Current Affairs

Ashwini Kumar, Vahanvati both unlikely to survive: Sardesai   

30 Apr 2013, 11.13 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Both law minister Ashwini Kumar and Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati are unlikely to survive in their positions post Supreme Court’s outburst today...

CPI-M for sacking of Law Minister after SC observations  

30 Apr 2013, 5.11 pm  |  Source: PTI

CPI(M) today demanded sacking of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar after Supreme Court observations against the government in the coalgate and asked Prime Mi...

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court acquits Sajjan Kumar  

30 Apr 2013, 5.07 pm  |  Source: PTI

In a major relief to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a Delhi court today acquitted him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case while convicting five others for b...

Coal scam: Left parties want PM to face Parliament  

30 Apr 2013, 4.47 pm  |  Source: PTI

Left parties today termed as "meaningless" the demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal allocation issue but asked him to ...

Changes made in draft probe report on coal scam: Dir CBI  

30 Apr 2013, 4.28 pm  |  Source: PTI

Under attack for sharing the CBI probe report on coal blocks allocation scam with the government, agency Director Ranjit Sinha today admitted that cha...

Required action to be taken after studying SC comments: PM  

30 Apr 2013, 3.54 pm  |  Source: PTI

In the wake of embarrassing comments against the government by the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said any action required will be taken...

Sarbajit's condition deteriorates: doctors  

30 Apr 2013, 3.46 pm  |  Source: PTI

Doctors treating Indian death row convict Sarbajit Singh, comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault last week, today said his condition had...

Coalgate case: Why was court kept in the dark: SC  

30 Apr 2013, 12.32 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

In a big embarrassment to the government in the Coalgate case, the Supreme Court today termed as "very disturbing" the CBI affidavit on sharing its re...

Musharraf sent to 14 days judicial custody in Bhutto case  

30 Apr 2013, 11.35 am  |  Source: PTI

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was today sent to judicial custody for a fortnight by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in the Benazir Bhutto as...

Chitfund scam : TMC MP says ready to face any inquiry  

29 Apr 2013, 5.27 pm  |  Source: PTI

Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Kunal Ghosh, against whom Saradha Group Sudipta Sen has levelled allegations in a letter to CBI, today said he w...

India ready to give full medical assistance to Sarabjit  

29 Apr 2013, 4.19 pm  |  Source: PTI

India is ready to provide full medical assistance to death row convict Sarabjit Singh, lying in coma in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault, the ...

Outline of Modi's 2014 strategy is now becoming visible  

29 Apr 2013, 11.44 am  |  Source: Firstpost.com

From Narendra Modi's utterances at a gathering of Hindu seers and saints at Haridwar yesterday, one can now begin to discern a pattern on what his fut...

Court fixes excess 2G spectrum allocation case for July 8  

29 Apr 2013, 11.35 am  |  Source: PTI

A Delhi court today fixed July 8 for further proceedings in the additional 2G spectrum allocation case in which Bharti Cellular CMD Sunil Mittal, Essa...

People in Ktka want change, fed up with corruption: Congs  

29 Apr 2013, 9.53 am  |  Source: PTI

As its top brass including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi hit the campaign trail in Karnataka slamming the BJP government over "corruption" and "bad go...

Fire breaks out at Odisha’s DRDO complex  

29 Apr 2013, 9.24 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

A fire broke out in Chandipur's ammunition depot in Odisha early Monday morning. The fire broke out at 4 am in the ammunition testing centre of the Pr...

Saradha scam: Guilty to be punished, says TMC  

29 Apr 2013, 9.12 am  |  Source: PTI

Amid allegations of involvement of many politicians in Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal, ruling Trinamool Congress today said all guilty would be...

Border row may cloud Chinese Premier's visit: Experts  

28 Apr 2013, 9.47 pm  |  Source: PTI

The Sino-Indian border row over Chinese incursion in Ladakh may cast a shadow on the proposed visit of new Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India, specia...

India protests Pak's denial of consular access to Sarabjit  

28 Apr 2013, 9.28 pm  |  Source: PTI

Pakistan on Sunday denied access to consular officials to Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, who is in a coma after being attacked by fellow inm...

Sarabjit Singh's family to travel to Pakistan tomorrow  

28 Apr 2013, 5.29 pm  |  Source: PTI

Four members of Sarabjit Singh's family will travel to Pakistan on Monday to meet the death-row convict who is battling for life in Lahore after being...

Pak human rights body condemns assault on Sarabjit  

28 Apr 2013, 5.28 pm  |  Source: PTI

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) strongly condemned the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh and urged the federal government to con...

Jaya asks PM not to operationalise DBT scheme in TN  

28 Apr 2013, 5.23 pm  |  Source: PTI

Raising strong objections to certain aspects of Centre's Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said the sch...

Sri Lanka remands 6 TN fishermen to judicial custody  

28 Apr 2013, 5.22 pm  |  Source: PTI

A Sri Lankan court on Saturday remanded to judicial custody six local fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of smuggling ganja. ...

No question of death penalty in Italian marines case: India  

28 Apr 2013, 5.19 pm  |  Source: PTI

Amid concerns by Italy on the possibility of death sentence being imposed on its two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen, India said that the ...

India offers to aid Pakistan treat Sarabjit  

28 Apr 2013, 5.18 pm  |  Source: PTI

With Sarabjit Singh battling for life in a Lahore hospital, India on Sunday offered medical assistance to Pakistan in treating the prisoner and said i...

2nd FIR filed against MP; TMC says none will be spared  

28 Apr 2013, 5.17 pm  |  Source: PTI

A second FIR has been filed against Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh by employees of 'Sakalbela', a closed Bengali daily owned by the Saradha Group, ...

Amid opposition, Blue Star memorial opens to public  

28 Apr 2013, 5.13 pm  |  Source: PTI

Facing opposition from political parties, the controversial memorial built for those killed in Operation Blue Star in 1984 was thrown open to public o...

Multiple agencies crackdown on Ponzi schemes, Saradha Group  

27 Apr 2013, 5.39 pm  |  Source: PTI

The government on Saturday said several of its investigating wings like Sebi, RBI, IT Department and Enforcement Directorate have begun crackdown on P...

Saradha chit fund scam: Govt announces multi-agency probe  

27 Apr 2013, 4.44 pm  |  Source: PTI

In a multi-agency crackdown against alleged duping of public investors through Ponzi schemes, the government today said the entities suspected to be e...

PM terms attack on Sarabjit as 'very sad'  

27 Apr 2013, 3.27 pm  |  Source: PTI

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today termed as a "very sad" incident the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a jail in Pakistan. ...

'Industrial land used for other purposes to be cancelled'  

27 Apr 2013, 1.43 pm  |  Source: PTI

Facing criticism for alleged arbitrary land allotments in the state capital, Odisha government decided to cancel all industrial land leases found used...