The father of the Bengal girl gang-raped twice and allegedly set ablaze, Saturday demanded a CBI probe and said he would take up the matter with President Pranab Mukherjee. The family of the girl is set to meet Mukherjee Jan 7. “We are scheduled to meet the President Jan 7 and will place our demand […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday he would not contest the April-May Lok Sabha elections. “I am not contesting the Lok Sabha elections,” Kejriwal told mediapersons. The rresponse came after a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Yogendra Yadav, earlier in the day said he wanted to see Kejriwal as the prime […]
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a shining example of the success of Indian private enterprises, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. “It has carved a niche for itself in the global market for IT and IT-enabled services and has set benchmarks of excellence in the area of software development,” the prime minister said here. Manmohan […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday refused to move into a five-bedroom government flat here following criticism and demanded a smaller house instead for his family. “I won’t shift to the five-bedroom duplex flat,” Kejriwal told the media before the start of the Aam Aadmi Party’s national executive meeting, and explained why. “I have received […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Saturday that it would attempt to contest as many seats as possible for the Lok Sabha elections this year, and a final list of candidates would be released by Feb 15. AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said the decision was taken at the start of a two-day national executive meeting […]
Brazil has created a special force of 10,000-strong military personnel to ensure that no anti-government protests disrupt this summer’s 2014 FIFA World Cup, news website G1 reported. The special force is expected to reinforce the work of local and federal police in the 12 cities that will be hosting games in June and July, Xinhua […]
Agra recorded its coldest night at 0.1 degrees Celsius Friday, the weather officials in Lucknow said, adding the Taj city was the coldest in Uttar Pradesh. “Today (Saturday) there is a cloud cover, but last night it was cold as hell,” said insurance agent Sudhir Gupta who was returning back from the railway station. Bankey […]
After spending Christmas and New Year in a judicial lock up, Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal will be produced in a court here for a bail hearing Saturday. Tejpal, who was arrested Nov 30, 2013, after a junior colleague accused him of sexual assault during a conference held at a Goa resort, has already spent over […]
The Supreme Court Friday expressed displeasure over critical comments by people in public life particularly the senior union ministers including Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Finance Minister P.Chidambram on its verdict holding that gay sex was an offence. “Some of the statements made were not in good taste and it is not appreciable. We express […]
One in every 10 murders in the capital is sexually motivated, according to Delhi Police data. The number of murders declined slightly in 2013 with 487 cases, compared to 504 in 2012 – a downfall of 3.37 percent. But 10.68 percent murders occurred because of sex related issues. Analysis of motives in murder cases in […]