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New Delhi, Jan 13: Congress leader P Chidambaram today termed the ED raids against his son "a comedy of errors" and claimed the officers were left "embarrassed" and "apologetic" as they could not find anything. He was reacting after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the senior Congress leader's son, in connection with its money

Mumbai, Jan 13: Debris of a Pawan Hans helicopter which went missing on Saturday morning was located by a Coast Guard ship around noon. Four bodies were also recovered. The helicopter with seven people, including Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employees, had lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) 30 nautical miles off Mumbai. Large scale Indian Coast Guard (ISG) sear and rescue

New Delhi, Jan 13: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Aircel- Maxis case. Official sources said the raids are being conducted in Delhi and Chennai since early morning. The central probe agency, on December 1 last year, had conducted

New Deli, Jan 12: The government today made it clear that it was not going to intervene in the issue of four seniormost judges of the Supreme Court dubbing the situation in the top court as "not in order", saying the judiciary would resolve the matter itself. Sources in the government said since such an issue has never erupted in the past, the executive would prefer to adopt a wait and watch

The Income Tax department has told the Madras high court that its confidential letter seeking action against those involved in the gutkha scam in Tamil Nadu was seized from a room occupied by expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala in the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa. This information was disclosed in an affidavit submitted on Friday by Principal Director of Income Tax, Chennai, Susie Babu

New Delhi, Jan 12: The Supreme Court on Friday termed a "serious matter" the issue of ''mysterious'' death of special CBI judge B.H. Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, and sought a response from the Maharashtra government to pleas seeking an independent probe into it. The court said, "This matter requires biparty hearing rather than ex parte." A Bench of justices Arun

New Delhi, Jan 12: In an unprecedented move, four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court today called a press conference and said the situation in the top court was "not in order" and many "less than desirable" things have taken place. Unless this institution is preserved, "democracy will not survive in this country," the four judges said. Justice J Chelameswar, the second senior judge after the

Jan 12: The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched its 100th satellite on Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. On its 42nd mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) trusted workhorse PSLV-C40 carried Cartosat-2 series satellite and 30 other spacecraft. The co-passenger satellites comprise one micro and nano satellite each from India as well as

Chandigarh, Jan 11: The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted bail to Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son Vikas Barala, who has been booked on charges of stalking and attempting to abduct a 29-year-old woman. Barala, 23, had been lodged in jail since August last year. "The bail of Vikas Barala has been approved by Justice Lisa Gill," Barala's counsel Vinod Ghai said here. He said that the

Ghalib Afzal Guru, son of executed Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, is once again in news for academic reasons. Ghalib bagged 441 marks in the Class XII exam for which the result was declared by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Thursday. Among those who have cleared the class XII exam conducted by the JKBOSE is Burhan Wani's brother Muhammad Naveed Aalam. Scoring 387