Politics

Illegal Mining Case: Yeddyurappa Files Advance Bail Pleas Amid CBI Raids

BJP leader and former chief minister of Karnataka, Yeddyurappa, seeks bail for himself, his two sons, and son-in-law.

May 16, 2012

US Slaps Sanctions On Dawood Ibrahim's Aides; Designated As Key Drug Traffickers

US authorities on Tuesday issued sanctions on Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim "Tiger" Memon in a bid to restrict drug trafficking and illegal financial operations carried out by them

May 16, 2012

Illegal Mining Case: CBI Raids Residences Of Yeddyurappa And Sons

CBI raids Yeddyurappa, sons B Y Raghavendra, MP, and B Y Vijayendra and son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar.

May 16, 2012

2G Scam: Raja Gets Bail After Spending 15 Months In Tihar jail

Former Telecom Minister and prime accused in the 2G spectrum case, A Raja, has been granted bail by a Delhi court after spending 15 months in Tihar jail.

May 15, 2012

Pakistan Air Force Says It Will Overtake IAF

The PAF says the Indian defence scene is riddled with scams and corruptions affecting procurement of vital equipment.

May 15, 2012

Karnataka Political Crisis: Sadananda Gowda Meets BJP President Nitin Gadkari

Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda met BJP President Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Sunday, following a political crisis in the Karnataka unit of the party as a result of B S Yeddyurappa's threat to resign from the state assembly

May 14, 2012

India Marks 60 Years Of Parliamentary Democracy

Speaking on the occasion in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his deep concerns over the repeated disturbance caused in the House hampering several important debates and proceedings

May 13, 2012

Mamata Banerjee's U-turn on Early Polls: Wants UPA-II To Complete Full Term

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee took a U-turn on Saturday and said that she would be happy to see UPA-II completing its full term, contradicting reports that she asked her party workers to prepare for early polls

May 13, 2012

Crisis In Karnataka BJP Worsens; Yeddyurappa, 7 Ministers Threaten To Quit Assembly

The crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party unit in Karnataka has worsened after seven ministers offered to quit following former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's threat that he would resign from the state assembly on Monday.

May 13, 2012

2G Spectrum Case: Court Reserves Order On Raja's Bail Plea

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday reserved the order on the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja till May 15 in connection with the 2G spectrum scam case.

May 11, 2012

Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into Charges Against Yeddyurappa

In a major setback to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a CBI probe into allegations against him based on the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee.

May 11, 2012

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Pakistan Successfully Test-fires Hatf III: Second One After India's Agni-V

Pakistan military says that it has successfully carried out a training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi) which is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads

May 10, 2012

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Richard Loitam's Murder Case Is A Wakeup Call, Says Manipur CPI Leader After Meeting Karnataka CM

"Richard Loitam's murder case is a wake-up call," said former Minister of Manipur and State CPI leader, M Nara Singh after meeting Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda in Bangalore on Tuesday.

May 8, 2012

Francois Hollande Wins French Presidential Elections

Francois Hollande will become the next President of France as poll results showed a victory for the Socialist Party leader with 52 percent of votes in Sunday's elections.

May 7, 2012

Full Text Of Home Minister P Chidambaram's Speech On NCTC

Though the Central government failed to reach a consensus with the opposing chief ministers on setting up of the anti-terror agency, Home Minister P Chidambaram assured them that the Center would consider their recommendations and concerns before making a final decision on the contentious NCTC.

May 6, 2012