Delhi government’s anti-corruption helpline Thursday received “incredible response” with almost 4,000 calls within a few hours of it being launched, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. “Till 3 p.m., we received 3,904 calls. We did not except such a huge response,” Kejriwal told the media. However, due the deluge of calls, only 824 calls could be […]
The Calcutta High Court Thursday gave a week’s time to the West Bengal government to reply on whether or not the CBI should probe the alleged gangrape and murder of a 16-year-old girl. The court directed the Mamata Banerjee government to ensure the security of the victim’s family, which has expressed fears in the matter. […]
A travel agency’s owner in Tripura has been arrested for hacking into the network of another travel agency and cancelling air tickets of ministers and police officers, police said Thursday. The 30-year-old was arrested Wednesday night, police official Milan Datta told reporters. The man is being interrogated, Datta said, adding that this was the first […]
The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court it was examining the option of withdrawing the coal blocks allocated to private companies after 2006. Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati told a bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha that the court’s views on de-allocation were under the government’s consideration. “… I have given my personal views to […]
The Indian space agency Thursday successfully completed the orbit-raising activity of its communication satellite G-SAT14 for a third time since it was put in orbit Jan 5. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the third orbit-raising activity of GSAT-14 was completed, firing the satellite’s onboard motors. ISRO on its Facebook page said that as […]
The YSR Congress Party’s (YSRCP) 15 legislators were Thursday suspended from the Andhra Pradesh state assembly for a day for stalling the house as they opposed the proposed bifurcation of the state. Speaker N. Manohar suspended the legislators after Minister for Legislative Affairs S. Sailajanath moved a motion for their suspension. YSRCP lawmakers surrounded the […]
Former Karantaka BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday rejoined the party more than a year after leaving it to head the Karnataka Janata Party. State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pralhad Joshi handed over to Yeddyurappa party’s primary membership letter at a function in the party office here. Former BJP ministers Shobha Karandlaje and C.M. Udasi […]
The Allahabad High Court Thursday issued notice to the Aam Aadmi party (AAP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition filed over the ‘jhaadu’ (broom) election symbol. The Lucknow bench of Justice Rajeev Sharma and Justice Mahendra Dayal gave three weeks’ time to respond to the petition filed by the Naitik Party […]
Bangladesh authorities should immediately end arbitrary arrests of opposition party members and others, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Arrests have continued even after the ruling Awami League party and its allies won the largely uncontested elections held Jan 5, it said. The US, the European Union and others refused to send observers to Bangladesh’s divisive […]
Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi may be shown black flags on his arrival in Goa for a rally Jan 12. Over 1,000 displaced workers from Goa’s biggest mining company Sesa Goa would line up on roads leading to the rally venue with black flags. “The Goa government has let us down,” a […]