A court here Friday asked the Special Cell of Delhi Police to appear before it to furnish details on a plea of Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda. The court was hearing Tunda’s petition seeking court’s direction to the police to furnish details of the remaining pending cases against him. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said declaration of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls will be as per a “new process” which will take into account the “voice of the people” and work with a formal structure. “For the first time, we are working on a deadline, getting voices of people into the party […]
The government Friday notified the domestic natural gas pricing formula for all natural gas produced in the country. The Domestic Natural Gas Pricing Guidelines, 2014 notified by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will apply to all natural gas produced domestically, irrespective of the source, whether conventional, shale or coal-bed methane (CBM). The ministry […]
A whopping four crore customers acquired new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) domestic gas connections in the past four years, increasing the customer base from 10.6 crore to 14.7 crore. This represents a 39 percent increase in growth with around one crore new LPG consumers added each year, an official spokesperson said Friday. It is expected […]
The face-off over diplomat Devyani Khobragade is not the first time India and the US have had tensions over such an issue. In 1981, India had refused to accept a US diplomat because of his “intelligence connections” and in retaliation, the US barred an Indian diplomat from coming to Washington. In September 1981, India had […]
After receiving over 23,000 calls on its anti-corruption helpline within two days of its launch, the Delhi government Friday said it would begin a ‘large-scale’ drive to nab corrupt officials from Monday. “Till 10 p.m. Thursday, 11,829 calls were received. Today (Friday) till an hour ago, 11,353 calls have come. In the last 36 hours, […]
The BJP Friday questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s contribution to Assam, the state which has been electing him to the Rajya Sabha since 1991. Interacting with media persons here, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Manmohan Singh of only using Assam for advancement of his political career and not doing anything for the […]
A court here Friday sent Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal to judicial custody in connection with the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash sent Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar to judicial custody till Jan 17. He also allowed a plea of Delhi Police seeking his voice […]
The Delhi High Court Friday refused to suspend the 15-day jail term awarded to a senior Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officer for making “lewd” and “scurrilous” statements against female colleagues despite previous warnings from the court. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru said IRS officer S.K. Srivastava has shown no remorse […]
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, whose net worth is estimated at over $1 billion, Friday ended speculation about his foray into politics, saying he is joining the Congress and ready to contest Lok Sabha polls if the party gives him a ticket. “If Congress gives ticket, I will contest (Lok Sabha polls),” Nilekani, now head of […]