NIA says Alam was only a witness, not under arrest
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday contested the claim of Bihar Police that a suspect in Sunday’s serial blasts in Patna had escaped from the custody, saying he was called by the agency only as a witness and was not under arrest.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday contested the claim of Bihar Police that a suspect in Sunday’s serial blasts in Patna had escaped from the custody, saying he was called by the agency only as a witness and was not under arrest.
Snowden takes up website job in Russia
The whistleblower was granted asylum in Russia three months ago
92 migrants found dead in Niger desert
The migrants, most of them women and children, died of thirst in the desert after their vehicles broke down near Niger’s border with Algeria.
BJP blames SP govt for fresh riots in Muzaffarnagar
Lashing out at UP government over fresh communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday said it would not have happened had the authorities taken severe and unbiased action against those responsible for last month’s riots.
Higher sex ratio among tribal, SC groups: census
Census data busts the myth that education improves attitudes. Despite having lower literacy rates than “others”, scheduled caste households have higher sex ratios, and tribals the highest of all, newly released Census data shows.
India needs Sardar Patel’s secularism, not votebank secularism: Modi
‘Iron Man is belittled by associating him with Congress, he belonged to the entire country’
AMDA chairperson stresses on improving property tax collection
Unless civic bodies improved their property tax collection, they will not able to deliver mandated services, Chairperson of Association of Municipalities and Development Authorities (AMDA) and Member-Secretary National Capital Region Planning Board Naini Jayaseelan said.
It was once home to society’s elite
Official Colony, even today, portrays the ambience of the late 1980s and 1990s
Fodder scam: Lalu’s bail plea rejected by Jharkhand HC
Jharkhand High Court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Rashtriya Janta Dal leader Lalu Prasad who was sentenced to five years in jail by a special CBI court for his role in the Chaibasa treasury case in the Rs. 950-crore fodder scam.
‘Delink gas supply from Aadhaar card’
The Communist Party of India-Marxist has demanded that the State government withdrew its policy of linking supply of subsidised gas with cash transfer scheme (CTS).
Security tightened at Central Government offices in Coimbatore
In the wake of the attack on post office in Chennai and Income Tax office at Salem in the last two days, Coimbatore City Police have stepped up security measures at Central Government offices across the city.
Man, mother-in-law held on charge of killing bride
The mystery behind the death of a 21-year-old woman, Vidya, at the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, on September 4, 2009, four days after her wedding, has been solved by the Kollam Crime Branch CID with the arrest of her husband, T. Santosh Kumar, and his mother, Vijayamma, on the charges of murdering her.
In major reform, SC orders fixed tenure for bureaucrats
Officials told not to act on oral orders from political executive
Culprits will be dealt with: Akhilesh
Eight persons have been arrested and cases registered against 15 people in connection with Wednesday’s violence in the Budhana area, in which three men were killed.
Krishna Pillai memorial set ablaze in Alappuzha
Unidentified miscreants set ablaze the memorial of P. Krishna Pillai, founder-leader of the Communist movement in Kerala, in Alappuzha during early hours of Thursday, triggering a major verbal duel between Left and Congress leaders and call for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district on Friday from Left parties.
‘BJP vindicated by HC order indicting govt’
Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel says the Congress Government has turned the city “into a slum and rape capital”.
What prevented people from breaking glass-panes?
The driver, Feroz Basha, his assistant and attendant Hayaz Basha, escape from the exit door next to the driver’s seat. What prevented the inmates onboard the ill-fated private travel bus from breaking glass-panes has baffled everybody. According to officials, several of the passengers could have survived, had somebody taken the initiative to break the glass-panes before the flames engulfed them. In all, 44 passengers were charred to death while five escaped with severe burns when the bus went up in flames after hitting a culvert.
Hartal hits normal life in Kottayam
Normal life was affected by the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by pro-Left farmers’ organisations in the district in protest against the alleged apathy of the Central government in controlling the decreasing prices of natural rubber.
UPA will lose power after polls: Jayalalithaa
Lashes out at Centre for bringing in Bill to enact Goods and Services Tax
The culture and crisis of kushti
Grapplers from Pakistan and Iran have a large fan following in rural Maharashtra.
A tiny step for a giant leap?
There are divisions over whether ambitious science missions like the Mars project are worth the investment by a country where large sections do not have basic amenities.
A tale of two handshakes
While the Prime Minister fanned the warmth and strength of India’s relationship with Russia, he also conveyed the message that ties with China can continue to grow if impediments are dealt with speedily
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