Is Narendra Modi under CBI scrutiny in Sohrabuddin case?
Ahmedabad: After the arrest of his close aide and top minister Amit Shah, will the CBI now seek to question Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi? Sources have told NDTV that the investigating agency may want Modi to answer some questions in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. The CBI, sources said, wants to know if Modi [...]
Govt considering reservation for Muslims through OBC route
Government is actively considering reservation for Muslims through the Other Backward Castes (OBC) route, minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said.
“We are actively looking at the reservation issue. We have a commitment in our (Congress) manifesto. I am pushing for it all the time ….Congress leadership is committed to the issue and there is no [...]
Aman Kachroo ragging: High Court rejects bail of all 4 accused
Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday set aside the order passed fast track court at Dharamsala in which bail was granted to all four accused involved in Aman Kachroo ragging case. While dismissing their bail, court observed that bail can not be granted to the accused at this stage.
Court has also directed all the accused [...]
Fury rages over leaked Afghan documents
WASHINGTON—Fresh diplomatic fury over alleged Pakistani ties to the Taliban flared anew as the White House scrambled to downplay a trove of leaked U.S. military documents that show the blow-by-blow of six dismal years of war in Afghanistan. The Obama administration, which initially condemned as a “national security threat” the Sunday release of a 200,000-page [...]
Pakistan must act against Mumbai attackers: U.S.
The US has said it is important for Pakistan to investigate the Mumbai terror attack and bring to justice those responsible for it for its own and the entire region’s benefit.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters at his daily news briefing that the US would continue to discuss with Pakistan the need to probe [...]
RTI roadblocks: Officials-mafia nexus to blame?
New Delhi: Gujarat (Right to Information) RTI activist Amit Jethwa’s murder has once again brought into sharp focus the obstacles in successfully implementing a legislation that was meant to expose corruption in the government.
The main hurdle seems to be the issue of RTI activists facing a threat to their lives.
Amit Jethwa, who was shot dead [...]
Indian hockey official caught with call girls
New Delhi: Two big scandals have rocked Indian hockey with a support staff member having been accused of sexual misconduct while on a tour and women’s team coach M K Kaushik having declined to travel for the Asia Cup after a player complained against him.
Shocking pictures have sunk the reputation of the women’s national hockey [...]
Headley revealed nexus between terror, Pak agencies: NSA
India on Tuesday said the interrogation of David Coleman Headley, a key accused in the Mumbai terror attack case, has revealed the nexus of terror groups with the Pakistani establishment, an aspect which makes it difficult to deal with the menace of terrorism.
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said India now has a “much clearer picture” [...]
Some doubt over West Bengal train accident: Mamata
KOLKATA: Railway minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said there was “some doubt” over the West Bengal train accident in which at least 49 people were killed.
The speeding Sealdah-bound Uttar Banga Express rammed into the stationary Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express from the rear at Sainthia station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district early Monday morning. Banerjee told reporters while [...]
Protesters clash with forces in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of anti-India protesters clashed with police and paramilitary soldiers after Friday prayers despite a rigid curfew being reimposed in most of Kashmir following weeks of unrest that has killed 15 people.
People were not allowed to attend prayers at Srinagar’s main Jamia mosque for a third successive Friday, but authorities did not [...]
