The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the Karnataka government's appeal challenging acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others in a corruption case even as Karnataka sought attachment of assets of the six companies used for channelizing the alleged ill-gotten wealth....
Akhilesh Yadav, the 43-year-old Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, has weathered many a crisis on the family and political fronts in the last four years. But the Mathura carnage that claimed 29 lives could hurt him the most in the run-up to assembly polls in the state early next year....
In the land of freebies and grants, S. Muthukumarasamy is an exception. He has given up 100 units of free power offered by the Tamil Nadu government....
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a former US Secretary of State, enjoys near universal name recognition after her almost four-decade-long public life. Now 68, Hillary Clinton's debut as a political spouse started in 1979 when her husband Bill Clinton became the governor of Arkansas. In 1992, when Bill Clinton campaigned for th...
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Qatar has released 23 Indian prisoners following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Gulf nation as part of his ongoing five-nation sojourn. The prisoners were released on Monday, a day after Modi was in Doha where he met Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The release is part of an annual Ramadan tradition of grantin...
The 30-day-long holy month of Ramadan began here Tuesday as Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir started their longest daily fasting period in three decades. The devout Muslims keeping fast this year will have to abstain from eating and drinking for 16 hours as the 'Sehri' (pre-dawn eating period) ended at 3.37 a.m. on Tuesday and '...
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Indian telecom regulator will soon ask service providers to give details of radio link timeout (RLT) or call masking technology used by them. “Before setting up any enquiry, we will seeks details of RLT from telecom operators around parameters applicable globally, that they are following here and param...
Despite the holy month of Ramadan, terrorists in Syria continue indiscriminate intense fire on Syrian troops, Kurdish militia and residential quarters of the city of Aleppo, using everything in their vast arsenal of artillery, reports said. “The number of victims among the civilians is only growing,†reported the Russian Centre for...
At least 25 Indian students in their first semester of computer sciences programme at Western Kentucky University have been asked to return to India or find placement in other schools, because they did not meet the admission standards of the varsity, The New York Times said on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a US visit. Some 60 India...
The AAP on Tuesday accused Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung of "spying for the PMO" and alleged the BJP wanted to destabilize the Delhi government. Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said: "LG is acting like a spy for the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The BJP wants to destabilize the Delhi government." His remarks came after a published report said Jung had complained to N...
