Coal scam |
An NGO on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe into alleged "blatant" interference by the Centre into the CBI probe of the coal block allocation scam. In its interim application, NGO Common Cause submitted that the alleged "blatant interference" by the government is not only unlawful ....... More »
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2010 Pune blast: Mirza Himayat Baig found guilty |
A trial court in Pune found Mirza Himayat Baig, the sole arrested accused in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast, guilty of carrying out the terror attack which killed 17 and injured 58 on February 13, 2010.
The court convicted Baig under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 120B (cr....... More »
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Supreme Court allows translocation of Asiatic lions to Madhya Pradesh |
The Supreme Court today allowed trans-location of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh, saying the species is under threat of extinction and needs a second home.
A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and C K Prasad has given six months time to the wildlife authorities concerned for tr....... More »
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Sanjay Dutt moves SC, seeks more time to surrender |
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt approached the Supreme Court on Monday seeking more time to surrender to serve his remaining three-and-a-half-year jail term for illegally possessing firearms in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.The son of famous Bollywood couple late Sunil Dutt and Nargis filed the pet....... More »
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Land acquisition Bill to be brought in this session: Ramesh |
The Union Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh today said the Centre will bring in revised Land Acquisition Bill in the forthcoming session of Parliament as there was a political consensus on it.
"We will bring the revised Bill in this session. All political parties want to get it ....... More »
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Sheila promises all possible help, AAP volunteers too chip in |
While Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit assured all possible help to the victims of the fire in Bawana, others such as volunteers of the Aam Aadmi Party also came forward to assist in the rehabilitation and relief process.
A statement released by the office of Ms. Dikshit said: "The Chief M....... More »
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Bhullar judgement likely to impact 23 cases of death row convicts seeking clemency |
Khalistan militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar might soon meet the same fate as Ajmal kasab and Afzal Guru. The Supreme Court rejected his petition to commute to life imprisonment his death sentence.
Bhullar faces the gallows for triggering a blast in 1993 near the cavalcade of then Youth Cong....... More »
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A Strokeless Wonder in politics as well? |
What has happened to Navjot Singh Sidhu? The man never stops grinning and joking whenever we see him on television channels and is always ready to tackle life as it comes, thanks to the power of Sidhuism. How come such a man always full of positive energy has suddenly started feeling suffocated in h....... More »
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1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon awarded Master's degree in English Literature |
Yakub Memon, the only convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case whose death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court, has been awarded a master's degree in English literature by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Memon is lodged in the Central Prison in Nagpur. Alongwith him,....... More »
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44 injured in plane crash in Indonesia |
At least 44 people rescued from a Lion Air plane that crashed into sea on Saturday in Bali have got treatment for their injuries, press officers at the hospitals said.
In Kasih Ibu Hospital, in Kedongan, Bali, 33 people have got treatment, some of them are being treated for serious inju....... More »
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