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Kejriwal launches anti-corruption helpline, vows to transform Delhi

06 Apr 2015

New Delhi, Apr. 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that corruption in the national capital has significantly reduced after his party assumed power, pledging to tran...

Venkaiah challenges Land Bill critics

06 Apr 2015

Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday alleged that the Congress and its allies did not want country’s growth and were indulging in false propaganda on the Right to Fair...

Accused granted bail by Mapusa Court in FabIndia case

04 Apr 2015

Mapusa, Apr. 4: A court in Mapusa granted bail to all the four accused on Saturday in connection with an alleged snooping incident on Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani in a FabIndia outlet in the cit...

SC Judge Justice Kurian Joseph expresses inability to attend PM’s dinner for Judges

04 Apr 2015

Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has declined to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dinner for top judges on Saturday on the ground that the event and the ongoing judges conferenc...

Fake memo declares DA hike for Central staff

04 Apr 2015

The Union Finance Ministry may register a complaint against unknown persons who circulated a forged office memorandum claiming that dearness allowance for Union government employees had been enhanced...

Crime Branch to summon Fabindia top officials in Goa CCTV matter

04 Apr 2015

The Goa Police Crime Branch is likely to summon top Fabindia officials for allegedly setting up a CCTV camera which overlooked the store’s changing room. The Goa Police Crime Bran...

FIR lodged in Goa after Smriti Irani spots hidden cam in changing room

03 Apr 2015

  Candolim (Goa), Apr. 3 : An FIR was registered in Goa on Friday after Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani discovered a hidden camera ins...

Convicted Goa Minister Mickky Pacheco resigns from State Cabinet

03 Apr 2015

Goa Rural Development Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco, who is facing a six month jail term, resigned from the state cabinet on Friday. Pacheco submitted his resignation to Goa Chief M...

Land ordinance gets President nod

03 Apr 2015

The land acquisition ordinance, which the government could not get converted into a legislation in Rajya Sabha due to stiff opposition, was on Friday re-promulgated, a day before it is to lapse....

Bill introduced against witchcraft in Rajasthan

03 Apr 2015

Branding women as witches, witchcraft and such practices will soon become punishable offences in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan Prevention of Witch-Hunting Bill, tabled in the Assembly, provides fo...

Centre petitions SC for review of Jats reservation verdict

02 Apr 2015

The Centre, in its review plea, said "the Centre’s power to make available quota is not dependent on the advice of the NCBC." The Centre has moved the Supreme Cou...

Bihar court orders FIR against Giriraj Singh for Sonia jibe

02 Apr 2015

The court ordered the local Mithanpura police station to immediately lodge an FIR against Giriraj Singh and report to the court within a week’s time. A day after Union Minister an...

Trial Court order summoning Manmohan as accused stayed by Supreme Court

02 Apr 2015

Where is the act of illegality, asks defence counsel Kapil Sibal. The Supreme Court stayed on Wednesday a summons issued by a special court against the former Prime Minister Manmohan Si...

Controversial Anti-Terror Bill Rejected by President thrice, passed in Gujarat State

31 Mar 2015

Among the controversial provisions of the Bill is Clause 16 which makes confessions before police officers admissible in court. The Gujarat Assembly, on Tuesday, passed the Gujarat Cont...

Babri Masjid demolition case: SC issues notice to Advani, other BJP leaders

31 Mar 2015

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from senior BJP leader LK Advani and others on a plea against dropping of criminal conspiracy charge against them in the Babri mosque demolition case....

Ouster of Jat community from OBC list to stay, Supreme Court tells Medical Students

31 Mar 2015

On March 17, the SC had quashed a notification issued by the UPA govt. including the Jat community in the Central OBC list. Standing firm by its March 17 judgment on removing Jat commun...

Death threats to Ravi Shankar being investigating Malaysian Police

30 Mar 2015

The police are trying to track the origin of the letter, which was posted locally to the office of Art of Living’s Malaysian chapter in Shah Alam suburb. Malaysian police said the...

Arun Jaitley, New Law to tackle Black Money

29 Mar 2015

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency on Saturday, said that by the end of this month more names of people with black money in foreign ba...

India ranks 37th among 102 in Govt Transparency Index

27 Mar 2015

India ranks 37 out of 102 countries on the Open Government Index 2015, which ranks countries on how transparent their governments are and the ease with which citizens can hold their Government acco...

PM Modi launches interactive platform for States to communicate with PMO

26 Mar 2015

  In his latest effort to push e-governance and open a new communication link between his office and the states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a portal to addr...

Two arrested in West Bengal Nun Rape Case

26 Mar 2015

While the accused arrested from Mumbai admitted his presence at the convent, the other accused, who was arrested in North 24-Parganas, is charged with giving shelter to robbers. The Criminal In...

Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi booked for allegedly hoisting Pak flag

25 Mar 2015

The firebrand chief of an all-women Kashmiri separatist group, Asiya Andrabi, faced arrest after being named for unlawful activities in a police complaint on Wednesday as she and her supporters cel...

1984 riots: CBI files closure report in case against Tytler

25 Mar 2015

The filing of the closure report by the investigating agency was protested by the victim’s counsel, who asked why this was done "secretly". For the third time in a row, the Ce...

Cabinet to decide fate of Land Ordinance: Jaitley

25 Mar 2015

The Ordinance has to be converted into an Act before April 5, failing which it will lapse. The suspense over fate of the Ordinance that amended the Land Acquisition Act continued on Wed...

Sec 66A scrapped: SC verdict doesn't mean free-for-all in cyber space

25 Mar 2015

March, 25, 2015: The Supreme Court has finally struck down the notorious Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, often misused by police against innocent citizens exercising free speech on soci...

Manmohan Singh moves Supreme Court against summons in coal scam

25 Mar 2015

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh filed an appeal in the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the summons issued to him by a trial court in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam. T...