A Mumbai court Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against 12 more accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case in the matter of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a key handler, Sayed Zabiuddin Anzari alias Abu Jundal, an official said here. All the wanted accused against whom the warrants have been issued are said […]
Rajeev Kher will be the new commerce secretary. Kher, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently special secretary in the commerce department. He will replace S.R. Rao, who retires Jan 31. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Wednesday approved Kher’s new appointment.
Former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar Wednesday filed a defamation case in the Delhi High Court against a law intern who has accused him of sexual harassment and demanded damages from a section of the media which reported the allegation. Justice Manmohan Singh reserved the order for Thursday morning after hearing the parties. “Till then […]
The Indian capital will host two back-to-back global conclaves on Afghanistan from Thursday, ahead of the drawdown of international forces this year and with the US and Afghanistan still to ink a key security agreement. The International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan and Pakistan, a group of 53 countries, will meet Thursday. S.K. Lambah, the […]
Condemning the rape of a 51-year-old Danish woman near the New Delhi railway station, ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stressed the need for fast-track courts, and for bringing Delhi Police under the purview of the state government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he met Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the matter. “We both felt […]
The Congress has “clearly failed” to communicate with the people about its achievements, the party’s key advisor Sam Pitroda said Wednesday. “The Congress party clearly has failed to communicate with the people on its achievements. For eight years, we gave over eight percent average economic growth, transformed education… it was not an easy job, certainly […]
Following a sexual assault on a Danish woman, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said he and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung will meet Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi to analyse the cause of rapes in the capital. Kejriwal said he will also request the chief justice of India to set up more fast-track courts to ensure […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would hear Jan 20 a plea by two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen allegedly mistaking them for pirates, on the delay in their trial. The trial by a special court was otherwise to conclude in one year. The apex court bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, […]
The draft of the much-touted Jan Lokpal bill, which the Delhi government announced it will introduce in the first week of February, will be ready by Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. “The chief secretary has told me that he will submit the draft Thursday or Friday”, Kejriwal told reporters. Earlier, Chief Secretary S.K. […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice on a law graduate’s plea to put in place a permanent mechanism to attend to the complaints of sexual harassment by both sitting and former judges at all levels of judiciary, including the apex court. The notice, returnable by Feb 14, has been issued to the centre, the secretary […]