In an order that has sparked a fear of delay in the civic elections, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday turned down the state government’s plea seeking a stay on the court’s order that those contesting the polls need to get their caste certificates validated by a state vigilance cell. The state government is, however, likely to challenge the order in the Supreme Court on Thursday. On ...Read More

The government railway police (GRP) on Wednesday arrested a man in Mumbai on suspicion of throwing acid on a girl at Goregaon railway station on Tuesday. The police claimed that the arrested youth, Pintu Shaikh, approached the victim, Aarti Thakur, while she was standing at the station and threw acid on her. Aarti had named Pintu, ...Read More

Nationalist Congress President (NCP) and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s announcement that he wants to retire from electoral politics and won’t contest the 2014 general elections has inevitably brought the focus on his nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar- the most ambitious, aggressive and assertive leader in the NCP. Revealing his future plans in a recent ...Read More

Officers of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Wednesday conducted raids on the houses of former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) minister N.K.K.P. Raja, his family members and friends at eight places in the district as part of a State-wide search in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Nearly 100 officials were involved in the ...Read More

Kolkata: Two Indian Administrative Service officers, one retired and another on compulsory waiting, in West Bengal were arrested for their alleged involvement in an iron ore export scam in 2004-05. Debaditya Chakraborty, the then managing director of the essential commodities services department, and RN Jamir, the then director general of the department, were arrested by the state police's CID department. "We have arrested two IAS officers - ...Read More

Kochi: Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to pay Kerala Water Authority's outstanding electricity charges to the tune of Rs 250 crore to the Electricity Board and then proceed against the authority. Passing orders on a petition by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) seeking a direction to the KWA to clear the dues, a ...Read More

Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh: Not far from where BSP chief Mayawati kicked off her hugely successful UP 2012 election campaign on Wednesday, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi held an election meeting a day earlier. “That ground was smaller. And there weren’t nearly as many people. There is simply no comparison,” said a policeman as he kept a close watch on the ...Read More

Andhra Pradesh Home Secretary B.P. Acharya was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation here on Monday for his role in the fast-snowballing scandal of irregularities in allotment of high-priced plots for villas in the township project of Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar. He is the fourth person arrested in the case after Trimex group chairman ...Read More

New Delhi: It is a big day in the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday as three crucial verdicts are expected in the Supreme Court on the multi-crore scam. First and the most significant, the apex court is set to deliver its judgement on former finance minister and Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in the scam. Second, it will also decide on whether the 2G licences allotted ...Read More

Chennai: A Kiran Trainer Aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday crashed on the outskirts of Chennai during a routine training sortie, but both the pilots ejected to safety. The two-seater aircraft, which left the Air Force Station at suburban Tambaram, crashed near Iyancherry village, some 30 km from Chennai, police said. "A Court of Inquiry has ...Read More