“The district administration had given permission for the road show on February 17 but had withdrawn it at the last minute on the night of February 19 when all the arrangements had been made,” Kapil Sibal told media in Lucknow. Now, Congress party would approach the court for quashing a police complaint against Rahul Gandhi for violating the Model Code of Conduct during a road show in Kanpur. “Everybody knew about Shivratri. If the district administration was so concerned, it should have acted on time,” he [...]

The initial leads and trends continued to swing at different hours, leaving the situation uncertain for the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, besides their Dalit partners, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), said poll officials. Counting of votes for the 10 Maharashtra civic corporations indicated mixed early trends Friday, giving anxious moments to the main contending parties. Mumbai: The ruling Shiv Sena-BJP combine was ahead in 75 seats, while the Congress-NCP combine was ahead in 50 seats. Raj Thackeray-led MNS [...]

New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar on Wednesday said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been instructed by the Central Government to conspire against his party after the name of a former party worker, Kamal Chauhan, emerged as the latest suspect in 2007 Samjhauta train blast case . “Today, another question has been raised. In fact many questions have arisen that NIA has been given the responsibility to investigate militant attacks or has the NIA been given the responsibility by [...]

New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday grilled Army Chief General V.K. Singh on his date of birth, and said the issue should be solved amicably and should not have been brought into the public domain. Stating that the most important document regarding the birth date is the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) record, R M Lodha and H L Gokhale said all threshold documents record 1950 as date of birth of the army chief. Asking tough questions of the army chief [...]

(ANI): After reports of SIT giving a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi broke on news channels, social activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha filed two separate applications in a metropolitan magistrate court, seeking copies of the SIT report. A magisterial court on Thursday issued notices to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has submitted its final report in the Zakia Jaffery case. So far, there has been no official confirmation whether the report had closed the cases against Modi. The SIT, on [...]

Feb 6 (PTI) Four local Youth Congress functionaries have been arrested for allegedly attacking BJP Tamil Nadu unit Vice President H Raja protesting his remarks against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The four, including District Youth Congress Secretary Balasubramanian, Karur Parliament Constituency area leader Rameshkumar, were arrested last night and produced before a court which remanded them in judicial custody, police said. Vayyampatti Police, who had registered cases in connection with the incident, are on the lookout for three more persons. According to [...]

“In this case, Digvijay Singh is definitely involved. There are other senior powerful functionaries who are involved. It is matter which needs to be deeply investigated,” Prashant Bhushan told media here. Commenting on the Supreme Court’s judgement of quashing 122 spectrum licences, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan has said that Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh was also involved in the 2G scam among other top functionaries. Meanwhile, renowned journalist Arun Shourie has praised the apex court’s judgment, describing it as excellent. ” The government should have done it itself. When [...]