Panaji, Nov 29 Accused of rape and of dodging the Goa Police, Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal finally arrived here Friday and got interim bail till 10 a.m. Saturday after high voltage courtroom drama. Tejpal’s arrival in Panaji came on a day of rapid developments across New Delhi and Goa, packed with action, suspense and legal […]
New Delhi, Nov 29 Helped by the good performance of the farm and some infrastructure sectors, India’s economic growth recovered marginally to 4.8 percent in the second quarter of the current financial year from 4.4 percent recorded in the previous quarter, government data showed Friday. According to data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) […]
New Delhi, Nov 25 Tarun Tejpal, founder and editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine who has been accused of sexually assaulting a junior colleague in a Goa hotel earlier this month, Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking interim anticipatory bail. Tejpal’s lawyers Geeta Luthra and Pramod Dubey mentioned the case before Justice G.S. Sistani, which is likely […]
Ghaziabad, Nov 25 A special court here will pronounce its verdict in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case at 2 p.m. Monday, a lawyer said. “The judge said judgment will come at 2 (p.m.),” advocate Tanvir Ahmed Mir, who represents Aarushi’s parents and accused dentists Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, told media here. Asked on his […]
Media release: 25 November 2013 One’s freedom ends where racial vilification begins – hence ECCV endorses religious and ethnic groups coming together across Australia to voice their opposition against the government’s proposed repeal of sections of the Racial Discrimination Act in the name of “free speech.” Recent reports show that around one in five Australians say […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 India will continue to confront formidable security challenges in the neighbourhood, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday adding that there was need to exercise prudence in defence acquisition plans due to the slowdown in the economy and to “cut our coat according to our cloth”. Addressing the combined commanders’ conference here, the […]
Burdwan/Durgapur (West Bengal), Nov 22 President Pranab Mukherjee Friday expressed disappointment over the quality of higher education in the country and regretted that leading academic institutions lacked orientation towards research. Addressing educationists, researchers and students at two academic institutions in Burdwan district, the president also called for spreading the spirit of innovation across all sectors, […]
Panaji, Nov 23 A three-member police team Saturday left for New Delhi to collect evidence in connection with the rape case filed against Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. The team will visit the Tehelka head office in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash area to obtain intra-office correspondence between Tejpal, managing editor of Tehelka Shoma Chaudhury, and the victim, […]
Washington, Nov 23 As Americans remembered the tragic assassination of charismatic John F. Kennedy fifty years ago, President Barack Obama, who was just two then, said “thankfully” his own safety does not weigh heavily on his mind. “It’s not something I think about,” Obama told ABC in an interview set to air in full next […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 A Delhi court Friday discharged Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh and three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders involved in the cash-for-vote scam of 2008. Special Judge Narottam Kaushal also discharged Sudheendra Kulkarni, close aide of BJP senior leader L.K. Advani, and BJP activist Sohail Hindustani. […]