India

New Delhi, Feb 7: Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a petition challenging a Delhi High Court order in a defamation case against him. The Supreme Court also stayed the operation of the high court order that had permitted Kejriwal to approach the lower court for his discharge in the defamation suit filed by Amit Sibal, son of Law Minister Kapil Sibal. The

New Delhi, Feb 7: The AAP government's plans to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill in a public venue next week faced fresh hurdles with Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran insisting that Lt Governor's prior approval is necessary while key ally Congress toughened its opposition. Parasaran, whose opinion was sought by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on the constitutionality of the Delhi Government's proposal to enact

New Delhi, Feb 6: Former IB officer Rajendra Kumar has been named as the main accused, while three serving IB officials--- P Mittal, MK Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede--- too have been charged with murder and criminal conspiracy. HT had first reported on December 2 that the CBI supplementary chargesheet may not name Shah due to lack of evidence. HT also first reported on December 17 about the findings

New Delhi, Feb 6: Controversy over Telangana along with a number of other issues today washed out proceedings in Parliament for the second day which also saw two members from Andhra Pradesh, including one from Congress, giving notices for a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. Both the Houses were disrupted as members created uproar over creation of separate Telangana state, harassment of Tamil

Lucknow, Feb 6: Notwithstanding criticism for going on a foreign junket and enjoying entertainment programmes by Bollywood stars at a time when displaced riot victims still lived in pitiable conditions in relief camps, Uttar Pradesh ministers continued to have their fun and that too in full public view. A senior UP minister was seen dancing with bar girls at a function and showering currency notes

New Delhi, Feb 6: The drama over the formation of Telangana scaled new heights on Wednesday with Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Reddy staging a sit-in protest in the Capital while a harried government weighed the option of a voice vote to pass the contentious legislation. The CM doing an Arvind Kejriwal at Jantar Mantar seemed even more bizarre as Reddy was opposing his own Congress party's

New Delhi, Feb 5: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today stepped in to try to defuse the controversy over party leader Janardan Dwivedi's suggestion for ending caste-based quota, declaring that reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs must continue. As the SP and BSP--both outside supporters of UPA government and JD(U)--slammed Dwivedi's remark as "anti-social justice", Gandhi went in a damage control code

New Delhi, Feb 5: Pro and anti-Telangana supporters today clashed with each other during a protest outside the Andhra Bhawan here in support of their demands. Supporters from both sides held separate protests outside the Bhawan and raised slogans in support of their demands. A clash soon broke out between the two sides but police quickly intervened to stop it. Andhra Pradesh has remained sharply

Mumbai, Feb 5: In 2001, when Kerala-based astrologer Unnikrishna Panicker predicted that J Jayalalithaa would become Tamil Nadu chief minister, many found it hard to believe. Though Jayalalithaa could not contest as she was debarred due to criminal cases pending against her, the AIADMK won the assembly election and she was made the chief minister as a non-elected member of the assembly. Panicker's

New Delhi, Feb 4: Terming the attack on the 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh "most condemnable", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said "every possible effort" would be made to punish the guilty. "The attack on Nido Taniam, the student from Arunachal Pradesh, is most condemnable. While the actual cause of Nido Tania's death will be known only after the autopsy report is received, the