The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to vacate its Aug 17, 2007 order restraining Haryana from breaching the Bhakra Main Line (BML) canal and connecting it with its intra-state Hansi-Butana canal to draw part of its share of the Ravi-Beas waters. “Stay is there for six years. Why should we disturb it now,” said a bench […]
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Jan 21 DMK leader Kanimozhi’s plea seeking the quashing of charges against her in the 2G case being exclusively heard by a special CBI court on day-to-day basis. A bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said the 2G bench comprising Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice K.S. […]
A Delhi court has acquitted a man of rape charges after observing that the victim had admitted that they had a consensual physical relationship. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat held Kamaljeet Singh innocent of the accusation made in a police complaint but which the young woman withdrew in her statement to a magistrate. The court […]
The Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP), a new political outfit comprising mainly Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebels, Tuesday demanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe payoff allegations against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. “Corruption allegations against Virbhadra Singh should be probed by the CBI,” Mohinder Sofat, HLP spokesperson and a former BJP minister, told […]
Apparently targeting the Maoist ultras, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday cautioned people in a remote area of West Midnapore district to remain vigilant about “outsiders” attempting to create unrest. Launching the statewide “all-weather rural road network project” in Amlasole village – which made national headlines in 2004 during the then Left Front regime […]
There is major support among the Indian American community for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while a growing number also support Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party (AAP), says Indian American Mohan L. Jain from Chicago. Jain, a delegate at the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the world’s largest annual gathering of people of Indian origin […]
The two Italian Marines facing trial for murder of two Indian fishermen have been asked to appear before a court here Wednesday. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma last month issued notice against Marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone and asked them to appear before him Jan 8. The court order came on a plea filed […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Mayank Gandhi said Tuesday that he intends to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Mumbai North-West constituency. “Yes, I am planning to fill up my nomination for this constituency. It will later go through scrutiny and approval process before my name is approved and finalised,” Gandhi. Gandhi said the […]
The Indian community in the US is unhappy at the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and feels very strongly that there was no need for her to be handcuffed or strip searched, says an Indian American delegate who is attending the annual diaspora convention here. Mohan L. Jain, a delegate at the […]
A meeting of some Congress leaders on Tuesday took a lot of people by surprise when Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra, sister of party vice president Rahul Gandhi, also turned up. A party leader would only say that the meeting was held to discuss the tour programmes of Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Speaking to reporters, […]