Pramod Kumar, PTI

Stories by Pramod Kumar, PTI

After Mum, MNS workers attack Indiabulls' Amravati office

After Mum, MNS workers attack Indiabulls' Amravati office

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

Suspected Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists on Monday attacked the office of diversified conglomerate Indiabulls in Camp area of the city, second such incident since party chief Raj Thackeray yesterday accused the company of 'usurping' water meant for farmers for its power plant in the parched district.

Tamil row: Jaya, DMK wants India to boycott CHOGM

Tamil row: Jaya, DMK wants India to boycott CHOGM

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

After quitting the United Progressive Alliance coalition on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on Monday demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo in November.

Third Front 'most enduring mirage': Congress

Third Front 'most enduring mirage': Congress

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

Terming the emergence of a Third Front as 'the most enduring mirage of Indian politics', the Congress on Monday said the UPA government at the Centre is 'absolutely stable'.

Tamil women soldiers recruited to Sri Lankan army

Tamil women soldiers recruited to Sri Lankan army

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

A batch of 95 Tamil women soldiers of the Sri Lanka army held their passing out parade at the security force Headquarters in the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam stronghold of Kilinochchi in the north.

Hit-and-run case: Salman fails to appear before court

Hit-and-run case: Salman fails to appear before court

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

Hearing of the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Salman Khan was on Monday deferred to April 8 by a sessions court which accepted his lawyer's prayer for time to file a document even as the actor did not make a personal appearance.

Liyaqat arrest: J-K police in touch with Delhi cops

Liyaqat arrest: J-K police in touch with Delhi cops

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2013

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday said that it has sought from the Delhi police details regarding the arrest of 40-year-old Syed Liyaqat Shah, whom they have claimed to be a Hizbul Mujahideen operative.

14 security personnel honoured with Shaurya Chakra

14 security personnel honoured with Shaurya Chakra

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2013

Two Central Reserve Police Force officers, who killed top Maoist leader Kishenji in West Bengal, were on Saturday honoured with the Shaurya Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee along with 12 personnel from the Army and the Indian Air Force.

Yeddyurappa and sons appear before CBI Court

Yeddyurappa and sons appear before CBI Court

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2013

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family members on Saturday appeared before a Central Bureau of Investigation court here in connection with a case of alleged kickback in illegal mining.

Hit-and-run case: Salman to appear in court on Monday

Hit-and-run case: Salman to appear in court on Monday

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2013

Bollywood actor Salman Khan is all set to appear in person before a sessions court in Mumbai in the 2002 hit-and-run case on March 25.

Gang rape: Gag order quashed, media access allowed

Gang rape: Gag order quashed, media access allowed

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

'Open trial is a rule' and the proceedings in the December 16 gang rape case can be accessed by the media as 'seering public interest' is attached to it, the Delhi high court on Friday said quashing the order of the special fast track court barring journalist presence and reporting on it.

EC registers Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party

EC registers Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party on Friday got its registration from the Election Commission though no symbol has been issued to it.

Kidney racket kingpin associates sent to 7 yrs of RI

Kidney racket kingpin associates sent to 7 yrs of RI

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

Masterminds of kidney stealing racket, Amit Kumar and Upender Kumar have been sentenced by a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula to undergo seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 60 lakh each.

16 more vehicles recovered, but not Stalin's son's Hummer

16 more vehicles recovered, but not Stalin's son's Hummer

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation has recovered 16 more luxury vehicles imported by a Hyderabad-based businessman in alleged violation of customs laws which have been sold to various influential persons even as the SUV registered in the name of Dravida Munetra Kazhagam leader M K Stalin remained untraceable.

Alagiri's son files plea seeking return of passport

Alagiri's son files plea seeking return of passport

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

Former Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the alleged granite quarrying scam, today filed a plea in the Madras high court Bench here seeking a direction to a lower court to return his passport to enable him go abroad in connection with his business interests.

Delhi gang rape: SC stays HC order for using TV interview

Delhi gang rape: SC stays HC order for using TV interview

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

The Supreme Court today stayed the Delhi high court's order which had allowed the plea of December 16 gang rape accused to use as evidence a CD containing the interview of the victim's male friend given to a news channel.

Mamata's logic: Rise in rapes due to Rise in population

Mamata's logic: Rise in rapes due to Rise in population

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday linked rising cases of rapes to increase in the population, while claiming that there were only 45 such cases until November 2012 in Kolkata in comparison to 621 in Delhi in the same year.

Budget session: First part ends in uproar; mikes broken

Budget session: First part ends in uproar; mikes broken

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament concluded on Friday with the Rajya Sabha witnessing a low as some All India Anna All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam members broke mikes on the chairman's table.

Marines issue: Dignity of judicial process upheld, says PM

Marines issue: Dignity of judicial process upheld, says PM

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday welcomed Italy's decision to send back its two marines to face trial in India, saying the integrity and dignity of Indian judicial process has been upheld.

Meeting with Modi 'logical next step' in ties: UK minister

Meeting with Modi 'logical next step' in ties: UK minister

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2013

United Kingdom's Minister of State for the Foreign Office Hugo Swire on Wednesday met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and later said it was 'a logical next step' in his country's relations with Gujarat.

'Gang-rape' victim sets herself on fire in Ranchi

'Gang-rape' victim sets herself on fire in Ranchi

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2013

A college girl on Wednesday committed suicide by setting herself on fire after she was allegedly raped by four youths near Getalsud dam on the outskirts of Ranchi.