Taking strong exception of the recent incidents of police beating protesting contractual teachers in Bihar and a girl in Tarn Taran in Punjab, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought explanation from the two states on the conduct of police personnel.
"Asking me whether you want to be prime minister is a wrong question," Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday.
Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has ordered a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) probe into fraud allegations against three former PCB chiefs.
A case has been registered against several Maoist leaders in connection with the February 16 abduction of Malkangiri district collector K V Krishna and a junior engineer, police said on Sunday.
'Sanjay Roy is not alone.' 'If he's kept alive, maybe we will know what happened.' 'Why was he in the chest medicine department that night when he never went there earlier?' 'Nobody will parade in front of a CCTV camera and then go and murder someone.' 'There are several people who are involved in this heinous crime. They have to be identified and punished.'
'Whether it was air quality or what, it was definitely an experience I've not had before.'
A collection of some of the recent controversial fatwas
Voicing concern over recent incidents of people being arrested for posting alleged offensive messages on websites, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear a PIL seeking amendment to the Information Technology Act.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday termed as "very dangerous" External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's comments questioning the role of the Supreme Court and Election Commission and said the two institutions must take suo motu cognisance of it.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday sharpened its attack against Sports Minister Ajay Maken for allegedly misleading the Lok Sabha on appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as Commonwealth Games organising Committee head, saying the Comptroller and Auditor General report makes it clear that prime minister's office responsible for it.
The permission is subject to some restrictions including a cap of 4,000 on the number of attendees.
Taking a suo motu action, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission directed its investigation wing to probe the 'sudden' increase in air fares by airlines in unison, sources in the commission said. The Directorate General of Investigation and Registration, investigation wing, has been directed to submit its inquiry report within 60 days.
The top court remarked that there is no place for flamboyance in judiciary.
Alleging that the Chief Election Commissioner's controversial recommendation for removal of his colleague has eroded the credibility of the poll body, the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Friday claimed the CEC himself has violated the independence of the Election Commission.
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Saturday demanded that Chennai Super Kings be terminated from the League after the arrest of the team's owner Gurunath Meiyappan.
A day after claiming he had "bomb-like" evidence against the son of the Pakistan chief justice, a real estate tycoon on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that his relatives had paid a whopping Rs 342.5 million to Arsalan Iftikhar, including for losses he incurred while gambling. =
A vacation bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatenter Kumar issued notices to the Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Delhi, Delhi administration, and Delhi Police Commissioner asking them to respond within two weeks.
Jagan loyalists and lawyers have been contending that the case against him is very weak and that the CBI has not been able to connect the dots. Moreover, Jagan's primary defence has been that all decisions were taken by the cabinet and hence it becomes a collective responsibility.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday termed as 'error of judgement' the appointment of P J Thomas as Chief Vigilance Commissioner and told the Lok Sabha that he accepted 'full responsibility' for it.
Pawan has confessed to beating up the victim and her male friend and demanded that he should be hanged till death.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi, the high court on Wednesday pulled up the city police asking how the offence remained undetected.
Taking suo motu cognisance of reports that night shelters have been razed in the city in the midst of winter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Delhi government from demolishing any such shelter, temporary or permanent, in the capital.
All 'irregularities' in run up to hosting the just-concluded Commonwealth Games will be examined and the guilty will not be spared, the Government assured the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The finance minister attributed the rising prices to demand-supply mismatch, depreciating rupee, global commodity prices and easy monetary policy followed by some countries.
The Pakistan government on Monday suspended Islamabad's police chief and two other officials, acting on a Supreme Court order against the violent crackdown on protestors during anti-Musharraf demonstrations, in which 80 people were wounded.
The National Democratic Alliance on Monday gave separate privilege notices in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha against Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on the Commonwealth Games.
The bench issued notice to the Centre and said it would hear the matter on Friday.
The Centre has allowed slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Prabhakaran's mother Parvathi Ammal to visit Tamil Nadu for medical treatment on certain conditions, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Monday. The Union government's decision has been conveyed through a letter to the Indian mission in Kuala Lumpur where she is staying at present, Karunanidhi said in a suo motu statement in the state assembly.
The Centre on Thursday said that the Indian woman diplomat arrested on charge of spying for Pakistan did not have access to highly classified material and investigations in the matter are continuing.
A top six-page secret Intelligence Bureau report on the Shashi Tharoor controversy has advised the Centre to arrive at a political decision, pressing the Minister of State for External Affairs to resign, sources have said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave bail to former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested last year on February 2 for his alleged role in the 2G case, and also upheld the bail granted to former Telecom Minister A Raja's ex-Private Secretary R K Chandolia by the trial court.
According to the woman, as she was waiting for a bus for Phaltan in Satara district at one of the platforms around 5.45 am on Tuesday, a man approached her and engaged her in conversation, calling her 'Didi' (sister), and said the bus for Satara had arrived at another platform.
The Centre said on Friday that the foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan represented an "encouraging step" towards restoring dialogue and better communication, but made it clear that the engagement would depend on Paksitan's response to India's core concern on terrorism.
With the army chief's allegation of bribe offer kicking up a storm, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said he had asked General V K Singh to take action but he did not want to pursue the matter for unknown reasons.
Observing that working conditions have made doctors and health professionals susceptible to violence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a 10-member task force to formulate a national protocol for ensuring safety and facilities for them in the wake of the rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata.
The apex court has also sought details of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the judicial enquiry commission, reportedly set up by the state government.
The Delhi high court on Friday stayed the grant of bail to former telecom minister A Raja's ex-private secretary R K Chandolia, an accused in the 2G case.
"The Hyde Act is an enabling provision that is between the executive and the legislative organs of the US government," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a suo motu statement on foreign policy-related developments in the Lok Sabha. "India's rights and obligations regarding civil nuclear cooperation with the US arise only from the bilateral 123 Agreement that we have agreed upon with the US," he said.
Making a suo motu statement in the State legislative Assembly after Telangana Rashtra Samithi members were suspended for disrupting the proceedings, Reddy observed that the Telangana issue cannot be resolved overnight and appealed to the TRS and other parties to wait till a decision is taken in a democratic manner.
