Disowning CAG report was afterthought: Vinod Rai on R P Singh

NEW DELHI CAG Vinod Rai today attacked former lead auditor R P Singh for disowning the report on 2G spectrum ...

Mayawati’s men siphoned off Rs 1,400 crore in dalit memorial scam, UP lokayukta says

LUCKNOW In a setback for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, UP lokayuktaNKMehrotra has indicted 199 people including BahujanSamaj Party ...

Two-finger test violates rape victim’s right to privacy: SC

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has held that the two-finger test on a rape victim violates her right to privacy, ...

Despite BJP’s protest, govt firm on ex-SC judge Joseph for NHRC

NEW DELHI In what could give rise to a fresh controversy, the government Thursday pushed the candidature of former Supreme ...

Who killed Aarushi? No answers five years on

NEW DELHI Who killed Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj? Five years after the 14-year-old was found with her throat slit in ...

Mobile phones to outnumber world population by 2014: Report

LONDON M-powering! Mobile phone subscriptions will outnumber the world population by the end of next year, according to a UN ...

Latur blast due to crackers, suspect cops

PUNE 15 admitted to hospital; forensic report expected in two days. The Latur police, who are investigating the explosion in ...

Chandy regrets for intelligence report on Malayalam dailies

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today expressed regret for certain adverse references against three leading Malayalam dailies in a ...

Coalgate probe: SC calls CBI ‘a caged parrot’, slams Vahanvati

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed attorney general GE Vahanvati and former additional solicitor general Harin Raval for ...

Gupta family wedding scandal triggers political row: report

DURBAN A controversial wedding in an Indian-origin family in South Africa has allegedly created a rift between President Jacob Zuma ...

Saudi Arabia releases 166 ‘reformed’ militants

DUBAI Saudi Arabia has released 166 former al Qaeda members after they underwent a long-term state-sponsored counselling programme, a media ...

Multi-member body will not dilute CAG powers: Rai

JAIPUR Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai Saturday said he did not foresee any dilution in the powers of CAG ...

‘Sarabjit’s skull was broken into two pieces’

NEW DELHI The motive behind the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani prison was to “kill him,” ...

Bilawal Bhutto out of Pakistan, not to return before polls: Report

ISLAMABAD Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has left on a foreign trip and will not be present in ...

CVC is CBI’s supervisor, not Law Ministry

NEW DELHI The CBI manual contradicts the government’s stance that it did no wrong in vetting the draft status report ...

Speaker rejects demand for Chacko’s removal

NEW DELHI Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday rejected the Opposition demand for removal of P C Chacko as ...

Missing Indian sailors may have been rescued by Iranians

DUBAI Three Indian sailors, who have been missing since their ship sank four months ago off the UAE coast, may ...

Coal scam: ‘Law Minister was in touch with CBI chief till April 28′

NEW DELHI More allegations have surfaced against Law Minister Ashwani Kumar a day after the Supreme Court slammed the government ...

Visa ban on Narendra Modi should continue: US panel

WASHINGTON A Congress-established independent panel on religious freedom has called on the US to maintain a visa ban on Gujarat ...

Coalgate: Changes were made in draft probe report, says CBI chief Ranjit Sinha

NEW DELHI Under attack for sharing the CBI probe report on coal blocks allocation scam with the government, agency Director ...

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