader Bal Thackeray dies in India

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India, died Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86. Jalil Parkar, a doctor who treated him, said the politician had gone into cardio-respiratory arrest

Violence continues in Assam's Kokrajhar, indefinite curfew imposed

GUWAHATI: The district administration of troubled Kokrajhar of Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam imposed indefinite curfew on Thursday morning after suspected militants shot one person dead and stabbed another in two separate incidents in the district. The Army, which was called

Money trail in charge sheet against Jundal left unexplained

Lashkar operative Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal sent money through acquaintances from Saudi Arabia to India on several occasions, the supplementary charge sheet filed in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case reveals. The charge sheet has, however, does not mention what the money, which acco

Hyderabad Old City continues to be volatile

HYDERABAD: It was a curfew-like situation for the second consecutive day near Charminar on Monday. Though no violence was reported on Monday, police took extra precautions to prevent any possible trouble and arrested a seer who wanted to perform puja at the Bhagyalakshmi temple. Since morning, poli

Modi's sectarian calling

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's career provides a classic example of how a kinky ideology can thwart political ambitions in a pluralistic society. Yet, when the same ideological outlook enabled him to scale the heights of political power by winning the 2002 assembly elections in Gujarat, he m

Saif’s Pataudi property reportedly valued at 750 cr

Sources indicate that Saif Ali Khan, the current Nawab of Pataudi, has a huge ancestral property in his name in Pataudi. It is said that the palace and some of the the other family properties collectivelly are reportedly valued around Rs 750 cr. Our source says, "Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi has left

Govt directed to identify five landfill sites around Bangalore

Pulling up the government for not taking immediate action over the issue of garbage disposal in the city, the Karnataka High Court today directed the government to identify five more landfill sites around Bangalore within two weeks. Hearing a PIL filed by advocate G R Mohan seeking superseding of

PM defends reforms, asks for trust, warns against misinformation

New Delhi - 21 Sep 2012:In a televised address to the nation tonight, the Prime Minister justified the new economic reforms that have hurtled his government into a minority. "The time has come for hard decisions. For this I need your trust, your understanding, and your cooperation," he said on a day

Trinamool quits UPA govt.

New Delhi - 21 Sep 2012 (PTI): Trinamool Congress on Friday formally withdrew support to the UPA government and its six Ministers quit in protest against FDI in retail. The party, which has 19 members in the Lok Sabha, gave a letter withdrawing support to the government to President Pranab Mukherjee

24-Bogie Train Between Bangalore-Mangalore, Soon to be Extended to Karwar

Bangalore, Sep 21: The long-pending wish of the people of coastal region will finally be fulfilled as Indian Railways has planned to extend the night train plying from Bangalore to Mangalore up to Karwar.The 24-bogie 'slip coach' train will arrive from Bangalore to Mangalore and then leave for Karwa

Air Kerala on a strong ground

Kochi - 20 Sep 2012: A meeting of the Board of Directors of Air Kerala in Kochi on Friday decided to launch the proposed airline with an initial capital of Rs. 200 crore as soon the Union government grants it exemption from a couple of norms to start international operations. The State government, C