Jayalalitha Wants Modi To Secure Release Of 41 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Detained...
CHENNAI -- Tamil Nadu Government today sought the Centre's intervention to secure the release of 41 fishermen from the state detained in Sri Lanka, saying their "continued incarceration" ahead of...
View ArticleGandhis In Court: Can Sonia Pull Off An Indira?
NEW DELHI -- Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi will appear in court for the first time in their lives on Saturday. The two leaders of the Congress Party have been summoned...
View ArticleShashi Tharoor's Bill To Decriminalise Gay Sex Defeated In Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI -- In stinging disregard to a fairly disillusioned LGBT community in India, the Lok Sabha voted (71-24) against introducing a bill to decriminalise gay sex in the country. Earlier today,...
View ArticleWhy The Juvenile In The Nirbhaya Case Deserves A Second Chance
“I am not speaking to the media today,” said Enakshi Ganguly to one news TV producer after another yesterday. The child rights activist has been on TV on many occasions, defending juvenile justice for...
View ArticleDec 16 Gangrape Case: Delhi Commission For Women To Approach President, Chief...
NEW DELHI -- Even as the Delhi High Court on Friday refused to stay the release of juvenile convict in the December 16th Delhi gang-rape and murder case, saying he cannot be stopped from walking free...
View ArticleMeghalaya Govt Signs Peace Pact With Militant Outfit United A'chik Liberation...
TURA, Meghalaya -- Meghalaya government on Friday signed a peace pact with yet another militant outfit, the United A'chik Liberation Army (UALA) which was active in the Garo Hills region of the state....
View ArticleIndia Set To Build A Sea-Bridge And A Tunnel To Sri Lanka: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI -- Keen on promoting connectivity in the South Asian region, India is set to build a sea-bridge and tunnel connecting Sri Lanka while a pact has been inked with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal...
View ArticleNational Herald Case: Digvijay Singh Accuses BJP Of Running A Campaign...
NEW DELHI -- Calling the National Herald case an example of vilification of the Congress by the ruling party, Congress leader Digvijay Singh accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of running a 'sustained...
View ArticleNational Herald Case: Sonia, Rahul's Lawyers Will Go To Court Armed With Bail...
New Delhi -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will turn up at the Patiala court today for the hearing of the National Herald case, prepared for all eventualities. According to a report on The Indian...
View ArticleArun Jaitley: Congress Has Delayed The GST For 'Collateral Reasons'
NEW DELHI -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday flayed the opposition, mainly the Congress Party, for delaying the government's ambitious Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill in Parliament, saying...
View ArticleMPs Greet Plea To Amend Section 377 With Jeers, Jokes: Ignorance Or...
The love that dares not speak its name lived up to its name in Parliament. Gay rights remain a no-no chhi-chhi area for Indian parliamentarians in general. Amending Section 377 is not even a question...
View ArticleNational Herald Case: Congress, BJP Lash Out, Accuse Each Other Of Dirty...
NEW DELHI -- Trading guns at each other over the National Herald issue, Congress today alleged that the Modi government was indulging in political vendetta while BJP claimed that it is a legal matter...
View ArticleGovernment To Push For Insolvency And Bankruptcy Law In The Next Three Days
MUMBAI -- The government will push for a bankruptcy law in parliament in the remaining three days of the winter session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday, hoping to end a political...
View ArticleSikh Teen's Mother Asks US Police To Drop Bomb Threat Charges
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The mother of a Sikh middle school student accused of threatening to detonate a bomb at his Texas school is asking police to drop charges, saying that her son never made such a...
View Article'Dilwale' Vs 'Bajirao Mastani': SRK-Kajol Starrer Preferred By Moviegoers,...
MUMBAI -- As the big Bollywood clash between Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani unfolded today at theatres across the country amid protests by right-wing outfits, early trends indicate that the Shah Rukh...
View ArticleFDA Finds Problems With Sun Pharma's Manufacturing Unit In Gujarat
MUMBAI -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd about its Halol facility after an inspection revealed problems with its manufacturing...
View ArticleNational Herald Case: Swami Is A Mask For Modi, Says Congress
New Delhi -- In the backdrop of National Herald case, Congress today launched a no-holds barred attack against government, accusing it of resorting to "unprecedented" level of vendetta politics and...
View ArticleGandhis' First-Ever Court Appearance Is Pretty Tame After Massive Hype
NEW DELHI -- After the massive hype and speculation trailing the Gandhis' first court appearance today, the actual event was somewhat of an anti-climax to its big buildup in the media and political...
View ArticleNirbhaya Case: SC Won't Stop Juvenile's Release Even As Delhi Commission For...
NEW DELHI -- The juvenile offender of the horrific December 16 gang-rape case is all set to walk free on Sunday as the Supreme Court refused the dramatic post-midnight move of the Delhi Commission for...
View ArticleFormer CM Beant Singh's Killer Balwant Rajoana Thrashes Journalist During...
PATIALA -- Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is undergoing jail term in Central Jail Patiala for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, allegedly thrashed senior journalist Kanwar...
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