India

New Delhi, Jul 21: Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, currently Chairman of Press Council of India, today stirred a controversy by alleging that three ex-Chief Justices of India had compromised in giving extension to an additional judge of Madras High court at the instance of UPA government in the wake of pressure from one of its allies, apparently DMK. Katju made the charge while

New Delhi, Jul 20: In a blow to the Congress party, six of its party corporators from Thane city joined the Shiv Sena yesterday. According to media reports, the corporators were led by Ravindra Phatak, the party strongman in the city and a staunch supporter of Industry Minister Narayan Rane. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that the party had no role in influencing Congress members to join

New Delhi/Lucknow, Jul 19: While the SP government in Uttar Pradesh is under attack over a string of rape incidents, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today drew flak for saying that the state has the lowest number of such cases in the country despite a population of 21 crore. "You are talking about UP. It has a population of 21 crore. If there is any place which has the lowest number of such (rape)

Chennai, Jul 19: Taking strong exception to CBSE's Sanskrit Week celebrations in schools under its ambit next month, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said it would be appropriate to have organised a 'Classical Language Week' in each state based on its linguistic heritage. As per the communication sent by the Ministry of HRD, while the celebrations would be conducted by CBSE, Kendriya

New Delhi, Jul 19: Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi unit secretary and four party volunteers were arrested today for allegedly instigating the people and putting up posters with proactive message against Congress MLAs in their area. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East district) P Karunakaran said the arrested persons have been identified as Dilip Pandey, Ravi Shankar Singh, Sonu, Javed and Rajkumar

New Delhi, Jul 18: When Malaysia Airlines' MH 17 was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday night, an Air India flight with 126 passengers was right behind it. The flight, AI 113 en route from Birmingham to Delhi, and a Singapore Airlines flight flying home from Copenhagen were both about 25 to 50 nautical miles (40 to 80 km) behind the ill-fated Malaysian Boeing 777. This gap, say pilots, is covered

New Delhi, Jul 18: A vociferous opposition led by Congress and Left parties today stalled proceedings in Rajya Sabha during Question Hour demanding immediate discussion on killings of innocent women and children in Gaza. While the government said it was ready for a discussion on the issue on Monday, the Opposition wanted it to be held immediately, leading to two adjournments till noon. Soon after

New Delhi, Jul 17: The government has introduced several changes in the process of filing Income Tax returns to ensure increased compliance, disclosure and transparency. As the July 31 deadline for submitting income tax returns gets closer, we analyse the key changes and provides a detailed guide to make your filing easier. Although the tax rates and slabs for the assessment year 2014-15 or

New Delhi, Jul 17: Congress-led Opposition today created ruckus in Rajya Sabha over a discussion on violence in Gaza not being listed in the day's agenda, leading to two adjournments during the Question Hour. As soon as the House met for the day, Chairman Hamid Ansari said though the matter was included in yesterday's agenda, it has not been done so today following a request from Leader of the

New Delhi, Jul 17: On a day when RSS leader Indresh Kumar spoke out in support of Ved Pratap Vaidik's controversial interaction with Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief, home ministry sources indicated that the Baba Ramdev aide could be soon questioned by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the 26/11 investigations. Kumar, who heads BJP's Muslim outreach programme, on Wednesday told a TV