Pramod Kumar, PTI

Stories by Pramod Kumar, PTI

MLA get life term for kidnap, murder of niece's lover

MLA get life term for kidnap, murder of niece's lover

Rediff.com   15 May 2013

Congress Member of Legislative Assembly Sawna Lakra and three others were on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment by a local court in a case of kidnapping and murder of a youth who was in love with Lakra's niece.

Food Bill: Law min wants proper mechanism to be in place

Food Bill: Law min wants proper mechanism to be in place

Rediff.com   15 May 2013

Amid talk of an ordinance on the Food Security Bill, the law ministry has warned that without putting a proper mechanism in place to distribute foodgrains, a law should not be implemented.

J-K: Fresh tremors in Bhaderwah valley

J-K: Fresh tremors in Bhaderwah valley

Rediff.com   15 May 2013

Three moderate intensity tremors shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu in the wee hours on Wednesday, prompting authorities to once again shut schools in the region rattled by a series of quakes this month.

Sohrabuddin case: CBI books Rajasthan BJP leader Kataria

Sohrabuddin case: CBI books Rajasthan BJP leader Kataria

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria and three others for murder charges in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case.

India for pursuing China border issue as 'strategic objective'

India for pursuing China border issue as 'strategic objective'

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

A day after the Chinese government pushed for settlement of the vexed boundary issue at "an early date", India on Tuesday responded by saying that it should be pursued as a "strategic objective" by the two countries.

NIA not to oppose bail plea of suspected terrorist Liyaqat

NIA not to oppose bail plea of suspected terrorist Liyaqat

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

The National Investigating Agency may not oppose bail application of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Liyaqat Shah, who was arrested by the Delhi police for his alleged role in a conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in New Delhi.

Ram Singh arrested from bus identified by victim's friend: Cop

Ram Singh arrested from bus identified by victim's friend: Cop

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

A Delhi police official on Tuesday told a special court that the bus in which a 23-year-old girl was gang-raped on December 16 night was identified by the victim's friend and the main accused Ram Singh was arrested from the vehicle itself.

Locked in the cockpit, pilot lands under emergency conditions

Locked in the cockpit, pilot lands under emergency conditions

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

The pilot of a Bangalore-bound Air India aircraft, with around 125 passengers on board, landed under emergency conditions at Bhopal airport when he found the cockpit door jammed as he tried to open it to visit the washroom, airline sources said on Tuesday.

UPA govt unlikely to deliver spl status to Bihar: Modi

UPA govt unlikely to deliver spl status to Bihar: Modi

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

The deputy chief minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said the Central government was unlikely to deliver special status to Bihar before the general elections.

Dutt fears threat to life; wants to surrender before jail

Dutt fears threat to life; wants to surrender before jail

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in 1993 bomb blasts case, on Tuesday urged a designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court in Mumbai to allow him to surrender before Yerwada jail in Pune instead of giving himself up before the special court.

Navy hit by yet another sex scandal, Antony orders probe

Navy hit by yet another sex scandal, Antony orders probe

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

The Indian Navy has been hit by yet another alleged sex scandal as the wife of a senior officer has charged her husband with forcing her to get "sexually involved" with his colleagues, prompting Defence Minister A K Antony to order a probe.

Court asks CBI to file affidavit on chit probe in other states

Court asks CBI to file affidavit on chit probe in other states

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

The Calcutta high court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file an affidavit by Thursday stating whether the central investigating agency had been handed over investigation by other states into the multi-crore chit fund scam that affected lakhs of investors.

13 trains booked to mobilise Lalu's supporters to rally

13 trains booked to mobilise Lalu's supporters to rally

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

With Wednesday's Parivartan rally considered crucial to reassert the popularity of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, the party has booked 13 trains to transport people to the event to Patna.

Minor's rape: Court calls report on complaint for action against cops

Minor's rape: Court calls report on complaint for action against cops

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

A month after a five-year-old was allegedly gang-raped in east Delhi, a city court on Tuesday asked the Delhi police what action it has taken on a complaint seeking registration of a first information report against police personnel for their purported irregularities and sought a status report by May 29.

Ponzy scheme scam claims its 12th victim in WB

Ponzy scheme scam claims its 12th victim in WB

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

The chitfund scam in West Bengal claimed its twelfth victim on Monday with an agent of a ponzy scheme found hanging in his home at Basirhat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

PUCL woman leader sent to jail over objectionable F'book post

PUCL woman leader sent to jail over objectionable F'book post

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

A senior woman activist of non-governmental organisation outfit People's Union for Civil Liberties was sent to jail by a court in Andhra Pradesh after she was arrested over her Facebook post in which some "objectionable" comments were made against Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah and a Congress member of Legislative Assembly.

Will invite Manmohan Singh to my oath-taking ceremony: Nawaz

Will invite Manmohan Singh to my oath-taking ceremony: Nawaz

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif, who is set to form Pakistan's new government after an emphatic win, on Monday said he would be "very happy" to invite Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his swearing-in for a record third term as premier.

Probe into killing of Kerala fishermen likely to be delayed

Probe into killing of Kerala fishermen likely to be delayed

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

The National Investigation Agency probe into the killing of two Kerala fishermen is likely to be delayed as several key documents are being translated from Malayalam and Italian to English and the agency needs to question all foreign witnesses present on the Italian ship who left India long ago.

PM's invite to Sharif 'welcome and bold' step: Farooq Abdullah

PM's invite to Sharif 'welcome and bold' step: Farooq Abdullah

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

Union minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday hailed the invitation extended by India to Pakistan prime minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif, saying that such initiatives would help the two countries come together and resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir.

Uddhav wants Racecourse garden be named after Bal Thackeray

Uddhav wants Racecourse garden be named after Bal Thackeray

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

Close on the heels of Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu's proposal for converting Mahalaxmi Racecourse into a public garden, his boss and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said his party would endorse any proposal seeking to name such garden after late Bal Thackeray.