Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Wednesday called Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “mad” for his two-day, under-the-sky agitation in winter rain in the capital. An AAP leader demanded an apology. Shinde said he was compelled to cancel the leave of many Delhi Police personnel, on account of the agitation. “This was because of the mad chief […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee ahead of the Republic Day function and the second part of winter session of parliament commencing Feb 5, said informed sources. The sources did not divulge details of the meeting. The second part of winter session is likely to conclude Feb 21 and the government is […]
With growth in India picking up after a favourable monsoon season and higher exports, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects a further increase, thanks to stronger structural policies supporting investment. India’s growth is projected to reach 5.4 percent in 2014, rising to 6.4 percent in 2015 with global growth expected to increase in 2014 after […]
The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the CBI on the petitions filed by DMK leader Kanimozhi and others seeking the quashing of the charges framed against them in the 2G case being heard by a special court on day to day basis. A bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan while issuing […]
Taking a serious view of the sodomy and murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy, the Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld the life sentence given to the convict and ordered that the term of sentence will remain “till the rest of his life”. A bench of Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Sunita Gupta rejected the appeal of […]
Two BJP leaders Tuesday filed petitions in the Delhi High Court seeking the cancellation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Law Minister Somnath Bharti’s election for exceeding the expenditure limit for last December’s assembly polls. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Vijender Gupta and Arti Mehra moved the high court alleging that Kejriwal and Bharti spent […]
Eastern Army Commander Lt. Gen. M.M.S. Rai Tuesday reviewed the preparedness and the security situation of the operational areas in the Sikkim and north Bengal sectors at the Sino-Indian border. Rai is on a two-day visit to these sectors after having taken over the charge of the Eastern Command earlier this month, a defence release […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure release of 25 Indian fishermen taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy Tuesday to facilitate fishermen-level talks between the two countries. In a letter to Manmohan Singh Tuesday, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa while referring […]
Holding the action and procedure adopted to deprive a person of life or liberty must be fair, just and reasonable, the Supreme Court Tuesday framed guidelines for removing the disparities in implementation of existing laws for death row convicts. “It is well-settled law that executive action and legal procedure adopted to deprive a person of […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was hospitalised Wednesday morning due to severe lung congestion, an AAP party member said. He was not well last night and was taken to Yashoda hospital near his residence in Kaushambi by his wife early in the morning. He has been suffering from severe cough for the past several days. […]