Senior cop Amarjit Balihar, four others killed in Maoist attack in Jharkhand |
A superintendent of police and four policemen were killed and four others injured when their motorcade was ambushed by Maoists in Damini forests, Dumka district of Jharkhand, 450 km northeast of Ranchi, on Tuesday afternoon.
The Maoists hiding in the bushes alongside an unpaved road in Maoist....... More »
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Digvijay Singh on Andhra Pradesh visit |
AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, who has recently been appointed as in-charge for Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh, had a meeting with the office bearers of the state party unit here today.
On his maiden visit to Hyderabad after his appointment, Singh interacted with state Congress le....... More »
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7 dead in protests across Egypt; Oppn gives ultimatum to Mohamed Morsi |
Seven people were killed and hundreds injured in violent clashes across Egypt where millions took to the streets on the second day on Monday giving an ultimatum to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to quit by Tuesday, as the the Arab country witnessed the largest rally in its history.
In the c....... More »
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HC dismisses his plea to transfer fodder scam case |
The Jharkhand high court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad seeking transfer of a fodder scam from a CBI court. The verdict in the case is to be pronounced July 15.
"The Jharkhand high court dismissed the petition seeking transfer from the CBI....... More »
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Accident or deliberate, tweets Kejriwal about party worker |
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has hinted at a possible foul play after one of his party colleagues was critically injured in a road accident in Ghaziabad, near Delhi.
Santosh Koli, a core committee member of Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was going to party office on Su....... More »
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Congress, BJP refuse to stop Uttarakhand blame game |
In a span of seven hours and 20 tweets, the Congress and the BJP rode the politicisation of the Uttarakhand disaster to a new low.
At least a thousand lives have been lost in the hill state since flash floods struck earlier this month. Since then, parties have reached for political points nea....... More »
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Bahuguna unveils development authority |
Congress general secretary Ambika Soni has added her two cents into a Twitter fight that has been raging between BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari.
"It's sad that at such a time the leader of the Opposition is giving statements like the Uttar....... More »
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Suryanelli rape case |
In a major relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, a sessions court in Kerala's Idukki district today dismissed a plea to make the Congress leader an accused in the Suryanelli rape case.
The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Idukki who was abducted in January....... More »
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ITBP DG defends move to accommodate Rahul Gandhi at Officer�s Mess |
Officers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Indian Air Force (IAF) and district administration involved in the rescue and relief work in Uttarakhand had to be moved out of the Officer's Mess of ITBP's 8th battalion at Gauchar on Monday night to accommodate Congress vice-president Rahu....... More »
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EC mulls issuing notice to Gopinath Munde for LS poll expense remark |
The Election Commission is mulling issuing a notice to BJP leader Gopinath Munde on his statement that he had spent Rs 8 crore in the last Lok Sabha elections much above the prescribed ceiling as the Congress stepped up the demand for his disqualification as MP.
Sources said the Electio....... More »
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