Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's former aide Sasikala's brother Diwakaran was today arrested in Tiruvarur district for allegedly demolishing a woman's house in Rishiyur village. The Madras High Court has dismissed his anticipatory bail. Diwakaran's arrest comes days after the Chief Minister expelled Sasikala Natarajan and 11 of her relatives from her party, the All India Anna Dravida ...Read More

MEERUT: Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal on Thursday launched their joint electoral campaign in Uttar Pradesh by highlighting the disconnect of state regimes, led by different parties in the last 22 years, with the aam aadmi. Addressing a well-attended rally here along with RLD chief Ajit Singh and the latter's son Jayant Chaudhary, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi poked fun at NDA's 'India Shining' campaign for ...Read More

The Supreme Court is likely to hear army chief General VK Singh's age row petition on Friday. Singh on Thursday met finance minister Pranab Mukherjee over the issue but no breakthrough was reached, sources privy to the meeting said. Earlier, there was a buzz in the defence ministry that a compromise may be in the offing between the general ...Read More

PALANPUR: Chief minister Narendra Modi has asked prime minister Manmohan Singh to resign after the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled 122 2G licences granted to telecom companies during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja. Addressing people at his Sadbhavana Mission fast at Mandvi in Kutch district, Modi said, "Singh has no right to remain in power after Supreme Court cancelled all 122 2G licences ...Read More

Janata Party President and petitioner in the 2G scam Subramanian Swamy has said that his fight to bring out those guilty in the scam is an open challenge. "I have produced enough evidence. The court has to take decision on three matters," Swamy said ahead of the 2G hearing on Thursday. Targeting Chidambaram, Swamy said, "I would advise Chidambaram to bring reforms and improve, even the ...Read More

The Railways on Wednesday floated a new public sector organisation, Railway Station Development Corporation, to modernise stations in the country. In its first phase, the corporation will take up stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore. Spelling out the concept of modern stations, Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi said, “Modern stations should look like airports and would be ...Read More

A day after a mob of over 100 people pelted stones at a metro station in West Delhi, allegedly over an eve teasing incident, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Wednesday termed it a one-off incident and denied any security lapse at the station. “It was one off incident and there is enough security at all the stations. The Delhi ...Read More

Washington: Noting that India is increasingly getting concerned about China's posture on its border, a top US intelligence official on Wednesday said that the Indian Army is strengthening itself for a "limited conflict" with China. "Despite public statements intended to downplay tensions between India and China, we judge that India is increasingly concerned about China's posture ...Read More

Madurai: The Madras High Court Bench here has directed the State government to pay Rs 10 lakhs within two months to the parents of a 22-year-old coolie worker who was killed when members of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi allegedly threw petrol bombs on a State-run bus in May 2009. The VCK ...Read More

A major clash took place between some Army personnel and traffic policemen in Pune on Tuesday night. Two jawans on a motorcycle allegedly beat up traffic policemen after they were stopped from going into a no-entry zone. Witnesses say the argument turned violent when the constables tried to issue the jawans a challan. Some civilians who tried to break up the fight were also beaten up. Journalists who ...Read More