The BJP’s national executive and national council will meet for three days from Friday to chalk out a strategy for the Lok Sabha election. BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the national executive will meet Friday at the NDMC Convention centre here. He said the national council will meet Jan 18-19 at the Ramlila […]
The year 2014 is a “challenging” one as US troops would leave Afghanistan this year but the Indian Army is already mapping out a strategy and planning to counter any infiltration bid during the year, top army officials said Wednesday. Although 2013 was largely peaceful in Jammu and Kashmir, there were a large number of […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice […]
The government Wednesday announced that it has decided to defer Rs.15,000 crore bond issue scheduled for Jan 17, a move seen to aimed at containing fiscal deficit. The finance ministry said in a statement that the bond issue has been deferred after taking into account the “Government of India’s cash position and funding requirement”. “It […]
Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, allegedly involved in numerous terror attacks across the country, Wednesday complained in a court here that there is threat to his life as Tihar Jail officials are treating them “even worse than animals”. Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar has moved an application before District Judge I.S. Mehta […]
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday took a dig at the chaos at the ‘Janata Durbar’ of his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and advised the AAP leader to take some lessons from him. Badal was addressing a gathering in Lohara village in his Lambi assembly constituency in Muktsar district, 250 km from here. “Kejriwal […]
A Delhi Police constable high on liquor who described Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as “god” and tried to force his way into his apartment here has been arrested. Police here seized the constable Tuesday night for trying to get into the Girnar Tower where Kejriwal lives with his family. The constable, who was later […]
A Mumbai court Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against 12 more accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case in the matter of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a key handler, Sayed Zabiuddin Anzari alias Abu Jundal, an official said here. All the wanted accused against whom the warrants have been issued are said […]
Rajeev Kher will be the new commerce secretary. Kher, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently special secretary in the commerce department. He will replace S.R. Rao, who retires Jan 31. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Wednesday approved Kher’s new appointment.
Former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar Wednesday filed a defamation case in the Delhi High Court against a law intern who has accused him of sexual harassment and demanded damages from a section of the media which reported the allegation. Justice Manmohan Singh reserved the order for Thursday morning after hearing the parties. “Till then […]