The Central Bureau of Investigation got into an overdrive to complete the 2G scam investigations by February after the Prime Minister's office (PMO) wanted to shrug off the impression that the government is mired in corruption.
A magnificent partnership between Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler helped propel England to an unlikely three-wicket victory over Pakistan in a topsy-turvy first Test at Old Trafford on Saturday. Images from Day 4 of the first Test between England and Pakistan in Manchester on Saturday.
Choubey, who is union minister of state for Health, was about to board his car, after meeting patients and holding discussions with doctors and hospital officials, when the bottle carrying the ink crashed to the ground close to the vehicle evoking exclamations from those flanking the minister.
Chhote Lal, who was the sixth accused to be arrested, has a criminal history.
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez heads to next month's World Cup in Russia looking for a measure of redemption after ending the previous two editions of the tournament in disgrace.
Terming Friday's Maharajganj incident in which ten people were charred to death, as an indicator of the prevailing jungleraj in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday demanded Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's resignation.
Anna Hazare and his supporters, on Wednesday evening, ended their day-long fast to protest the police crackdown against yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi. Hazare ended the fast at 6 pm.
Barring stray incidents of violence, West Bengal's civic polls went off smoothly, with 65 per cent turn-out.
The worst-ever attack on a police force by Maoists, the blast in Pune at the beginning and the Varanasi explosion at the end of the year blotted the copybook of the security forces, which otherwise kept 2010 free from terror.
'If Yogiji has to run this government without any problems, he has to remain in power, and if he has to keep the BJP bosses in Delhi and the RSS happy, then he has no option but to do it.'
The Congress hit back at Modi and accused him of indulging in his 'trademark petty politics' and seeking to hide his 'abject failure and weak-kneed' approach to fighting Naxalism.
Dr Dinesh Jain shares some valuable tips.
"Please crucify me if I am guilty. What have I done wrong?" said Praful Patel, minister of civil aviation, reacting to the criticism he has been facing in the country after the Dubai-Mangalore flight crashed on Saturday.
Nothing short of the death of old industrial policies of pre-climate crisis era and rebirth of enlightened policy making that takes into account intergenerational equity with regard to natural resources would be sufficient.
Pakistan were 134 for two in reply to New Zealand's first innings 356, built on a century from Daniel Vettori, in the second Test on Sunday. At stumps on day two, Pakistan trailed New Zealand by 222 with eight wickets in hand.
"I am very concerned about such wide circulation of the totally false e-mail because time and again people have called me to ask about the totally false e-mail they have read on the net," he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in the state demanded an apology from the Uddhav Thackeray-led government over this incident.
Manchester City shook off the impact of a COVID outbreak in their ranks to outclass Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge
Welcoming Sebi's initiative on establishing and certifying quality of audit, Ambani said: "We are confident that as part of its supervision, Sebi will ensure compliance with the highest standards applicable to the process and will also ensure that the selection of reviewers takes into account their merit, as also issues relating to confidentiality of commercial information.
45-year-old Udayveer alleged that doctors at the Etawah government hospital did not treat his son Pushpendra and turned him away.
Party sources said Gandhi will be accompanied by Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and several other party leaders and MPs.
The moustache protest is the latest blot on the face of a nation that has failed to ensure even the safety of the Dalit community, says Veenu Sandhu.
He also accused the Congress of delaying a solution to the Kashmir issue for seven decades.
The speaker said members should be careful in uttering words and maintain decorum so that no such incident takes place in the future.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate about a dozen Loktantra Praharis (defenders of democracy) on the occasion of the 113 birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan in the Plenary Hall of Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on October 11.
My son and his wife are now spending a holiday in pursuit of chicken, says Kishore Singh.
The Congress on Monday alleged that senior BJP leader L K Advani had sought to distance himself through his memoirs from all the 'controversies that had plagued' the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government during its five-year rule. The Congress asked why Advani was silent on whether a ransom of $200 million was given as demanded for the release of Mohammad Masood Azhar despite narrating the hijack drama in his book.
rediff.com broke the news a few days ago that the Sivaji duo Shankar and Rajnikanth will be working together in Robot again.
Over 12,000 children in the age group of 6-13 years, mostly from poor families living near Ganga Ghats, in Varanasi are tobacco and drug addicts, a survey has said.
Major Ravi's Kandahar will be based on the IC-814 flight hijacking.
Quoting a US Department of Homeland Security report, mercurynews reports that Indians are the fastest-growing group of illegal immigrants.
The racism slur on Harbhajan Singh is not just a blot on the cricketer, but the entire country and Indian cricketers should have been recalled from their tumultuous tour of Australia, said Railways Minister Lalu Prasad.
Demanding an immediate apology, Javadekar charged the state police for not acting on time and alleged that the serial killings were "part of a larger conspiracy involving big people."
Congress member E M Sudarsana Natchiappan said by marching to the Divisional Commissioner's office in Jhansi to know why people were being deprived of their right to employment under the NREGS, Rahul Gandhi had proved himself to be 'Yuvraj of people and the Yuvraj of my party'.
The EC on Saturday had issued a show-cause notice to Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused currently out on bail, over her remark made during an interview to a news channel.
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Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday accepted the resignation of expelled Congress Member of Parliament L Rajagopal, who had created a storm by using pepper spray in Lok Sabha to protest against the Telangana Bill.
Hamilton already has plenty of records, including 87 pole positions and 33 successive scoring finishes, and his 83 wins put him on course to surpass Schumacher's record tally of 91 next year.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, concerned over the development, has already said that the issue could come up at the meeting of leaders convened by him on April 25 on the eve of the re-convening of the second phase of Budget session.
The industry is set for rapid growth with a large number of companies in India and from abroad seeking to outsource their hiring-related jobs to third-party vendors here in order to save costs as well as time.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday announced Rs 500 a month as "honorarium".
