Amethi, April 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday slammed the BJP, saying that its “false propaganda” on corruption charges against the UPA government was nothing but an attempt to cover up cases of corruption in states ruled by it. “All those people who are themselves neck deep in corruption are levelling various kinds of […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the court was established in October 1966. Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, registrar general of the high court, said Justice Rohini, the seniormost judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, reached […]
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Election Commission Saturday ordered repolling on April 21 in two polling stations in West Bengal where the voting process April 17 had been hindered due to malfunctioning EVMs. While one polling booth is under Dhupguri assembly segment of Jalpaiguri constituency, the other is in the Siliguri assembly part of the […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Easter, saying the festival signifies compassion, brotherhood and a brighter future. “The significance of Christ’s resurrection is that truth and love triumph over evil and hatred. Easter celebrates compassion and brotherhood and signifies a brighter future,” the prime minister […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday took a dig at Manmohan Singh over information provided by his office that he delivered a speech almost every third day, saying the prime minister “walked on snow but did not leave any footprints”. In an article on his website, the leader of opposition in […]
Narendra Modi is not far off the mark when he says that the May 16 results will be the Congress’s worst. Drawing room and tea-stall chatter nowadays centres on whether the 128-year-old no longer a Grand Old Party will be able to reach the 100-seat mark in the 545-member Lok Sabha in which two MPs […]
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The opposition in West Bengal Saturday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of inciting violence that led to the death of a CPI-M activist after being allegedly beaten up by Trinamool Congress workers in Birbhum district. Seikh Hiralal, a Communist Party of India-Marxist activist, succumbed to his injuries Friday night after he […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A minor fire broke out Saturday at the busy Rajiv Chowk Metro station, fire officials said. A fire alarm was sounded and the station, which is a main interchange, was closed. Officials said the fire started on a floor mat at the station, but the reason behind it was still […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the grounded Kingfisher Airlines to pay the outstanding salaries of three of its ex-pilots who had moved the court over non-payment of salaries. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw disposed off the case while asking the company to pay the salaries with 10 percent interest till […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra for his rise in the real estate business. Taking a swipe at Vadra in his blog, Jaitley wrote: “Congratulations to Robert Vadra. He has made it to the Wall Street Journal. The Vadra business model requires the […]