Two units of Delhi Police are at loggerheads to proceed with the investigation into the mysterious death of union Minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar. According to police, the Crime Branch has refused to initiate a probe into the case and it has been transferred back to the South District police. The case was handed […]
India’s powerful military punch and its rich cultural heritage were showcased at the 65th Republic Day parade on a bitterly cold Sunday, with chief guest and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe keenly watching the 90-minute proceedings. It was the coldest Republic Day in a decade at a minimum of 9.9 degrees Celsius, forcing spectators – […]
poliThe President’s Police Medals were Saturday conferred on 27 officials of the CBI and 20 of Delhi Police on the eve of India’s 65th Republic Day. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint directors Nina Singh, Rajwinder Singh Bhatti and Anil Palta, Additional Superintendent of Police S.B. Sankar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Balbir Jain, Assistant Sub-Inspector […]
Two policemen from Maharashtra have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) this year, one of them posthumously. One policeman has also bagged the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), which will be awarded as part of Republic Day honours. Sukuji Devangan Pardeshi, a head constable, was awarded the PPMG posthumously, along with then […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that corruption was a cancer and noted that fault lines in democracy were handiwork of those who had made power a gateway to greed. In his address on the eve of Republic Day, the president said that democracy has never been betrayed by people. “Some cynics may scoff at our […]
In the wake of the gruesome gang rape of a tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Saturday admitted that the administration has failed to prevent such crimes. “The most important thing is to prevent them (rapes), but unfortunately we have not been able to,” Narayanan said, […]
In an unprecedented move, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy Saturday submitted a notice to assembly Speaker N. Manohar for moving a resolution to send back the Telangana bill to the president, opposing the state’s bifurcation With just four days to go for completing the debate on Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013, the chief […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday handed over a cheque of Rs.1 crore to the widow of a police constable killed by suspected liquor mafia men when he was on a raid in the capital last month. On the eve of Republic Day, the chief minister presented the cheque to Savita Devi, widow of constable […]
Promising the passage of the “almost ready” Jan Lokpal Bill next month at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan “in the midst of people”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday asserted his right to hold agitations and accused some media houses of portraying the Aam Aadmi Party in a negative way. Speaking on the eve of Republic Day […]
Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who has been criticised for his midnight raid against some African women in the capital, Saturday said he would not have committed his “alleged mistakes” had he been aware of the procedures. “I am not aware of procedures. If I would have known them, I would not have made these […]