Defamation proceedings against media, SC stays Delhi government’s circular
NewDelhi/Nagpur: In a setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the defamation proceedings initiated by the Arvind Kejriwal government against media houses. The circular was issued by the Delhi government on May...
Land Acquisition : Setback for farmers as SC upholds in Noida Extension
NewDelhi/Nagpur: In a setback for farmers, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed their plea while upholding land acquisitions in Noida Extension by the Greater Noida Authority between 2006 and 2009. The apex court has overturned Allahabad High Court order which...
SC dismisses need for SIT probe into CBI ex-chief Ranjit Sinha
NewDelhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed the meetings of former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha with various accused at his residence as inappropriate. The supreme court said that it was “completely inappropriate to meet accused before chargesheet.” Pronouncing its verdict on on...
Judiciary vs. Modi Government – why we should all be concerned?
This is one very significant event unfolding right before our eyes in the present moment, but strangely there are no debates and discussions happening on TV channels about it, so very little awareness among us, common citizens. But it should...
FIR filed against IIPM founder Arindam Chaudhuri
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Delhi Police have filed FIR against Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) founder Arindam Chaudhuri. FIR has been registered on the basis of a complaint made by the University Grants Commission of "misleading, cheating and fooling" students as its...
Cops rush to find stolen phone of ex-CM’s Prithviraj Chavan help!
Mumbai/Nagpur: If your mobile phone is ever stolen and you approach the police for help, all you may get is a perfunctory glance and, perhaps, a non-cognisable complaint on which no action will be taken. But, if you happen to...
Only President, PM, CJI’s photos can be used in ads: SC tells Centre
NewDelhi/Nagpur:Issuing fresh guidelines, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the government from using pictures of political leaders, ministers, bureaucrats in government advertisements. The apex court has also said that photographs of only the President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice Of India, departed...
Cabinet approves 10% stake sale in IOC and 5% in NTPC
NewDelhi/Nagpur: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday cleared sale of a part of its equity in National Thermal Power Corporation and Indian Oil Corporation. The government is looking to sell 5 per cent of its shares in NTPC...
Wait, what? North Korea defence minister executed for dozing off, talking back to Kim Jong Un
Senior North Korean military officer Hyon Yong Chol (R). APSenior North Korean military officer Hyon Yong Chol (R). North Korean Defence Minister Hyon Yong-Chol has been executed by anti-aircraft fire for disloyalty and showing disrespect to leader Kim Jong-Un, South...
Earlier thieves used to steal at night, now they come suited-booted during the day, Rahul Gandhi’s jibe at NDA
NEWDELHI/Nagpur : Rahul Gandhi, vice president of the Congress Party spoke in Parliament about the Land Bill. He accused the NDA government of murdering the UPA Land Bill, which according to him took two years to create. He described each move...
Earthquake in Parts of India; Tremors Felt in Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar
NewDelhi/Nagpur: A huge earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit Nepal today at about 12.35 pm, US Geological Survey said; tremors were felt across major swathes of North India, including Delhi. Today's quake was epicentred near the Nepali capital of...
Fire breaks out in Connaught Place in Delhi, 20 fire tenders rushed to the spot
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Fire in Central Delhi. According to Sources some people are feared trapped in a fire in a building in the heart of Delhi. 20 fire engines are fighting the fire in Connaught Place at a building which hosts the Oriental...
GST Bill goes to select committee of Rajya Sabha
NewDelhi/Nagpur: With no consenus in sight and the government facing a number crunch in the Rajya Sabha, the contentious land bill may be referred to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament and the GST bill to a select...
Kolkata: Low-intensity blast on Sealdah-Krishnanagar local train; 14 injured, 1 arrested
Kolkata/Nagpur: As many as 14 people were injured in low-intensity bomb blasts inside an early morning local train on the suburbs of Kolkata on Tuesday, railway police said. The crude bombs exploded at 3:55am just before the Sealdah-Krishnanagar local entered Barrackpore...
Media, your bias is showing. One rule for Arvind and another for Modi?
Rewind back to the gory incident of the first 'live death' on Indian TV of Gajendra Singh, farmer from Haryana whose death is still shrouded in mystery... had he climbed the tree just for a lark and then began play...
Bail granted to Satyam’s Raju and 9 others in accounting fraud, sentence suspended
Hyderabad. All the 10 people including B Ramalinga Raju and his brother B Rama Raju have been granted bail in the multi-crore Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL) accounting fraud case. The bail has been granted by Metropolitan Sessions Court in Hyderabad. On Friday,...
BJP MP opposes India-Pakistan cricket series
NewDelhi/Nagpur: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian on Monday expressed his opposition to the proposed India-Pakistan cricket series in December. Former home secretary and MP from Bihar's Arrah, R.K. Singh, raised the issue in the Lok Sabha during zero hour. Alluding...
Delhi police – AAP face off :Kejriwal, Sisodia asked to appear before court on May 15th
NewDelhi/Nagpur:Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and four other AAP leaders, accused of violating prohibitory orders in New Delhi and obstructing public servants in discharge of their duty during an agitation, were on Monday directed to...
Karnataka HC acquits Jayalalithaa in DA case
Bangalore/Nagpur: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and three of her associates were acquitted in an illegal assets case by a single judge of the Karnataka High Court on Monday morning. Jayalalithaa and her associates had been sentenced to four...
Government willing to support ‘honest, independent’ media, says Kejriwal
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Under fire over his "anti-media" circular, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday suggested that some senior journalists could come together to float their own "honest and independent" news channel or newspaper and his government will support any such...
Fire breaks out in 4-storey building in Mumbai, 6 injured
Mumbai/Nagpur: A fire erupted at a four storey building in Mumbai's Kalbadevi area on Saturday. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) six people have been injured including three firemen. A portion of the under-repair building collapsed as the fire spread across all...
