Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Friday his government was determined to push through the Jan Lokpal bill in the Delhi assembly, saying it did not need a central government nod. In a communication made public, Kejriwal urged Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung not to bow down to pressures from the central government aimed at spiking what […]
The Supreme Court Friday rejected a batch of petitions seeking to restrain the government from moving a bill to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana on the ground that it was violative of the principles of federalism and the basic structure of the constitution. A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice S.A. Bobde, while […]
A court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur framed charges against spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, over five months after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, a lawyer said. Pradeep Choudhary, one of the lawyers representing Asaram, said the court of district and sessions judge, Jodhpur (rural) has dropped section 26 of Juvenile Justice Act, […]
The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to alleged Maoist conduit Soni Sori and her nephew Lingaram Kodopi but asked them to stay in Delhi and report to a police station once a week. Both are also barred from entering Chhattisgarh. However, the court said that both Sori and Kodopi would be escorted to Chhattisgarh by […]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Friday turned down a plea by Shabir Ahmad Khan — accused by a woman doctor of trying to sexually assault her — to move for bail in Jammu instead of Srinagar. Khan, who resigned Friday from the post of minister of state for health, has been accused by a […]
President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the National Agricultural Expo “Krishi Vasant” in Nagpur Sunday during his two-day visit to Maharashtra, starting Feb 8. Over 500,000 farmers from all over India will take part in the five-day long agro fair-cum-expo organised jointly by the union ministry of agriculture, Maharashtra government and the Confederation of Indian Industry […]
A total of 35 rounds of bidding were completed at the end of Day 5 Friday of the second generation (2G) spectrum or airwaves auction, an official statement said here. The government has received cumulative bids worth Rs.54,600 crore so far. “The government received cumulative bids worth Rs.54,600 crore at the end of the fifth […]
Brushing aside opposition from some Congress ministers from Andhra Pradesh, the union cabinet Friday gave its nod to a bill to form a Telangana state even as parliament was plunged into chaos for a third straight day. The approval for the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill came at a two-hour cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister […]
T. Subbarami Reddy, K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao and K. Keshava Rao are among six leaders elected to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh in the elections held Friday. Subbarami Reddy, Ramachandra Rao and M.A. Khan of the Congress, T. Sitarama Lakshmi and G. Mohan Rao of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Keshava Rao of Telangana […]
Bihar Police Friday gave a clean chit to state Minorities Welfare Minister Shahid Ali Khan over his alleged connection with two agents of the Indian Mujahedeen or Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. “Police inquiry found it was not true. Minister has no connection with two suspected IM or ISI agents,” ADGP Ravinder Kumar said at a press […]